| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1981 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 45350 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 66 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Ted Brown 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Joe Senser 4 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Billy Sims 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Billy Sims 3 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 39 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Ted Brown 59 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick blocked) | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Gary Danielson 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 21 | 23 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 25 FG | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 20 FG | 24 | 26 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Billy Sims | 27 | 112 | 4.1 | 37 | 2 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 1 |
| MIN | Ted Brown | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 34 | 1 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 232 | 8.9 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.1 |
| MIN | Tommy Kramer | 42 | 25 | 59.5 | 2 | 333 | 7.9 | 59t | 2 | 2 | 21 | 80.8 |
| MIN | Wade Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 33 | 0 |
| DET | Billy Sims | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Mark Nichols | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| MIN | Ted Brown | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 59t | 1 |
| MIN | Ahmad Rashad | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| MIN | Joe Senser | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 27 | 1 |
| MIN | Sammy White | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
| MIN | Terry LeCount | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| MIN | Tony Galbreath | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jimmy Allen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Stan White | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Ray Oldham | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | |
| MIN | Tom Hannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 7 | 336 | 48.0 | 57 | 0 |
| MIN | Greg Coleman | 7 | 352 | 50.3 | 73 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Robbie Martin | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | |
| MIN | Eddie Payton | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Alvin Hall | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 |
| DET | Robbie Martin | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Callicutt | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Keith Nord | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| MIN | Mardye McDole | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| MIN | Eddie Payton | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 1.5 |
| DET | William Gay | 0.5 |
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