| Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1978 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47411 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 47 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 16 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Terdell Middleton 3 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 4 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ahmad Rashad 15 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 43 | WR | Aundra Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 71 | ROG | Mel Jackson |
| 68 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 81 | TE | Rich McGeorge |
| 17 | QB | David Whitehurst |
| 34 | HB | Terdell Middleton |
| 33 | FB | Barty Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 74 | LDT | Dave Roller |
| 75 | RDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 78 | RDE | Ezra Johnson |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 55 | MLB | Mike Hunt |
| 60 | RLB | John Anderson |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 46 | SS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | FS | Johnnie Gray |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 74 | LOT | Frank Myers |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 44 | FB | Chuck Foreman |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 72 | RDT | James White |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 29 | SS | Phil Wise |
| 45 | FS | Tom Hannon |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Terdell Middleton | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Barty Smith | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| David Whitehurst | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 24 | 46 | 1.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Coleman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 1 | 120 | 4.0 | 0 | 54.9 | |||
| Dennis Sproul | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 118.8 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 43 | 26 | 60.5 | 0 | 262 | 6.1 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 101.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Barty Smith | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Terdell Middleton | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Rich McGeorge | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| James Lofton | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Odom | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rickey Young | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 16t | 1 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 2 | |
| Sammy White | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Phil Wise | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 9 | 276 | 30.7 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | ||
| Jim Culbreath | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |
| Estus Hood | 1.0 |
| Ezra Johnson | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Jim Marshall | 2.0 |
| Matt Blair | 1.0 |
| Doug Sutherland | 1.0 |
| James White | 1.0 |
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