| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 9, 1977 Location: Bloomington, MN Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 45860 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 12 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 50 lateral from Ahmad Rashad 9 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Luther Blue 8 pass from Greg Landry (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Luther Blue |
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 73 | LOG | Russ Bolinger |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 68 | ROG | Mark Markovich |
| 71 | ROT | Craig Hertwig |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | RB | Horace King |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 72 | RDE | Ernie Price |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 28 | LCB | James Hunter |
| 40 | SS | Charlie West |
| 20 | FS | Lem Barney |
| 21 | RCB | Walt Williams |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 52 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 33 | RB | Brent McClanahan |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 54 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | SS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 33:15 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 8/18 | / | 8 | 70 | 1 | 0 |
| MIN | 26:45 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6/14 | / | 6 | 48 | 4 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Marv Hubbard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 59 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 58 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 45 | 25 | 55.6 | 1 | 250 | 5.6 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 69.7 | |
| Wilbur Summers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| David Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 26 | 55.3 | 1 | 255 | 5.4 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 69.0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 0 | 269 | 8.7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 116.2 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 0 | 269 | 8.7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 116.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| David Hill | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Luther Blue | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 255 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 2 | |
| Robert Miller | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 269 | 12.8 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||
| Wilbur Summers | 9 | 302 | 33.6 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 302 | 33.6 | 0 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||
| Neil Clabo | 7 | 251 | 35.9 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 251 | 35.9 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dick Jauron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Horace King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 7 | 2 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Rick Kane | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Andy Bolton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |