| Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1979 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 56700 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 73 F Humidty: 22% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Joe Harris 31 blocked punt recovery (Frank Corral kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Terry LeCount 36 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 6 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Cullen Bryant 2 run (Frank Corral kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Preston Dennard 41 pass from Bob Lee (Frank Corral kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 22 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 5 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Nolan Cromwell 5 run | 21 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 23 | FB | Ted Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Preston Dennard |
| 80 | WR | Billy Waddy |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 72 | LOG | Kent Hill |
| 61 | C | Rich Saul |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis Harrah |
| 78 | ROT | Jackie Slater |
| 83 | TE | Terry Nelson |
| 15 | QB | Vince Ferragamo |
| 26 | RB | Wendell Tyler |
| 32 | FB | Cullen Bryant |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 79 | LDT | Mike Fanning |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Brudzinski |
| 33 | LCB | Dwayne O'Steen |
| 42 | SS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 21 | FS | Nolan Cromwell |
| 49 | RCB | Rod Perry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 18 | 52 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Cullen Bryant | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 42 | 21 | 50.0 | 3 | 297 | 7.1 | 3 | 67.3 | |||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 161 | 11.5 | 1 | 85.7 | |||
| Vince Ferragamo | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | 8.3 | |||
| Ken Clark | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Ted Brown | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Rickey Young | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ronnie Smith | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| Wendell Tyler | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 1 | |
| Cullen Bryant | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Waddy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne O'Steen | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 1 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ken Clark | 10 | 404 | 40.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | ||
| John Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jimmy Edwards | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Hill | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Jodat | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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