| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1989 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 55380 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Eric Hipple 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Rich Karlis 22 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Mike Merriweather 15 interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Issiac Holt 90 interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Brent Novoselsky 2 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 50 FG | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Bob Gagliano 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 23 | 99 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Gagliano | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Richard Johnson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Tony Paige | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rick Fenney | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 10 | 0 |
| D.J. Dozier | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 3 | 90 | 5.0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 15.7 |
| Bob Gagliano | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 40 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 57.6 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 0 | 146 | 8.1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 105.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Richard Johnson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Stacey Mobley | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Barry Sanders | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jason Phillips | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert Clark | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Hassan Jones | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Steve Jordan | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Anthony Carter | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Gustafson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rick Fenney | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Brent Novoselsky | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Issiac Holt | 1 | 90 | 90.0 | 90t | 1 |
| Keith Millard | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Mike Merriweather | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 6 | 240 | 40.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bucky Scribner | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Walter Stanley | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Leo Lewis | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Paul Palmer | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Darrin Nelson | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 2.0 |
| Jimmy Williams | 1.5 |
| Jerry Ball | 0.5 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Keith Millard | 3.0 |
| Al Noga | 2.5 |
| Ray Berry | 1.0 |
| Ken Clarke | 1.0 |
| Mike Merriweather | 0.5 |
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