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Minnesota Vikings 30 at Detroit Lions 21

Saturday, December 17, 1977

Minnesota Vikings 30, Detroit Lions 21

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Minnesota Vikings (9-5-0)71013030
Detroit Lions (6-8-0)707721

Scoring

MINDET
1stDETDavid Hill 20 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)07
MINChuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)77
2ndMINFred Cox 26 yard field goal107
MINAhmad Rashad 48 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick)177
3rdMINSammy White 29 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick)247
DETEddie Payton 98 yard kickoff return (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)2414
MINChuck Foreman 5 yard rush (kick failed)3014
4thDETEddie Payton 87 yard punt return (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)3021

Team Stats

MINDET
First downs1814
Rush-yards-TDs52-194-221-50-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT11-16-206-2-011-30-153-1-2
Sacked-yards1-73-31
Net pass yards199122
Total yards393172
Fumbles-lost1-11-1
Turnovers13
Penalties-yards5-462-10

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Chuck Foreman MIN 33 156 2 27
Ahmad Rashad MIN 8 139 1 48
Bob Lee MIN 11 16 206 2 0 48 3 -5 0 0
Sammy White MIN 1 29 1 29
Sammy Johnson MIN 8 23 0 6
Brent McClanahan MIN 8 20 0 7
Stu Voigt MIN 1 19 0 19
Bob Grim MIN 1 19 0 19
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
David Hill DET 3 96 1 61
Gary Danielson DET 11 30 153 1 2 61 1 16 0 16
Leonard Thompson DET 5 0 0 3 2 20 0 10
J.D. Hill DET 2 16 0 10
Ray Jarvis DET 1 14 0 14
Eddie Payton DET 2 14 0 14 1 -4 0 -4
Dexter Bussey DET 7 10 0 4
Andy Bolton DET 1 1 0 1 1 6 0 6
Rick Kane DET 2 2 0 2 1 5 0 5
Horace King DET 2 4 0 5
Marv Hubbard DET 1 3 0 3

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Bob Grim MIN 0 0 0 0 2 44 22.0 0 0
Brent McClanahan MIN 0 0 0 0 1 32 32.0 0 0
Manfred Moore MIN 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.0 0 0 4 43 10.8 0 0
Phil Wise MIN 1 4 0 0
Nate Wright MIN 1 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Andy Bolton DET 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Eddie Payton DET 0 0 0 0 5 184 36.8 1 0 3 105 35.0 1 0