Sunday, October 22, 1989
Minnesota Vikings 20, Detroit Lions 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (5-2-0) | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit Lions (1-6-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Rich Karlis 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Rich Karlis 40 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| MIN | Herschel Walker 1 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 13 | 0 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Alfred Anderson 4 yard rush (Rich Karlis kick) | 20 | 0 |
| 4th | DET | Rodney Peete 2 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 20 | 7 |
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-117-2 | 23-84-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-24-160-0-0 | 19-36-240-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-13 | 8-42 |
| Net pass yards | 147 | 198 |
| Total yards | 264 | 282 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-122 | 6-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Herschel Walker | MIN | 20 | 89 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 15 | 20 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alfred Anderson | MIN | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Rick Fenney | MIN | 5 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Jim Gustafson | MIN | 2 | 32 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Carter | MIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Wade Wilson | MIN | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Hassan Jones | MIN | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| D.J. Dozier | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rodney Peete | DET | 19 | 36 | 240 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Clark | DET | 4 | 84 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 15 | 59 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 6 | 60 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Richard Johnson | DET | 5 | 47 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Keith McDonald | DET | 3 | 40 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Clarke | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Travis Curtis | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Merriweather | MIN | 2.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Al Noga | MIN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Strauthers | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Studwell | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Henry Thomas | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Jerry Ball | DET | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| George Jamison | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Painter | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||