| Minnesota Vikings at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 15, 1979 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 54479 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 55 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| New York Jets | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | Richard Todd 3 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | New York Jets | Shafer Suggs 32 interception return (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 5 | 1 |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kevin Long | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Scott Dierking | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Tom Newton | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 48 | 28 | 58.3 | 4 | 270 | 5.6 | 0 | 39.4 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 0 | 72 | 5.5 | 0 | 82.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Shafer Suggs | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Stan Blinka | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| James White | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
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