Sunday, October 15, 1978
Los Angeles Rams 34, Minnesota Vikings 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams (7-0-0) | 0 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 34 |
| Minnesota Vikings (3-4-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| RAM | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Sammy White 5 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | RAM | Frank Corral 31 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| MIN | Rick Danmeier 38 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| RAM | Cullen Bryant 6 yard rush (Frank Corral kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| RAM | Frank Corral 40 yard field goal | 13 | 10 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Sammy White 29 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4th | RAM | Lawrence McCutcheon 3 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 20 | 17 |
| RAM | Isiah Robertson 16 yard fumble return (Frank Corral kick) | 27 | 17 | |
| RAM | John Cappelletti 4 yard rush (Frank Corral kick) | 34 | 17 |
| RAM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-180-2 | 24-42-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-27-151-1-2 | 17-34-166-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 5-41 |
| Net pass yards | 146 | 125 |
| Total yards | 326 | 167 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-51 | 7-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | RAM | 21 | 89 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Pat Haden | RAM | 13 | 27 | 151 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Cappelletti | RAM | 11 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | RAM | 4 | 39 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Terry Nelson | RAM | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Cullen Bryant | RAM | 4 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Willie Miller | RAM | 2 | 16 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Jim Jodat | RAM | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 5 | 90 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 16 | 31 | 147 | 2 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 3 | 50 | 2 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 9 | 17 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||
| Mark Kellar | MIN | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -14 | 0 | -14 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Dave Elmendorf | RAM | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Jodat | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry Latin | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jackie Wallace | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 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 | |||
| Matt Blair | MIN | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||