| Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1978 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 65972 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 82 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Robert Miller 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Rick Danmeier 36 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Morris Owens 56 pass from Doug Williams (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 21 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred McNeill 16 blocked punt recovery (Rick Danmeier kick) | 24 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN | Robert Miller | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 22 | 0 |
| MIN | Mark Kellar | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| TB | Jimmy DuBose | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| TB | Ricky Bell | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| TB | Louis Carter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| TB | Doug Williams | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 1 | 213 | 6.9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 81.8 |
| TB | Doug Williams | 35 | 16 | 45.7 | 3 | 311 | 8.9 | 56t | 1 | 2 | 28 | 51.0 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Ahmad Rashad | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| MIN | Sammy White | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 21t | 1 |
| MIN | Robert Miller | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 15 | 0 |
| MIN | Stu Voigt | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 |
| MIN | Bob Tucker | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| MIN | Rickey Young | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Steve Craig | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| TB | Morris Owens | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 56t | 1 |
| TB | John McKay | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| TB | Jimmie Giles | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| TB | Larry Mucker | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 41 | 0 |
| TB | Ricky Bell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| TB | Louis Carter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| TB | Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| MIN | John Turner | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| MIN | Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TB | Jeris White | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Wood | 6 | 218 | 36.3 | 47 | 0 |
| TB | Dave Green | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 53 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 29 | 0 |
| TB | Larry Mucker | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| TB | Danny Reece | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Kevin Miller | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| MIN | Sammy White | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| TB | George Ragsdale | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 28 | 0 |
| TB | Louis Carter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| TB | Larry Mucker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| MIN | Matt Blair | 1.0 |
| TB | Charley Hannah | 1.0 |
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