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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears - September 25th, 1978
Minnesota Vikings 24 at Chicago Bears 20
Monday, September 25, 1978
Minnesota Vikings 24, Chicago Bears 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (2-2-0) | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Chicago Bears (3-1-0) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
Scoring
| MIN | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Sammy White 33 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Matt Blair 49 yard touchdown on a lateral (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| CHI | Walter Payton 3 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | CHI | Bob Thomas 27 yard field goal | 14 | 10 |
| 3rd | CHI | Bob Thomas 32 yard field goal | 14 | 13 |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) | 21 | 13 | |
| 4th | MIN | Rick Danmeier 29 yard field goal | 24 | 13 |
| CHI | Walter Payton 1 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 24 | 20 |
Team Stats
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-153-1 | 36-90-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-20-152-1-1 | 22-37-207-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 142 | 188 |
| Total yards | 295 | 278 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-86 | 5-64 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rickey Young | MIN | 17 | 81 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 6 | 82 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 14 | 20 | 152 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 17 | 73 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 2 | 25 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 2 | 21 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 22 | 36 | 207 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 24 | 58 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Golden Richards | CHI | 6 | 76 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 10 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 4 | 35 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| James Scott | CHI | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Bob Parsons | CHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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 | |||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Hannon | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 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 | |||
| Mike Morgan | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Doug Plank | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Len Walterscheid | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||