| Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 24, 1977 Location: Tampa, FL Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 66272 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 82 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Safety, Randy Hedberg tackled in end zone by Carl Eller | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Allan Leavitt 18 FG | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 31 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 52 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 33 | RB | Brent McClanahan |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 54 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | SS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 62 | LOG | Jeff Winans |
| 51 | C | Dan Ryczek |
| 68 | ROG | Dan Medlin |
| 70 | ROT | Darryl Carlton |
| 86 | TE | Bob Moore |
| 14 | QB | Randy Hedberg |
| 42 | RB | Ricky Bell |
| 35 | RB | Jimmy DuBose |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | NT | Dave Pear |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 57 | LOLB | Dave Lewis |
| 61 | LILB | Dewey Selmon |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 56 | ROLB | Cecil Johnson |
| 45 | LCB | Jeris White |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 50 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Sammy Johnson | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ricky Bell | 21 | 66 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Randy Hedberg | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Davis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 38 | 25 | 65.8 | 2 | 223 | 5.9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 68.2 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Randy Hedberg | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 3 | 51 | 3.6 | 0 | 2.7 | |||
| Gary Huff | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | -3 | -1.0 | -3 | 0 | 42.4 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Brent McClanahan | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Sammy White | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Sammy Johnson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Morris Owens | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| John McKay | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jeff Wright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dewey Selmon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeris White | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 7 | 287 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bob Grim | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Anthony Davis | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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