| 1974 - Week 2 |
| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Scoring Plays | Vikings | Lions | ||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| Vikings | 6:51 | F.Cox 42 yd. Field Goal ( 6-57, 2:37 ) | 3 | 0 |
| Lions | 2:04 | A.Taylor 2 yd. run ( E.Mann Kick ) ( 8-60, 4:43 ) | 3 | 7 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| Lions | 6:44 | E.Mann 32 yd. Field Goal ( 13-63, 8:12 ) | 3 | 10 |
| Vikings | 0:29 | F.Cox 27 yd. Field Goal ( 6-45, 1:13 ) | 6 | 10 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| Lions | 9:17 | A.Taylor 1 yd. run ( E.Mann Kick ) ( 11-79, 5:43 ) | 6 | 17 |
| Lions | 5:14 | A.Taylor 3 yd. run ( E.Mann Kick ) ( 7-29, 2:08 ) | 6 | 24 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| Lions | 11:55 | E.Mann 31 yd. Field Goal ( 3-9, 2:21 ) | 6 | 27 |
| Vikings | 9:26 | C.Foreman 3 yd. run ( F.Cox Kick ) ( 13-58, 2:25 ) | 13 | 27 |
| Vikings | 3:45 | C.Foreman 4 yd. run ( F.Cox Kick ) ( 7-67, 3:07 ) | 20 | 27 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Detroit Lions | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 3:13 | Min 20 | 6 | 9 | Punt | 11:47 | 2:23 | Det 40 | 3 | -5 | Punt |
| 9:24 | 2:37 | Min 18 | 6 | 57 | Field Goal | 6:47 | 4:43 | Det 40 | 8 | 60 | Touchdown |
| 2:04 | 2:15 | Min 20 | 5 | 24 | Punt | 14:49 | 8:12 | Det 22 | 13 | 63 | Field Goal |
| 6:37 | 3:44 | Min 22 | 7 | 24 | Punt | 2:53 | 1:15 | Det 11 | 6 | 14 | Punt |
| 1:38 | 1:13 | Min 45 | 6 | 45 | Field Goal | 0:25 | 0:25 | Det 15 | 1 | -1 | End of Half |
| 9:17 | 1:55 | Min 21 | 3 | 7 | Fumble | 15:00 | 5:43 | Det 21 | 11 | 79 | Touchdown |
| 5:14 | 3:18 | Min 33 | 5 | 22 | Interception | 7:22 | 2:08 | Min 29 | 7 | 29 | Touchdown |
| 0:11 | 0:59 | Min 34 | 3 | 12 | Interception | 1:56 | 1:45 | Min 35 | 4 | 1 | Downs |
| 11:51 | 2:25 | Min 42 | 13 | 58 | Touchdown | 14:12 | 2:21 | Min 23 | 3 | 9 | Field Goal |
| 6:52 | 3:07 | Min 33 | 7 | 67 | Touchdown | 9:26 | 2:34 | Det 26 | 3 | 7 | Punt |
| 2:40 | 1:36 | Min 17 | 11 | 32 | Downs | 3:45 | 1:05 | Min 49 | 3 | 1 | Punt |
| 1:04 | 1:04 | Min 49 | 2 | -1 | End of Reg. | ||||||
| 26:22 | Min 28 | 72 | 357 | 33:38 | Det 41 | 64 | 256 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7:54 | 5:11 | 5:24 | 7:56 | 26:25 | |
| Detroit Lions | 7:06 | 9:49 | 9:36 | 7:04 | 33:35 |
| Team Statistics | Vikings | Lions |
| Total Points | 20 | 27 |
| 1st Downs | 22 | 18 |
| Rushing | 11 | 4 |
| Passing | 11 | 13 |
| Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 5-13 | 7-14 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 2-3 | 0-1 |
| Penalties-Yards | 14-105 | 4-30 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Time Of Pos. | 26:25 | 33:35 |
| Total Net Yards | 413 | 256 |
| Total Plays | 72 | 64 |
| Average Gain | 5.7 | 4.0 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 123 | 69 |
| Rushes | 29 | 38 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 4.2 | 1.8 |
| Net Yards Passing | 290 | 187 |
| Completions | 23 | 17 |
| Attempts | 43 | 22 |
| Completion % | 53.5 | 77.3 |
| Yards Per Completion | 12.6 | 12.5 |
| Sacks | 0 | 4 |
| Had Intercepted | 2 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 3 |
| Rushing | 2 | 3 |
| Passing | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | Detroit Lions | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Fran Tarkenton | 43 | 23 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 55 | Bill Munson | 22 | 17 | 212 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 107 |
| Totals | 43 | 23 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 55 | Totals | 22 | 17 | 212 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 107 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Chuck Foreman | 16 | 43 | 2.7 | 8 | 2 | Altie Taylor | 14 | 9 | 0.6 | 5 | 3 |
| Dave Osborn | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 17 | 0 | Steve Owens | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | Jim Hooks | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Jimmie Lee Jones | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Leon Crosswhite | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 29 | 123 | 4.2 | 17 | 2 | Totals | 38 | 69 | 1.8 | 12 | 3 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Chuck Foreman | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 22 | 0 | Charlie Sanders | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Lash | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 46 | 0 | Ron Jessie | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 31 | 0 |
| John R. Gilliam | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 | Altie Taylor | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 | Larry Walton | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 | Steve Owens | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Bob Pickard | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 290 | 12.6 | 46 | 0 | Totals | 17 | 212 | 12.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Mike Eischeid | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | Herman Weaver | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 0 | 2 | 57 |
| Totals | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | Totals | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 0 | 2 | 57 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| Fred Cox | 2 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 2 | Errol Mann | 2 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 2 | Totals | 2 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 3 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Larry Marshall | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Charlie West | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | Totals | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 | Jimmie Lee Jones | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Larry Marshall | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Ray Jarvis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 | Totals | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | Totals | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| Doug Sutherland | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | ||||
| Fred McNeil | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | ||||
| Jackie Wallace | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | ||||
| Totals | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | Totals |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed O`Neil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |