Sunday, September 29, 1985
Minnesota Vikings 27, Buffalo Bills 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (3-1-0) | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| MIN | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Leo Lewis 10 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Jan Stenerud kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Ted Brown 15 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (kick failed) | 13 | 0 |
| BUF | Scott Norwood 49 yard field goal | 13 | 3 | |
| MIN | Anthony Carter 43 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Jan Stenerud kick) | 20 | 3 | |
| 3rd | BUF | Scott Norwood 28 yard field goal | 20 | 6 |
| BUF | Vince Ferragamo 1 yard rush (Scott Norwood kick) | 20 | 13 | |
| 4th | BUF | Greg Bell 1 yard rush (Scott Norwood kick) | 20 | 20 |
| MIN | Ted Brown 22 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 27 | 20 |
| MIN | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-171-1 | 31-115-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-23-205-3-1 | 18-33-173-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-38 | 3-11 |
| Net pass yards | 167 | 162 |
| Total yards | 338 | 277 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-78 | 7-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 15 | 23 | 205 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 13 | 80 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 5 | 74 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 15 | 69 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Carter | MIN | 3 | 57 | 1 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 2 | 25 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Allen Rice | MIN | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jay Carroll | MIN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mike A. Jones | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Greg Bell | BUF | 24 | 92 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Vince Ferragamo | BUF | 18 | 33 | 173 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Butler | BUF | 5 | 52 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Eason Ramson | BUF | 4 | 48 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Hutchison | BUF | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Mike Pruitt | BUF | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | BUF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Neil Elshire | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Millard | MIN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Newton | MIN | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Buster Rhymes | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Turner | MIN | 1 | 25 | 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 | |||
| Mitchell Brookins | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod Hill | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Anthony Hutchison | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charles Romes | BUF | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Smith | BUF | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Don L. Smith | BUF | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||