| Denver Broncos at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 11, 1978 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 46508 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 24 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 46 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 21 FG | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jon Keyworth 1 run (Jim Turner kick blocked) | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 25 FG | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 44 FG | 9 | 12 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jack Dolbin |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 71 | LOT | Claudie Minor |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 76 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 44 | FB | Chuck Foreman |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 29 | SS | Phil Wise |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Otis Armstrong | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 22 | 59 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 2 | 90 | 4.3 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16.1 |
| Norris Weese | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 1 | 81 | 7.4 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 40.3 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 3 | 98 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 17.7 |
| Tommy Kramer | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 22 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jon Keyworth | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Joe Rizzo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Nate Wright | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Wood | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 39 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 4 | 0 | 44 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 2 | 0 | -6 | -3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| John Schultz | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Lyle Alzado | 1.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Carl Eller | 2.0 |
| Doug Sutherland | 1.0 |
| Jim Marshall | 1.0 |
| Nate Allen | 1.0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 0.5 |
| James White | 0.5 |
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