| Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 7, 1980 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 44773 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 78 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Lynn Cain 3 run (Tim Mazzetti kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 24 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Joe Senser 4 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Bob Tucker 4 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Alfred Jenkins 46 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Alfred Jackson 19 pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 23 FG | 23 | 21 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 27 FG | 23 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Lynn Cain | 24 | 123 | 5.1 | 13 | 1 |
| William Andrews | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Doug Paschal | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | 1 | 165 | 5.9 | 46t | 2 | 1 | 9 | 77.2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 42 | 30 | 71.4 | 1 | 395 | 9.4 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 114.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| William Andrews | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Alfred Jenkins | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 46t | 1 |
| Alfred Jackson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19t | 1 |
| Russ Mikeska | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 11 | 160 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Sammy White | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 35 | 1 |
| Joe Senser | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Paschal | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Kenny Johnson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Reggie Smith | 2 | 1 | 31 | 15.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Reggie Smith | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Tom Pridemore | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Joel Williams | 2.0 |
| Buddy Curry | 0.5 |
| Mike Zele | 0.5 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| James White | 1.0 |
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