| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1979 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 43650 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 61 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jeff Komlo 13 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rickey Young 23 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rickey Young 2 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Freddie Scott |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 76 | LOT | Karl Baldischwiler |
| 61 | LOG | Homer Elias |
| 67 | C | Wally Pesuit |
| 73 | ROG | Russ Bolinger |
| 70 | ROT | Keith Dorney |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 19 | QB | Jeff Komlo |
| 32 | HB | Rick Kane |
| 36 | FB | Bo Robinson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Dave Pureifory |
| 71 | LDT | Dave Gallagher |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 55 | LLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 57 | MLB | Ken Fantetti |
| 51 | RLB | James Harrell |
| 28 | LCB | James Hunter |
| 40 | SS | Jimmy Allen |
| 44 | FS | Dave Parkin |
| 27 | RCB | Luther Bradley |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Hough |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Roller |
| 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 |
| 25 | FS | Kurt Knoff |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rick Kane | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Bo Robinson | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 24 | 87 | 3.6 | 2 | |
| Robert Miller | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 2 | 146 | 4.6 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 31.5 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 0 | 135 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 59.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| David Hill | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Freddie Scott | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Russ Bolinger | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Swider | 7 | 315 | 45.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 7 | 273 | 39.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 4 | 0 | 61 | 15.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ken Callicutt | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Mark Mullaney | 1.0 |
| Steve Niehaus | 1.0 |
| Jeff Siemon | 1.0 |
| Matt Blair | 1.0 |
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