Sunday, September 28, 1980
Minnesota Vikings 7, Detroit Lions 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (2-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Detroit Lions (4-0-0) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | David Hill 3 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | MIN | Ahmad Rashad 40 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3rd | DET | Eddie Murray 36 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| 4th | DET | Freddie Scott 5 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 17 |
| DET | Ray Oldham 29 yard interception return (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| DET | Eddie Murray 24 yard field goal | 7 | 27 |
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 16-59-0 | 47-260-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-34-238-1-5 | 13-26-150-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-21 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 217 | 150 |
| Total yards | 276 | 410 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-28 | 6-39 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 19 | 31 | 221 | 1 | 5 | 40 | ||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 5 | 76 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 9 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 3 | 72 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 6 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Terry LeCount | MIN | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Steve Dils | MIN | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Doug Paschal | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Joe Senser | MIN | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Sims | DET | 27 | 157 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 13 | 26 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 9 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| David Hill | DET | 4 | 44 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 5 | 35 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tom Hannon | MIN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Payton | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 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 | |||
| John Arnold | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Luther Bradley | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Callicutt | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Hunter | DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Oldham | DET | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||