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Detroit Lions 14 at Minnesota Vikings 13

Sunday, December 14, 1997

Detroit Lions 14, Minnesota Vikings 13

1234Final
Detroit Lions (8-7-0)070714
Minnesota Vikings (8-7-0)760013

Scoring

DETMIN
1stMINRobert Smith 22 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick)07
2ndDETCory Schlesinger 1 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick)77
MINEddie Murray 21 yard field goal710
MINEddie Murray 28 yard field goal713
4thDETHerman Moore 1 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick)1413

Team Stats

DETMIN
First downs2113
Rush-yards-TDs27-148-037-214-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT24-39-266-2-19-18-77-0-0
Sacked-yards3-242-34
Net pass yards24243
Total yards390257
Fumbles-lost1-02-0
Turnovers10
Penalties-yards7-444-31

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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