| Philadelphia Eagles at Minnesota Vikings |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 22, 1985 Location: Minneapolis, MN Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 49722 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Mike Quick 10 pass from Ron Jaworski (Paul McFadden kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Alfred Anderson 4 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Mike Quick 21 pass from Ron Jaworski (Paul McFadden kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Earnest Jackson 2 run (Paul McFadden kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Paul McFadden 26 FG | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 2 pass from Tommy Kramer (Jan Stenerud kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Darrin Nelson 25 pass from Tommy Kramer (Jan Stenerud kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Earnest Jackson 5 run (Paul McFadden kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Darrin Nelson 8 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 31 | 28 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 1 run (Jan Stenerud kick) | 31 | 35 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Paul McFadden 43 FG | 34 | 35 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Paul McFadden 35 FG | 37 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Keith Baker |
| 81 | WR | Kenny Jackson |
| 82 | WR | Mike Quick |
| 66 | LOT | Ken Reeves |
| 73 | LOG | Steve Kenney |
| 65 | C | Mark Dennard |
| 63 | ROG | Ron Baker |
| 74 | ROT | Leonard Mitchell |
| 88 | TE | John Spagnola |
| 7 | QB | Ron Jaworski |
| 36 | RB | Herman Hunter |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Reggie White |
| 71 | NT | Ken Clarke |
| 98 | RDE | Greg Brown |
| 51 | LOLB | Reggie Wilkes |
| 55 | LILB | Mike Reichenbach |
| 58 | RILB | Anthony Griggs |
| 50 | ROLB | Garry Cobb |
| 43 | LCB | Roynell Young |
| 24 | SS | Ray Ellis |
| 48 | FS | Wes Hopkins |
| 46 | RCB | Herman Edwards |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Anthony Carter |
| 89 | WR | Mike Jones |
| 72 | LOT | Dave Huffman |
| 62 | LOG | Brent Boyd |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 66 | ROG | Terry Tausch |
| 76 | ROT | Tim Irwin |
| 83 | TE | Steve Jordan |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 20 | RB | Darrin Nelson |
| 46 | FB | Alfred Anderson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Doug Martin |
| 96 | NT | Tim Newton |
| 75 | RDE | Keith Millard |
| 59 | LOLB | Matt Blair |
| 50 | LILB | Dennis Fowlkes |
| 54 | RILB | David Howard |
| 57 | ROLB | Chris Martin |
| 39 | LCB | Carl Lee |
| 47 | SS | Joey Browner |
| 27 | FS | John Turner |
| 37 | RCB | Willie Teal |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Earnest Jackson | 25 | 106 | 4.2 | 59 | 2 |
| Mike Horan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Michael Haddix | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Jaworski | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Darrin Nelson | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 23 | 1 |
| Alfred Anderson | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Ted Brown | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Ron Jaworski | 44 | 21 | 47.7 | 2 | 289 | 6.6 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 65.4 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 1 | 321 | 8.9 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 94.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Mike Quick | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 21t | 2 |
| Dave Little | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Kenny Jackson | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Michael Haddix | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Keith Baker | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Earnest Jackson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Herman Hunter | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Anthony Carter | 6 | 132 | 22.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Steve Jordan | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25t | 1 |
| Ted Brown | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Rich Kraynak | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Carl Lee | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| John Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Mike Horan | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 53 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Evan Cooper | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Anthony Carter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Herman Hunter | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| Andre Waters | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| Herman Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Buster Rhymes | 5 | 162 | 32.4 | 88 | 0 | ||||||
| Allen Rice | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Garry Cobb | 2.0 |
| Reggie White | 2.0 |
| Reggie Wilkes | 2.0 |
| Greg Brown | 1.0 |
| Ken Clarke | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Dennis Fowlkes | 1.0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 |
| Keith Millard | 1.0 |
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