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Minnesota Vikings 13 at Detroit Lions 10

Sunday, September 30, 1979

Minnesota Vikings 13, Detroit Lions 10

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Minnesota Vikings (3-2-0)037313
Detroit Lions (1-4-0)003710

Scoring

MINDET
2ndMINRick Danmeier 40 yard field goal30
3rdDETBenny Ricardo 33 yard field goal33
MINChuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick)103
4thMINRick Danmeier 31 yard field goal133
DETRick Kane 10 yard pass from Jeff Komlo (Benny Ricardo kick)1310

Team Stats

MINDET
First downs1811
Rush-yards-TDs40-137-125-96-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-23-167-0-213-25-126-1-2
Sacked-yards3-174-29
Net pass yards15097
Total yards287193
Fumbles-lost3-00-0
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards4-372-20

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Sammy White MIN 6 100 0 49
Tommy Kramer MIN 13 23 167 0 2 49 2 6 0 0
Chuck Foreman MIN 11 40 1 7 1 22 0 22
Ted Brown MIN 14 61 0 13
Rickey Young MIN 13 30 0 6 2 7 0 8
Ahmad Rashad MIN 2 24 0 18
Brent McClanahan MIN 1 8 0 8
Bob Tucker MIN 1 6 0 6
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jeff Komlo DET 13 25 126 1 2 23 1 0 0 0
Dexter Bussey DET 11 45 0 9 2 13 0 13
Leonard Thompson DET 1 16 0 16 4 34 0 18
Horace King DET 4 8 0 4 3 40 0 23
Gene A. Washington DET 1 17 0 17
Bo Robinson DET 4 15 0 7
Luther Blue DET 2 12 0 9
Lawrence Gaines DET 2 11 0 6
Rick Kane DET 2 1 0 1 1 10 1 10

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
Jimmy Edwards MIN 0 0 0 0 2 34 17.0 0 0 5 29 5.8 0 0
Tom Hannon MIN 1 0 0 0
Paul Krause MIN 1 16 0 0
Brent McClanahan MIN 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 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
Jimmy Allen DET 1 0 0 0
Ken Callicutt DET 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0
Ken Ellis DET 0 0 0 0 3 16 5.3 0 0
Rick Kane DET 0 0 0 0 2 38 19.0 0 0
Leonard Thompson DET 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.0 0 0
Walt Williams DET 1 3 0 0