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Minnesota Vikings 10 at Los Angeles Rams 34

Sunday, December 31, 1978

Minnesota Vikings 10, Los Angeles Rams 34

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (8-8-1)370010
Los Angeles Rams (13-4-0)010141034

Scoring

MINRAM
1stMINRick Danmeier 42 yard field goal30
2ndRAMWillie Miller 9 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)37
RAMFrank Corral 43 yard field goal310
MINAhmad Rashad 1 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick)1010
3rdRAMCullen Bryant 3 yard rush (Frank Corral kick)1017
RAMRon Jessie 27 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)1024
4thRAMFrank Corral 28 yard field goal1027
RAMJim Jodat 3 yard rush (Frank Corral kick)1034

Team Stats

MINRAM
First downs1225
Rush-yards-TDs16-36-048-200-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-38-219-1-215-29-209-2-1
Sacked-yards1-110-0
Net pass yards208209
Total yards244409
Fumbles-lost2-01-0
Turnovers21
Penalties-yards2-124-35

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 18 37 219 1 2 31 1 -2 0 -2
Ahmad Rashad MIN 7 84 1 31
Chuck Foreman MIN 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 31 0 8 3 38 0 20
Rickey Young MIN 4 49 0 31
Bob Tucker MIN 4 48 0 21
Mark Kellar MIN 2 7 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Pat Haden RAM 15 29 209 2 1 29 2 15 0 15
Cullen Bryant RAM 27 100 1 17 2 13 0 8
Ron Jessie RAM 6 108 1 29
John Cappelletti RAM 10 44 0 14 1 6 0 6
Charle Young RAM 2 30 0 15
Willie Miller RAM 2 29 1 20
Billy Waddy RAM 1 9 0 9 1 10 0 10
Anthony Davis RAM 4 17 0 7
Terry Nelson RAM 1 2 0 2 1 13 0 13
Rod Phillips RAM 2 10 0 6
Jim Jodat RAM 1 3 1 3

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
Brent McClanahan MIN 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 18
Kevin Miller MIN 0 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.5 0 1
Robert Miller MIN 0 0 0 0 4 92 23.0 0 27
Frank Myers MIN 0 0 0 0
Harry Washington MIN 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 16
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
Pat Haden RAM 0 0 0 0
Jim Jodat RAM 0 0 0 0 3 58 19.3 0 28
Cody Jones RAM 1.0 0 0 0 0
Bill Simpson RAM 2 17 0 17
Billy Waddy RAM 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 11
Jackie Wallace RAM 0 0 0 0 5 71 14.2 0 21

Minnesota Vikings Starting Lineup

Fran Tarkenton QB
Rickey Young RB
Chuck Foreman FB
Sammy White WR
Ahmad Rashad WR
Bob Tucker TE
Frank Myers LT
Charles Goodrum LG
Mick Tingelhoff C
Wes Hamilton RG
Ron Yary RT
Mark Mullaney LDE
Doug Sutherland LDT
James White RDT
Jim Marshall RDE
Matt Blair LLB
Jeff Siemon MLB
Fred McNeill RLB
John Turner LCB
Bobby Bryant RCB
Phil Wise SS
Tom Hannon FS

Los Angeles Rams Starting Lineup

Pat Haden QB
Cullen Bryant RB
John Cappelletti FB
Ron Jessie WR
Willie Miller WR
Terry Nelson TE
Doug France LT
Tom Mack LG
Rich Saul C
Dennis Harrah RG
John Williams RT
Jack Youngblood LDE
Cody Jones LDT
Larry Brooks RDT
Fred Dryer RDE
Jim Youngblood LLB
Jack Reynolds MLB
Bob Brudzinski RLB
Pat Thomas LCB
Rod Perry RCB
Dave Elmendorf SS
Bill Simpson FS