Sunday, October 8, 1989
| DET | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lions | Eric Hipple 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Vikings | Rich Karlis 22 yard field goal | 7 | 3 |
| Vikings | Mike Merriweather 15 yard interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| Vikings | Issiac Holt 90 yard interception return (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| Vikings | Brent Novoselsky 2 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| Lions | Eddie Murray 50 yard field goal | 10 | 24 | |
| 4th | Lions | Bob Gagliano 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 24 |
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-153-2 | 32-91-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-27-130-0-3 | 11-18-146-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 8-46 | 2-8 |
| Net pass yards | 84 | 138 |
| Total yards | 237 | 229 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-106 | 10-69 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Barry Sanders | DET | 23 | 99 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Richard Johnson | DET | 3 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Eric Hipple | DET | 7 | 18 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Bob Gagliano | DET | 4 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Stacey Mobley | DET | 2 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jason Phillips | DET | 2 | 17 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Robert Clark | DET | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Tony Paige | DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 11 | 18 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hassan Jones | MIN | 2 | 44 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Rick Fenney | MIN | 9 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 7 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Alfred Anderson | MIN | 7 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Carter | MIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jim Gustafson | MIN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| D.J. Dozier | MIN | 6 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Brent Novoselsky | MIN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 | ||
| Jerry Ball | DET | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Palmer | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Walter Stanley | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Williams | DET | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Berry | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Clarke | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Issiac Holt | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 90 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Merriweather | MIN | 0.5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Keith Millard | MIN | 3.0 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Al Noga | MIN | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Jim Arnold | DET | 6 | 240 | 40.0 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | DET | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Karlis | MIN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bucky Scribner | MIN | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 0 | ||||