| Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 3, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 54187 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| New Orleans Saints | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Chuck Muncie 3 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Rickey Young 7 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Chuck Muncie 7 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 44 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Tony Galbreath 6 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Rich Szaro 32 FG | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Tommy Myers 97 interception return (Rich Szaro kick) | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Rickey Young 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 24 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 18 | 122 | 6.8 | 16 | 1 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Robert Miller | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 14 | 77 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 16 | 40 | 2.5 | 7t | 2 |
| NO | Archie Manning | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 49 | 28 | 57.1 | 4 | 282 | 5.8 | 2 | 53.3 | |||
| NO | Archie Manning | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 0 | 193 | 8.8 | 0 | 95.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 2 | |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| MIN | Bob Tucker | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ahmad Rashad | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Sammy White | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Harry Washington | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| NO | Ike Harris | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Tony Galbreath | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| NO | Henry Childs | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Tinker Owens | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Tommy Myers | 3 | 151 | 50.3 | 1 | |
| NO | Maurice Spencer | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Wood | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| NO | Tom Blanchard | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| NO | Wes Chandler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Clarence Chapman | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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