| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1980 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 59983 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 77 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 76 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tom Hannon 41 interception return (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 55 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Vince Evans 1 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rickey Watts 89 pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Robert Miller 27 run (failed) | 34 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Hough |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 62 | ROG | Brent Boyd |
| 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 |
| 72 | LDT | James White |
| 75 | RDE | Randy Holloway |
| 69 | RDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Studwell |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 27 | LCB | John Turner |
| 45 | LS | Tom Hannon |
| 25 | RS | Kurt Knoff |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Brian Baschnagel |
| 83 | WR | Kris Haines |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 52 | C | Dan Neal |
| 69 | ROG | Revie Sorey |
| 70 | ROT | Dennis Lick |
| 87 | TE | Mike Cobb |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 34 | HB | Walter Payton |
| 26 | FB | Matt Suhey |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Dan Hampton |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 82 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 58 | LLB | Jerry Muckensturm |
| 54 | MLB | Tom Hicks |
| 59 | RLB | Gary Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | Terry Schmidt |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 48 | RCB | Allan Ellis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 22 | 113 | 5.1 | 2 | |
| Robert Miller | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Rickey Young | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 16 | 39 | 2.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Vince Evans | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| John Skibinski | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Willie McClendon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 151 | 8.9 | 1 | 73.4 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Vince Evans | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 1 | 204 | 6.0 | 1 | 58.9 | |||
| Mike Phipps | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | 18.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 76 | 76.0 | 76t | 1 |
| Joe Senser | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| John Skibinski | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Rickey Watts | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 1 | |
| Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Kris Haines | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Robin Earl | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Fisher | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 8 | 297 | 37.1 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 9 | 362 | 40.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Lenny Walterscheid | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent Boyd | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Doug Paschal | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Eddie Payton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Matt Suhey | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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