| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1977 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 78572 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | David Hill 20 pass from Gary Danielson (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 26 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Ahmad Rashad 48 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 29 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Payton 98 kickoff return (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 5 run (Fred Cox kick failed) | 30 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Payton 87 punt return (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 30 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 33 | 156 | 4.7 | 27 | 2 |
| Sammy Johnson | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Lee | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gary Danielson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Marv Hubbard | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Bolton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 206 | 12.9 | 2 | 151.0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 2 | 153 | 5.1 | 1 | 37.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 8 | 139 | 17.4 | 1 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 1 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Hill | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Andy Bolton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eddie Payton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Phil Wise | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 7 | 267 | 38.1 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Wilbur Summers | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | ||
| Bob Grim | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Manfred Moore | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 1 | ||
| Andy Bolton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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