1978 San Diego (8-4) 7 14 0 3 24 1978 Minnesota (5-7) 0 0 7 14 21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 7:12 San Diego TD Bauer 9 run (Benirschke) (8-71-4:41) 7-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 2:13 San Diego TD Fouts 3 pass to Mitchell (Benirschke) (12-57-6:50) 14-0 2 0:09 San Diego TD Fouts 3 pass to Mitchell (Benirschke) (6-40-1:48) 21-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 8:36 Minnesota TD Tarkenton 11 pass to Young (Danmeier) (6-42-1:38) 21-7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 14:36 San Diego FG Benirschke 27 (10-42-4:28) 24-7 4 6:56 Minnesota TD Tarkenton 1 pass to Tucker (Danmeier) (15-85-4:16) 24-14 4 0:11 Minnesota TD Tarkenton 1 pass to Foreman (Danmeier) (11-86-1:54) 24-21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SD Min First Downs 18 25 Rushes 42-189 25-105 Passes 25-12-114 42-28-289 Sacked 0-0 4-25 Fumble 0 2 Penalties 4-25 8-67 Turnovers 0 2 Time 39:35 20:25 Third Down 8-17 5-14 Fourth Down 0-0 1-2 Net Offense 303 369 Injuries: Matthews(SD-5), Jefferson(SD-0), Macek(SD-0), Myers(Min-1) < San Diego > < Minnesota > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Fouts 25 12 114 0 0 0 2 87.8 Tarkenton 42 28 289 4 2 0 3 110.1 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Woods,D 21 108 5.1 4 3 16 0 Foreman 10 48 4.8 1 1 12 0 Mitchell,L 16 64 4.0 3 2 20 0 Young,R 12 37 3.1 3 1 11 0 Bauer 3 17 5.7 1 0 9 1 Tarkenton 3 20 6.7 0 1 14 0 Williams,C 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 25 105 4.2 4 3 14 0 Fouts 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 42 189 4.5 8 5 20 1 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Mitchell,L 4 0 26 6.5 3 0 12 2 Young,R 12 0 124 10.3 6 1 25 1 Woods,D 3 0 36 12.0 3 0 21 0 Tucker,B 7 0 59 8.4 5 0 14 1 Jefferson,J 2 0 33 16.5 2 0 22 0 Rashad 5 0 56 11.2 4 0 18 0 Matthews 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 White,S 2 0 37 18.5 2 1 25 0 Burton 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 Foreman 2 0 13 6.5 2 0 12 1 Klein 1 0 18 18.0 1 0 18 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Goode 0 1 0 Foreman 1 0 0 Jones,L 0 1 0 Tarkenton 1 0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Rodgers 2 43 21.5 29 0 Miller,K 4 68 17.0 34 0 Williams,C 1 22 22.0 22 0 Lingenfelte 1 4 4.0 4 0 Barnes 1 2 2.0 2 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Fuller 3 1 32 10.7 14 0 Miller,K 4 0 8 2.0 5 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Benirschke 1-2 27 3-3 6 Danmeier 0-0 0 3-3 3 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg West 7 266 38.0 1 2 0 54 Coleman,G 6 250 41.7 1 0 0 51 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Williams,M 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Blair 11 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Dean 7 1 0 2 0 0 0-0 Hannon 8 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Fuller 7 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 Marshall,J 6 0 1 1 1 0 0-0 Stringert 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McNeill 6 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Preston 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bryant,B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kelcher 4 1 1 1 0 0 0-0 Siemon 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Shaw 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Wise 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jones,L 3 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wright,N 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dove 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Smith,L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lee,J 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tingelhoff 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lowe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Miller,K 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 King 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Holloway 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Horn 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mullaney 1 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 Johnson,G 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Sutherland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Edwards,G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 White,J 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Goode 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Hilgenberg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Middleton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Young,W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Slater 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-By-Play ----------------------------------------- --- -------------------- ----------------------- Play-By-Play ----------------------------------------- --- ------------------- ----------------------- Play-By-Play KO 14:51 SD Williams ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 14:44 SD Woods 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Pass 2 5 own33 13:47 SD Woods 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 1 own37 12:55 SD Woods 0 Bas OffTkl-R 5-3 sZ Stuff 4 1 own37 12:51 SD West 38,Miller 2 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 12:24 Min Young -1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 11 own26 12:21 Min Tarkent-Foreman X Bas M-Seam/sec 4-2 M Dbl-Foreman/Lo 3 11 own26 12:00 Min Sk-Horn -6 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 4 17 own20 11:53 Min Coleman 51,Fuller 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 11:45 SD Mitchell 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Basic 2 5 own34 11:45 SD Pen5(Shields) Bas M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 own29 10:52 SD Woods 7 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Dbl-Jefferson 3 3 own36 9:59 SD Fouts-Jefferso 22 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Run 1 10 opp42 9:09 SD Fouts-Jefferso 11 Bas S-Cross 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp31 8:17 SD Mitchell 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Dbl-Jefferson 2 4 opp25 7:30 SD Fouts-Matthews 0 Bas Screen 4-3 M Basic 3 4 opp25 7:19 SD Woods 16 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Dbl-Woods 1 9 opp9 7:12 SD Bauer 9/TD Bas Pitch-L 4-3 sZ Basic 7-0 KO 7:05 Min Miller ret of 4 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own6 7:01 Min Tarkent-Young X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own6 6:31 Min Foreman 7 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 3 own13 6:06 Min Foreman -3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Pass 4 6 own10 6:01 Min Coleman 41,Fuller 10 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp41 5:58 SD Fouts-Woods X Bas S-Out 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp41 5:52 SD Mitchell 6 3W2 Sweep-R 4-3 M Dbl-Jefferson 3 4 opp35 5:05 SD Fouts-Woods 5 Bas Screen 4-3 tM Key-Mitchell 1 10 opp30 4:15 SD Bauer 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 6 opp26 4:06 SD Fouts-Mitchell X Bas M-Out 4-3 sZ Basic 3 6 opp26 4:01 SD Fouts-Mitchell X Bas S-Hitch 3-3 M Dbl-Joiner 4 6 opp26 3:58 SD FG Benirschke 43/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own26 3:31 Min Tarkent-White 25 Bas L-Cross 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp49 3:02 Min Foreman 0 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp49 2:56 SD Pen5(Jones) Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 opp44 2:53 Min Tarkent-Rashad X Bas M-Seam 4-3 M Basic 3 5 opp44 2:31 Min Sk-Kelcher -6 Bas S-Out 4-2 sZ Pass 4 11 50 2:24 Min Coleman 50,Fuller 0 --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own20 1:31 SD Woods 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass 2 6 own24 0:40 SD Mitchell 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Dbl-Joiner 3 2 own28 0:00 SD Mitchell 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Pass 4 2 own28 14:56 SD West 48,Miller 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 14:33 Min Tarkent-Young 9 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Run 2 1 own38 14:07 Min Young 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own41 13:42 Min Tarkent-Rashad 11 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp48 13:38 Min Tarkent-Foreman X Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Basic 2 10 opp48 13:32 Min Foreman 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Basic/Lo 3 5 opp43 13:23 Min Foreman 5/F Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic/Lo 1 10 own38 12:31 SD Fouts-Mitchell 8 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 2 own46 11:41 SD Fouts-Mitchell X Bas L-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 3 2 own46 10:54 SD Fouts-Klein X Bas S-Hitch 5-3 sZ Stuff 4 2 own46 10:47 SD West 54,Miller 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 10:47 Min Pen5(Team) Bas L-Straight 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 1 15 own15 10:17 Min Foreman 8 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic/Bz2 2 7 own23 10:17 Min Pen5(Goodrum) Bas Draw 4-3 Z Pass 2 12 own18 10:04 Min Tarkent-Young 25 Bas S-Flat 4-2 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 own43 9:40 Min Tarkenton 4 Bas L-Straight 4-3 Z Basic/Lo 2 6 own47 9:12 Min Young -2 Bas Draw 4-3 M Basic 3 8 own45 9:09 Min Tarkent-Young X Bas S-Hitch 4-1 M Dbl-Foreman 4 8 own45 9:03 Min Coleman 26,Fuller 14 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own43 8:10 SD Mitchell 3 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 2 7 own46 7:16 SD Woods 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 3 2 opp49 6:24 SD Mitchell 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp45 5:31 SD Woods 2 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 opp43 5:28 SD Fouts-Burton 1/Pen15 Bas Screen 4-3 M Dbl-Joiner 1 10 opp27 4:33 SD Fouts-Mitchell 12 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp15 3:42 SD Fouts-Joiner X Bas S-Cross 4-3 tM Dbl-Joiner 2 10 opp15 3:29 SD Woods 13 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Dbl-Joiner 1 2 opp2 2:32 SD Mitchell -1 2T1 Dive 5-3 tM Stuff 2 3 opp3 2:23 SD Mitchell 0 2T1 Sweep-L 5-3 tM Stuff 3 3 opp3 2:13 SD Fouts-Mitchell 3/TD Bas Screen 4-3 tM Dbl-Woods/Bz2 14- KO 2:02 Min Miller ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 1:57 Min Tarkenton 14/F Bas L-Straight 4-1 Z Pass 1 10 opp40 1:20 SD Fouts-Klein 18 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp22 1:15 SD Fouts-Mitchell X Bas M-Out/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 2 10 opp22 0:34 SD Woods 6 Bas Draw 4-2 M Dbl-Joiner 3 4 opp16 0:20 SD Mitchell 13 Bas Sweep-L 4-2 sZ Pass 1 3 opp3 0:16 SD Fouts-Joiner X Bas S-Out/PBK 5-3 tM Stuff 2 3 opp3 0:09 SD Fouts-Mitchell 3/TD Bas S-Hitch 5-3 tM Stuff 21- KO 0:04 Min Lingenfelter ret of --- KO-squib --- Return 1 10 own28 0:00 Min Tarkent-White X Bas B-Fly 3-1 dZ Prevent KO 14:47 Min Miller ret of 34 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own39 14:27 Min Tarkent-Tucker 5 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 Z Pass 2 5 own44 13:59 Min Young -3 Bas Draw 4-2 M Pass/Lo 3 8 own41 13:38 Min Tarkent-Young 7 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-2 M Dbl-Foreman 4 1 own48 13:14 Min Tarkent-Young 13 Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp39 13:03 Min Tarkent-Rashad 12 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp27 12:55 Min Foreman 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Pass 2 5 opp22 12:27 Min Young 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp16 12:06 Min Sk-Jones -5 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 2 15 opp21 11:40 Min Foreman 5 Bas Draw 4-2 Z Pass 3 10 opp16 11:37 Min Tarkent-Rashad X Bas M-Seam 4-2 Z Pass/Bz1 4 10 opp16 11:28 Min Tarkent-Young X Bas M-Seam 4-1 M Dbl-Young 1 10 own16 10:32 SD Woods -2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 2 12 own14 10:24 SD Woods 5 Bas Sweep-R 4-2 sZ Pass 3 7 own19 10:20 SD Fouts-Woods X Bas S-Out 4-2 sZ Pass 4 7 own19 10:14 SD West 22,Miller-1 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp42 10:08 Min Tarkent-Young 7 Bas S-Out/sec 4-3 dZ Basic 2 3 opp35 9:42 Min Young 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass 3 1 opp33 9:17 Min Tarkent-Rashad 9 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp24 8:53 Min Young 7 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 3 opp17 8:50 Min Tarkent-Tucker 6 Bas S-Out 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp11 8:36 Min Tarkent-Young 11/TD Bas M-Seam 4-3 sZ Pass 21- KO 8:26 SD Rodgers ret of 14 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 8:17 SD Woods 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic 2 5 own22 7:27 SD Woods 8 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Run 1 10 own30 6:34 SD Mitchell 3 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic 2 7 own33 5:40 SD Mitchell 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 4 own36 4:50 SD Fouts-Burton X Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 4 4 own36 4:45 SD Pen13(Sutherland) --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own12 4:42 Min Tarkent-Foreman X Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Pass/Bz1 2 10 own12 4:34 Min Tarkent-White X Bas L-Cross 4-2 Z Pass 3 10 own12 4:34 Min Pen5(Hamilton) Bas M-Hitch 4-2 Z Pass/Bz1 3 15 own7 4:07 Min Foreman 12 Bas Draw 4-2 Z Pass/Bz1 4 3 own19 4:04 Min Coleman 41,Fuller 8 --- Pt-deep --- WatchFake 1 10 own48 3:10 SD Fouts-Woods 21 Bas Screen 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp31 3:04 SD Fouts-Mitchell X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 opp31 2:01 SD Woods 13 Bas Draw 4-2 sZ Basic 1 10 opp18 1:04 SD Woods 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 7 opp15 0:11 SD Woods 1 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Basic 3 6 opp14 0:00 SD Fouts-Woods 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Dbl-Joiner 1 4 opp4 14:52 SD Pen10(Perretta) 2T1 Trap-R 4-3 sZ Basic 1 14 opp14 14:49 SD Fouts-Joiner X Bas S-Hitch 3-3 M Dbl-Joiner 2 14 opp14 14:46 SD Fouts-Mitchell X Bas S-Cross 3-3 M Dbl-Mitchell 3 14 opp14 14:36 SD Woods 4 Bas Sweep-R 4-1 M Dbl-Joiner 4 10 opp10 14:32 SD FG Benirschke 27/G --- FG --- Block 24- KO 14:28 Min Miller ret of 10 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 14:06 Min Sk-Dean -8 Bas L-Hitch/sec 4-2 Z Pass 2 18 own7 13:42 Min Tarkent-Young 7 Bas S-Flat 4-2 dZ Pass 3 11 own14 13:14 Min Tarkenton 2 Bas M-Seam 4-1 Z Pass 4 9 own16 13:10 Min Coleman 41,Fuller 0 --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own43 13:02 SD Woods 6 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 4 own49 12:11 SD Woods 1 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Pass 3 3 50 11:16 SD Mitchell 0 Bas OffTkl-L 5-3 tM Stuff 4 3 50 11:12 SD West 35,Miller 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own15 11:06 Min Tarkent-White X Bas L-Hitch 4-2 dZ Pass 2 10 own15 11:03 Min Tarkent-Foreman X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-2 Z Pass 3 10 own15 10:37 Min Tarkent-Tucker 12 Bas M-Seam 4-1 M Dbl-Foreman 1 10 own27 10:09 Min Tarkent-Rashad 18 Bas M-Hitch 4-1 M Pass 1 10 own45 10:01 Min Tarkent-Young 14 Bas S-Out 4-2 dZ Pass 1 10 opp41 9:53 Min Young 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 dZ Basic 2 5 opp36 9:30 Min Tarkent-Tucker 9 Bas M-Hitch 4-2 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp27 9:09 Min Tarkent-Young 4 Bas S-Hitch 4-2 Z Pass 2 6 opp23 8:44 Min Young 5 Bas Pitch-R 3-2 Z Pass 3 1 opp18 8:22 Min Tarkent-Rashad 6 Bas S-Flat 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp12 7:59 Min Young 4 Bas Draw 4-3 sZ Pass/Lo 2 6 opp8 7:39 Min Tarkent-Young 3 Bas S-Hitch 5-2 sZ Pass 3 3 opp5 7:31 Min Foreman 4 Bas Pitch-R 3-3 M Dbl-Young/Li 1 1 opp1 7:06 Min Young 0 Bas Overtop 5-2 sZ Run/A 2 1 opp1 6:56 Min Tarkent-Tucker 1/TD Bas S-Flat 5-2 sZ Goalline/A 24- KO 6:46 SD Rodgers ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own34 5:55 SD Bauer 4 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 6 own38 5:00 SD Williams 0 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Run 3 6 own38 4:02 SD Mitchell 20 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 opp42 3:08 SD Woods 2 Bas Sweep-R/SI/RS 4-3 sZ Run 2 8 opp40 2:16 SD Mitchell -1 Bas OffTkl-L/SI/RS 4-3 sZ Run 3 9 opp41 2:09 SD Mitchell -1 Bas Sweep-R/SI/RS 4-3 sZ Run 4 10 opp42 2:05 SD West 28,Miller 0 --- Pt-side --- Block 1 10 own14 2:01 SD Pen5(Dove) Bas M-Hitch/HO/sec 3-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 own19 1:57 Min Tarkent-White 12 Bas M-Seam 3-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 own31 1:36 Min Tarkent-Tucker 12 Bas M-Hitch 3-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 own43 1:12 Min Tarkent-Young 12 Bas S-Out/HO 3-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp45 1:03 Min Tarkent-Young 12 Bas S-Out/HO 3-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp33 0:54 Min Tarkent-Foreman 12 Bas S-Out/HO 3-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp21 0:54 Min Pen5(Hamilton) Bas S-Flat/HO 4-1 Z Pass 1 15 opp26 0:42 Min Tarkent-Tucker 14 Bas S-Flat/HO 4-1 Z Pass 2 1 opp12 0:37 Min Tarkent-Rashad X Bas S-Out/HO 4-2 Z Pass 3 1 opp12 0:23 Min Young 11 Bas Draw 4-2 Z Pass/Bz1 1 1 opp1 0:18 Min Tarkent-Young X Bas S-Flat 5-2 sZ Pass/A 2 1 opp1 0:11 Min Tarkent-Foreman 1/TD Bas S-Flat 5-2 sZ Goalline 24- KO 0:07 SD Barnes ret of 2 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 own49 0:00 SD Fouts 0 Bas QbKneel 5-3 sZ Stuff Game