Week 9, 1975

played in New Orleans, LA

85 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	7	14	7	14	-	42
New Orleans Saints	0	10	3	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:16 MIN - Chuck Foreman 5 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 13:48 MIN - Tom Stropka 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 09:34 NOS - Ross Robertson 44 field goal
2Q: 05:57 NOS - Louis Wright 13 interception return (Ross Robertson extra point)
2Q: 00:26 MIN - Bob Gresham 3 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
3Q: 14:08 MIN - Tom Stropka 5 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
3Q: 04:55 NOS - Ross Robertson 20 field goal
4Q: 14:24 MIN - Chuck Foreman 9 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
4Q: 07:11 MIN - Danny Buggs 1 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:16 MIN - Chuck Foreman 5 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 13:48 MIN - Tom Stropka 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 09:34 NOS - Ross Robertson 44 field goal
2Q: 05:57 NOS - Louis Wright 13 interception return (Ross Robertson extra point)
2Q: 00:26 MIN - Bob Gresham 3 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
3Q: 14:08 MIN - Tom Stropka 5 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
3Q: 04:55 NOS - Ross Robertson 20 field goal
4Q: 14:24 MIN - Chuck Foreman 9 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
4Q: 07:11 MIN - Danny Buggs 1 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)

Team Statistics MIN NOS
Record 7-2 1-8
First Downs 24 12
- by Rushing 12 3
- by Passing 11 9
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 420 228
- Offensive Plays 66 62
- Yards per Play 6.36 3.68
Net Rushing Yards 219 43
- Rushing Attempts 41 13
- Yards per Rush 5.34 3.31
Net Passing Yards 201 185
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 17 - 1 48 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 201 190
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 8.04 3.78
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/13 6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 8.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 2/8 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 1/1
Kick Returns/Yards 3/79 7/129
Interception Ret./Yards 1/5 1/13
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 6/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 27
Time of Possession 35:59 24:01

Team Statistics	MIN	NOS
Record	7-2	1-8
First Downs	24	12
- by Rushing	12	3
- by Passing	11	9
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	420	228
- Offensive Plays	66	62
- Yards per Play	6.36	3.68
Net Rushing Yards	219	43
- Rushing Attempts	41	13
- Yards per Rush	5.34	3.31
Net Passing Yards	201	185
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 17 - 1	48 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	201	190
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	8.04	3.78
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/13	6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	8.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	2/8	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	1/1
Kick Returns/Yards	3/79	7/129
Interception Ret./Yards	1/5	1/13
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	6/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 27
Time of Possession	35:59	24:01

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:03	OWN 33	6	28	Punt
1	10:27	1:21	OWN 40	3	60	Touchdown
1	3:03	4:24	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
2	9:26	0:53	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
2	7:22	1:36	OWN 6	3	-1	Interception
2	5:46	2:49	OWN 43	5	31	Fumble
2	1:35	1:18	OWN 21	7	79	Touchdown
3	14:53	0:55	OPP 11	2	11	Touchdown
3	10:06	2:19	OWN 20	5	11	Punt
3	4:49	5:31	OWN 18	10	82	Touchdown
4	12:09	5:04	OPP 36	8	36	Touchdown
4	6:14	2:23	OPP 30	3	8	Missed FG
4	2:29	2:10	OWN 35	3	3	Punt

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:57	0:30	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
1	9:06	6:03	OWN 14	11	52	Punt
2	13:39	4:13	OWN 44	8	29	Field Goal
2	8:33	1:11	OWN 36	3	1	Punt
2	2:57	1:22	OWN 26	6	12	Punt
2	0:17	0:17	OWN 39	1	-5	Half
3	13:58	3:52	OWN 26	6	17	Punt
3	7:47	2:58	OWN 23	8	74	Field Goal
4	14:18	2:09	OWN 26	7	10	Downs
4	7:05	0:51	OWN 19	3	0	Interception
4	3:51	1:22	OWN 29	3	8	Punt
4	0:19	0:19	OWN 22	3	10	Game

Game MVP: Chuck Foreman, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Chuck Foreman	27	145	5.37	33	3	1
Bob Gresham	11	53	4.82	11	2	1
Fran Tarkenton	3	21	7.00	10	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Jim Kiick	5	15	3.00	8
Matt Muhammad	4	15	3.75	6
Mike Strachan	3	11	3.67	7
Sam Cunningham	1	2	2.00	2

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Fran Tarkenton	25	17	201	0/0	4	44	1	115.2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
John Hadl	46	20	190	1/5	0	33	1	46.5
Bobby Scott	2	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	39.6

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bob Newland	6	10	90	15.00	21	44	0
RB Chuck Foreman	4	4	40	10.00	17	14	1
WR Danny Buggs	3	4	40	13.33	15	35	1
WR Tom Stropka	2	3	15	7.50	0	10	2
FB Larry Schreiber	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
TE Lewis Rockett	1	2	12	12.00	0	12	0
WR Frank Pitts	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Henry Childs	4	4	26	6.50	9	9
WR Bob Grim	4	6	47	11.75	18	21
RB Sam Cunningham	3	4	21	7.00	2	12
WR Ike Harris	2	4	9	4.50	0	5
WR Tony Galloway	2	8	22	11.00	5	12
WR Larry Wilcox	2	8	50	25.00	1	33
RB Jim Kiick	1	3	6	6.00	0	6
RB Matt Muhammad	1	1	4	4.00	4	4
RB Mike Strachan	1	1	5	5.00	3	5
WR Richard Sims	0	9	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Zeke Moore	1	5	5.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Louis Wright	1	13	13.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Fran Tarkenton	1	0	0
Bob Gresham	0	1	0
Lewis Rockett	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jim Kiick	1	0	0
Jim White	0	1	0
Tommy Nobis	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bob Parsons	4	171	42.8	37.5	46	0

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Eischeid	6	281	46.8	36.2	57	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Horst Muhlmann	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	6/6

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ross Robertson	2/2	1/1	0/0	44	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Buggs	3	24	8.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob Grim	1	1	1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Zeke Moore	2	46	23.0	0
Del Ross	1	33	33.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jim Kiick	4	64	16.0	0
Bob Grim	3	65	21.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	6	2	0.0	11	35
S Bob Atkins	6	1	0.0	13	45
OLB Floyd Rice	5	1	0.0	12	48
CB Zeke Moore	4	1	0.0	13	48
OLB Ray Kiddoo	3	0	0.0	1	8
S Carl Capria	2	1	0.5	10	44
CB Del Ross	2	1	0.0	9	38
CB Bobby Howard	2	0	0.0	13	46
DT Alan Page	2	0	0.0	13	49
DE Carl Eller	1	0	0.5	13	49
DT Fred Nolan	1	0	0.0	2	8
DE Sweeny Williams	0	1	0.0	13	47

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tommy Myers	13	3	0.0	36	25
ILB Joe Federspiel	8	3	0.0	37	23
CB Alex Kirk	5	0	0.0	29	18
OLB Sammy Everett	4	1	0.0	35	19
CB Louis Wright	4	0	0.0	39	23
S Jack Mildren	3	2	0.0	33	20
DE Billy Newsome	2	2	0.0	39	24
DE Shawn Hollingsworth	2	1	0.0	36	24
S Lenny Richard	2	1	0.0	14	6
DT Derland Moore	2	0	0.0	35	25
OLB Tommy Nobis	2	0	0.0	22	12
DT Ricardo Browning	1	1	0.0	29	18
CB Robbie Magana	1	1	0.0	35	23
RB Sam Cunningham	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Carl Gersbach	1	0	0.0	4	2
DT Harris Malinowski	1	0	0.0	14	6

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Carl Eller	0.5	0	1	0	49
S Carl Capria	0.5	0	0	0	44
DT Alan Page	0.0	2	5	3	49
DE Sweeny Williams	0.0	0	1	4	47
OLB Floyd Rice	0.0	0	1	1	48
DT Bill Dunstan	0.0	0	1	0	30
OLB Bill Peterson	0.0	0	1	0	1

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Ricardo Browning	0.0	0	1	0	18
OLB Fulton Kuykendall	0.0	0	1	0	2

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Zeke Moore	4	0	1	48
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	3	0	0	35
OLB Ray Kiddoo	3	0	0	8
CB Bobby Howard	2	3	0	46
CB Del Ross	2	2	0	38
S Bob Atkins	2	1	0	45
S Carl Capria	2	1	0	44
OLB Floyd Rice	1	1	0	48
DT Alan Page	1	0	0	49
OLB Thomas Henderson	0	1	0	4

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Louis Wright	5	0	1	23
CB Robbie Magana	3	0	0	23
ILB Joe Federspiel	2	2	0	23
CB Alex Kirk	1	1	0	18
S Tommy Myers	1	0	0	25
DE Billy Newsome	1	0	0	24
OLB Tommy Nobis	1	0	0	12
DT Harris Malinowski	1	0	0	6
OLB Sammy Everett	1	0	0	19
S Lenny Richard	1	0	0	6
S Jack Mildren	0	1	0	20

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Ron Yary	4	9	41	25
Ed George	4	7	32	20
Art Kuehn	3	4	30	22
Pat Matson	2	6	27	18
Dan Medlin	2	5	36	24
Tom Forrest	1	2	15	7
Jim Pietrzak	1	1	15	4
Larry Schreiber	1	1	19	10
Vincent Horton	0	3	14	3

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Randy Rasmussen	1	3	12	0	46
Sam Cunningham	1	2	4	0	22
Thurman Cowley	1	1	10	0	35
Stephen Johnstone	0	3	9	0	41
Cas Banaszek	0	2	9	1	34
J.B. Aarhus	0	1	4	0	8
Clarence Hironaka	0	1	11	0	39

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Ray Kiddoo	4	24
Carl Capria	2	18
Lewis Rockett	2	15

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Strachan	2	18
Chester Kuehl	2	15
Billy Wilhide	1	19
Ike Harris	1	16
Jim Kiick	1	8

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Carl Capria	---	---	10	44	18	72
Del Ross	---	---	9	38	24	71
Zeke Moore	---	---	13	48	6	67
Fran Tarkenton	41	25	---	---	---	66
Ron Yary	41	25	---	---	---	66
Carl Eller	---	---	13	49	2	64
Dan Medlin	36	24	---	---	4	64
Alan Page	---	---	13	49	1	63
Bobby Howard	---	---	13	46	3	62
Sweeny Williams	---	---	13	47	2	62
Bob Atkins	---	---	13	45	3	61
Floyd Rice	---	---	12	48	1	61
Kent Kramer	33	15	---	---	7	55
Art Kuehn	30	22	---	---	1	53
Ed George	32	20	---	---	---	52
Lee Roy Jordan	---	---	11	35	3	49
Chuck Foreman	28	16	---	---	1	45
Pat Matson	27	18	---	---	---	45
Bill Dunstan	---	---	10	30	4	44
Bob Newland	23	20	---	---	---	43
Larry Schreiber	19	10	---	---	13	42
Bob Gresham	13	9	---	---	15	37
Lewis Rockett	11	11	---	---	15	37
Tom Stropka	24	13	---	---	---	37
Frank Pitts	24	11	---	---	---	35
Danny Buggs	15	14	---	---	6	35
Ray Kiddoo	---	---	1	8	24	33
John Rowser	---	---	2	17	10	29
Tom Forrest	15	7	---	---	5	27
Amos Martin	---	---	2	13	11	26
Vincent Horton	14	3	---	---	9	26
Jim Pietrzak	15	4	---	---	5	24
Aaron Meyer	9	5	---	---	5	19
Ronald Fitzgerald	0	0	---	---	17	17
Don McCauley	1	3	---	---	12	16
Fred Nolan	---	---	2	8	4	14
Brock Green	---	---	2	7	1	10
Thomas Henderson	---	---	3	4	3	10
Ike Howard	---	---	0	2	7	9
Horst Muhlmann	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bill Peterson	---	---	1	1	4	6
Greg Horton	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bob Parsons	0	0	---	---	4	4
Otis Hastings	0	0	---	---	1	1
Mike Boryla	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve Rogers	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tommy Myers	---	---	36	25	4	65
Billy Newsome	---	---	39	24	1	64
Louis Wright	---	---	39	23	1	63
Joe Federspiel	---	---	37	23	1	61
Derland Moore	---	---	35	25	1	61
Shawn Hollingsworth	---	---	36	24	1	61
John Hadl	13	47	---	---	---	60
Randy Rasmussen	12	46	---	---	---	58
Robbie Magana	---	---	35	23	---	58
Richard Sims	10	38	---	---	9	57
Clarence Hironaka	11	39	---	---	7	57
Alex Kirk	---	---	29	18	9	56
Sammy Everett	---	---	35	19	1	55
Jack Mildren	---	---	33	20	1	54
Bob Grim	9	27	---	---	15	51
Thurman Cowley	10	35	---	---	6	51
Stephen Johnstone	9	41	---	---	---	50
Ricardo Browning	---	---	29	18	3	50
Rick Zimmerman	8	32	---	---	8	48
Mike Strachan	3	27	---	---	18	48
Cas Banaszek	9	34	---	---	3	46
Tommy Nobis	---	---	22	12	7	41
Tony Galloway	9	30	---	---	---	39
Henry Childs	9	25	---	---	4	38
Larry Wilcox	7	27	---	---	2	36
Sam Cunningham	4	22	---	---	9	35
Billy Wilhide	4	11	---	---	19	34
Lenny Richard	---	---	14	6	11	31
Jim Kiick	5	17	---	---	8	30
Ike Harris	0	8	---	---	16	24
Matt Muhammad	5	9	---	---	7	21
Bruce Rasmussen	2	10	---	---	8	20
J.B. Aarhus	4	8	---	---	8	20
Harris Malinowski	---	---	14	6	---	20
Marc LaBounty	0	4	---	---	14	18
Carl Gersbach	---	---	4	2	11	17
Chester Kuehl	---	---	0	1	15	16
Doug Plank	---	---	2	2	10	14
Jim White	---	---	5	1	6	12
Mike Eischeid	0	0	---	---	8	8
Fulton Kuykendall	---	---	2	2	3	7
Ross Robertson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mario Nakamura	---	---	2	0	3	5
Karl Lorch	---	---	3	1	---	4
Bobby Scott	0	2	---	---	---	2
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	48	4.8
Middle	24	135	5.6
Right	7	36	5.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	14	4.7
Middle	5	14	2.8
Right	5	15	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Fran Tarkenton	25	17	2	0	1	4	2	0	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
John Hadl	46	20	2	5	1	8	10	8	1
Bobby Scott	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	4	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	69	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	49	5.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	79	26.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	9	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	12	80	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	24	5	68	2.8
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	33	4.1

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bob Newland	10	6	0	90	1	20
RB Chuck Foreman	4	4	0	40	0	16
WR Danny Buggs	4	3	0	40	1	14
WR Tom Stropka	3	2	1	15	0	13
TE Lewis Rockett	2	1	0	12	0	11
WR Frank Pitts	1	0	0	0	0	11
FB Larry Schreiber	1	1	0	4	0	10

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Richard Sims	9	0	1	0	0	38
WR Tony Galloway	8	2	0	22	0	30
WR Larry Wilcox	8	2	0	50	1	27
WR Bob Grim	6	4	0	47	1	27
TE Henry Childs	4	4	0	26	0	25
RB Sam Cunningham	4	3	0	21	0	22
WR Ike Harris	4	2	0	9	0	8
RB Jim Kiick	3	1	0	6	0	17
RB Matt Muhammad	1	1	0	4	0	9
RB Mike Strachan	1	1	0	5	0	27

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Chuck Foreman	6	24	4.00	5.37
Bob Gresham	3	16	5.33	4.82

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Fran Tarkenton	6	6	36	6.00	8.04

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
John Hadl	3	1	8	2.67	4.13

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bob Newland	2	2	11	5.50	9.00
WR Tom Stropka	2	2	15	7.50	5.00
RB Chuck Foreman	1	1	9	9.00	10.00
WR Danny Buggs	1	1	1	1.00	10.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Sam Cunningham	1	1	8	8.00	5.25
WR Bob Grim	1	0	0	0.00	7.83
WR Richard Sims	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Chuck Foreman	2	0
Bob Gresham	1	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Mike Strachan	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Fran Tarkenton	10	7	6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
John Hadl	15	10	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bob Newland	3	2	2
WR Tom Stropka	2	1	1
RB Chuck Foreman	1	1	1
WR Frank Pitts	1	0	0
FB Larry Schreiber	1	1	0
TE Lewis Rockett	1	1	1
WR Danny Buggs	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tony Galloway	3	2	2
WR Richard Sims	3	0	0
TE Henry Childs	2	2	1
RB Sam Cunningham	2	2	1
WR Bob Grim	2	2	1
WR Ike Harris	1	1	0
RB Matt Muhammad	1	1	0
WR Larry Wilcox	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,200 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,200 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)