| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1981 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 79428 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Detroit Lions | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Billy Sims 14 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Robbie Martin 45 punt return (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Joe Senser 3 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 26 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Freddie Scott 7 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Leonard Thompson 10 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Leonard Thompson 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Tracy Porter 27 pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Billy Sims | 13 | 110 | 8.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Rick Kane | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Gary Danielson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 42 | 17 | 40.5 | 2 | 155 | 3.7 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 39.3 |
| Wade Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 188 | 9.0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 102.9 |
| Gary Danielson | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 107 | 15.3 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 153.3 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Sammy White | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Joe Senser | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Tracy Porter | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Horace King | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Billy Sims | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Vince Thompson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Swain | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ken Fantetti | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hector Gray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Oldham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Hunter | 0 | -13 | -13L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Robbie Martin | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 45t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Keith Nord | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| James White | 1.0 |
| Neil Elshire | 1.0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| William Gay | 2.0 |
| Doug English | 1.0 |
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