| Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1978 Location: Seattle, WA |
| Venue: Kingdome Attendance: 62031 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 13 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | SEA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Sam McCullum 44 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick blocked) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Jim Zorn 12 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 2 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | David Sims 8 run (Efren Herrera kick blocked) | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fran Tarkenton 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Robert Miller 5 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 21 | 19 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 9 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 28 | 19 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Jim Zorn 22 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 28 | 26 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Efren Herrera 19 FG | 28 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 74 | LOT | Frank Myers |
| 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 |
| 35 | FB | Robert Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 45 | FS | Tom Hannon |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 63 | LOT | Nick Bebout |
| 61 | LOG | Tom Lynch |
| 51 | C | John Yarno |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 87 | TE | Ron Howard |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 47 | RB | Sherman Smith |
| 35 | FB | David Sims |
| Offense | ||
| 62 | LDE | Ernie Price |
| 68 | LDT | Dennis Boyd |
| 66 | RDT | Bill Sandifer |
| 77 | RDE | Bill Gregory |
| 56 | LLB | Sammy Green |
| 58 | MLB | Terry Beeson |
| 53 | RLB | Keith Butler |
| 48 | LCB | Keith Simpson |
| 27 | SS | Autry Beamon |
| 44 | FS | John Harris |
| 22 | RCB | Dave Brown |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Robert Miller | 20 | 64 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Rickey Young | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Kellar | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sherman Smith | 16 | 74 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Zorn | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 22t | 2 |
| David Sims | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Al Hunter | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Testerman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 37 | 27 | 73.0 | 0 | 274 | 7.4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 111.8 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 2 | 256 | 9.1 | 44t | 1 | 2 | 8 | 72.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Bob Tucker | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Steve Craig | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Kellar | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sam McCullum | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 44t | 1 |
| David Sims | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ron Howard | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Raible | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Steve Largent | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Testerman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Wood | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Rufus Crawford | 4 | 0 | 39 | 9.8 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Rufus Crawford | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Don Testerman | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Carl Eller | 2.0 |
| Seattle Seahawks | |
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