| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics | 
| Date: October 6, 1991 Location: Pontiac, MI | 
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 63423 | 
| Weather: Indoors | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Darrin Nelson 11 run (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 7 | 0 | 
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Steve Jordan 2 pass from Rich Gannon (Fuad Reveiz kick) | 14 | 0 | 
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 47 FG | 14 | 3 | 
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fuad Reveiz 42 FG | 17 | 3 | 
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fuad Reveiz 25 FG | 20 | 3 | 
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Robert Clark 68 pass from Rodney Peete (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 10 | 
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Willie Green 16 pass from Rodney Peete (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 17 | 
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Barry Sanders 15 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 24 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Anthony Carter | 
| 80 | WR | Cris Carter | 
| 65 | LOT | Gary Zimmerman | 
| 64 | LOG | Randall McDaniel | 
| 63 | C | Kirk Lowdermilk | 
| 74 | ROG | Brian Habib | 
| 76 | ROT | Tim Irwin | 
| 83 | TE | Steve Jordan | 
| 16 | QB | Rich Gannon | 
| 21 | RB | Terry Allen | 
| 46 | FB | Alfred Anderson | 
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | John Randle | 
| 71 | LDT | Ken Clarke | 
| 97 | RDT | Henry Thomas | 
| 56 | RDE | Chris Doleman | 
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Williams | 
| 50 | MLB | Ray Berry | 
| 57 | RLB | Mike Merriweather | 
| 39 | LCB | Carl Lee | 
| 47 | SS | Joey Browner | 
| 22 | FS | Felix Wright | 
| 48 | RCB | Najee Mustafaa | 
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Robert Clark | 
| 80 | WR | Brett Perriman | 
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown | 
| 65 | LOG | Eric Andolsek | 
| 53 | C | Kevin Glover | 
| 60 | ROG | Mike Utley | 
| 64 | ROT | Eric Sanders | 
| 69 | TE | Roman Fortin | 
| 46 | TE | Derek Tennell | 
| 9 | QB | Rodney Peete | 
| 20 | RB | Barry Sanders | 
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Marc Spindler | 
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball | 
| 90 | RDE | Dan Owens | 
| 58 | LOLB | George Jamison | 
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman | 
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson | 
| 99 | ROLB | Tracy Hayworth | 
| 39 | LCB | Ray Crockett | 
| 35 | SS | William White | 
| 36 | FS | Bennie Blades | 
| 24 | RCB | Mel Jenkins | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Terry Allen | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 
| Darrin Nelson | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 13 | 1 | 
| Rick Fenney | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 7 | 0 | 
| Alfred Anderson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Anthony Carter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 25 | 116 | 4.6 | 15t | 1 | 
| Rodney Peete | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Rich Gannon | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 0 | 105 | 4.6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.8 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Rodney Peete | 38 | 24 | 63.2 | 1 | 281 | 7.4 | 68t | 2 | 3 | 4 | 92.1 | 
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Steve Jordan | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 20 | 1 | 
| Hassan Jones | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Cris Carter | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 | 
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Anthony Carter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Barry Sanders | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 22 | 0 | 
| Willie Green | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 16t | 1 | 
| Brett Perriman | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Robert Clark | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 68t | 1 | 
| Mike Farr | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Roman Fortin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Joey Browner | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Harry Newsome | 5 | 234 | 46.8 | 51 | 0 | 
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 52 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Fuad Reveiz | 5 | 329 | 65.8 | 2 | 
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Eddie Murray | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Darrin Nelson | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Chris Doleman | 1.0 | 
| John Randle | 1.0 | 
| Henry Thomas | 1.0 | 
| Detroit Lions | |
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