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Minnesota Vikings 14 at Detroit Lions 45

Saturday, December 9, 1978

Minnesota Vikings 14, Detroit Lions 45

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Minnesota Vikings (8-6-1)077014
Detroit Lions (6-9-0)141431445

Scoring

MINDET
1stDETHorace King 34 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)07
DETLeonard Thompson 5 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)014
2ndMINRobert Miller 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick)714
DETLeonard Thompson 17 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)721
DETLeonard Thompson 45 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)728
3rdMINKevin Miller 34 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick)1428
DETBenny Ricardo 30 yard field goal1431
4thDETHorace King 5 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)1438
DETLuther Bradley 76 yard interception return (Benny Ricardo kick)1445

Team Stats

MINDET
First downs1622
Rush-yards-TDs18-22-130-157-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-36-241-1-226-33-352-5-1
Sacked-yards2-281-2
Net pass yards213350
Total yards235507
Fumbles-lost2-12-1
Turnovers32
Penalties-yards5-288-75

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 18 34 231 1 2 35 1 -1 0 -1
Bob Tucker MIN 5 73 0 35
Sammy White MIN 2 43 0 32
Robert Miller MIN 2 3 1 2 3 36 0 15
Kevin Miller MIN 1 35 1 35
Chuck Foreman MIN 7 13 0 9 2 20 0 12
Ahmad Rashad MIN 3 29 0 11
Rickey Young MIN 7 7 0 6 3 1 0 2
Bob Lee MIN 2 2 10 0 0 6
Brent McClanahan MIN 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Gary Danielson DET 26 33 352 5 1 45 1 15 0 15
Leonard Thompson DET 5 93 3 45
Horace King DET 5 17 0 11 6 63 2 34
Luther Blue DET 6 77 0 23
Dexter Bussey DET 13 77 0 29
Rick Kane DET 3 11 0 5 3 40 0 26
Freddie Scott DET 3 50 0 28
David Hill DET 3 29 0 16
Lawrence Gaines DET 6 29 0 9
Tony Daykin DET 1 8 0 8
Joe Reed DET 1 0 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Bobby Bryant MIN 1 0 0 0
Kevin Miller MIN 0 0 0 0 6 122 20.3 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0
Harry Washington MIN 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Luther Bradley DET 1 76 1 0
Ken Callicutt DET 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0
Rick Kane DET 0 0 0 0 2 47 23.5 0 0
Tony Leonard DET 0 0 0 0 4 59 14.8 0 0
Charlie Weaver DET 1 0 0 0
Walt Williams DET 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0