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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings - November 7th, 1976
Detroit Lions 23 at Minnesota Vikings 31
Sunday, November 7, 1976
Detroit Lions 23, Minnesota Vikings 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (4-5-0) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| Minnesota Vikings (7-1-1) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Scoring
| DET | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Benny Ricardo 22 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| MIN | Sammy White 24 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DET | Lawrence Gaines 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 9 | 7 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 39 yard field goal | 9 | 10 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 17 |
| DET | Lawrence Gaines 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 17 | |
| 4th | MIN | Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 16 | 24 |
| DET | Larry Walton 26 yard pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick) | 23 | 24 | |
| MIN | Sammy White 37 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 23 | 31 |
Team Stats
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-208-2 | 34-83-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-27-213-1-0 | 17-25-347-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-22 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 191 | 347 |
| Total yards | 399 | 430 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 5-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-56 | 4-36 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 22 | 116 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 18 | 26 | 199 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Jarvis | DET | 3 | 65 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 9 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 3 | 47 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 2 | 27 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Thompson | DET | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Herman Weaver | DET | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sammy White | MIN | 7 | 210 | 2 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 17 | 25 | 347 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 6 | 85 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 19 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 10 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Johnson | MIN | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| James Hunter | DET | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Autry Beamon | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Matt Blair | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Willis | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||