Sunday, October 8, 1978
Minnesota Vikings 28, Seattle Seahawks 29| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (3-3-0) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Seattle Seahawks (3-3-0) | 13 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 29 |
| MIN | SEA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SEA | Sam McCullum 44 yard pass from Jim Zorn (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| SEA | Jim Zorn 12 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 13 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Ahmad Rashad 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 13 |
| SEA | David Sims 8 yard rush (kick failed) | 7 | 19 | |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 19 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Robert Miller 5 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) | 21 | 19 |
| MIN | Sammy White 9 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 28 | 19 | |
| 4th | SEA | Jim Zorn 22 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 28 | 26 |
| SEA | Efren Herrera 19 yard field goal | 28 | 29 |
| MIN | SEA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-117-2 | 32-184-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 27-37-274-2-0 | 17-28-256-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-8 |
| Net pass yards | 274 | 248 |
| Total yards | 391 | 432 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-31 | 8-49 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 27 | 37 | 274 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 20 | 64 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 7 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 4 | 43 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 4 | 40 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Mark Kellar | MIN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Steve Craig | MIN | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Zorn | SEA | 17 | 28 | 256 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| Sherman Smith | SEA | 16 | 74 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Sam McCullum | SEA | 5 | 98 | 1 | 44 | ||||||||||
| David Sims | SEA | 7 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Steve Raible | SEA | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Ron Howard | SEA | 2 | 26 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Al Hunter | SEA | 2 | 24 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Steve Largent | SEA | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Don Testerman | SEA | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 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 | |||
| Rufus Crawford | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Testerman | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||