| 1974 - Week 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 41 |
| Green Bay Packers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Scoring Plays | Vikings | Packers | ||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| Vikings | 9:53 | S.Voigt 22 yd. pass from F.Tarkenton ( F.Cox Kick ) ( 3-72, 1:36 ) | 7 | 0 |
| Vikings | 2:22 | J.R.Gilliam 20 yd. pass from F.Tarkenton ( F.Cox Kick ) ( 10-92, 4:16 ) | 14 | 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| Packers | 11:56 | C.Marcol 46 yd. Field Goal ( 9-43, 5:30 ) | 14 | 3 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| Vikings | 9:27 | F.Tarkenton 3 yd. run ( F.Cox Kick ) ( 7-32, 4:23 ) | 21 | 3 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| Vikings | 12:15 | J.Lash 37 yd. pass from F.Tarkenton ( F.Cox Kick missed ) ( 7-71, 2:48 ) | 27 | 3 |
| Vikings | 3:55 | C.Foreman 1 yd. run ( F.Cox Kick ) ( 1-1, 0:10 ) | 34 | 3 |
| Vikings | 2:54 | Interception by J.Wright returned 23 yards ( F.Cox Kick ) | 41 | 3 |
| Packers | 1:04 | M.Lane 3 yd. pass from J.Concannon ( C.Marcol Kick ) ( 9-77, 1:50 ) | 41 | 10 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Green Bay Packers | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 1:42 | Min 21 | 3 | 9 | Punt | 13:18 | 1:49 | GB 39 | 4 | 4 | Punt |
| 11:29 | 1:36 | Min 28 | 4 | 72 | Touchdown | 9:53 | 3:15 | GB 24 | 7 | 25 | Punt |
| 6:38 | 4:16 | Min 8 | 10 | 92 | Touchdown | 2:22 | 5:30 | GB 28 | 9 | 43 | Field Goal |
| 11:52 | 1:51 | Min 34 | 3 | 5 | Punt | 10:01 | 2:31 | GB 32 | 5 | 11 | Punt |
| 7:30 | 2:29 | Min 19 | 4 | 34 | Punt | 5:01 | 1:41 | GB 20 | 4 | 16 | Punt |
| 3:20 | 1:58 | Min 19 | 9 | 29 | Punt | 1:22 | 1:22 | GB 15 | 3 | -2 | End of Half |
| 13:50 | 4:23 | GB 32 | 7 | 32 | Touchdown | 15:00 | 1:10 | GB 14 | 3 | 0 | Punt |
| 7:31 | 2:21 | Min 25 | 3 | 5 | Punt | 9:27 | 1:56 | GB 30 | 3 | 7 | Punt |
| 4:10 | 2:24 | Min 22 | 3 | 8 | Punt | 5:10 | 1:00 | GB 30 | 3 | 0 | Punt |
| 0:03 | 2:48 | Min 29 | 7 | 47 | Touchdown | 1:46 | 1:43 | GB 32 | 3 | 8 | Punt |
| 8:48 | 4:34 | GB 30 | 6 | 26 | Missed FG | 12:15 | 3:27 | GB 15 | 6 | 12 | Interception |
| 4:02 | 0:10 | GB 1 | 1 | 1 | Touchdown | 4:14 | 0:12 | GB 20 | 2 | 0 | Interception |
| 0:34 | 0:34 | Min 24 | 1 | 2 | End of Reg. | 3:52 | 0:58 | GB 16 | 2 | 1 | Turnover-TD |
| 2:54 | 1:50 | GB 23 | 9 | 47 | Touchdown | ||||||
| 1:04 | 0:30 | GB 47 | 5 | 33 | Interception | ||||||
| 31:06 | Min 36 | 61 | 362 | 28:54 | GB 26 | 68 | 205 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7:34 | 6:18 | 9:11 | 8:00 | 31:03 | |
| Green Bay Packers | 7:26 | 8:42 | 5:49 | 7:00 | 28:57 |
| Team Statistics | Vikings | Packers |
| Total Points | 41 | 10 |
| 1st Downs | 17 | 13 |
| Rushing | 7 | 4 |
| Passing | 9 | 9 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 4-14 | 5-16 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 1-5 | 5-40 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Time Of Pos. | 31:03 | 28:57 |
| Total Net Yards | 330 | 230 |
| Total Plays | 61 | 68 |
| Average Gain | 5.4 | 3.4 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 135 | 75 |
| Rushes | 38 | 26 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| Net Yards Passing | 195 | 155 |
| Completions | 16 | 16 |
| Attempts | 22 | 40 |
| Completion % | 72.7 | 40.0 |
| Yards Per Completion | 13.0 | 10.2 |
| Sacks | 1 | 2 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 4 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 1 |
| Rushing | 2 | 0 |
| Passing | 3 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 5-6 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | Green Bay Packers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Fran Tarkenton | 22 | 16 | 208 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 142 | Jerry Tagge | 28 | 10 | 89 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6 |
| Jack Concannon | 12 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 63 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 22 | 16 | 208 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 142 | Totals | 40 | 16 | 163 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 21 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Chuck Foreman | 22 | 76 | 3.5 | 25 | 1 | John Brockington | 20 | 73 | 3.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 | Macarthur Lane | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | Jerry Tagge | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 38 | 135 | 3.6 | 25 | 2 | Totals | 26 | 75 | 2.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Chuck Foreman | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 23 | 0 | John Brockington | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 1 | Macarthur Lane | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| John R. Gilliam | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 1 | Steve Odom | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Lash | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 37 | 1 | Rich McGeorge | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Jon Staggers | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 16 | 208 | 13.0 | 37 | 3 | Totals | 16 | 163 | 10.2 | 24 | 1 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Mike Eischeid | 7 | 277 | 39.6 | 1 | 1 | 51 | Randy Walker | 9 | 356 | 39.6 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| Totals | 7 | 277 | 39.6 | 1 | 1 | 51 | Totals | 9 | 356 | 39.6 | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| Fred Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | Chester Marcol | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | Totals | 1 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Larry Marshall | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | Steve Odom | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jackie Wallace | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Jon Staggers | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | Totals | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 28 | 0 | Steve Odom | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| Les Goodman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 28 | 0 | Totals | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amos Martin | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Wright | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 27 | 1 | Totals |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | Carl Wafer | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Carl Eller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||
| Totals | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | Totals | 1 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Larry Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Odom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Steve Okoniewski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Larsen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |