Exhibition Week 5, 1975

played in Birmingham, AL

78 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	7	7	3	0	-	17
Birmingham Bombers	0	6	3	3	-	12

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:38 MIN - Don McCauley 5 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 13:58 BIR - Bucky Wallace 31 field goal
2Q: 05:45 BIR - Bucky Wallace 45 field goal
2Q: 02:40 MIN - Bob Gresham 4 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
3Q: 05:05 BIR - Bucky Wallace 30 field goal
3Q: 00:41 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 20 field goal
4Q: 03:42 BIR - Bucky Wallace 23 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:38 MIN - Don McCauley 5 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 13:58 BIR - Bucky Wallace 31 field goal
2Q: 05:45 BIR - Bucky Wallace 45 field goal
2Q: 02:40 MIN - Bob Gresham 4 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
3Q: 05:05 BIR - Bucky Wallace 30 field goal
3Q: 00:41 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 20 field goal
4Q: 03:42 BIR - Bucky Wallace 23 field goal

Team Statistics MIN BIR
Record 1-3 3-1
First Downs 15 18
- by Rushing 5 1
- by Passing 9 15
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 226 299
- Offensive Plays 51 66
- Yards per Play 4.43 4.53
Net Rushing Yards 88 62
- Rushing Attempts 26 25
- Yards per Rush 3.38 2.48
Net Passing Yards 138 237
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 18 - 1 39 - 27 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 138 246
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/9
- Yards per Pass Play 5.52 5.78
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/10 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/55 10/61
Punt Returns/Yards 4/22 4/17
Kick Returns/Yards 4/113 2/35
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/7
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 28
Time of Possession 24:59 35:01

Team Statistics	MIN	BIR
Record	1-3	3-1
First Downs	15	18
- by Rushing	5	1
- by Passing	9	15
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	226	299
- Offensive Plays	51	66
- Yards per Play	4.43	4.53
Net Rushing Yards	88	62
- Rushing Attempts	26	25
- Yards per Rush	3.38	2.48
Net Passing Yards	138	237
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 18 - 1	39 - 27 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	138	246
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	5.52	5.78
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/10	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/55	10/61
Punt Returns/Yards	4/22	4/17
Kick Returns/Yards	4/113	2/35
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/7
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 28
Time of Possession	24:59	35:01

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:31	OWN 28	11	72	Touchdown
2	13:53	2:18	OWN 20	6	21	Punt
2	5:38	3:04	OPP 48	7	48	Touchdown
2	0:17	0:17	OWN 38	3	18	Half
3	11:47	1:17	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	4:57	4:24	OPP 44	6	41	Field Goal
4	13:26	3:13	OWN 22	5	15	Punt
4	9:11	1:45	OWN 35	3	-1	Punt
4	5:53	0:13	OWN 13	1	0	Interception
4	3:36	1:20	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
4	0:55	0:55	OPP 31	3	-4	Game

Birmingham Bombers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:29	9:36	OWN 12	14	74	Field Goal
2	11:35	5:57	OWN 25	11	47	Field Goal
2	2:34	2:17	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	15:00	3:13	OWN 30	6	32	Punt
3	10:30	5:33	OWN 20	13	67	Field Goal
3	0:33	2:07	OWN 33	4	24	Punt
4	10:13	1:02	OWN 16	3	3	Punt
4	7:26	1:33	OWN 26	5	22	Punt
4	5:40	2:04	OPP 14	3	8	Field Goal
4	2:16	1:21	OWN 15	6	16	Downs

Game MVP: Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bob Gresham	13	42	3.23	10	1	1
Chuck Foreman	8	44	5.50	21	1	0
Mike Boryla	3	-4	-1.33	-1	0	0
Steve Rogers	2	6	3.00	3	0	0

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Rickey Young	15	40	2.67	7
Darnell Goodwin	8	18	2.25	4
Unknown	1	1	1.00	1
Pat Haden	1	3	3.00	3

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Fran Tarkenton	14	10	97	0/0	1	18	0	114.2
Mike Boryla	11	8	41	0/0	0	15	1	40.3

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Unknown	29	18	155	1/5	0	20	0	76.1
Pat Haden	10	9	91	1/4	0	20	0	104.6

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Frank Pitts	5	5	46	9.20	5	15	0
WR Don McCauley	3	3	22	7.33	0	18	1
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	3	5	33	11.00	7	15	0
RB Bob Gresham	2	3	9	4.50	0	6	0
WR Danny Buggs	2	2	10	5.00	0	8	0
TE J.V. Cain	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
RB Chuck Foreman	1	4	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Jerald Whiting	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
TE Lewis Rockett	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Rickey Young	7	9	52	7.43	35	17
WR Calvin Hickman	5	8	41	8.20	0	20
RB Darnell Goodwin	3	4	29	9.67	16	17
WR Ken Bailey	3	5	33	11.00	4	13
WR Hugh Stopek	3	5	39	13.00	1	20
WR Al Walker	3	5	32	10.67	0	14
TE Ken Garcia	2	2	18	9.00	0	9
TE Marc Forbes	1	1	2	2.00	1	2

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Bill Bradley	1	7	7.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Del Ross	1	0	0
Don McCauley	0	1	0
Amos Martin	0	0	1

Birmingham	Fumb	Recov	Force
Darnell Goodwin	1	0	0
Andy Dawson	0	1	0
John Pitts	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bob Parsons	5	241	48.2	44.8	61	3

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ian Mooberry	5	202	40.4	32.0	51	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Horst Muhlmann	1/1	0/0	0/0	20	2/2

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bucky Wallace	4/4	1/1	0/0	45	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Luke Szorcsik	3	17	5.7	0
Danny Buggs	1	5	5.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bill Bradley	2	8	4.0	0
Al Walker	2	9	4.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Del Ross	3	90	30.0	0
Danny Buggs	1	23	23.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Sawyer	1	16	16.0	0
Al Walker	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Bob Atkins	9	1	0.0	21	37
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	7	1	0.0	17	37
OLB Thomas Henderson	5	1	0.0	14	29
DT Alan Page	4	1	0.5	19	34
ILB Amos Martin	4	1	0.0	9	5
CB Luke Szorcsik	4	0	0.0	22	35
CB John Rowser	3	5	0.0	17	34
OLB Floyd Rice	3	2	0.0	12	13
DE Don Croft	3	1	0.0	9	11
DE Ike Howard	2	0	1.0	10	9
DT Bill Dunstan	2	4	0.5	19	34
S Carl Capria	2	1	0.0	19	35
Unknown	2	0	---	---	---
OLB Ray Kiddoo	1	2	0.0	11	10
DE Carl Eller	1	0	0.0	19	33
CB Zeke Moore	1	0	0.0	18	38
DE Sweeny Williams	1	0	0.0	20	35
WR Danny Buggs	1	0	---	---	---

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jack Reynolds	5	2	23	22
OLB Ron Pritchard	5	1	23	22
DE Bill Cooke	5	0	24	25
DT Craig Fulcher	4	1	24	23
DE Bill Kollar	3	1	24	24
S Bill Bradley	3	0	21	24
CB Earl Dvorak	2	2	24	24
CB Ronnie Covington	2	2	17	17
S Willie Germany	2	1	9	7
CB Ken Sawyer	2	1	23	25
OLB Dave Graf	2	1	12	7
DT Gary Fair	1	2	18	18
S Bill Simpson	1	1	18	19
OLB Frank LeMaster	1	0	3	3
DT Otis Sistrunk	1	0	7	6
OLB Broderick Kimsey	0	1	3	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ike Howard	1.0	0	0	0	9
DT Bill Dunstan	0.5	1	2	2	34
DT Alan Page	0.5	0	2	2	34
DE Sweeny Williams	0.0	1	1	3	35
DE Carl Eller	0.0	0	1	1	33

Birmingham	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Bill Cooke	0.0	0	1	0	25

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	PPlay
OLB Thomas Henderson	5	29
CB Luke Szorcsik	4	35
S Bob Atkins	3	37
ILB Amos Martin	3	5
CB John Rowser	3	34
S Carl Capria	2	35
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	2	37
CB Zeke Moore	1	38
OLB Floyd Rice	1	13
OLB Ray Kiddoo	1	10

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Ron Pritchard	5	0	0	22
CB Ken Sawyer	2	1	0	25
ILB Jack Reynolds	2	0	0	22
CB Earl Dvorak	2	0	0	24
OLB Dave Graf	2	0	0	7
DE Bill Cooke	1	1	0	25
S Willie Germany	1	0	0	7
DE Bill Kollar	1	0	0	24
DT Craig Fulcher	1	0	0	23
CB Ronnie Covington	1	0	0	17
DT Otis Sistrunk	0	1	0	6
S Bill Bradley	0	0	1	24

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Tom Forrest	2	4	17	13
Aaron Meyer	2	3	19	20
Dan Medlin	1	2	6	9
Ed George	1	1	16	15
Larry Schreiber	1	1	7	9
Larry Jarvis	0	5	21	17
Dave Manders	0	2	13	13
Pat Matson	0	2	11	15
Ron Yary	0	2	13	10
Jim Pietrzak	0	1	14	13

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Juan Bruce	1	7	21	1	26
Andy Dawson	0	5	20	0	25
Pete Adams	0	4	15	0	24
Dan Ryczek	0	3	7	1	17
Kris Wheeler	0	3	18	0	24
Mike Vardell	0	1	12	0	20
Vincent Forbes	0	1	10	0	17

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Ray Kiddoo	3	24
Larry Schreiber	2	13
Tom Forrest	1	6

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
John Pitts	3	10
Ken Bailey	2	16
Darnell Goodwin	1	23
Willie Germany	1	10
Frank LeMaster	1	9

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Luke Szorcsik	---	---	22	35	8	65
Bob Atkins	---	---	21	37	6	64
Zeke Moore	---	---	18	38	6	62
Lee Roy Jordan	---	---	17	37	6	60
Sweeny Williams	---	---	20	35	4	59
Carl Capria	---	---	19	35	3	57
Bill Dunstan	---	---	19	34	4	57
Alan Page	---	---	19	34	4	57
Carl Eller	---	---	19	33	4	56
John Rowser	---	---	17	34	3	54
Aaron Meyer	19	20	---	---	6	45
Ray Kiddoo	---	---	11	10	24	45
Thomas Henderson	---	---	14	29	2	45
Larry Jarvis	21	17	---	---	6	44
Bob Gresham	16	11	---	---	14	41
Tom Forrest	17	13	---	---	6	36
Lewis Rockett	13	17	---	---	6	36
J.V. Cain	13	8	---	---	14	35
Ed George	16	15	---	---	3	34
Don McCauley	11	8	---	---	14	33
Jim Pietrzak	14	13	---	---	6	33
Frank Pitts	15	17	---	---	---	32
Mike Boryla	19	11	---	---	1	31
Floyd Rice	---	---	12	13	6	31
Ronald Fitzgerald	12	18	---	---	---	30
Larry Schreiber	7	9	---	---	13	29
Danny Buggs	14	9	---	---	6	29
Dave Manders	13	13	---	---	1	27
Jerald Whiting	9	7	---	---	11	27
Pat Matson	11	15	---	---	---	26
Vincent Horton	10	7	---	---	7	24
Ron Yary	13	10	---	---	---	23
Ike Howard	---	---	10	9	4	23
Lonnie Murray	---	---	5	4	14	23
Chuck Foreman	8	13	---	---	1	22
Amos Martin	---	---	9	5	8	22
Don Croft	---	---	9	11	1	21
Fran Tarkenton	7	14	---	---	---	21
Unknown	5	7	---	---	9	21
Dan Medlin	6	9	---	---	2	17
Fred Nolan	---	---	5	7	5	17
Del Ross	---	---	4	4	8	16
Steve Rogers	2	1	---	---	8	11
Horst Muhlmann	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bob Parsons	0	0	---	---	5	5
Otis Hastings	0	0	---	---	---	0

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Carlton Malone	18	29	---	---	9	56
Rickey Young	18	33	---	---	2	53
Ken Sawyer	---	---	23	25	4	52
Darnell Goodwin	11	18	---	---	23	52
Ken Garcia	21	20	---	---	11	52
Hugh Stopek	12	25	---	---	15	52
Andy Dawson	20	25	---	---	6	51
Marc Forbes	13	24	---	---	14	51
Bill Bradley	---	---	21	24	5	50
Bill Kollar	---	---	24	24	2	50
Mike Vardell	12	20	---	---	18	50
Bill Cooke	---	---	24	25	1	50
Craig Fulcher	---	---	24	23	2	49
Earl Dvorak	---	---	24	24	1	49
Jack Reynolds	---	---	23	22	2	47
Unknown	17	30	---	---	---	47
Juan Bruce	21	26	---	---	---	47
Ron Pritchard	---	---	23	22	1	46
Al Walker	16	24	---	---	6	46
Kris Wheeler	18	24	---	---	3	45
Ken Bailey	10	18	---	---	16	44
Calvin Hickman	12	23	---	---	7	42
Pete Adams	15	24	---	---	1	40
Ronnie Covington	---	---	17	17	6	40
Bill Simpson	---	---	18	19	2	39
Greg Sampson	11	27	---	---	---	38
Gary Fair	---	---	18	18	1	37
Vincent Forbes	10	17	---	---	6	33
Dan Ryczek	7	17	---	---	6	30
Darryl Kenyon	5	16	---	---	9	30
Willie Germany	---	---	9	7	10	26
Dave Graf	---	---	12	7	4	23
Pat Haden	8	11	---	---	---	19
Frank LeMaster	---	---	3	3	9	15
Broderick Kimsey	---	---	3	3	9	15
John Pitts	---	---	2	1	10	13
Otis Sistrunk	---	---	7	6	---	13
Gerald Blackburn	---	---	3	2	8	13
Bucky Wallace	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dusty Oliver	---	---	4	1	4	9
Ian Mooberry	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tyrell Garrison	---	---	2	0	4	6
Karlos Rasmussen	---	---	0	1	4	5
Doug English	---	---	0	0	5	5
Will Wynn	---	---	2	1	---	3
Elton Davis	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	39	3.3
Middle	9	46	5.1
Right	2	7	3.5
None	3	-4	-1.3

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	21	3.5
Middle	13	22	1.7
Right	6	19	3.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Fran Tarkenton	14	10	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
Mike Boryla	11	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Unknown	29	18	1	3	1	0	5	6	0
Pat Haden	10	9	1	0	0	0	1	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	16	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	32	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	90	12.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	43	6.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	55	5.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	11	108	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	40	6.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Frank Pitts	5	5	0	46	17
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	5	3	1	33	18
RB Chuck Foreman	4	1	0	3	13
RB Bob Gresham	3	2	0	9	11
WR Don McCauley	3	3	0	22	8
WR Danny Buggs	2	2	0	10	9
TE J.V. Cain	1	1	0	1	8
TE Lewis Rockett	1	0	0	0	17
WR Jerald Whiting	1	1	0	14	7

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rickey Young	9	7	0	52	0	33
WR Calvin Hickman	8	5	0	41	1	23
WR Ken Bailey	5	3	0	33	0	18
WR Hugh Stopek	5	3	0	39	1	25
WR Al Walker	5	3	0	32	0	24
RB Darnell Goodwin	4	3	1	29	0	18
TE Ken Garcia	2	2	0	18	0	20
TE Marc Forbes	1	1	0	2	0	24

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bob Gresham	5	10	2.00	3.23
Chuck Foreman	2	9	4.50	5.50

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rickey Young	3	7	2.33	2.67
Darnell Goodwin	2	1	0.50	2.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Fran Tarkenton	1	1	5	5.00	6.93

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Unknown	3	3	12	4.00	5.34

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Don McCauley	1	1	5	5.00	7.33

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rickey Young	2	2	7	3.50	5.78
WR Calvin Hickman	1	1	5	5.00	5.13

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Bob Gresham	3	1
Steve Rogers	2	0
Mike Boryla	1	0

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions
Rickey Young	2	0
Darnell Goodwin	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mike Boryla	2	2	0
Fran Tarkenton	2	2	2

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Unknown	8	6	2
Pat Haden	4	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Danny Buggs	2	2	1
RB Bob Gresham	1	1	1
WR Frank Pitts	1	1	0

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Al Walker	3	2	2
WR Rickey Young	3	3	1
WR Hugh Stopek	2	2	2
RB Darnell Goodwin	1	1	0
TE Marc Forbes	1	1	0
WR Ken Bailey	1	0	0
WR Calvin Hickman	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 46,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,300 (21,400)
End Zone 10,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	46,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,300 (21,400)
End Zone	10,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,100 (3,300)