| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1984 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 59953 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Darrin Nelson 7 pass from Tommy Kramer (Jan Stenerud kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 2 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Billy Sims 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 44 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 41 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 41 FG | 16 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 39 | WR | Leonard Thompson |
| 73 | LOT | Don Laster |
| 72 | LOG | Chris Dieterich |
| 64 | C | Larry Lee |
| 67 | ROG | Don Greco |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | Reese McCall |
| 84 | TE | Rob Rubick |
| 16 | QB | Gary Danielson |
| 20 | RB | Billy Sims |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | William Gay |
| 62 | LDT | Curtis Green |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 66 | RDE | Mike Cofer |
| 53 | LLB | Garry Cobb |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 59 | RLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 21 | LS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 35 | RS | Alvin Hall |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Mike Jones |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Curtis Rouse |
| 51 | C | Jim Hough |
| 66 | ROG | Terry Tausch |
| 76 | ROT | Tim Irwin |
| 83 | TE | Steve Jordan |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 23 | HB | Ted Brown |
| 46 | FB | Alfred Anderson |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Neil Elshire |
| 65 | NT | Charlie Johnson |
| 77 | RDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 59 | LOLB | Matt Blair |
| 52 | LILB | Dennis Johnson |
| 55 | RILB | Scott Studwell |
| 54 | ROLB | Fred McNeill |
| 29 | LCB | John Swain |
| 45 | SS | Tom Hannon |
| 39 | FS | Carl Lee |
| 21 | RCB | Rufus Bess |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 22 | 103 | 4.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Alfred Anderson | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dwight Collins | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 1 | 260 | 9.3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.4 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 1 | 142 | 9.5 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 74.9 |
| Archie Manning | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 1 | 40 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mark Nichols | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Steve Jordan | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Mike Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bobby Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 8 | 367 | 45.9 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 19 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Darrin Nelson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Robbie Martin | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Alfred Anderson | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Curtis Rouse | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 2.5 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Curtis Green | 0.5 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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