Saturday, September 24, 1977
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikings (1-1-0) | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Buccaneers (0-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MIN | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Vikings | Safety, Eller tackled Hedberg in end zone | 2 | 0 |
| Buccaneers | Allan Leavitt 18 yard field goal | 2 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Vikings | Chuck Foreman 31 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 3 |
| MIN | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 8 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-104-0 | 34-104-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-38-223-1-2 | 5-17-48-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 2-14 |
| Net pass yards | 211 | 34 |
| Total yards | 315 | 138 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-64 | 8-69 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 14 | 58 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 31 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 25 | 38 | 223 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 9 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 3 | 40 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Johnson | MIN | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 21 | 66 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Randy Hedberg | TAM | 4 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Morris Owens | TAM | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| John McKay | TAM | 2 | 25 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy DuBose | TAM | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Anthony Davis | TAM | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ed Williams | TAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Gary Huff | TAM | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -3 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Matt Blair | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Grim | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Krause | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jeff Wright | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Davis | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dewey Selmon | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jeris White | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Neil Clabo | MIN | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Cox | MIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Green | TAM | 7 | 287 | 41.0 | 0 | ||||
| Allan Leavitt | TAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||