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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions - December 20th, 1987
Minnesota Vikings 17 at Detroit Lions 14
Sunday, December 20, 1987
Minnesota Vikings 17, Detroit Lions 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (8-6-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions (3-11-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Scoring
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | MIN | D.J. Dozier 20 yard pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DET | Pete Mandley 4 yard pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| MIN | Chuck Nelson 22 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| 4th | MIN | Wade Wilson 2 yard rush (Chuck Nelson kick) | 17 | 7 |
| DET | Garry James 16 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 14 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-205-1 | 26-129-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-27-165-1-0 | 16-31-240-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-30 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 135 | 235 |
| Total yards | 340 | 364 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-59 | 2-53 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wade Wilson | MIN | 16 | 27 | 165 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Alfred Anderson | MIN | 7 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| D.J. Dozier | MIN | 8 | 48 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 11 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Anthony Carter | MIN | 2 | 31 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Allen Rice | MIN | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Rick Fenney | MIN | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Jim Gustafson | MIN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Garry James | DET | 17 | 94 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 46 | ||||||
| Chuck Long | DET | 16 | 30 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Lee | DET | 3 | 85 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 7 | 78 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Mark Nichols | DET | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Vyto Kab | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tony Paige | DET | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Joey Browner | MIN | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Harris | MIN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Lee | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Doug Martin | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 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 | |||
| Keith Ferguson | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Lee | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dan Saleaumua | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Butch Woolfolk | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||