| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1978 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 78685 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Detroit Lions | 14 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Horace King 34 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Leonard Thompson 5 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Robert Miller 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Leonard Thompson 17 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Leonard Thompson 45 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Kevin Miller 34 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 30 FG | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Horace King 5 pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Luther Bradley 76 interception return (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| MIN | Robert Miller | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| DET | Dexter Bussey | 13 | 77 | 5.9 | 29 | 0 |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Tony Daykin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | Joe Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 2 | 231 | 6.8 | 35t | 1 | 1 | 18 | 59.8 |
| MIN | Bob Lee | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 87.5 |
| DET | Gary Danielson | 33 | 26 | 78.8 | 1 | 352 | 10.7 | 45t | 5 | 0 | 0 | 138.1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Bob Tucker | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 35 | 0 |
| MIN | Robert Miller | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| MIN | Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| MIN | Sammy White | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 32 | 0 |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Blue | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 23 | 0 |
| DET | Horace King | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 34t | 2 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 45t | 3 |
| DET | Freddie Scott | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 28 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 |
| DET | David Hill | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Luther Bradley | 1 | 76 | 76.0 | 76t | 1 |
| DET | Charlie Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Jimmy Allen | 0 | -4 | -4L | 0 | |
| DET | James Hunter | 0 | -4 | -4L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Greg Coleman | 6 | 240 | 40.0 | 54 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Skladany | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DET | Tony Leonard | 4 | 0 | 59 | 14.8 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Walt Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 31 | 0 |
| MIN | Harry Washington | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DET | Rick Kane | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 27 | 0 |
| DET | Ken Callicutt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| DET | Dan Gray | 1.0 |
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