Sunday, October 25, 1981
| MIN | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 19 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Cardinals | Pat Tilley 37 yard pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 23 yard field goal | 0 | 13 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Rick Danmeier 36 yard field goal | 3 | 13 |
| 3rd | Vikings | Sammy White 15 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 10 | 13 |
| Cardinals | Wayne Morris 13 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 20 | |
| 4th | Cardinals | Mel Gray 8 yard pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 27 |
| Vikings | Sammy White 22 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) | 17 | 27 | |
| Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 46 yard field goal | 17 | 30 |
| MIN | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-69-0 | 40-138-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-55-343-2-2 | 13-26-191-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-25 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 318 | 182 |
| Total yards | 387 | 320 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-104 | 7-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 25 | 55 | 343 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 7 | 120 | 2 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Joe Senser | MIN | 5 | 100 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 13 | 55 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 6 | 71 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jeff Siemon | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 5 | 98 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 13 | 26 | 191 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 23 | 77 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 3 | 69 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 16 | 63 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Kurt Knoff | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mardye McDole | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eddie Payton | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Teal | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Greene | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roger Wehrli | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Greg Coleman | MIN | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Danmeier | MIN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Birdsong | STL | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 0 | ||||
| Neil O'Donoghue | STL | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |