Sunday, September 23, 1984
Minnesota Vikings 29, Detroit Lions 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (2-2-0) | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| Detroit Lions (1-3-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Sammy White 26 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson 1 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Jan Stenerud 35 yard field goal | 10 | 7 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson 66 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| MIN | Jan Stenerud 32 yard field goal | 13 | 14 | |
| MIN | Jan Stenerud 37 yard field goal | 16 | 14 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Chris Martin 8 yard fumble return (Jan Stenerud kick) | 23 | 14 |
| DET | James R. Jones 10 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 23 | 21 | |
| MIN | Jan Stenerud 34 yard field goal | 26 | 21 | |
| 4th | MIN | Jan Stenerud 19 yard field goal | 29 | 21 |
| DET | Leonard Thompson 15 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick) | 29 | 28 |
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-205-0 | 21-114-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-26-225-1-0 | 25-31-231-4-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-10 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 215 | 222 |
| Total yards | 420 | 336 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-122 | 10-104 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 15 | 25 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Alfred Anderson | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 120 | 0 | 15 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 |
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 5 | 101 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 5 | 89 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 11 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 6 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Allen Rice | MIN | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gary Danielson | DET | 24 | 30 | 218 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Sims | DET | 12 | 66 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 70 | 1 | 17 |
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | 7 | 98 | 3 | 66 | ||||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Alfred Anderson | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Johnson | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 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 | |||
| Mike L. Cofer | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Green | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Jenkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robbie Martin | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||