| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 7, 1986 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 54851 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Nelson 35 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | James Jones 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 33 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 44 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Jim Gustafson 5 pass from Tommy Kramer (Chuck Nelson kick) | 13 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Carl Bland |
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 72 | LOG | Chris Dieterich |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 70 | ROG | Keith Dorney |
| 71 | ROT | Rich Strenger |
| 87 | TE | David Lewis |
| 84 | TE | Rob Rubick |
| 17 | QB | Eric Hipple |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 79 | NT | Eric Williams |
| 79 | RDE | William Gay |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 58 | LILB | James Harrell |
| 57 | RILB | Vernon Maxwell |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Watkins |
| 21 | SS | Demetrious Johnson |
| 31 | FS | Devon Mitchell |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Hassan Jones |
| 87 | WR | Leo Lewis |
| 65 | LOT | Gary Zimmerman |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Hough |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 66 | ROG | Terry Tausch |
| 76 | ROT | Tim Irwin |
| 83 | TE | Steve Jordan |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 20 | RB | Darrin Nelson |
| 46 | FB | Alfred Anderson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Doug Martin |
| 96 | LDT | Tim Newton |
| 75 | RDT | Keith Millard |
| 77 | RDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 56 | LLB | Chris Doleman |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Studwell |
| 99 | RLB | David Howard |
| 30 | LCB | Issiac Holt |
| 47 | SS | Joey Browner |
| 35 | FS | Kyle Morrell |
| 39 | RCB | Carl Lee |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 36 | 174 | 4.8 | 39 | 1 |
| Garry James | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Scott Williams | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Darrin Nelson | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Allen Rice | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 1 | 95 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 45.1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 38 | 21 | 55.3 | 1 | 223 | 5.9 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 70.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Carl Bland | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Darrin Nelson | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Allen Rice | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Jordan | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Hassan Jones | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Gustafson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bruce McNorton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Issiac Holt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 57 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 6 | 268 | 44.7 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 11 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Rufus Bess | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Carl Bland | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Herman Hunter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Buster Rhymes | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Keith Ferguson | 1.0 |
| Angelo King | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Doug Martin | 1.0 |
| Keith Millard | 1.0 |
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