Saturday, December 17, 1977
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | David Hill 20 yard pass from Gary Danielson (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Fred Cox 26 yard field goal | 10 | 7 |
| Vikings | Ahmad Rashad 48 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Vikings | Sammy White 29 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 7 |
| Lions | Eddie Payton 98 yard kickoff return (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 24 | 14 | |
| Vikings | Chuck Foreman 5 yard rush (kick failed) | 30 | 14 | |
| 4th | Lions | Eddie Payton 87 yard punt return (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 30 | 21 |
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 52-194-2 | 21-50-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-16-206-2-0 | 11-30-153-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 3-31 |
| Net pass yards | 199 | 122 |
| Total yards | 393 | 172 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-46 | 2-10 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 33 | 156 | 2 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 8 | 139 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 11 | 16 | 206 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 1 | 29 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Johnson | MIN | 8 | 23 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 8 | 20 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Bob Grim | MIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| David Hill | DET | 3 | 96 | 1 | 61 | ||||||||||
| Gary Danielson | DET | 11 | 30 | 153 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| J.D. Hill | DET | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ray Jarvis | DET | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Payton | DET | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||
| Andy Bolton | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Rick Kane | DET | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Horace King | DET | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Marv Hubbard | DET | 1 | 3 | 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 | ||
| Bob Grim | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Manfred Moore | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phil Wise | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Bolton | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eddie Payton | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 184 | 36.8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Neil Clabo | MIN | 7 | 267 | 38.1 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Cox | MIN | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Mike-Mayer | DET | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Summers | DET | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 0 | ||||