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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings - November 5th, 1978
Detroit Lions 7 at Minnesota Vikings 17
Sunday, November 5, 1978
Detroit Lions 7, Minnesota Vikings 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (3-7-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings (6-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Scoring
| DET | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | MIN | Rick Danmeier 32 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DET | Luther Blue 9 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Sammy White 21 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4th | MIN | Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 17 |
Team Stats
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 18-70-0 | 48-124-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-30-127-1-0 | 18-29-211-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-22 | 3-23 |
| Net pass yards | 105 | 188 |
| Total yards | 175 | 312 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-45 | 9-55 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gary Danielson | DET | 18 | 30 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 6 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 7 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 3 | 26 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence Gaines | DET | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Luther Blue | DET | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rickey Young | MIN | 17 | 75 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 18 | 27 | 211 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 4 | 64 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 3 | 45 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 3 | 45 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 20 | 35 | 1 | 12 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Sammy Johnson | MIN | 5 | 18 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Jimmy Allen | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luther Bradley | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Burns | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed O'Neil | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nat Terry | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jesse Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 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 | |||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||