Week 12, 1975

played in Oakland, CA

57 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	0	0	6	14	-	20
Oakland Raiders	3	10	7	7	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:03 OAK - Corey Leonhardt 40 field goal
2Q: 05:16 OAK - Tommie Towns 17 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
2Q: 00:33 OAK - Corey Leonhardt 31 field goal
3Q: 12:20 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 26 field goal
3Q: 08:44 OAK - Stu Voigt 2 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
3Q: 02:16 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 26 field goal
4Q: 13:35 MIN - Bob Gresham 38 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
4Q: 08:23 OAK - Cliff Branch 16 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
4Q: 03:43 MIN - Larry Schreiber 2 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:03 OAK - Corey Leonhardt 40 field goal
2Q: 05:16 OAK - Tommie Towns 17 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
2Q: 00:33 OAK - Corey Leonhardt 31 field goal
3Q: 12:20 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 26 field goal
3Q: 08:44 OAK - Stu Voigt 2 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
3Q: 02:16 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 26 field goal
4Q: 13:35 MIN - Bob Gresham 38 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
4Q: 08:23 OAK - Cliff Branch 16 pass from Ken Stabler (Corey Leonhardt extra point)
4Q: 03:43 MIN - Larry Schreiber 2 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)

Team Statistics MIN OAK
Record 7-4 7-4
First Downs 17 25
- by Rushing 10 9
- by Passing 6 15
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 345 399
- Offensive Plays 51 71
- Yards per Play 6.76 5.62
Net Rushing Yards 261 145
- Rushing Attempts 25 32
- Yards per Rush 10.44 4.53
Net Passing Yards 84 254
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 23 - 15 - 1 36 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 103 265
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/19 3/11
- Yards per Pass Play 3.23 6.51
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 3/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/9 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.0 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1
Penalties/Yards 3/22 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 1/8 2/20
Kick Returns/Yards 5/117 4/89
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 3/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 30
Time of Possession 26:29 33:31

Team Statistics	MIN	OAK
Record	7-4	7-4
First Downs	17	25
- by Rushing	10	9
- by Passing	6	15
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	345	399
- Offensive Plays	51	71
- Yards per Play	6.76	5.62
Net Rushing Yards	261	145
- Rushing Attempts	25	32
- Yards per Rush	10.44	4.53
Net Passing Yards	84	254
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	23 - 15 - 1	36 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	103	265
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/19	3/11
- Yards per Pass Play	3.23	6.51
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	3/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/9	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.0	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/1
Penalties/Yards	3/22	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	1/8	2/20
Kick Returns/Yards	5/117	4/89
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	3/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 30
Time of Possession	26:29	33:31

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:32	3:32	OWN 20	6	13	Punt
1	2:58	2:23	OWN 36	3	8	Punt
2	11:56	1:51	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	5:10	2:07	OWN 30	3	9	Punt
2	2:00	0:06	OWN 45	1	6	Fumble
2	0:28	0:17	OWN 47	1	0	Interception
3	15:00	2:47	OWN 27	5	64	Field Goal
3	8:37	6:27	OWN 20	11	71	Field Goal
4	14:13	0:58	OWN 20	2	80	Touchdown
4	8:16	4:38	OWN 27	8	73	Touchdown
4	2:24	1:30	OWN 40	8	17	Downs

Oakland Raiders
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:28	OWN 26	7	30	Punt
1	8:00	5:02	OWN 30	9	47	Field Goal
1	0:35	3:39	OWN 20	8	49	Punt
2	10:05	4:55	50	9	50	Touchdown
2	3:03	1:03	OWN 7	3	6	Punt
2	1:54	1:26	OWN 49	7	37	Field Goal
2	0:11	0:11	OWN 33	1	3	Half
3	12:13	3:36	OWN 30	7	70	Touchdown
3	2:10	2:57	OWN 42	4	29	Punt
4	13:15	4:59	OWN 19	11	81	Touchdown
4	3:38	1:14	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	0:54	0:54	OWN 43	2	-3	Game

Game MVP: Ken Stabler, Oakland Raiders

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Chuck Foreman	17	156	9.18	46	6	0
Bob Gresham	8	105	13.13	42	3	1

Oakland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jim Bertelsen	13	66	5.08	21	1
Walter Pupunu	11	49	4.45	21	2
Ronnie Coleman	6	33	5.50	13	1
Ken Stabler	2	-3	-1.50	-1	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Fran Tarkenton	23	15	103	3/19	1	19	1	71.4

Oakland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken Stabler	36	24	265	3/11	3	35	0	116.1

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Frank Pitts	5	9	52	10.40	4	19	0
WR Bob Newland	3	3	23	7.67	0	12	0
RB Chuck Foreman	2	4	12	6.00	0	8	0
TE Kent Kramer	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
FB Larry Schreiber	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	1
TE Lewis Rockett	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Tom Stropka	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Danny Buggs	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0

Oakland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB Bobby Anderson	4	6	32	8.00	7	15	0
WR Cliff Branch	4	5	43	10.75	7	16	1
WR Tommie Towns	4	6	71	17.75	10	35	1
WR Mark Kellar	3	5	29	9.67	1	10	0
TE Stu Voigt	3	4	22	7.33	0	12	1
TE Dave Casper	2	3	25	12.50	0	22	0
WR Ike Hill	2	3	19	9.50	5	14	0
RB Jim Bertelsen	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
RB Ronnie Coleman	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
RB Walter Pupunu	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Oakland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Jackie Derlange	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bob Gresham	1	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	1	0	0
Tom Stropka	1	0	0
Larry Schreiber	0	1	0
Lewis Rockett	0	1	0
Carl Capria	0	0	1
Bill Dunstan	0	0	1
Floyd Rice	0	0	1

Oakland	Fumb	Recov	Force
Walter Pupunu	2	0	0
Jim Bertelsen	1	0	0
Thomas Brahaney	0	1	0
Art Shell	0	1	0
Jack Tatum	0	1	0
Gene Upshaw	0	1	0
Dan Conners	0	0	1
Hugh O'Neill	0	0	1
Jackie Derlange	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bob Parsons	4	190	47.5	37.5	56	1

Oakland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chuck Ramsey	5	187	37.4	23.8	50	0

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Horst Muhlmann	2/2	0/0	0/0	26	2/2

Oakland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Corey Leonhardt	2/2	1/1	0/0	40	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chuck Foreman	1	8	8.0	0

Oakland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jim Bertelsen	2	20	10.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Zeke Moore	3	82	27.3	0
Del Ross	2	35	17.5	0

Oakland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ike Hill	3	68	22.7	0
Ronnie Coleman	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Floyd Rice	8	1	1.0	32	39
S Bob Atkins	8	1	0.0	32	38
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	5	5	0.0	25	33
CB Bobby Howard	5	2	0.0	31	36
DT Alan Page	5	1	0.0	28	38
CB Zeke Moore	5	0	0.0	29	36
CB Del Ross	4	3	0.0	22	27
DT Bill Dunstan	3	1	1.0	23	30
S Carl Capria	3	0	0.0	23	29
DE Carl Eller	2	0	1.0	31	37
CB John Rowser	2	0	0.0	8	7
DE Sweeny Williams	1	2	0.0	30	35
DT Fred Nolan	1	1	0.0	11	13
ILB Amos Martin	1	0	0.0	7	6
WR Frank Pitts	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Ray Kiddoo	1	0	0.0	8	9

Oakland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jack Tatum	7	1	0.0	25	26
CB Bill Frohbose	6	1	0.0	23	25
OLB Warren Capone	6	1	0.0	25	26
S Robert Giblin	5	1	0.0	23	25
DE Henry Reed	4	0	1.0	25	26
ILB Dan Conners	4	2	0.0	25	26
DE Hugh O'Neill	3	0	1.0	23	26
CB Rod Perry	2	2	0.0	23	26
DT Jim Bailey	2	0	0.0	25	26
CB Jackie Derlange	1	1	1.0	24	25
DT Joe Ehrmann	1	1	0.0	13	15
OLB Jim Romaniszyn	0	1	0.0	3	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Carl Eller	1.0	2	0	37
DT Bill Dunstan	1.0	0	1	30
OLB Floyd Rice	1.0	0	0	39
DE Sweeny Williams	0.0	2	0	35

Oakland	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Henry Reed	1.0	1	1	26
DE Hugh O'Neill	1.0	0	2	26
CB Jackie Derlange	1.0	0	0	25

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Bob Atkins	5	1	38
OLB Floyd Rice	4	2	39
CB Bobby Howard	4	1	36
CB Del Ross	3	1	27
CB Zeke Moore	2	0	36
CB John Rowser	2	0	7
S Carl Capria	1	0	29
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	1	0	33
DE Ike Howard	1	0	6
OLB Ray Kiddoo	1	0	9

Oakland	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Warren Capone	4	0	0	26
CB Bill Frohbose	3	0	0	25
S Robert Giblin	2	1	0	25
ILB Dan Conners	2	0	0	26
CB Rod Perry	2	0	0	26
CB Jackie Derlange	1	0	1	25
S Jack Tatum	1	0	0	26

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dan Medlin	3	5	1	23	1	20
Ron Yary	3	5	1	25	1	26
Pat Matson	2	3	0	24	0	23
Art Kuehn	1	4	0	19	0	17
Ed George	1	3	0	23	0	24
Larry Schreiber	1	2	0	15	0	15
Tom Forrest	1	1	0	2	0	5
Lewis Rockett	0	1	0	10	0	10
Vincent Horton	0	1	0	6	0	3
Aaron Meyer	0	0	0	2	1	2

Oakland	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Art Shell	4	8	1	32	1	38
Thomas Brahaney	3	4	0	24	0	30
Gene Upshaw	2	9	0	32	0	38
Jim Nicholson	2	3	0	30	2	34
Bobby Anderson	1	2	0	16	0	20
Greg Campo	1	2	0	24	0	28
Dave Casper	0	1	0	25	0	33
Bill Lenkaitis	0	1	0	8	0	9

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Carl Capria	3	12
Greg Horton	1	6
Jim Pietrzak	1	6
Larry Schreiber	1	3

Oakland	Tackles	STPlays
Doug Jones	4	22
Ronnie Coleman	1	18
Erik Fletcher	1	18

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bob Atkins	---	---	32	38	3	73
Floyd Rice	---	---	32	39	2	73
Zeke Moore	---	---	29	36	7	72
Carl Eller	---	---	31	37	2	70
Bobby Howard	---	---	31	36	3	70
Alan Page	---	---	28	38	2	68
Sweeny Williams	---	---	30	35	2	67
Del Ross	---	---	22	27	18	67
Carl Capria	---	---	23	29	12	64
Lee Roy Jordan	---	---	25	33	1	59
Bill Dunstan	---	---	23	30	1	54
Fran Tarkenton	25	26	---	---	---	51
Ron Yary	25	26	---	---	---	51
Dan Medlin	23	20	---	---	6	49
Ed George	23	24	---	---	---	47
Pat Matson	24	23	---	---	---	47
Bob Gresham	8	10	---	---	20	38
Kent Kramer	17	14	---	---	7	38
Ray Kiddoo	---	---	8	9	19	36
Art Kuehn	19	17	---	---	---	36
Chuck Foreman	17	16	---	---	2	35
Lewis Rockett	10	10	---	---	15	35
Larry Schreiber	15	15	---	---	3	33
Frank Pitts	12	19	---	---	---	31
Tom Stropka	12	17	---	---	1	30
Bob Newland	16	12	---	---	---	28
Fred Nolan	---	---	11	13	4	28
John Rowser	---	---	8	7	12	27
Danny Buggs	12	11	---	---	4	27
Jim Pietrzak	7	13	---	---	6	26
Amos Martin	---	---	7	6	12	25
Vincent Horton	6	3	---	---	15	24
Brock Green	---	---	3	4	10	17
Don McCauley	0	3	---	---	13	16
Ronald Fitzgerald	0	0	---	---	16	16
Ike Howard	---	---	4	6	5	15
Thomas Henderson	---	---	5	6	4	15
Tom Forrest	2	5	---	---	6	13
Aaron Meyer	2	2	---	---	6	10
Horst Muhlmann	0	0	---	---	7	7
Greg Horton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Bill Peterson	---	---	0	0	6	6
Bob Parsons	0	0	---	---	4	4
Otis Hastings	0	0	---	---	2	2
Mike Boryla	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve Rogers	0	0	---	---	---	0

Oakland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ken Stabler	32	39	---	---	---	71
Art Shell	32	38	---	---	---	70
Gene Upshaw	32	38	---	---	---	70
Jim Nicholson	30	34	---	---	---	64
Cliff Branch	28	33	---	---	1	62
Dave Casper	25	33	---	---	4	62
Thomas Brahaney	24	30	---	---	7	61
Bill Frohbose	---	---	23	25	11	59
Henry Reed	---	---	25	26	6	57
Greg Campo	24	28	---	---	4	56
Dan Conners	---	---	25	26	3	54
Jack Tatum	---	---	25	26	3	54
Jim Bailey	---	---	25	26	2	53
Warren Capone	---	---	25	26	2	53
Hugh O'Neill	---	---	23	26	2	51
Jackie Derlange	---	---	24	25	2	51
Rod Perry	---	---	23	26	1	50
Ike Hill	18	16	---	---	15	49
Robert Giblin	---	---	23	25	1	49
Doug Jones	---	---	12	11	22	45
Jim Bertelsen	15	24	---	---	5	44
Bobby Anderson	16	20	---	---	7	43
Mark Kellar	14	22	---	---	4	40
Tommie Towns	11	21	---	---	---	32
Ronnie Coleman	6	7	---	---	18	31
Joe Ehrmann	---	---	13	15	2	30
Bill Lenkaitis	8	9	---	---	7	24
Walter Pupunu	11	8	---	---	4	23
Alonzo Goodwin	8	12	---	---	3	23
Stu Voigt	10	6	---	---	4	20
Jerry Schroeder	---	---	0	0	19	19
Joel Lindsay	3	5	---	---	11	19
Erik Fletcher	1	0	---	---	18	19
Dick Gordon	2	0	---	---	13	15
Don Johnson	2	5	---	---	7	14
Steve Freeman	---	---	1	0	13	14
Bo McConnell	---	---	2	0	9	11
Jim Romaniszyn	---	---	3	2	4	9
Don McFarland	0	1	---	---	7	8
Corey Leonhardt	0	0	---	---	8	8
Chuck Ramsey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ben Hernandez	---	---	1	0	4	5
Kennedy Mayes	---	---	0	0	4	4
Kennedy Cook	---	---	2	1	---	3
James Harris	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	59	9.8
Middle	14	184	13.1
Right	5	18	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	78	5.6
Middle	12	61	5.1
Right	4	9	2.3
None	2	-3	-1.5

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Fran Tarkenton	23	15	0	0	2	1	3	0	1

Oakland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken Stabler	36	24	2	0	3	5	4	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	10	45	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	58	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	15	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	8	51	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	10	125	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	74	18.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Frank Pitts	9	5	0	52	19
RB Chuck Foreman	4	2	1	12	16
TE Kent Kramer	3	1	1	-1	14
WR Bob Newland	3	3	0	23	12
FB Larry Schreiber	1	1	0	2	15
TE Lewis Rockett	1	1	0	6	10
WR Tom Stropka	1	1	0	6	17
WR Danny Buggs	1	1	0	3	11

Oakland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
FB Bobby Anderson	6	4	2	32	0	20
WR Tommie Towns	6	4	0	71	1	21
WR Cliff Branch	5	4	0	43	0	33
WR Mark Kellar	5	3	1	29	0	22
TE Stu Voigt	4	3	0	22	0	6
TE Dave Casper	3	2	0	25	1	33
WR Ike Hill	3	2	0	19	0	16
RB Walter Pupunu	2	0	0	0	0	8
RB Jim Bertelsen	1	1	0	11	0	24
RB Ronnie Coleman	1	1	0	13	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Chuck Foreman	1	1	1.00	9.18
Bob Gresham	1	9	9.00	13.13

Oakland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jim Bertelsen	1	3	3.00	5.08
Walter Pupunu	1	0	0.00	4.45

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Fran Tarkenton	6	3	15	2.50	4.48

Oakland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken Stabler	5	4	38	7.60	7.36

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Chuck Foreman	2	0	0	0.00	3.00
WR Bob Newland	1	1	7	7.00	7.67
WR Frank Pitts	1	0	0	0.00	5.78
FB Larry Schreiber	1	1	2	2.00	2.00
TE Lewis Rockett	1	1	6	6.00	6.00

Oakland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cliff Branch	2	1	16	8.00	8.60
WR Tommie Towns	2	2	20	10.00	11.83
TE Stu Voigt	1	1	2	2.00	5.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Chuck Foreman	1	1
Bob Gresham	1	0

Oakland	Rushes	Conversions
Ronnie Coleman	3	2
Walter Pupunu	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Fran Tarkenton	7	4	1

Oakland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken Stabler	8	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Chuck Foreman	3	1	0
WR Frank Pitts	3	2	1
WR Danny Buggs	1	1	0

Oakland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cliff Branch	2	2	1
RB Walter Pupunu	2	0	0
FB Bobby Anderson	1	1	1
TE Dave Casper	1	1	1
RB Ronnie Coleman	1	1	1
WR Ike Hill	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,100 (21,400)
End Zone 12,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,100 (21,400)
End Zone	12,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)