1976 Minnesota Vikings

1976 National Football Conference Champions!

1976 Record: 11-2-1 (Regular Season), 2-1 (Playoffs)
Head Coach: Bud Grant
Points Scored: 305 (5th out of 28 NFL teams)
Points Allowed: 176 (9th out of 28 NFL teams)
Home Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, MN

1976 Game-by-Game Results

Regular Season

Date Opponent Result

9/12/76 at New Orleans W 40- 9

9/19/76 Los Angeles T 10-10 (OT)

9/26/76 at Detroit W 10- 9

10/ 4/76 Pittsburgh W 17- 6

10/10/76 Chicago W 20-19

10/17/76 N.Y. Giants W 24- 7

10/24/76 at Philadelphia W 31-12

10/31/76 at Chicago L 13-14

11/ 7/76 Detroit W 31-23

11/14/76 Seattle W 27-21

11/21/76 at Green Bay W 17-10

11/28/76 at San Francisco L 16-29

12/ 5/76 Green Bay W 20- 9

12/11/76 at Miami W 29- 7

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result

NFC Div. Playoff Washington W 35-20

NFC Championship Los Angeles W 24-13

Super Bowl XI vs. Oakland L 14-32

Note: Super Bowl XI played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA

Halfback Chuck Foreman continued to be a threat to score every time he touched the ball as he led the NFL with 14 touchdowns in 1976. He finished 5th in the league with 73 receptions and his 1,155 rushing yards ranked sixth in the NFL in 1976 en route to his fourth Pro Bowl appearance.

1976 Minnesota Vikings Depth Chart / Roster:

Note: All players wore style 2 helmets!

# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Hair Equipment

Quarterbacks

1. 10 Fran Tarkenton 6-1 190 36 15 Georgia 95 20 brn crop 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes

2. 17 Bob Berry 5-11 185 34 11 Oregon 58 3 brn crop 2 bar (thin), tc sleeves, bk shoes

3. 19 Bob Lee 6-3 195 30 7 N/A 68 1 l. brn crp 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes

Halfbacks

1. 44 Chuck Foreman 6-2 207 26 3 Miami 126 3 blk crop half cage, eye paint, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

2. 35 Robert Miller 5-11 204 23 1 Kansas 157 4 blk afro half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

3. 48 Sammy Johnson 6-0 217 24 2 N. Carolina half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wrist double, bk shoes

Fullbacks

1. 33 Brent McClanahan 5-10 202 24 3 Arizona St. half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

2. 39 Mark Kellar 6-1 226 24 R N. Illinois half cage, wt wristbands, bk shoes

3. 31 Willie Spencer 6-3 235 23 R No College 54 4 blk crop half cage, qb wristbands, wt tc elbowpads, bk shoes

# 47 Ron Groce 6-2 211 22 R N/A bk shoes

Wide Receivers

1. 28 Ahmad Rashad 6-2 200 27 3 Oregon 111 3 blk afro 2 bar, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

2. 85 Sammy White 5-11 189 22 R Grambling St. 2 bar, left qb wristband, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf), qb wristbands (turf)

3. 26 Bob Grim 6-0 188 31 9 Oregon St. 89 2 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt wristbands, bk shoes

4. 80 Leonard Willis 5-10 180 23 R Oklahoma St. 2 bar, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

5. 82 Jim Lash 6-2 199 25 3 Northwestern dk skin 39 5 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)

Tight Ends

1. 83 Stu Voigt 6-1 225 28 6 Wisconsin 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt wristbands, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)

2. 84 Steve Craig 6-3 231 25 2 Northwestern md skin 37 3 blk afro half cage, rubber pads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

# 89 Doug Kingsriter 6-2 222 26 3 Minnesota 2 bar, wt wristbands, bk shoes

Left Tackles

1. 78 Steve Riley 6-6 258 24 2 UCLA 61 18 brn crop half cage, tc extended, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

2. 74 Bart Buetow 6-5 250 26 1 Minnesota half cage, wt wristbands, bk shoes

Left Guards

1. 68 Charles Goodrum 6-3 256 26 3 Florida A&M 147 11 blk afro half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt gloves, bk shoes

2. 61 Wes Hamilton 6-3 255 23 R Tulsa half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt gloves, bk shoes

Centers

1. 53 Mick Tinglehoff 6-2 240 36 14 Nebraska 21 11 l. brn buzz half cage, right bk tc elbowpad, wt wristbands, bk shoes

2. 57 Doug Dumler 6-3 245 26 3 Nebraska half cage, wt wrist double, bk shoes

Right Guards

1. 62 Ed White 6-2 270 29 7 California 70 12 brn crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes

2. 56 Scott Anderson 6-4 250 25 2 Missouri half cage, bk tc elbowpads, bk shoes

Right Tackles

1. 73 Ron Yary 6-5 255 30 8 USC 54 8 brn crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, right wt glove, bk shoes

2. n/a

Left Defensive Ends

1. 81 Carl Eller 6-6 247 34 12 Minnesota 116 15 blk crop half cage, left bk tc elbowpad, wt wrist double, wt gloves, bk shoes

2. 77 Mark Mullaney 6-6 242 23 1 Colorado St. 52 2 brn crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes

Right Defensive Ends

1. 70 Jim Marshall 6-3 240 38 16 Ohio State 11 5 blk crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes

2. 75 Bob Lurtsema 6-6 250 35 10 W. Michigan 35 3 l. brn buzz half cage, wt wristbands, fingers taped, bk shoes

Defensive Tackles

1. 88 Alan Page 6-4 245 31 9 Notre Dame 242 18 blk afro half cage, wt wristbands, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)

2. 69 Doug Sutherland 6-3 250 28 6 N/A half cage, wt wrist double, wt gloves, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)

3. n/a

4. n/a

5. 72 James White 6-3 263 23 R Oklahoma St. bk shoes

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 59 Matt Blair 6-5 229 26 2 Iowa State 19 16 blk crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads (grass), bk shoes, tc sleeves, wt tc elbowpads (turf)

2. 54 Fred McNeill 6-2 229 24 2 UCLA 133 4 blk crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, qb wristbands, bk shoes

Middle Linebackers

1. 50 Jeff Siemon 6-2 237 26 4 Stanford 28 7 brn crop half cage, bk tc elbowpads, wt wrist double, fingers taped, bk shoes

2. 55 Amos Martin 6-3 237 27 4 Louisville 26 1 l. brn crop 3 bar qb, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes, wt tc elbowpads (turf)

Right Outside Linebackers

1. 60 Roy Winston 5-11 222 36 14 LSU half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, bk shoes

2. 58 Wally Hilgenberg 6-3 229 34 12 Iowa 92 10 brn afro 2 bar, wt tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

Cornerbacks

1. 20 Bobby Bryant 6-1 170 32 8 S. Carolina 55 6 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

2. 43 Nate Wright 5-11 180 28 7 S. D. State 249 4 blk afro 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads (grass), wt wristbands, bk shoes, bk tc elbowpads (turf)

3. 25 Nate Allen 5-11 174 28 5 Texas South. 2 bar (thin), bk tc elbowpads, wt wrist double, bk shoes

4. 40 Windlan Hall 5-11 175 26 4 Arizona St. bk shoes

Free Safeties

1. 22 Paul Krause 6-3 200 34 12 Iowa 70 2 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt elbowpads, bk shoes, bk elbowpads (turf)

2. n/a (switch position to WR)

Strong Safeties

1. 23 Jeff Wright 5-11 190 27 5 N/A 50 7 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

2. 27 Autry Beamon 6-0 190 23 1 N/A 113 3 blk afro 2 bar, eye paint, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes

3. n/a (switch position to TE)

Kicker

1. 14 Fred Cox 5-10 200 38 13 Pittsburgh 51 9 brn crop 1 bar, bk shoes

Punter

1. 12 Neil Clabo 6-2 200 24 1 N/A 55 8 blk crop 1 bar, 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 62-51-97-60-65-24-52-54-44-18-86-95-22-25-27-22-0-81-83-66

B. Lee 45-47-79-45-52-25-41-52-36-18-77-75-21-24-78-75-0-74-73-65

B. Berry 44-48-84-43-48-22-46-48-42-20-71-85-21-24-23-20-0-70-72-60

Foreman 82-55-77-80-86-78-83-57-73-20-32-21-36-32-29-20-15-74-77-70

R. Miller 75-52-57-73-80-63-72-64-54-18-26-21-35-32-26-21-57-72-78-58

S. Johnson 72-56-59-70-77-61-69-57-65-20-33-26-38-37-27-19-43-73-76-65

McClanahan 76-52-65-74-78-65-67-60-65-21-28-19-42-41-25-21-75-74-74-62

Kellar 65-57-54-63-70-59-65-55-59-20-27-20-47-54-25-20-19-70-73-60

W. Spencer 64-53-51-62-65-54-60-61-54-19-25-20-35-36-27-19-23-70-69-57

R. Groce 78-54-52-77-81-66-69-70-48-22-24-19-25-27-25-20-10-69-61-55

Rashad 84-53-65-83-85-84-74-84-66-21-28-23-24-22-26-19-18-78-75-62

S. White 90-47-56-89-88-79-73-86-55-18-26-20-23-20-24-20-23-75-77-61

Grim 79-44-85-79-79-75-71-77-55-17-23-25-21-22-23-20-23-71-74-63

Willis 86-41-48-85-85-65-54-82-41-21-20-24-20-21-20-20-63-66-65-56

Lash 83-50-66-82-82-74-70-84-51-18-27-24-22-23-22-20-10-73-76-57

Voigt 70-63-82-68-70-69-66-61-56-20-23-21-54-58-25-21-8-77-76-60

S. Craig 67-57-61-66-72-64-57-56-62-21-25-20-52-54-27-19-8-71-75-62

Kingsriter 67-56-61-66-65-58-63-58-47-19-26-20-44-47-26-20-8-71-71-57

Riley 48-78-66-46-58-15-19-49-32-24-23-20-77-78-25-21-0-63-75-78

Buetow 46-74-54-45-60-16-21-46-30-26-26-20-68-70-24-20-0-56-62-77

Goodrum 43-78-69-41-56-18-20-45-33-27-28-20-72-74-27-19-0-59-74-80

W. Hamilton 44-72-52-43-62-17-20-42-32-25-22-21-73-75-26-20-0-62-78-77

Tingelhoff 50-84-97-48-60-20-20-47-33-26-29-20-89-94-26-20-0-60-96-92

Dumler 47-73-63-46-62-18-19-48-32-29-27-20-71-74-27-19-0-58-80-76

E. White 44-81-85-43-62-18-18-46-34-28-30-21-87-89-28-18-0-63-76-87

S. Anderson 56-73-54-55-64-21-24-55-32-25-25-19-66-69-25-19-0-54-61-70

Yary 47-77-87-46-66-17-20-47-32-26-27-19-89-92-26-20-0-68-87-86

Eller 68-79-92-67-77-21-28-56-32-91-29-20-24-34-29-19-0-85-90-91

Mullaney 63-74-62-62-66-21-29-53-33-88-26-20-23-33-28-20-0-74-79-86

J. Marshall 56-85-98-55-71-20-26-51-34-87-28-20-25-37-30-18-0-83-99-96

Lurtsema 57-73-86-55-63-19-24-51-32-80-26-19-23-33-28-20-0-73-80-78

Page 59-88-91-57-70-20-24-44-34-94-26-20-24-35-28-20-0-84-97-93

Sutherland 52-78-74-50-65-18-22-42-33-85-28-20-25-34-27-18-0-73-76-79

J. White 62-75-55-61-72-20-24-54-32-68-29-20-24-33-29-20-0-73-87-84

Blair 76-65-68-75-75-35-45-57-30-82-25-20-23-32-27-19-0-75-86-78

McNeill 68-67-63-67-68-31-40-53-32-77-29-20-22-32-28-20-0-72-83-74

Siemon 66-71-77-65-71-35-44-50-30-91-25-20-22-31-26-19-0-76-81-72

A. Martin 68-65-64-66-68-33-41-52-30-75-24-19-21-30-25-19-0-72-70-66

R. Winston 62-74-94-60-64-36-41-46-32-90-27-18-24-33-28-20-0-73-81-73

W. Hilgenberg 67-73-91-67-69-30-36-45-32-86-27-19-22-31-26-20-0-73-82-77

B. Bryant 84-48-88-83-83-62-58-80-29-72-20-20-13-15-21-20-70-75-76-66

N. Wright 88-51-82-87-87-56-57-82-29-75-24-20-13-16-20-19-10-78-75-64

N. Allen 85-54-71-84-84-53-57-64-29-63-25-20-12-15-19-20-10-74-75-58

W. Hall 81-52-62-80-80-48-55-62-29-66-22-20-13-15-20-20-10-71-73-60

Krause 82-56-94-81-83-65-58-70-29-89-27-26-13-16-20-20-10-82-83-77

J. Wright 78-56-75-77-78-48-53-72-29-75-21-19-13-16-20-20-10-76-78-66

Beamon 83-48-57-82-82-58-57-78-29-66-25-20-12-15-20-20-22-76-74-57

F. Cox 51-43-94-49-50-39-44-54-14-16-26-25-12-13-79-82-0-44-84-44

Clabo 48-38-60-47-46-45-52-56-14-15-24-20-12-13-77-81-0-49-77-48

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1976 Minnesota Vikings Individual Leaders:

Passing: Fran Tarkenton, 2961 yds., 61.9 comp. pct, 17 TDs, 89.3 rating

Rushing: Chuck Foreman, 1155 yds., 13 TDs, 4.2 yds./carry

Receiving: Sammy White, 51 rec., 906 yds., 10 TDs

Touchdowns: Chuck Foreman, 14 (13 rush., 1 rec.)

Interceptions: Nate Wright, 7 int., 47 yds., 0 TDs

Scoring: Fred Cox, 89 pts. (19 FGs, 32 PATs)

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1976 NFC CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS

1^st Place – Minnesota (11-2-1)

2^nd Place – Chicago (7-7)

3^rd Place – Detroit (6-8)

4^th Place – Green Bay (5-9)

Quarterback Fran Tarkenton made his final Pro Bowl appearance after finishing 2nd in the NFL in passing yards (2,961) and 4th in the league in passer rating (89.3) in 1976.

Linebacker Jeff Siemon started all of the Vikings games for the fourth straight season and made his third trip to the Pro Bowl following the 1976 season. More Vintage NFL Teams