| Minnesota Vikings at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 25, 1981 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 48039 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 52 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 13 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 19 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Pat Tilley 37 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 23 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 36 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 15 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 13 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 8 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 22 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 46 FG | 17 | 30 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Ted Brown | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 22 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| MIN | Tommy Kramer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Jeff Siemon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| STL | Ottis Anderson | 23 | 77 | 3.3 | 24 | 0 |
| STL | Wayne Morris | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 13t | 1 |
| STL | Jim Hart | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Tommy Kramer | 55 | 25 | 45.5 | 2 | 343 | 6.2 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 62.9 |
| STL | Jim Hart | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 2 | 191 | 7.3 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 67.9 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Sammy White | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 33 | 2 |
| MIN | Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 17 | 0 |
| MIN | Joe Senser | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 52 | 0 |
| MIN | Ted Brown | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 15 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| STL | Pat Tilley | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 37t | 1 |
| STL | Roy Green | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 48 | 0 |
| STL | Mel Gray | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| STL | Ottis Anderson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| STL | Willard Harrell | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kurt Knoff | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| MIN | Willie Teal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| STL | Ken Greene | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| STL | Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Greg Coleman | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 53 | 0 |
| STL | Carl Birdsong | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Eddie Payton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| STL | Stump Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 82 | 16.4 | 49 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Eddie Payton | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 27 | 0 |
| MIN | Mardye McDole | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| STL | Stump Mitchell | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 27 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| MIN | Matt Blair | 1.0 |
| STL | Rush Brown | 1.0 |
| STL | Curtis Greer | 1.0 |
| STL | Bob Pollard | 0.5 |
| STL | Stafford Mays | 0.5 |
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