1975 Minnesota Vikings
1975 NFC Central Division Champions!
1975 Record: 12-2 (Regular Season), 0-1 (Playoffs)
Head Coach: Bud Grant
Points Scored: 377 (3rd out of 26 NFL teams)
Points Allowed: 180 (3rd out of 26 NFL teams)
Home Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, MN.
Defensive End Carl Eller bats down a pass against the Bears. He was selected to the Associated Press's and United Press International's first team All-NFC.
1975 Minnesota Vikings Game-by-Game Results
Regular Season
Date Opponent Result
9/21/75 San Francisco W 27-17
9/28/75 at Cleveland W 42-10
10/ 5/75 Chicago W 28- 3
10/12/75 N.Y. Jets W 29-21
10/19/75 Detroit W 25-19
10/27/75 at Chicago W 13- 9
11/ 2/75 at Green Bay W 28-17
11/ 9/75 Atlanta W 38- 0
11/16/75 at New Orleans W 20-17
11/23/75 San Diego W 28-13
11/30/75 at Washington L 30-31
12/ 6/75 Green Bay W 24- 3
12/13/75 at Detroit L 10-17
12/20/75 at Buffalo W 35-13
Playoffs
Round Opponent Result
NFC Div. Playoff Dallas L 14-17
Defensive Tackle Alan Page hurries Roger Staubach into an incomplete pass. He led the Vikings with 13 sacks and was voted first team All-NFL by the Associated Press, The Sporting News, and Pro Football Weekly in 1975, while earning his seventh consecutive Pro Bowl selection.
1975 Minnesota Vikings Depth Chart / Roster:
Note: ALL PLAYERS WORE STYLE 2 HELMETS!
# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Hair EquipmentQuarterbacks
1. 10 Fran Tarkenton 6-0 190 35 14 Georgia 95 20 brn crop 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes
2. 19 Bob Lee 6-3 195 29 6 N/A 68 1 l. brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes
3. 17 Bob Berry 5-11 185 33 10 Oregon 58 3 brn crop 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes
Halfbacks
1. 44 Chuck Foreman 6-2 207 25 2 Miami 126 3 blk afro half cage, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to FB)
3. 41 Dave Osborn 6-0 208 32 10 North Dakota 45 7 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, bk tc elbowpads, tc sleeves, bk shoes
4. n/a (switch position to MLB)
5. 35 Robert Miller 5-11 204 22 R Kansas 157 4 blk afro half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Fullbacks
1. 49 Ed Marinaro 6-2 212 25 3 Cornell 54 4 blk crop half cage, wt tc elbowpads, qb wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes
2. 33 Brent McClanahan 5-10 202 24 2 Arizona St. 232 8 blk crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)
# 39 Mark Kellar 6-1 226 23 1 N. Illinois half cage, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Wide Receivers
1. 42 John Gilliam 6-1 195 30 8 S.C. State 15 9 blk afro 2 bar (thin), wt tc elbowpads, tc sleeves, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)
2. 82 Jim Lash 6-2 199 24 2 Northwestern 39 5 blk afro 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)
3. 80 Sam McCullum 6-2 203 23 1 Montana State 50 2 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes
4. 87 Clint Haslerig 6-0 189 23 1 Michigan 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes
5. Bruce Adams 6-1 180 R Kansas dk skin bk shoes
Tight Ends
1. 83 Stu Voigt 6-1 225 27 5 Wisconsin 105 7 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)
2. 84 Steve Craig 6-3 231 24 1 Northwestern med skin 37 3 blk afro half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
# 89 Doug Kingsriter 6-2 222 25 2 Minnesota lt skin 2 bar, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Left Tackles
1. 68 Charles Goodrum 6-3 256 25 2 Florida A&M dk skin 147 11 blk afro half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes
2. 78 Steve Riley 6-5 258 23 1 UCLA lt skin 61 18 brn crop half cage, tc extended, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes
Left Guards
1. John Passananti R W. Illinois 105 18 brn crop
2. 66 Andy Maurer 6-3 275 27 5 Oregon 65 18 blk crop half cage, tc extended, bk tc elbowpads, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes
3. 65 Steve Lawson 6-3 265 26 4 Kansas dk skin 67 11 blk crop half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes
Centers
1. 53 Mick Tingelhoff 6-2 240 35 13 Nebraska 21 11 l. brn crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, tc sleeves, bk ankles taped, bk shoes
2. 72 John Ward 6-4 250 27 5 Oklahoma St. 81 8 l. brn crop half cage, wt wrist double, tc sleeves, bk shoes
Right Guards
1. 62 Ed White 6-3 270 28 6 California 70 12 brn crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes
2. 64 Milt Sunde 6-2 250 33 11 Minnesota 4 10 blo crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Right Tackles
1. 73 Ron Yary 6-5 255 29 7 USC 54 8 brn crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, right wt glove, tc sleeves, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to LE)
Left Defensive Ends
1. 81 Carl Eller 6-6 247 33 11 Minnesota 116 15 blk c. over half cage, right bk tc elbowpad, wt wrist double, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes
2. 75 Bob Lurtsema 6-6 250 34 9 W. Michigan 35 3 l. brn buzz half cage, wt wristbands, fingers taped, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)
# 71 Dave Boone 6-3 247 23 R East. Mich. dk skin half cage, wt wrist double, wt gloves, bk shoes
Right Defensive Ends
1. 70 Jim Marshall 6-4 240 37 15 Ohio State 11 5 blk crop half cage, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)
2. 77 Mark Mullaney 6-6 242 22 R Colorado St. 52 2 brn crop half cage, bk elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes
Defensive Tackles
1. 88 Alan Page 6-4 245 30 8 Notre Dame 242 18 blk afro half cage, wt wristbands, left fingers taped, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)
2. 69 Doug Sutherland 6-3 250 27 5 N/A 97 12 brn crop half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes
3. 79 Art Riley 6-4 255 21 R USC dk skin half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes
Left Outside Linebackers
1. 60 Roy Winston 5-11 222 35 13 LSU lt skin 83 5 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, bk shoes
2. 54 Fred McNeill 6-2 229 23 1 UCLA 133 4 blk crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, qb wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes
Middle Linebackers
1. 50 Jeff Siemon 6-1 237 25 3 Stanford 28 7 brn crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wrist double, fingers taped, bk shoes
2. 56 Bob Stein 6-3 235 27 6 Minnesota 63 2 blk crop half cage, tc extended, left wt tc elbowpad, wt wrist double, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes, left bk tc elbowpad (turf)
# 52 Bubba Broussard 6-2 230 23 R Houston lt skin 25 5 l. brn long half cage, wt gloves, tc sleeves, bk shoes
Right Outside Linebackers
1. 58 Wally Hilgenberg 6-3 229 33 11 Iowa 92 10 brn afro 2 bar, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
2. 59 Matt Blair 6-5 229 25 1 Iowa State 19 16 blk crop 3 bar qb, bk tc elbowpads, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)
3. 55 Amos Martin 6-3 237 26 3 Louisville 26 1 l. brn crop 3 bar qb, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Cornerbacks
1. 20 Bobby Bryant 6-1 170 31 7 S. Carolina 55 6 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes
2. 43 Nate Wright 5-11 180 28 6 S. D. State 249 4 blk afro 2 bar (thin), wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)
3. n/a (switch position to FS)
4. 21 Joe Blahak 6-0 188 25 2 Nebraska 9 8 blo crop 2 bar (thin), wt tc elbowpads, tc sleeves, bk shoes
5. 45 Pete Athas 5-11 187 28 4 Tennessee med skin 41 7 blk afro 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes
Free Safeties
1. 22 Paul Krause 6-3 200 33 11 Iowa 70 2 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt tc elbowpads, tc sleeves, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)
2. n/a (switch position to TE)
# 27 Autry Beamon 5-11 190 22 R N/A 113 3 blk afro 2 bar, eye paint, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)
Strong Safeties
1. 23 Jeff Wright 5-11 190 26 4 N/A 86 7 brn crop 2 bar (thin), bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
2. 24 Terry Brown 6-2 205 28 5 Oklahoma St. 51 7 brn crop 2 bar, wt wristbands, tc sleeves, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)
Kicker
1. 14 Fred Cox 5-10 200 37 12 Pittsburgh 51 9 brn crop 1 bar, bk shoes
Punter
1. 12 Neil Clabo 6-2 200 23 R N/A 55 8 blk crop 1 bar, tc sleeves, bk shoes
Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acc-cth-car-jmp-btk-tkl-tpw-tac-pbk-rbk-kpw-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh
Tarkenton 64-54-97-77-70-37-71-62-56-23-93-99-28-27-38-27-0-90-83-80
B. Lee 52-47-85-52-50-22-45-44-38-18-85-82-23-27-62-57-0-77-70-62
B. Berry 55-49-87-54-50-49-45-46-37-22-84-81-25-27-58-43-0-76-72-65
C. Foreman 90-69-85-92-94-88-75-66-90-23-34-23-41-40-30-25-66-91-87-86
D. Osborn 74-82-92-78-75-77-73-59-76-27-47-24-60-62-33-21-58-77-85-88
R. Miller 83-61-54-86-89-76-80-59-79-28-28-26-35-33-27-24-67-84-87-77
Marinaro 68-72-74-75-76-85-81-65-72-26-34-27-48-49-28-25-56-81-76-74
B. McClanahan 83-68-63-81-84-77-74-58-67-24-32-25-55-52-27-23-73-82-77-77
M. Kellar 65-67-54-63-73-61-74-57-66-23-31-23-47-55-27-22-10-77-74-75
J. Gilliam 90-70-90-90-85-93-84-83-79-23-34-24-32-35-27-23-77-84-90-80
Lash 91-67-70-89-88-84-78-75-72-23-36-27-27-28-30-23-10-79-80-67
McCullum 46 89-66-61-84-93-83-80-80-72-21-33-23-25-31-29-21-81-83-81-67
Haslerig 85-57-56-88-84-78-67-69-58-20-23-20-19-20-22-20-10-75-77-69
B. Adams 86-49-47-88-87-76-68-77-64-18-28-24-23-24-27-25-30-78-79-62
Voigt 118 69-70-81-60-73-73-64-53-68-22-31-19-77-72-24-22-8-82-77-74
S. Craig 68-67-60-69-67-68-65-62-63-24-31-25-68-66-24-22-8-77-84-78
Kingsriter 74-67-62-76-70-73-67-61-66-21-29-22-51-57-26-24-8-76-77-67
Goodrum 56-91-71-53-70-23-21-48-27-24-31-22-85-88-26-22-0-67-79-78
S. Riley 63-87-68-61-65-25-23-48-23-23-27-24-86-83-25-22-0-74-85-83
Maurer 54-87-75-50-65-18-18-47-26-24-28-20-82-80-26-22-0-65-78-74
S. Lawson 57-83-68-78-56-27-24-44-26-24-27-23-79-84-28-22-0-67-78-74
Passananti 59-82-49-63-56-28-25-57-26-24-28-23-75-78-27-18-0-68-76-72
Tingelhoff 56-85-95-56-54-27-23-48-28-26-26-22-91-89-25-21-0-65-99-86
J. Ward 65-83-66-63-69-42-39-47-30-71-29-23-76-83-29-21-0-70-79-77
E. White 58-95-87-55-74-21-18-49-34-28-30-21-92-96-28-18-0-72-79-93
Sunde 44-87-91-42-65-33-25-36-34-27-32-18-81-74-30-18-0-63-73-77
Yary 68-97-88-68-77-42-34-47-29-27-35-22-99-99-32-23-0-77-95-92
Eller 74-87-96-77-73-25-24-51-27-90-27-25-25-32-27-23-0-83-83-88
Lurtsema 58-87-78-55-62-26-24-49-28-84-27-18-28-38-26-20-0-75-85-86
D. Boone 64-84-54-62-73-23-21-57-28-78-23-20-22-33-28-20-0-79-82-73
J. Marshall 70-85-98-72-75-23-21-50-28-87-25-21-25-30-30-26-0-80-99-99
Mullaney 73-82-55-73-77-24-25-58-28-81-28-23-72-74-29-23-0-83-81-81
A. Page 73-97-88-72-82-27-25-51-28-97-28-26-29-40-33-22-0-86-93-92
D. Sutherland 65-87-80-65-62-21-20-54-28-89-29-26-24-31-29-23-0-80-85-82
A. Riley 66-84-55-64-71-25-23-62-25-76-32-22-23-29-31-22-0-80-83-76
R. Winston 71-76-92-72-70-46-42-51-28-85-25-22-32-44-32-18-0-75-68-76
F. McNeill 79-72-66-75-73-48-45-62-28-87-28-23-25-41-27-25-0-89-86-74
Siemon 79-80-83-78-74-52-44-54-28-97-27-24-27-45-32-23-0-86-95-87
B. Stein 66 68-72-71-68-65-48-45-50-28-84-28-24-24-36-27-22-0-76-74-81
Broussard 70-75-50-76-71-45-38-57-28-86-26-19-25-43-28-21-0-77-78-73
W. Hilgenberg 72-81-93-73-67-43-42-48-26-88-26-24-25-43-30-21-0-77-77-79
M. Blair 84-76-66-81-80-53-44-68-28-83-29-24-24-45-28-24-10-85-90-88
A. Martin 71-72-69-67-69-58-45-64-28-90-27-20-25-43-27-22-0-79-85-78
B. Bryant 93-58-93-94-92-72-47-68-28-80-26-22-20-24-27-22-70-84-75-75
N. Wright 92-52-86-94-90-60-46-73-28-73-26-23-22-26-25-22-39-88-85-82
Blahak 85-51-66-88-82-64-43-73-28-77-25-22-21-24-26-22-58-80-77-72
P. Athas 50 87-62-61-86-86-70-54-69-43-63-24-21-18-23-24-22-61-77-77-69
P. Krause 8 86-56-93-87-84-75-44-73-28-85-42-38-21-24-27-24-10-78-95-85
A. Beamon 84-51-56-85-89-63-54-83-28-73-25-22-19-23-25-23-57-82-84-71
J. Wright 83-53-75-86-81-56-42-60-28-85-26-22-23-36-26-22-10-83-68-82
T. Brown 82-54-71-80-86-53-40-84-28-82-24-23-22-27-27-23-10-78-72-78
F. Cox 41-29-93-39-39-33-37-44-23-18-38-33-14-18-85-84-0-57-92-58
N. Clabo 57-37-59-56-58-35-31-59-22-20-26-22-15-19-85-82-0-64-73-55
Halfback Chuck Foreman led the NFL with 73 receptions in 1975 and his 22 TDs were second in the NFL. His 1,055 rushing yards were fifth in the NFL and his 1,761 yards from scrimmage was second in the league in '75. He was selected first team All-NFL by the API, Pro Football Writers, Pro Football Weekly, and the Sporting News and earned his third Pro Bowl selection in as many NFL seasons.
1975 Minnesota Vikings Individual Statistical Leaders:
Passing: Fran Tarkenton, 2994 yards, 64.2 comp. pct., 25 TDs, 91.8 rating
Rushing: Chuck Foreman, 1055 yards, 13 TDs, 3.8 yards / carry
Receiving: John Gilliam, 50 receptions, 777 yards, 7 TDs
Touchdowns: Chuck Foreman, 22 (13 rush., 9 rec.)
QB Sacks: Alan Page, 13
Interceptions: Paul Krause, 10 int., 201 yards, 0 TDs
Points: Chuck Foreman, 133 (22 TDs)
Quarterback Fran Tarkenton led the NFL in completion pct. (64.2) and passing TDs (25), and was second in the league in passing yards (2,994) and pass rating (91.8) in 1975. He was voted by Associated Press as the league MVP and Offensive Player of the 1975, won the Bert Bell Award for NFL MVP and was also chosen league MVP by the Pro Football Writers and Newspaper Ent. Assoc. He earned his eighth career Pro Bowl selection following the season.
1975 NFC CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS:
1st Place - MINNESOTA (12-2)
2nd Place - Detroit (7-7)
3rd Place - Chicago (4-10)
4th Place - Detroit (4-10)
Defensive End Jim Marshall sacks Roger Staubach in the Divisional Playoff Game. He recovered a pair of fumbles in the regular season and continued to be a menace to opposing signal callers in his 16th NFL season.
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Wide Receiver John Gilliam finished ninth in the NFL with 777 yards and 7 receiving TDs. His 50 receptions was second on the Vikings in 1975 and earned his third career Pro Bowl selection following the season.
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