| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 30, 1979 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 75295 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 33 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 2 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 31 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Rick Kane 10 pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick) | 13 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 23 | FB | Ted Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 72 | RDT | James White |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 57 | RLB | Derrel Luce |
| 27 | LCB | John Turner |
| 45 | SS | Tom Hannon |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Luther Blue |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 54 | C | Larry Tearry |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 19 | QB | Jeff Komlo |
| 24 | HB | Dexter Bussey |
| 36 | FB | Bo Robinson |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 82 | LDT | Ken Sanders |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LLB | Jon Brooks |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 21 | LCB | Walt Williams |
| 40 | SS | Jimmy Allen |
| 28 | FS | James Hunter |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Rickey Young | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 2 | 167 | 7.3 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 43.2 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 2 | 126 | 5.0 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 46.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Sammy White | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Luther Blue | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Walt Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 6 | 265 | 44.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Swider | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 5 | 0 | 29 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Ellis | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Rick Kane | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| James White | 2.5 |
| Randy Holloway | 0.5 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Ken Sanders | 1.5 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Bubba Baker | 0.5 |
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