| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics | 
| Date: October 9, 1977 Location: Bloomington, MN | 
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 45860 | 
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 8 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 12 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 50 lateral from Ahmad Rashad 9 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 14 | 
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Luther Blue 8 pass from Greg Landry (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 14 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Luther Blue | 
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis | 
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough | 
| 73 | LOG | Russ Bolinger | 
| 63 | C | Jon Morris | 
| 68 | ROG | Mark Markovich | 
| 71 | ROT | Craig Hertwig | 
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders | 
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry | 
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey | 
| 25 | RB | Horace King | 
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders | 
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis | 
| 78 | RDT | Doug English | 
| 72 | RDE | Ernie Price | 
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff | 
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic | 
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver | 
| 28 | LCB | James Hunter | 
| 40 | SS | Charlie West | 
| 20 | FS | Lem Barney | 
| 21 | RCB | Walt Williams | 
| 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 | 
| Offense | ||
| 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 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Marv Hubbard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | 
| Brent McClanahan | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 45 | 25 | 55.6 | 1 | 250 | 5.6 | 1 | 69.7 | |||
| Wilbur Summers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 87.5 | ||
| David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 0 | 269 | 8.7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 116.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| David Hill | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Luther Blue | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 2 | |
| Robert Miller | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Wilbur Summers | 9 | 302 | 33.6 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 7 | 251 | 35.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Rick Kane | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Bolton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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