Sunday December 3, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/03/1978:



Fran Tarkenton's 20-yard touchdown pass to Ahmad Rashad gave Minnesota a come-from-behind victory. Ron Jaworski threw three touchdown passes and Wilbert Montgomery scored on a 36-yard touchdown run to give the Eagles a 27-14 lead. The Vikings cut the Eagles' lead to six in the third quarter when Tarkenton hit Rickey Young with a six-yard touchdown pass. Minnesota took the lead with 1:49 left in the game when Tarkenton capped a 90-yard drive with his fourth touchdown pass of the day, a 20-yarder to Rashad.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE147.4  (8)141.2  (21)288.5  (18)30
DEFENSE122.2  (5)164.6  (17)286.8  (12)40
OFFENSE103.4  (28)187.8  (5)291.2  (17)38
DEFENSE125.2  (8)152.6  (10)277.8  (7)38

Line: Vikings by 3

Team1234F
Philadelphia Eagles (8-6-0)7200027
Minnesota Vikings (8-5-1)1407728

( 0- 7) MIN Sammy White 5 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) ( 7- 7) PHI Harold Carmichael 56 yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Mike Michel kick) ( 7-14) MIN Sammy White 9 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) (14-14) PHI Harold Carmichael 21 yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Mike Michel kick) (21-14) PHI Wilbert Montgomery 36 yard rush (Mike Michel kick) (27-14) PHI Charlie Smith 27 yard pass from Ron Jaworski (kick failed) (27-21) MIN Rickey Young 6 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) (27-28) MIN Ahmad Rashad 20 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick)
                     PHI             MIN
First Downs:         18              23
Rushes-yards:        35-163          25-80
Yards/rush:          4.7             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-29-228-1     30-56-289-3
Sacked-yards:        2-15            0-0
Net pass yards:      213             289
Net yards/pass:      6.9             5.2
Total net yards:     376             369
Total plays:         66 (53% run)    81 (30% run)  
Yards/play:          5.7             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-0
Turnovers:           1               3
Penalties-yards:     9-109           9-62

Attendance: 38,772

Passing:
PHI: Ron Jaworski, 13 of 28 for 228 yards and 3 TDs (1 int); John Walton, 0 of 1 for 0 yards MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 30 of 56 for 289 yards and 4 TDs (3 int)
Rushing:
PHI: Wilbert Montgomery, 24 for 115 yards and 1 TD; Mike Hogan, 10 for 46 yards; Ron Jaworski, 1 for 2 yards MIN: Chuck Foreman, 18 for 69 yards; Rickey Young, 3 for 13 yards; Robert Miller, 2 for 2 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 2 for -4 yards
Receiving:
PHI: Harold Carmichael, 4 for 115 yards and 2 TDs; Richard Osborne, 3 for 42 yards; Charlie Smith, 2 for 51 yards and 1 TD; Wilbert Montgomery, 2 for 10 yards; Mike Hogan, 2 for 10 yards MIN: Ahmad Rashad, 9 for 107 yards and 1 TD; Sammy White, 6 for 68 yards and 2 TDs; Chuck Foreman, 6 for 31 yards; Bob Tucker, 4 for 49 yards; Rickey Young, 4 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Robert Miller, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
PHI: Louie Giammona, 3 for 47 yards; Wilbert Montgomery, 1 for 25 yards; Billy Campfield, 1 for 20 yards MIN: Kevin Miller, 4 for 59 yards; Harry Washington, 1 for 19 yards
Punt returns:
PHI: John Sciarra, 4 for 31 yards MIN: Kevin Miller, 4 for 25 yards
Interceptions:
PHI: Bill Bergey, 1 for 50 yards; Randy Logan, 1 for 9 yards; Bob Howard, 1 for 0 yards MIN: Matt Blair, 1 for 8 yards
Punting:
PHI: Mike Michel, 8 for 282 yards MIN: Greg Coleman, 6 for 213 yards
Field Goals:


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