Sunday October 24, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/24/1976:



Fran Tarkenton, with 249 yards passing and two TD passes, became the second 40,000-yard career passer in the NFL and Chuck Foreman, who had two touchdowns and 200 yards rushing, set a single game club rushing record with the NFC's best rushing performance in 1976 in bringing the Vikings back from a 9-0 deficit to take a 3½ game lead in the NFC Central. Mike Boryla passed three yards to Harold Carmichael for the Eagles' 9-0 lead but Tarkenton cut the lead to two points at the half with a five-yard pass to Ahmad Rashad. Tarkenton finished off a 10-point third quarter with a 35-yard TD pass to Sammy White before Foreman got his pair of scores on 2 and 32-yard runs in the fourth period.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE122.5  (23)178.5  (11)301.0  (14)13
DEFENSE151.2  (17)105.5  (3)256.7  (7)19
OFFENSE151.7  (11)118.7  (24)270.3  (22)19
DEFENSE142.7  (15)176.8  (17)319.5  (18)14

Line: Vikings by 10

Team1234F
Minnesota Vikings (6-0-1)07101431
Philadelphia Eagles (2-5-0)090312

( 0- 3) PHI Horst Muhlmann 19 yard field goal ( 0- 9) PHI Harold Carmichael 3 yard pass from Mike Boryla (kick failed) ( 7- 9) MIN Ahmad Rashad 5 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) (10- 9) MIN Fred Cox 32 yard field goal (17- 9) MIN Sammy White 35 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) (17-12) PHI Horst Muhlmann 21 yard field goal (24-12) MIN Chuck Foreman 32 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) (31-12) MIN Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
                     MIN             PHI
First Downs:         27              17
Rushes-yards:        43-242          31-161
Yards/rush:          5.6             5.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     23-33-249-1     11-25-142-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             3-21
Net pass yards:      249             121
Net yards/pass:      7.5             4.3
Total net yards:     491             282
Total plays:         76 (56% run)    59 (52% run)  
Yards/play:          6.5             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             0-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     8-60            6-45

Attendance: 56,233

Passing:
MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 23 of 33 for 249 yards and 2 TDs (1 int) PHI: Mike Boryla, 11 of 25 for 142 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
MIN: Chuck Foreman, 28 for 200 yards and 2 TDs; Brent McClanahan, 10 for 40 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 3 for 6 yards; Robert Miller, 1 for 4 yards; Sammy White, 1 for -8 yards PHI: Tom Sullivan, 14 for 64 yards; James McAlister, 11 for 37 yards; Mike Boryla, 6 for 60 yards
Receiving:
MIN: Ahmad Rashad, 6 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Chuck Foreman, 6 for 65 yards; Brent McClanahan, 6 for 36 yards; Sammy White, 2 for 59 yards and 1 TD; Stu Voigt, 2 for 14 yards; Robert Miller, 1 for 9 yards PHI: Tom Sullivan, 3 for 48 yards; Charle Young, 3 for 39 yards; Harold Carmichael, 3 for 16 yards and 1 TD; James McAlister, 2 for 39 yards
Kick returns:
MIN: Leonard Willis, 3 for 71 yards; Sammy Johnson, 1 for 18 yards PHI: Larry Marshall, 3 for 55 yards; James McAlister, 1 for 28 yards; Bill Olds, 1 for 11 yards; Jeff Bleamer, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
MIN: Sammy White, 1 for 0 yards PHI: Larry Marshall, 1 for 17 yards
Interceptions:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 1 for 52 yards
Punting:
MIN: Neil Clabo, 2 for 72 yards PHI: Spike Jones, 5 for 169 yards
Field Goals:
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/2 PHI: Horst Muhlmann, 2/3


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