| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (3-8-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Minnesota Vikings (7-4-0) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Metropolitan Stadium |
| Start Time | 12:00pm |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 53 degrees, relative humidity 73%, wind 12 mph |
| Vegas Line | Minnesota Vikings -8.0 |
| Over/Under | 44.0 (under) |
| NOR | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 35 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Saints | Benny Ricardo 24 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| Vikings | Joe Senser 11 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 19 yard field goal | 3 | 13 |
| Vikings | Ted Brown 9 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) | 3 | 20 | |
| 4th | Saints | George Rogers 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 20 |
| NOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-116-1 | 23-70-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-39-244-0-2 | 19-40-287-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-46 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 198 | 287 |
| Total yards | 314 | 357 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-100 | 8-77 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dave Wilson | NOR | 19 | 39 | 244 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Rogers | NOR | 31 | 97 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 3 | 71 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 4 | 62 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Larry Hardy | NOR | 2 | 40 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Aundra Thompson | NOR | 2 | 29 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Rich Martini | NOR | 3 | 27 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jack Holmes | NOR | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Guido Merkens | NOR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Toussaint Tyler | NOR | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 19 | 40 | 287 | 1 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 16 | 54 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Joe Senser | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 92 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 2 | 62 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Terry LeCount | MIN | 2 | 52 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Tony Galbreath | MIN | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 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 | |||
| Kurt Knoff | MIN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Payton | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Russell Erxleben | NOR | 6 | 215 | 35.8 | 0 | ||||
| Benny Ricardo | NOR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Greg Coleman | MIN | 6 | 295 | 49.2 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Danmeier | MIN | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |