Monday, September 11, 1978
| DEN | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 24 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 3rd | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 46 yard field goal | 0 | 6 |
| Vikings | Rick Danmeier 21 yard field goal | 0 | 9 | |
| 4th | Broncos | Jon Keyworth 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 9 |
| Broncos | Jim Turner 25 yard field goal | 9 | 9 | |
| OT | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 44 yard field goal | 9 | 12 |
| DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-102-1 | 36-101-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-32-171-0-3 | 15-34-120-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-42 | 2-15 |
| Net pass yards | 129 | 105 |
| Total yards | 231 | 206 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-50 | 7-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Otis Armstrong | DEN | 14 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Haven Moses | DEN | 3 | 53 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DEN | 9 | 21 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 2 | 41 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | DEN | 6 | 11 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | DEN | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 3 | 30 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 7 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Ron Egloff | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Larry Canada | DEN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 22 | 59 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 13 | 27 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 7 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 2 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Lonnie Perrin | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Preston | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Joe Rizzo | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Schultz | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | DEN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Louis Wright | DEN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Hannon | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kevin Miller | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Bucky Dilts | DEN | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Turner | DEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Danmeier | MIN | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Wood | MIN | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 0 | ||||