| Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: November 2, 1981 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 74834 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 48 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 42 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Danmeier 32 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Fred Steinfort 49 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Lytle 5 run (Fred Steinfort kick blocked) | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 15 pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick) | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tony Galbreath 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tony Galbreath 1 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 17 | 19 |
| 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 |
| 81 | TE | Joe Senser |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 23 | RB | Ted Brown |
| 34 | RB | Rickey Young |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 72 | NT | James White |
| 79 | RDE | Doug Martin |
| 59 | LOLB | Matt Blair |
| 50 | LILB | Jeff Siemon |
| 55 | RILB | Scott Studwell |
| 54 | ROLB | Fred McNeill |
| 27 | LCB | John Turner |
| 25 | SS | Kurt Knoff |
| 45 | FS | Tom Hannon |
| 37 | RCB | Willie Teal |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 73 | ROT | Kelvin Clark |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 46 | RB | Dave Preston |
| 24 | FB | Rick Parros |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 73 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 56 | LILB | Larry Evans |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 45 | LCB | Perry Smith |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 22 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 9 | 2 |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Parros | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Canada | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 1 | 230 | 6.4 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 68.1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 0 | 201 | 7.2 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 91.5 |
| Tony Reed | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Steve DeBerg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Joe Senser | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rick Upchurch | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Ron Egloff | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Steve Watson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15t | 1 |
| Dave Preston | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Willie Teal | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Aaron Kyle | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 7 | 299 | 42.7 | 58 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 41 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Mike Harden | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Randy Holloway | 1.0 |
| Matt Blair | 1.0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
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