MIN 14 @ DET 45 - 1978 NFL

1978 Week 15

Minnesota VikingsMIN

14-45

Detroit LionsDET

Sat, December 9, 1978 · 4:00PM · Pontiac Silverdome

Surface: astroturfRoof: domeLine: Minnesota Vikings -2.5

MIN: Bud Grant · DET: Monte Clark

MIN

Team Stats

DET

1st Downs

18-22

Rushing

30-157

20-36-241

Passing

26-33-352

235

Scoring

1st Quarter

Horace King 34 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)

Leonard Thompson 5 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Benny Ricardo kick)

2nd Quarter

Robert Miller 1 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
MIN
Passing
Fran Tarkenton	18/34	231	1	2	1	59.8
Bob Lee	2/2	10	0	0	1	87.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Fran Tarkenton	1	-1	0	-1	0
Chuck Foreman	7	13	0	9	0
Rickey Young	7	7	0	6	0
Robert Miller	2	3	1	2	0
Brent McClanahan	1	0	0	0	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Chuck Foreman	7	2	20	0	12
Rickey Young	6	3	1	0	2
Robert Miller	3	3	36	0	15
Brent McClanahan	1	1	4	0	4
Bob Tucker	5	5	73	0	35
Sammy White	4	2	43	0	32
Kevin Miller	1	1	35	1	35
Ahmad Rashad	9	3	29	0	11
DET
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Gary Danielson	26/33	352	5	1	0	138.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Gary Danielson	1	15	0	15	0
Horace King	5	17	0	11	0
Dexter Bussey	13	77	0	29	0
Lawrence Gaines	6	29	0	9	0
Rick Kane	3	11	0	5	0
Tony Daykin	1	8	0	8	0
Joe Reed	1	0	0	0	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Horace King	7	6	63	2	34
Rick Kane	3	3	40	0	26
Leonard Thompson	6	5	93	3	45
Luther Blue	8	6	77	0	23
Freddie Scott	5	3	50	0	28
David Hill	4	3	29	0	16

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
MIN
Bobby Bryant			0	1			1	0
Rickey Young			0	0			0	1
Tom Hannon			0					1
DET
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Luther Bradley			0	1			0	0
Charlie Weaver			0	1			0	0
Horace King			0	0			0	1
Jimmy Allen			0	0
James Hunter			0	0
Mike Burns			0					1
Dave Washington			0				1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
MIN
Rick Danmeier	2/2	-	0	0	-	-
Greg Coleman	-	-	6	240	40.0	-
DET
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Benny Ricardo	6/6	1/1	0	0	-	-
Tom Skladany	-	-	2	87	43.5	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
MIN
Kevin Miller	6	122	0	1	1	0
Harry Washington	1	14	0	0	0	0
DET
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Tony Leonard	0	0	0	4	59	0
Walt Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rick Kane	2	47	0	0	0	0
Ken Callicutt	1	10	0	0	0	0

MIN

Expected Points Added

DET

-31.0Total31.0

-16.5Off Total16.8

-4.6Off Pass22.2

-10.6Off Rush-5.6

-16.8Def Total16.5

-22.2Def Pass4.6

5.6Def Rush10.6

Starting Lineups

MIN

QBFran Tarkenton

RBRickey Young

FBChuck Foreman

WRSammy White

WRAhmad Rashad

TEBob Tucker

LTFrank Myers

LGCharles Goodrum

CMick Tingelhoff

RGWes Hamilton

MIN at DET, 1978 NFL game