| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 28, 1980 Location: Pontiac, MI Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 80219 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | David Hill 3 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 40 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 36 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Freddie Scott 5 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Ray Oldham 29 interception return (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 24 FG | 7 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 62 | LOG | Brent Boyd |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 23 | FB | Ted Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 72 | LDT | James White |
| 69 | RDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 75 | RDE | Randy Holloway |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Studwell |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 27 | LCB | John Turner |
| 45 | LS | Tom Hannon |
| 25 | RS | Kurt Knoff |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 65 | C | Amos Fowler |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 77 | LDT | John Woodcock |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 52 | RLB | Stan White |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 27 | SS | Luther Bradley |
| 40 | FS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | RCB | James Hunter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Young | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Paschal | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Billy Sims | 27 | 157 | 5.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 5 | 221 | 7.1 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 54.0 |
| Steve Dils | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 81.2 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 1 | 150 | 5.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Ted Brown | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Senser | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 23 | 1 |
| David Hill | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Billy Sims | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom Hannon | 0 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ray Oldham | 1 | ||||
| James Hunter | 0 | ||||
| Luther Bradley | 0 | ||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 6 | 250 | 41.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 4 | 1 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| John Arnold | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| John Mendenhall | 1.0 |
| John Woodcock | 1.0 |
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