| Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 30, 1980 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 30936 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 17 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick failed) | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Doug Paschal 10 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 9 pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick failed) | 23 | 6 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wayne Wilson 23 pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick) | 23 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Henry Childs 27 pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick) | 23 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 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 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 79 | LOG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | C | Jim Pietrzak |
| 68 | ROG | Fred Sturt |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 41 | HB | Jimmy Rogers |
| 30 | FB | Wayne Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 72 | LDT | Mike Fultz |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 53 | RDE | Tommy Hart |
| 51 | LLB | Stan Holloway |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 56 | RLB | Reggie Mathis |
| 22 | LCB | Ricky Ray |
| 48 | SS | Don Schwartz |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 44 | RCB | Dave Waymer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 21 | 95 | 4.5 | 15 | 1 |
| Rickey Young | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Doug Paschal | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 10t | 1 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 2 | 137 | 4.7 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 41.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 2 | 248 | 8.0 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 91.9 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 17t | 1 |
| Ted Brown | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 27t | 2 |
| Tony Galbreath | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 23t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Turner | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 46 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Dave Waymer | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Stan Holloway | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Doug Sutherland | 1.0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Tommy Hart | 1.0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0 |
| Derland Moore | 1.0 |
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