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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions - November 16th, 1997
Minnesota Vikings 15 at Detroit Lions 38
Sunday, November 16, 1997
Minnesota Vikings 15, Detroit Lions 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (8-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| Detroit Lions (5-6-0) | 3 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 38 |
Scoring
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Jason Hanson 27 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | DET | Tommy Vardell 1 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 10 |
| DET | Tommy Vardell 1 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| MIN | Robert Smith 27 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| DET | Johnnie Morton 14 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| 3rd | DET | Tommy Vardell 1 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 31 |
| DET | Herman Moore 10 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 38 | |
| 4th | MIN | Leroy Hoard 3 yard rush (Cris Carter pass from Brad Johnson) | 15 | 38 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 27 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-126-2 | 32-211-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-37-177-0-1 | 21-30-271-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-3 | 2-5 |
| Net pass yards | 174 | 266 |
| Total yards | 300 | 477 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-36 | 5-28 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 19 | 37 | 177 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Robert Smith | MIN | 10 | 61 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 4 | 61 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Glover | MIN | 5 | 50 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 10 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 4 | 38 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Barry Sanders | DET | 19 | 108 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 21 | 29 | 271 | 2 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 10 | 130 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| Ron Rivers | DET | 4 | 51 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 5 | 45 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Tommie Boyd | DET | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| David Sloan | DET | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Cory Schlesinger | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Reich | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 | ||||
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 | |||
| Harold Morrow | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fernando Smith | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leonard Wheeler | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Moe Williams | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 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 | |||
| Mark A. Carrier | DET | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Luther Elliss | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Glyn Milburn | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||