| San Diego Chargers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 19, 1978 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 38859 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 17 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Rickey Young 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego Chargers | Hank Bauer 2 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | John Jefferson 10 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick failed) | 13 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Don Woods | 23 | 76 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 10 | 1 |
| Bo Matthews | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| James Harris | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Greg Coleman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 2 | 131 | 6.9 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.2 |
| James Harris | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 32 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 42 | 27 | 64.3 | 2 | 230 | 5.5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 66.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Bob Klein | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 24 | 0 |
| John Jefferson | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Hank Bauer | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 20 | 1 |
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Hal Stringert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Fred McNeill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 7 | 241 | 34.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 9 | 299 | 33.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 4 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Pete Shaw | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 5 | 1 | 24 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Artie Owens | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Rickey Anderson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Steve Craig | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Leroy Jones | 1.0 |
| Louie Kelcher | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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