1974 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Bud Grant (10-4)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1974 Minnesota Vikings RosterTeam Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Bud Grant (10-4)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1974 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
The Vikings piled up points with 310 points, and the solid defense yielded 195. Fran Tarkenton threw for 2,598 yards. Chuck Foreman paced all receivers, snagging 53 passes, while Jim Lash accumulated 631 receiving yards. John Gilliam contributed to the receiving game, too.
Chuck Foreman carried the ball for a team-best 777 yards for Minnesota.
Nate Wright picked off 6 opponent throws.
Bud Grant coached the team. The 1974 Minnesota Vikings lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Fran Tarkenton | 351 | 199 | 56.7 | 2598 | 7.4 | 17 | 4.8 | 12 | 3.4 | 80 | 17 | 142 | 82.1 | Bob Berry | 48 | 34 | 70.8 | 305 | 6.4 | 5 | 10.4 | 1 | 2.1 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 113.6 | Mike Eischeid | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
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| Totals | 400 | 234 | 58.5 | 2909 | 7.3 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 3.2 | 80 | 19 | 154 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Chuck Foreman | 199 | 777 | 3.9 | 32 | 9 | Dave Osborn | 131 | 514 | 3.9 | 17 | 4 | Oscar Reed | 62 | 215 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 | Ed Marinaro | 44 | 124 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 | Fran Tarkenton | 21 | 120 | 5.7 | 15 | 2 | Brent McClanahan | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 14 | 1 | Bill Brown | 19 | 41 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | John Gilliam | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | Bob Berry | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 488 | 1856 | 3.8 | 32 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Chuck Foreman | 53 | 586 | 11.1 | 66 | 6 | Jim Lash | 32 | 631 | 19.7 | 57 | 0 | Stu Voigt | 32 | 268 | 8.4 | 22 | 5 | Dave Osborn | 29 | 196 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 | John Gilliam | 26 | 578 | 22.2 | 80 | 5 | Ed Marinaro | 17 | 132 | 7.8 | 20 | 1 | Oscar Reed | 15 | 99 | 6.6 | 12 | 1 | Sam McCullum | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 34 | 3 | Doug Kingsriter | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 21 | 0 | John Holland | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 20 | 0 | Bill Brown | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 21 | 0 | Steve Craig | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 10 | 1 | Brent McClanahan | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 | Nate Wright | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 234 | 2909 | 12.4 | 80 | 22 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Eischeid | 73 | 2636 | 36.1 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 73 | 2636 | 36.1 | 50 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jackie Wallace | 25 | 191 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 | Sam McCullum | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 13 | 0 | Larry Marshall | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 19 | 0 | Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43 | 320 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Brent McClanahan | 23 | 549 | 23.9 | 52 | 0 | Sam McCullum | 12 | 300 | 25.0 | 36 | 0 | John Gilliam | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 31 | 0 | Larry Marshall | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 | Jackie Wallace | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | Chuck Foreman | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | Bill Brown | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 | Dave Osborn | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Ed Marinaro | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50 | 1090 | 21.8 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Nate Wright | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 44 | 0 | Jeff Wright | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 | Amos Martin | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 28 | 0 | Paul Krause | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 45 | 0 | Jeff Siemon | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 | Terry Brown | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 | Jackie Wallace | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Blair | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 282 | 12.8 | 45 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jeff Siemon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Foreman | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stu Voigt | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred McNeill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Amos Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | Brent McClanahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jackie Wallace | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | Matt Blair | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam McCullum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Eller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Winston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Osborn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mick Tingelhoff | 1 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | Jim Lash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Marinaro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 48 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Chuck Foreman | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Fred Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 68 | John Gilliam | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Stu Voigt | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Dave Osborn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Sam McCullum | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ed Marinaro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Brent McClanahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Amos Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Oscar Reed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Steve Craig | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 310 |
