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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions - December 12th, 1981
Minnesota Vikings 7 at Detroit Lions 45
Saturday, December 12, 1981
Minnesota Vikings 7, Detroit Lions 45| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (7-8-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Detroit Lions (8-7-0) | 14 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
Scoring
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Billy Sims 14 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DET | Robbie Martin 45 yard punt return (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Joe Senser 3 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 14 |
| DET | Eddie Murray 26 yard field goal | 7 | 17 | |
| DET | Freddie Scott 7 yard pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| DET | Leonard Thompson 10 yard pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 31 | |
| 3rd | DET | Leonard Thompson 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4th | DET | Tracy Porter 27 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 45 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 29 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-72-0 | 35-205-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-44-155-1-4 | 18-29-295-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-11 | 3-24 |
| Net pass yards | 144 | 271 |
| Total yards | 216 | 476 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-55 | 10-87 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 17 | 42 | 155 | 1 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 5 | 66 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 3 | 52 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 15 | 55 | 0 | 17 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Joe Senser | MIN | 5 | 41 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 6 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Wade Wilson | MIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Terry LeCount | 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 | 13 | 110 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Eric Hipple | DET | 13 | 21 | 188 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 34 | ||||||
| Tracy Porter | DET | 3 | 63 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 3 | 59 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 5 | 7 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 8 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Vince Thompson | DET | 4 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Ulysses Norris | DET | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 6 | 30 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Scott | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
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 | |||
| Matt Blair | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Nord | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Payton | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Swain | MIN | 1 | 18 | 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 | |||
| Jimmy Allen | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Fantetti | DET | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hector Gray | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alvin Hall | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray Oldham | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||