| Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1979 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 42239 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 42 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 19 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 31 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Nick Mike-Mayer 24 FG | 3 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 61 | C | Willie Parker |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 87 | TE | Joe Shipp |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 40 | RB | Terry Miller |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 71 | NT | Mike Kadish |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 58 | LOLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 59 | RILB | Shane Nelson |
| 57 | ROLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 38 | FS | Jeff Nixon |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Mike Collier | 12 | 70 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Curtis Brown | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Terry Miller | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Robert Miller | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kramer | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 45 | 18 | 40.0 | 2 | 227 | 5.0 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 37.9 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 32 | 12 | 37.5 | 1 | 104 | 3.3 | 19t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Frank Lewis | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 0 | |
| Jerry Butler | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | |
| Mike Collier | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Robert Miller | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jeff Nixon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Matt Blair | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 10 | 377 | 37.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 10 | 357 | 35.7 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 7 | 1 | 27 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Mike Collier | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Jim Marshall | 1.5 |
| Fred McNeill | 1.0 |
| James White | 1.0 |
| Matt Blair | 1.0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 0.5 |
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