| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 7, 1976 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 46735 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 32 F Humidty: 26% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 22 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 24 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Lawrence Gaines 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick blocked) | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 39 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Lawrence Gaines 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Larry Walton 26 pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick) | 23 | 24 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 37 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 23 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lawrence Gaines | 22 | 116 | 5.3 | 2 | |
| Greg Landry | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 19 | 51 | 2.7 | 11 | 2 |
| Robert Miller | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Johnson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 0 | 199 | 7.7 | 1 | 104.5 | |||
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 1 | 347 | 13.9 | 2 | 120.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lawrence Gaines | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Sammy White | 7 | 210 | 30.0 | 2 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Hunter | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Thompson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Miller | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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