Exhibition Week 3, 1975

played in Minnesota, MN

55 degrees, rain, 5 mph wind

Baltimore Colts	7	14	3	3	-	27
Minnesota Vikings	7	0	7	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:35 BAL - Bill Brown 2 pass from Joe Theismann (Fred Cox extra point)
1Q: 01:37 MIN - Ronald Fitzgerald 28 pass from Otis Hastings (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 08:46 BAL - Les Goodman 2 run (Fred Cox extra point)
2Q: 00:48 BAL - Tom Bailey 7 run (Fred Cox extra point)
3Q: 10:41 BAL - Fred Cox 42 field goal
3Q: 06:07 MIN - Bobby Howard 7 fumble return (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
4Q: 00:30 BAL - Fred Cox 38 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:35 BAL - Bill Brown 2 pass from Joe Theismann (Fred Cox extra point)
1Q: 01:37 MIN - Ronald Fitzgerald 28 pass from Otis Hastings (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 08:46 BAL - Les Goodman 2 run (Fred Cox extra point)
2Q: 00:48 BAL - Tom Bailey 7 run (Fred Cox extra point)
3Q: 10:41 BAL - Fred Cox 42 field goal
3Q: 06:07 MIN - Bobby Howard 7 fumble return (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
4Q: 00:30 BAL - Fred Cox 38 field goal

Team Statistics BAL MIN
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 23 11
- by Rushing 8 4
- by Passing 13 7
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 303 216
- Offensive Plays 71 51
- Yards per Play 4.27 4.24
Net Rushing Yards 136 73
- Rushing Attempts 39 15
- Yards per Rush 3.49 4.87
Net Passing Yards 167 143
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 20 - 0 31 - 17 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 191 175
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/24 5/32
- Yards per Pass Play 5.22 3.97
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 6/16 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/40 4/45
Punt Returns/Yards 2/4 4/25
Kick Returns/Yards 2/54 5/139
Interception Ret./Yards 3/13 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 27
Time of Possession 36:22 23:38

Team Statistics	BAL	MIN
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	23	11
- by Rushing	8	4
- by Passing	13	7
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	303	216
- Offensive Plays	71	51
- Yards per Play	4.27	4.24
Net Rushing Yards	136	73
- Rushing Attempts	39	15
- Yards per Rush	3.49	4.87
Net Passing Yards	167	143
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 20 - 0	31 - 17 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	191	175
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/24	5/32
- Yards per Pass Play	5.22	3.97
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	6/16	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	9.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/40	4/45
Punt Returns/Yards	2/4	4/25
Kick Returns/Yards	2/54	5/139
Interception Ret./Yards	3/13	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 27
Time of Possession	36:22	23:38

Drive Charts

Baltimore Colts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:17	1:51	OWN 13	3	9	Punt
1	11:26	1:56	OPP 30	4	30	Touchdown
1	7:51	3:30	OWN 20	6	18	Punt
1	1:21	2:01	OWN 20	7	38	Punt
2	12:12	3:33	OPP 40	6	40	Touchdown
2	6:05	1:33	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
2	2:11	1:29	OWN 49	6	51	Touchdown
3	15:00	4:24	OWN 28	7	47	Field Goal
3	9:18	1:26	OWN 27	3	3	Punt
3	6:07	0:06	OWN 6	1	1	Fumble
3	6:01	6:10	OWN 25	11	38	Punt
4	11:46	3:05	OPP 47	6	13	Punt
4	4:47	1:48	OWN 17	3	5	Punt
4	2:59	2:34	OPP 32	6	11	Field Goal

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:43	OWN 28	3	7	Punt
1	9:30	1:39	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	4:21	3:00	OWN 43	6	57	Touchdown
2	14:20	2:08	OWN 3	3	0	Punt
2	8:39	2:34	OWN 42	4	15	Punt
2	4:32	2:21	OWN 24	5	14	Interception
2	0:42	0:42	OWN 37	3	3	Half
3	10:36	1:18	OWN 35	3	-6	Punt
3	7:52	1:45	OWN 47	3	30	Interception
4	14:51	3:05	OWN 6	5	24	Interception
4	8:41	3:54	OWN 20	12	63	Downs
4	0:25	0:25	OWN 26	1	3	Game

Game MVP: Rick Volk, Baltimore Colts

Rushing Statistics

Baltimore	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Tommy Thompson	20	68	3.40	16	3	0
Les Goodman	17	58	3.41	10	1	1
Tom Bailey	1	7	7.00	7	0	1
Joe Theismann	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
John Cappelletti	10	45	4.50	22	1
Steve Rogers	3	24	8.00	17	1
Otis Hastings	2	4	2.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Spurrier	15	9	77	2/12	0	13	0	73.5
Joe Theismann	13	11	114	2/12	1	34	0	128.8

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Otis Hastings	31	17	175	5/32	1	47	3	42.4

Receiving Statistics

Baltimore	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Bill Brown	5	6	26	5.20	13	12	1
WR Carlos Stevens	4	6	31	7.75	0	11	0
WR Steve Odom	2	5	31	15.50	0	17	0
TE Gary Parris	2	3	12	6.00	0	9	0
WR Juan Jamison	2	3	25	12.50	5	13	0
WR Emmett Edwards	2	2	43	21.50	16	34	0
RB Tom Bailey	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
TE Morris Stroud	1	1	13	13.00	8	13	0
RB Tommy Thompson	1	1	12	12.00	13	12	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Don McCauley	5	9	41	8.20	3	19	0
RB John Cappelletti	3	4	9	3.00	1	12	0
WR Danny Buggs	2	4	23	11.50	1	14	0
Unknown	2	2	12	6.00	0	9	0
RB Chuck Foreman	1	1	4	4.00	1	4	0
WR Frank Pitts	1	1	47	47.00	37	47	0
WR Robert West	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	0
TE Lewis Rockett	1	4	2	2.00	0	2	0
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	1	4	28	28.00	15	28	1

Interception Statistics

Baltimore	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Rick Volk	3	13	4.33	0

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Baltimore	Fumb	Recov	Force
Les Goodman	1	0	0
Donnie Green	0	1	0
Harvey Goodman	0	1	0
Chip Myrtle	0	0	1
Kendall Blair	0	0	1

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Chuck Foreman	1	0	0	0
Danny Buggs	1	0	0	0
Bobby Howard	0	1	0	1
Amos Martin	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Baltimore	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Phillip Long	8	307	38.4	32.8	51	2

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bob Parsons	5	226	45.2	40.4	53	1

Kicking Statistics

Baltimore	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Fred Cox	2/2	1/1	0/0	42	3/3

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Horst Muhlmann	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Baltimore	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bruce Taylor	2	4	2.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chuck Foreman	2	14	7.0	0
Danny Buggs	2	11	5.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Baltimore	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steve Odom	2	54	27.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg
Del Ross	3	80	26.7
Chuck Foreman	1	23	23.0
Zeke Moore	1	36	36.0

Defensive Statistics

Baltimore	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Harold Powell	5	0	0.0	13	32
DT John Dutton	4	0	2.0	15	36
S Ray Brown	4	2	0.0	15	33
CB Rick Volk	4	0	0.0	13	32
CB Bruce Taylor	3	1	0.0	13	36
CB Benny Barnes	3	0	0.0	12	26
DE Fred Cook	2	1	1.0	13	35
DT Sugar Bear Hamilton	2	0	1.0	7	19
OLB Ken Geddes	2	1	0.0	8	18
ILB Rusty Tillman	2	0	0.0	12	35
OLB Wayne Colman	1	2	1.0	7	22
DE Rubin Carter	1	2	0.0	12	35
ILB Mike Curtis	1	0	0.0	2	1
OLB Chip Myrtle	1	0	0.0	3	2
S Rick Fontenot	1	0	0.0	11	22

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Amos Martin	8	4	0.0	29	30
DE Don Croft	7	0	1.5	34	30
S Bob Atkins	5	3	0.0	16	4
CB Brock Green	4	0	1.0	30	30
DE Sweeny Williams	4	1	0.5	34	29
OLB Bill Peterson	4	2	0.0	23	18
CB John Rowser	4	1	0.0	24	20
S Paul Krause	4	0	0.0	26	23
OLB Floyd Rice	3	1	0.0	26	16
CB Del Ross	3	1	0.0	27	21
DE Ike Howard	3	1	0.0	28	22
DT Bill Dunstan	3	0	0.0	28	29
DE Carl Eller	2	1	1.0	18	14
DT Alan Page	2	0	0.0	15	11
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	2	0	---	---	---
OLB Thomas Henderson	1	4	0.0	18	12
CB Bobby Howard	1	2	0.0	37	29
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	1	0	0.0	2	2
WR Don McCauley	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Baltimore	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT John Dutton	2.0	0	0	36
DE Fred Cook	1.0	2	0	35
OLB Wayne Colman	1.0	0	0	22
DT Sugar Bear Hamilton	1.0	0	0	19
DE Rubin Carter	0.0	2	1	35
ILB Rusty Tillman	0.0	0	1	35

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Don Croft	1.5	0	0	0	30
DE Carl Eller	1.0	0	1	0	14
CB Brock Green	1.0	0	0	0	30
DE Sweeny Williams	0.5	0	1	2	29
DT Bill Dunstan	0.0	1	0	1	29

Pass Defense Statistics

Baltimore	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Harold Powell	4	0	0	32
CB Rick Volk	3	0	3	32
CB Benny Barnes	3	0	0	26
CB Bruce Taylor	2	0	0	36
ILB Rusty Tillman	2	0	0	35
S Ray Brown	1	0	0	33
DE Fred Cook	1	0	0	35
OLB Ken Geddes	1	0	0	18
OLB Wayne Colman	0	1	0	22

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Brock Green	4	0	30
CB John Rowser	3	1	20
OLB Bill Peterson	3	0	18
ILB Amos Martin	2	0	30
OLB Floyd Rice	2	0	16
DE Sweeny Williams	2	0	29
CB Del Ross	2	0	21
S Bob Atkins	1	0	4
DE Don Croft	1	0	30

Blocking Statistics

Baltimore	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tim Stokes	3	6	0	29	0	26
Cornell Forte	1	6	0	29	1	26
John Fitzgerald	1	5	0	22	0	18
Elbert Drungo	1	4	1	26	1	26
Donnie Green	1	4	0	24	0	12
Conrad Dobler	1	3	0	37	1	29
Gary Parris	1	1	0	22	0	25
Morris Stroud	1	1	0	13	0	7
Bill Brown	0	4	0	27	1	19
Harvey Goodman	0	4	0	11	0	9
Kendall Blair	0	1	0	17	0	14

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ed George	1	3	14	1	15
Dan Medlin	1	3	7	1	21
Art Kuehn	1	1	11	1	29
Larry Jarvis	1	1	9	0	19
Dave Manders	0	2	4	0	2
Lewis Rockett	0	2	9	0	17
Unknown	0	1	5	0	7
Jim Pietrzak	0	0	7	1	19
Ron Yary	0	0	6	1	27

Special Teams Tackles

Baltimore	Tackles	STPlays
Chip Myrtle	2	25
Morris Stroud	2	20
Ray Brown	1	13
Juan Jamison	1	10
Kendall Blair	1	8
Bruce Taylor	1	5
Les Goodman	1	1

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Frank Pitts	3	14
Bill Peterson	1	9

Participation

Baltimore	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Conrad Dobler	37	29	---	---	10	76
Ray Brown	---	---	15	33	13	61
Rick Fontenot	---	---	11	22	26	59
Elbert Drungo	26	26	---	---	6	58
Tim Stokes	29	26	---	---	---	55
Cornell Forte	29	26	---	---	---	55
Bill Brown	27	19	---	---	8	54
Gary Parris	22	25	---	---	7	54
Bruce Taylor	---	---	13	36	5	54
John Dutton	---	---	15	36	---	51
Carlos Stevens	28	20	---	---	3	51
Emmett Edwards	20	19	---	---	12	51
Fred Cook	---	---	13	35	---	48
Steve Odom	25	18	---	---	4	47
Rusty Tillman	---	---	12	35	---	47
Rubin Carter	---	---	12	35	---	47
Donnie Green	24	12	---	---	10	46
Benny Barnes	---	---	12	26	7	45
Rick Volk	---	---	13	32	---	45
Harold Powell	---	---	13	32	---	45
John Fitzgerald	22	18	---	---	3	43
Morris Stroud	13	7	---	---	20	40
Juan Jamison	14	16	---	---	10	40
Kendall Blair	17	14	---	---	8	39
Tommy Thompson	21	17	---	---	---	38
Steve Spurrier	20	17	---	---	---	37
Tom Bailey	2	9	---	---	24	35
Joe Theismann	19	15	---	---	---	34
Chip Myrtle	---	---	3	2	25	30
Harvey Goodman	11	9	---	---	10	30
Wayne Colman	---	---	7	22	---	29
Ken Geddes	---	---	8	18	3	29
Sugar Bear Hamilton	---	---	7	19	2	28
Les Goodman	17	7	---	---	1	25
David Merlo	6	3	---	---	12	21
Zack Lang	---	---	4	6	3	13
Mike Curtis	---	---	2	1	8	11
Phillip Long	0	0	---	---	10	10
Fred Cox	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mike Hennigan	---	---	3	5	---	8
Joe Schmiesing	---	---	2	1	5	8
Po James	0	0	---	---	1	1
Bill Dulac	0	0	---	---	---	0
Marlon Elliott	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bobby Howard	---	---	37	29	11	77
Sweeny Williams	---	---	34	29	9	72
Don Croft	---	---	34	30	2	66
Brock Green	---	---	30	30	2	62
Amos Martin	---	---	29	30	1	60
Ike Howard	---	---	28	22	10	60
Bill Dunstan	---	---	28	29	---	57
Don McCauley	12	29	---	---	16	57
Del Ross	---	---	27	21	6	54
Paul Krause	---	---	26	23	3	52
Zeke Moore	---	---	14	12	25	51
Otis Hastings	15	36	---	---	---	51
Bill Peterson	---	---	23	18	9	50
Floyd Rice	---	---	26	16	7	49
Thomas Henderson	---	---	18	12	19	49
John Cappelletti	12	20	---	---	14	46
John Rowser	---	---	24	20	2	46
Tom Forrest	10	30	---	---	---	40
Art Kuehn	11	29	---	---	---	40
Ron Yary	6	27	---	---	5	38
Robert West	10	22	---	---	3	35
Lewis Rockett	9	17	---	---	8	34
Carl Eller	---	---	18	14	1	33
Ronald Fitzgerald	10	22	---	---	---	32
Dan Medlin	7	21	---	---	3	31
Jim Pietrzak	7	19	---	---	5	31
Bob Atkins	---	---	16	4	10	30
Larry Jarvis	9	19	---	---	2	30
Danny Buggs	7	19	---	---	4	30
Ed George	14	15	---	---	---	29
Alan Page	---	---	15	11	1	27
Aaron Meyer	7	18	---	---	---	25
Kent Kramer	3	11	---	---	9	23
Unknown	5	7	---	---	10	22
Frank Pitts	2	5	---	---	14	21
Steve Rogers	3	13	---	---	4	20
Larry Schreiber	2	12	---	---	4	18
J.V. Cain	0	0	---	---	13	13
Lee Roy Jordan	---	---	2	2	8	12
Dave Manders	4	2	---	---	5	11
Chuck Foreman	0	3	---	---	6	9
Pat Matson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bob Parsons	0	0	---	---	5	5
Horst Muhlmann	0	0	---	---	3	3
Fran Tarkenton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dennis McKenzie	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	43	5.4
Middle	25	78	3.1
Right	6	15	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	1	0.5
Middle	9	51	5.7
Right	4	21	5.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Baltimore	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Spurrier	15	9	0	1	1	1	2	1	0
Joe Theismann	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Otis Hastings	31	17	2	2	2	1	2	0	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	31	7.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	40	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	8	86	8.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	34	8.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	1	0.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	7	64	8.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	8	110	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Baltimore	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
FB Bill Brown	6	5	0	26	0	19
WR Carlos Stevens	6	4	0	31	0	20
WR Steve Odom	5	2	1	31	0	18
TE Gary Parris	3	2	0	12	0	25
WR Juan Jamison	3	2	0	25	0	16
WR Emmett Edwards	2	2	0	43	1	19
RB Tom Bailey	1	1	0	-2	0	9
TE Morris Stroud	1	1	0	13	0	7
RB Tommy Thompson	1	1	0	12	0	17

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Don McCauley	9	5	0	41	0	29
RB John Cappelletti	4	3	1	9	0	20
TE Lewis Rockett	4	1	1	2	0	17
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	4	1	0	28	1	22
WR Danny Buggs	4	2	0	23	0	19
WR Robert West	2	1	0	9	0	22
Unknown	2	2	0	12	0	7
RB Chuck Foreman	1	1	0	4	0	3
WR Frank Pitts	1	1	0	47	1	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Baltimore	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tommy Thompson	5	21	4.20	3.40
Les Goodman	2	2	1.00	3.41
Tom Bailey	1	7	7.00	7.00

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Theismann	2	2	14	7.00	8.77

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Otis Hastings	3	1	0	0.00	5.65

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Baltimore	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Bill Brown	1	1	2	2.00	4.33
RB Tommy Thompson	1	1	12	12.00	12.00

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Overall Avg
RB John Cappelletti	1	1	2.25
WR Don McCauley	1	0	4.56
TE Lewis Rockett	1	0	0.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Baltimore	Rushes	Conversions
Les Goodman	5	2
Tom Bailey	1	1

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
John Cappelletti	3	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Baltimore	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Spurrier	5	2	2
Joe Theismann	3	3	1

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Otis Hastings	8	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Baltimore	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Carlos Stevens	3	2	2
RB Tom Bailey	1	1	0
FB Bill Brown	1	1	0
WR Steve Odom	1	0	0
TE Morris Stroud	1	1	1
WR Juan Jamison	1	0	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Don McCauley	3	2	0
RB John Cappelletti	1	0	0
RB Chuck Foreman	1	1	0
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	1	0	0
WR Danny Buggs	1	0	0
Unknown	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,800 (21,400)
End Zone 14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,800 (21,400)
End Zone	14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)