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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings - December 14th, 1997
Detroit Lions 14 at Minnesota Vikings 13
Sunday, December 14, 1997
Detroit Lions 14, Minnesota Vikings 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (8-7-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Minnesota Vikings (8-7-0) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Scoring
| DET | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Robert Smith 22 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | DET | Cory Schlesinger 1 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| MIN | Eddie Murray 21 yard field goal | 7 | 10 | |
| MIN | Eddie Murray 28 yard field goal | 7 | 13 | |
| 4th | DET | Herman Moore 1 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick) | 14 | 13 |
Team Stats
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-148-0 | 37-214-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-39-266-2-1 | 9-18-77-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 2-34 |
| Net pass yards | 242 | 43 |
| Total yards | 390 | 257 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-44 | 4-31 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Barry Sanders | DET | 19 | 138 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 23 | 38 | 255 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 95 | 0 | 32 | ||||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 6 | 65 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Tommie Boyd | DET | 2 | 32 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Frank Reich | DET | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Cory Schlesinger | DET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ron Rivers | DET | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Robert Smith | MIN | 20 | 101 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Randall Cunningham | MIN | 9 | 18 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 71 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 6 | 20 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Glover | MIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Robert Bailey | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Greg Jeffries | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Glyn Milburn | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 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 | |||
| Ed McDaniel | MIN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Randle | MIN | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||