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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at New England Patriots - December 16th, 1979
Minnesota Vikings 23 at New England Patriots 27
Sunday, December 16, 1979
Minnesota Vikings 23, New England Patriots 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (7-9-0) | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| New England Patriots (9-7-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 |
Scoring
| MIN | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Ted Brown 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| NWE | Horace Ivory 5 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 6 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Robert Miller 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3rd | MIN | Rick Danmeier 24 yard field goal | 16 | 7 |
| 4th | NWE | Don Calhoun 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 16 | 14 |
| NWE | Harold Jackson 40 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 16 | 21 | |
| NWE | John Smith 42 yard field goal | 16 | 24 | |
| MIN | Rickey Young 13 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 23 | 24 | |
| NWE | John Smith 30 yard field goal | 23 | 27 |
Team Stats
| MIN | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 30 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-154-2 | 24-69-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 35-61-308-1-1 | 13-27-228-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 1-6 |
| Net pass yards | 299 | 222 |
| Total yards | 453 | 291 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-52 | 1-10 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 35 | 61 | 308 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 16 | 80 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 116 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 8 | 68 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 6 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 3 | 41 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Terry LeCount | MIN | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 5 | 147 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 12 | 26 | 204 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 10 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 3 | 29 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
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 Edwards | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kurt Knoff | MIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 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 | |||
| Allan Clark | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||