| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1978 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 46008 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Luther Blue 9 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 21 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 17 | 75 | 4.4 | 12 | 0 |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 20 | 35 | 1.8 | 12 | 1 |
| MIN | Sammy Johnson | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| MIN | Robert Miller | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 0 | 127 | 4.2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 80.8 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 3 | 211 | 7.8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 63.0 | |
| MIN | Bob Lee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Horace King | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| MIN | Sammy White | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| MIN | Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Bob Tucker | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jimmy Allen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Ed O'Neil | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 7 | 291 | 41.6 | 50 | 0 |
| MIN | Greg Coleman | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 4 | 0 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Sammy White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Nat Terry | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 |
| DET | Jesse Thompson | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| MIN | Robert Miller | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 2.0 |
| DET | John Woodcock | 1.0 |
| MIN | Doug Sutherland | 1.0 |
| MIN | Mark Mullaney | 1.0 |
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