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Record: 11 - 2 - 1 (pythagorean: 11 - 3, .827) Coaching: Bud Grant 11 - 2 - 1  (playoffs:2 - 1) 1976 Pro Bowl Players: QB - Fran Tarkenton RB - Chuck Foreman WR - Sammy White T - Ron Yary G - Ed White DT - Alan Page LB - Jeff Siemon CB - Bobby Bryant 1976 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-25 (25) - James White, Oklahoma State, DT   2-26 (54) - Sammy White, Grambling, WR   3-25 (85) - Wes Hamilton, Tulsa, G   4-26 (118) - Leonard Willis, Ohio State, WR   5-9 (133) - Steve Wagner, Wisconsin, DB   5-25 (149) - Keith Barnette, Boston College, RB   6-24 (180) - Terry Egerdahl, Minnesota-Duluth, DB   7-24 (206) - Larry Brune, Rice, DB   9-25 (262) - Isaac Hagins, Southern, WR   10-24 (289) - Bill Salmon, Northern Iowa, QB   11-25 (316) - Steve Kracher, Montana State, RB   12-26 (345) - Robert Sparks, San Francisco State, DB   13-25 (372) - Gary Paulson, Colorado State, DE   14-26 (401) - Jeff Stapleton, Purdue, T   15-25 (428) - Ron Groce, Macalester, RB   16-26 (457) - Randy Hickel, Montana State, DB   17-25 (484) - Dick Lukowski, West Virginia, DT
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 MIN 40 at NOR 9 Week 2 LAM 10 OT at MIN 10 Week 3 MIN 10 at DET 9 Week 4 PIT 6 at MIN 17 Week 5 CHI 19 at MIN 20 Week 6 NYG 7 at MIN 24 Week 7 MIN 31 at PHI 12 Week 8 MIN 13 at CHI 14 Week 9 DET 23 at MIN 31 Week 10 SEA 21 at MIN 27 Week 11 MIN 17 at GNB 10 Week 12 MIN 16 at SFO 20 Week 13 GNB 9 at MIN 20 Week 14 MIN 29 at MIA 7 NFC Divisional Playoff WAS 20 at MIN 35 NFC Championship LAM 13 at MIN 24 Super Bowl XI MIN 14 at OAK 32
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 305 4858 36 125 150 19 294   442 270 3117 17 10 31 262   540 2003 18   77 615 33 19 -- DEFENSE 176 3671 22 103 91 13 207   323 158 1897 8 19 45 322   487 2096 14   76 653 24 -- 13     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 40 271 0   OPP: 40 286 0   OWN: 42 859 0   OPP: 66 1209 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 69 2678 13 0 5   OPP: 79 2932   OWN: 32 36 19 31   OPP: 14 22 10 25
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Fran Tarkenton 13 412 255 61.9 2961 7.19 17 8 25 221 89.3   27 45 1.7 1 20   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Lee 4 30 15 50.0 156 5.20 0 2 6 41 37.6   2 2 1.0 0 2   0 0 0.0 0 0 Chuck Foreman 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   278 1155 4.2 13 46   55 567 10.3 1 41t Brent McClanahan 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   130 382 2.9 4 19   40 252 6.3 1 23 Robert Miller 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   67 286 4.3 0 36   23 181 7.9 1 19 Sammy Johnson 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   17 98 5.8 0 18   2 22 11.0 0 11 Mark Kellar 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   7 25 3.6 0 11   2 22 11.0 0 19 Sammy White 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   5 -10 -2.0 0 6   51 906 17.8 10 56t Willie Spencer 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   4 2 0.5 0 2   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ron Groce 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 18 6.0 0 13   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ahmad Rashad 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   53 671 12.7 3 47 Stu Voigt 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   28 303 10.8 1 44 Bob Grim 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   9 108 12.0 0 27 Jim Lash 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 52 13.0 0 17 Steve Craig 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 33 11.0 0 17   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Lenny Willis 14 30 207 6.9 10 29 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Autry Beamon 14 7 19 2.7 5 14 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Sammy White 14 3 45 15.0 1 31 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Robert Miller 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   5 77 15.4 27 0 Sammy Johnson 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 35 17.5 18 0 Mark Kellar 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 22 22.0 22 0 Matt Blair 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Fred Cox 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 5/7 10/12 4/11 0/1 49 19 31 32 36 Neil Clabo 13 69 2678 55 0 13 5 30.9 38.8   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Autry Beamon 14 0.0 0   1 41 41 0 Matt Blair 14 0.0 0   2 25 20 0 Paul Krause 14 0.0 0   2 21 19 0 Jeff Siemon 14 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Jeff Wright 14 0.0 0   1 5 5 0 Nate Wright 14 0.0 0   7 47 21 0 Nate Allen 12 0.0 0   3 44 30 0 Bobby Bryant 12 0.0 0   2 30 25 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Nate Allen 12 0 0 1 4 0 Scott Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Autry Beamon 14 1 0 1 0 0 Matt Blair 14 0 0 5 8 0 Bobby Bryant 12 0 0 0 0 0 Bart Buetow 2 0 0 0 0 0 Neil Clabo 13 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Cox 14 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Craig 14 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Dumler 14 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Eller 13 0 0 0 0 0 Chuck Foreman 14 7 2 0 1 0 Charlie Goodrum 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Grim 8 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Groce 2 1 0 0 0 0 Windlan Hall 14 0 0 0 0 0 Wes Hamilton 13 0 0 0 0 0 Wally Hilgenberg 14 0 0 1 0 0 Sammy Johnson 8 0 0 0 0 0 Mark Kellar 6 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Krause 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Lash 5 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Lee 4 3 0 0 -2 0 Bob Lurtsema 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Marshall 14 0 0 0 0 0 Amos Martin 14 0 0 0 0 0 Brent McClanahan 13 5 0 0 0 0 Fred Mcneill 13 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Miller 14 2 0 0 0 0 Mark Mullaney 12 0 0 2 3 0 Alan Page 14 0 0 1 1 0 Ahmad Rashad 13 1 0 0 0 0 Steve Riley 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Siemon 14 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Spencer 3 1 0 0 0 0 Doug Sutherland 14 0 0 1 9 0 Fran Tarkenton 13 4 2 0 -9 0 Mick Tingelhoff 14 1 1 0 -4 0 Stu Voigt 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ed White 13 0 1 0 0 0 James White 14 0 0 0 0 0 Sammy White 14 3 2 0 0 0 Lenny Willis 14 4 2 0 3 0 Roy Winston 7 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Wright 14 0 0 1 0 0 Nate Wright 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Yary 14 0 1 0 0 0

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