| Minnesota Vikings at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1980 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 51064 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Joe Senser 3 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 23 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Joe Senser 3 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Dave Casper 7 pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 31 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 38 FG | 16 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 16 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 10 | 66 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Doug Paschal | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 29 | 203 | 7.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 53 | 26 | 49.1 | 4 | 266 | 5.0 | 2 | 45.0 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 2 | 239 | 7.2 | 1 | 65.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Joe Senser | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 2 | |
| Sammy White | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Paschal | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dave Casper | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 1 | |
| Rich Caster | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Vernon Perry | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| J.C. Wilson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Thomas Henderson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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