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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos at Minnesota Vikings - September 11th, 1978
Denver Broncos 9 at Minnesota Vikings 12
Monday, September 11, 1978
Denver Broncos 9, Minnesota Vikings 12 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (1-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Minnesota Vikings (1-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Scoring
| DEN | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Rick Danmeier 24 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 3rd | MIN | Rick Danmeier 46 yard field goal | 0 | 6 |
| MIN | Rick Danmeier 21 yard field goal | 0 | 9 | |
| 4th | DEN | Jon Keyworth 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 9 |
| DEN | Jim Turner 25 yard field goal | 9 | 9 | |
| OT | MIN | Rick Danmeier 44 yard field goal | 9 | 12 |
Team Stats
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-102-1 | 36-101-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-32-171-0-3 | 15-34-120-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-42 | 2-15 |
| Net pass yards | 129 | 105 |
| Total yards | 231 | 206 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-50 | 7-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 14 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 3 | 53 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 9 | 21 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 2 | 41 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | DEN | 6 | 11 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 3 | 30 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 7 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 22 | 59 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 13 | 27 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 7 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 2 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Rizzo | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Schultz | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Louis Wright | DEN | 1 | 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 | |||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Hannon | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||