| Minnesota Vikings at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 15, 1979 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 54479 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 55 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Richard Todd 3 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Shafer Suggs 32 interception return (Rich Szaro kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 44 | FB | Chuck Foreman |
| 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 |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 27 | LCB | John Turner |
| 45 | SS | Tom Hannon |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 14 | QB | Richard Todd |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | LDT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDT | Joe Klecko |
| 93 | RDE | Marty Lyons |
| 51 | LLB | Greg Buttle |
| 54 | MLB | Stan Blinka |
| 53 | RLB | Mike McKibben |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 29 | RCB | Johnny Lynn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 5 | 1 |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kevin Long | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Scott Dierking | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Richard Todd | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Tom Newton | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 48 | 28 | 58.3 | 4 | 270 | 5.6 | 0 | 39.4 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Richard Todd | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 0 | 72 | 5.5 | 0 | 82.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Kevin Long | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Shafer Suggs | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Stan Blinka | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| James White | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Joe Klecko | 1.0 |
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