Week 8, 1980

played in Minnesota, MN

54 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Washington Redskins	0	7	7	0	-	14
Minnesota Vikings	3	3	0	6	-	12

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:44 MIN - Rafael Septien 46 field goal
2Q: 00:44 WAS - Mercury Morris 4 pass from Bert Jones (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 00:12 MIN - Rafael Septien 34 field goal
3Q: 08:10 WAS - Delvin Williams 35 run (John Leypoldt extra point)
4Q: 06:52 MIN - Jimmie Giles 6 pass from Pat Ryan (Pat Ryan pass for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:44 MIN - Rafael Septien 46 field goal
2Q: 00:44 WAS - Mercury Morris 4 pass from Bert Jones (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 00:12 MIN - Rafael Septien 34 field goal
3Q: 08:10 WAS - Delvin Williams 35 run (John Leypoldt extra point)
4Q: 06:52 MIN - Jimmie Giles 6 pass from Pat Ryan (Pat Ryan pass for conversion failed)

Team Statistics WAS MIN
Record 4-3 2-5
First Downs 19 20
- by Rushing 8 7
- by Passing 10 11
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 323 332
- Offensive Plays 62 65
- Yards per Play 5.21 5.11
Net Rushing Yards 175 98
- Rushing Attempts 34 22
- Yards per Rush 5.15 4.45
Net Passing Yards 148 234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 19 - 0 41 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 153 247
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 2/13
- Yards per Pass Play 5.29 5.44
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 8/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.4 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/63 6/45
Punt Returns/Yards 4/54 4/2
Kick Returns/Yards 2/55 3/77
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 25
Time of Possession 29:39 30:21

Team Statistics	WAS	MIN
Record	4-3	2-5
First Downs	19	20
- by Rushing	8	7
- by Passing	10	11
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	323	332
- Offensive Plays	62	65
- Yards per Play	5.21	5.11
Net Rushing Yards	175	98
- Rushing Attempts	34	22
- Yards per Rush	5.15	4.45
Net Passing Yards	148	234
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 19 - 0	41 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	153	247
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	2/13
- Yards per Pass Play	5.29	5.44
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	8/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.4	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/63	6/45
Punt Returns/Yards	4/54	4/2
Kick Returns/Yards	2/55	3/77
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 25
Time of Possession	29:39	30:21

Drive Charts

Washington Redskins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:37	2:23	OWN 40	3	6	Punt
1	8:01	2:27	OWN 4	6	26	Punt
1	2:40	2:57	OWN 3	6	11	Punt
2	10:33	3:23	OWN 20	6	34	Punt
2	2:25	1:49	OWN 37	8	63	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:57	OWN 20	4	19	Punt
3	11:34	3:38	OWN 42	7	58	Touchdown
3	5:32	5:09	OWN 11	10	50	Punt
4	14:01	1:48	OWN 41	3	7	Punt
4	6:42	1:20	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
4	3:16	2:35	OWN 21	6	26	Punt

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:23	OWN 34	7	37	Field Goal
1	10:14	2:13	OWN 22	5	12	Punt
1	5:34	2:54	OWN 26	6	24	Punt
2	14:43	4:10	OWN 30	9	32	Punt
2	7:10	4:45	OWN 4	9	24	Punt
2	0:36	0:31	OWN 32	1	51	Field Goal
3	13:03	1:29	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
3	7:56	2:24	OWN 24	4	25	Punt
3	0:23	1:22	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	12:13	5:31	OWN 36	9	64	Touchdown
4	5:22	2:06	OWN 46	6	8	Punt
4	0:41	0:41	OWN 7	4	32	Game

Game MVP: Delvin Williams, Washington Redskins

Rushing Statistics

Washington	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Delvin Williams	25	135	5.40	35	4	1
Mercury Morris	8	39	4.88	15	1	0
Len Garrett	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Chuck Foreman	13	52	4.00	10	1
Charlie White	5	34	6.80	16	1
Pat Ryan	3	8	2.67	5	0
Henry Hynoski	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bert Jones	27	19	153	1/5	1	16	0	96.6

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Pat Ryan	41	25	247	2/13	1	51	0	86.1

Receiving Statistics

Washington	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Don McCauley	4	6	37	9.25	2	12	0
WR Mike Siani	3	3	28	9.33	8	16	0
TE Len Garrett	2	2	14	7.00	2	8	0
WR Reggie Rucker	2	4	12	6.00	1	7	0
FB Roland Harper	2	2	6	3.00	0	6	0
WR Randy Burks	2	2	27	13.50	6	16	0
RB Mercury Morris	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	1
RB Delvin Williams	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Jim Obradovich	1	3	16	16.00	9	16	0
WR Ray Strong	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Lou Piccone	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bob Newland	5	7	33	6.60	1	15	0
WR Butch Johnson	5	8	99	19.80	52	51	0
RB Chuck Foreman	3	5	17	5.67	12	10	0
WR Ike Harris	3	5	30	10.00	1	26	0
TE Jimmie Giles	3	4	16	5.33	2	6	1
WR Charley Young	2	3	20	10.00	0	12	0
TE Joe Rose	2	4	21	10.50	11	16	0
TE Don Warren	1	2	5	5.00	0	5	0
FB Curtis Dickey	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0

Interception Statistics

Washington	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Washington	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Washington	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Colquitt	9	369	41.0	38.6	58	3

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marv Bateman	8	377	47.1	37.9	62	4

Kicking Statistics

Washington	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Leypoldt	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rafael Septien	2/2	1/1	0/0	46	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Washington	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Marshall	4	54	13.5	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ike Harris	4	2	0.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Washington	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Larry Marshall	2	55	27.5	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Henry Hynoski	2	52	26.0	0
Ike Harris	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Washington	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tom Pridemore	6	2	0.0	19	36
S Tommy Jeffries	5	0	0.0	8	19
CB Larry Marshall	4	2	0.0	14	28
OLB Bo Conway	4	1	0.0	19	36
S Ken Greene	4	1	0.0	10	24
CB Tony Greene	3	2	0.0	17	28
CB Roger Wehrli	3	2	0.0	17	37
ILB Matt Millen	3	2	0.0	16	25
S Charles Romes	3	1	0.0	17	35
ILB Neal Olkewicz	3	0	0.0	6	17
DT O.J. Sanford	2	1	1.0	9	19
DE Richard Neal	2	0	0.0	8	15
DT John Mendenhall	1	0	1.0	9	18
DE Jeff Merrow	1	1	0.0	14	28
DE Cleveland Elam	1	0	0.0	19	33
DE Mike Fultz	1	0	0.0	11	27
S Doug Greene	1	0	0.0	7	10
DE Mike Butler	0	1	0.0	11	16

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Thomas Henderson	9	3	1.0	30	24
DT Bill Dunstan	6	3	0.0	31	22
CB Herman Edwards	6	3	0.0	32	23
DE Mark Gastineau	5	1	0.0	27	21
ILB Robert Jackson	4	4	0.0	25	13
S Gary Fencik	3	3	0.0	30	26
OLB Floyd Rice	3	1	0.0	26	22
ILB Larry Gordon	3	0	0.0	8	6
CB Keith Simpson	2	0	0.0	20	16
ILB Ken Fantetti	2	0	0.0	7	11
CB Ricky Ray	2	0	0.0	10	11
DE Ernest Kirk	1	2	0.0	9	10
S John Harris	1	1	0.0	23	17
S Roland Solomon	1	1	0.0	14	13
DE Anthony Jolly	1	0	0.0	23	15
CB Royce McKinney	1	0	0.0	27	21
ILB Bob Nelson	1	0	0.0	8	6
DE Darrell Irvin	1	0	0.0	9	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Washington	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT O.J. Sanford	1.0	0	1	0	19
DT John Mendenhall	1.0	0	0	1	18
DE Richard Neal	0.0	1	0	1	15
OLB Bo Conway	0.0	1	0	0	36
DE Mike Fultz	0.0	0	1	1	27
DE Cleveland Elam	0.0	0	1	0	33
DE Jeff Merrow	0.0	0	1	0	28

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Thomas Henderson	1.0	0	0	24
DE Anthony Jolly	0.0	2	0	15
OLB Floyd Rice	0.0	1	1	22
DE Mark Gastineau	0.0	1	0	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Washington	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Tommy Jeffries	4	0	19
S Ken Greene	4	0	24
ILB Matt Millen	3	1	25
CB Roger Wehrli	3	0	37
CB Tony Greene	2	1	28
OLB Bo Conway	2	0	36
S Charles Romes	1	3	35
CB Larry Marshall	1	1	28
DE Richard Neal	1	0	15
DE Mike Fultz	1	0	27
S Doug Greene	1	0	10
S Tom Pridemore	1	0	36
ILB Neal Olkewicz	1	0	17
DE Cleveland Elam	0	1	33

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Thomas Henderson	6	0	24
CB Herman Edwards	4	0	23
DT Bill Dunstan	2	0	22
ILB Robert Jackson	2	0	13
CB Ricky Ray	2	0	11
OLB Floyd Rice	1	0	22
ILB Larry Gordon	1	0	6
S Roland Solomon	1	0	13
S Gary Fencik	0	2	26
S John Harris	0	1	17

Blocking Statistics

Washington	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Dumler	4	9	1	34	0	27
Keith Shelton	3	7	0	31	0	26
Tom Luken	2	5	0	30	0	25
Jim Hough	1	4	0	31	1	25
Roland Harper	1	3	0	20	0	16
Len Garrett	1	2	1	21	0	16
Dean Lang	0	1	0	21	0	19
Harris Richardson	0	1	0	3	0	4
Jim Obradovich	0	1	0	14	0	18
Ronnie Lee	0	1	0	13	0	9

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Alan Willis	4	7	22	0	32
Halvor Hagen	2	3	17	1	36
Ron Yary	1	2	18	1	38
Doug Smith	1	2	5	0	16
Curtis Dickey	1	2	11	0	22
John Didion	0	1	18	0	39
Paul Fersen	0	1	8	0	12
Glenn Hyde	0	1	18	0	36

Special Teams Tackles

Washington	Tackles	STPlays
Bob Martin	3	15
Ralph Ortega	2	16
Roland Harper	1	16
Jim Obradovich	1	15

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Ricky Ray	2	13
Henry Hynoski	1	25
Butch Johnson	1	9
Glenn Hyde	1	7
Thomas Henderson	1	2

Participation

Washington	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Keith Shelton	31	26	---	---	9	66
Doug Dumler	34	27	---	---	4	65
Bert Jones	34	28	---	---	---	62
Jim Hough	31	25	---	---	5	61
Larry Marshall	---	---	14	28	15	57
Bo Conway	---	---	19	36	2	57
Roger Wehrli	---	---	17	37	2	56
Tom Pridemore	---	---	19	36	1	56
Tom Luken	30	25	---	---	---	55
Cleveland Elam	---	---	19	33	3	55
Charles Romes	---	---	17	35	1	53
Len Garrett	21	16	---	---	15	52
Roland Harper	20	16	---	---	16	52
Don McCauley	24	18	---	---	9	51
Tony Greene	---	---	17	28	2	47
Jim Obradovich	14	18	---	---	15	47
Matt Millen	---	---	16	25	6	47
Jeff Merrow	---	---	14	28	4	46
Delvin Williams	26	19	---	---	---	45
Mike Fultz	---	---	11	27	3	41
Dean Lang	21	19	---	---	---	40
John Mendenhall	---	---	9	18	8	35
Tommy Jeffries	---	---	8	19	8	35
Mike Siani	19	15	---	---	---	34
Ken Greene	---	---	10	24	---	34
Reggie Rucker	19	14	---	---	---	33
Randy Burks	17	12	---	---	3	32
Mike Butler	---	---	11	16	5	32
Doug Greene	---	---	7	10	15	32
Ronnie Lee	13	9	---	---	9	31
Jeff McIntyre	---	---	3	7	21	31
O.J. Sanford	---	---	9	19	1	29
Neal Olkewicz	---	---	6	17	4	27
Mercury Morris	8	8	---	---	10	26
Bob Martin	---	---	5	5	15	25
Richard Neal	---	---	8	15	---	23
Jack Cornell	7	5	---	---	9	21
Derrel Luce	---	---	3	10	7	20
Ray Strong	1	2	---	---	15	18
Harris Richardson	3	4	---	---	9	16
Ralph Ortega	---	---	0	0	16	16
Lou Piccone	1	2	---	---	7	10
Craig Colquitt	0	0	---	---	9	9
John Leypoldt	0	0	---	---	3	3
Scott Hunter	0	0	---	---	---	0
Joe Pisarcik	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Pat Ryan	22	43	---	---	---	65
Halvor Hagen	17	36	---	---	10	63
Glenn Hyde	18	36	---	---	7	61
Alan Willis	22	32	---	---	6	60
Gary Fencik	---	---	30	26	2	58
John Didion	18	39	---	---	---	57
Ron Yary	18	38	---	---	---	56
Thomas Henderson	---	---	30	24	2	56
Jimmie Giles	17	27	---	---	12	56
Herman Edwards	---	---	32	23	---	55
Bill Dunstan	---	---	31	22	---	53
Chuck Foreman	15	35	---	---	---	50
Royce McKinney	---	---	27	21	2	50
Floyd Rice	---	---	26	22	---	48
Keith Simpson	---	---	20	16	12	48
Mark Gastineau	---	---	27	21	---	48
Butch Johnson	15	23	---	---	9	47
Ike Harris	8	22	---	---	15	45
Curtis Dickey	11	22	---	---	10	43
John Harris	---	---	23	17	1	41
Don Warren	9	25	---	---	7	41
Roland Solomon	---	---	14	13	14	41
Robert Jackson	---	---	25	13	2	40
Anthony Jolly	---	---	23	15	---	38
Bob Newland	15	21	---	---	1	37
Charley Young	13	21	---	---	---	34
Ricky Ray	---	---	10	11	13	34
Doug Smith	5	16	---	---	9	30
Mark Nichols	---	---	3	3	23	29
Henry Hynoski	1	2	---	---	25	28
Darrell Irvin	---	---	9	10	9	28
Tim Collier	---	---	8	12	6	26
Joe Rose	0	9	---	---	17	26
Paul Fersen	8	12	---	---	5	25
Larry Gordon	---	---	8	6	9	23
Bob Nelson	---	---	8	6	7	21
Ken Fantetti	---	---	7	11	2	20
Franky Smith	4	6	---	---	10	20
Ernest Kirk	---	---	9	10	---	19
Ron Dirnbauer	---	---	4	6	8	18
Charlie White	6	6	---	---	4	16
Eric Sanderson	0	2	---	---	11	13
Marv Bateman	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rafael Septien	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mike Loyd	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jeff Komlo	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	41	5.1
Middle	19	109	5.7
Right	7	25	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	31	5.2
Middle	8	38	4.8
Right	8	29	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bert Jones	27	19	0	0	1	3	4	1	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Pat Ryan	41	25	2	1	1	7	4	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	13	95	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	58	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	10	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	14	128	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	83	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	26	8.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Washington	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Don McCauley	6	4	0	37	18
WR Reggie Rucker	4	2	0	12	14
WR Mike Siani	3	3	0	28	15
TE Jim Obradovich	3	1	1	16	18
TE Len Garrett	2	2	0	14	16
RB Delvin Williams	2	1	0	6	19
FB Roland Harper	2	2	0	6	16
WR Randy Burks	2	2	0	27	12
RB Mercury Morris	1	1	0	4	8
WR Lou Piccone	1	0	0	0	2
WR Ray Strong	1	1	0	3	2

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Butch Johnson	8	5	0	99	1	23
WR Bob Newland	7	5	0	33	0	21
RB Chuck Foreman	5	3	0	17	0	35
WR Ike Harris	5	3	1	30	1	22
TE Jimmie Giles	4	3	0	16	0	27
TE Joe Rose	4	2	0	21	0	9
WR Charley Young	3	2	0	20	0	21
TE Don Warren	2	1	0	5	0	25
FB Curtis Dickey	2	1	0	6	0	22

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Washington	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Chuck Foreman	1	2	2.00	4.00
Pat Ryan	1	3	3.00	2.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bert Jones	3	2	12	4.00	5.67

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Pat Ryan	2	2	12	6.00	6.02

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Washington	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Don McCauley	1	1	8	8.00	6.17
RB Mercury Morris	1	1	4	4.00	4.00
RB Delvin Williams	1	0	0	0.00	3.00

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bob Newland	1	1	6	6.00	4.71
TE Jimmie Giles	1	1	6	6.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Washington	Rushes	Conversions
Delvin Williams	6	3
Len Garrett	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Chuck Foreman	2	2
Pat Ryan	2	1
Charlie White	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Washington	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bert Jones	7	4	2

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Pat Ryan	11	6	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Washington	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Don McCauley	3	1	1
RB Mercury Morris	1	1	1
WR Reggie Rucker	1	0	0
WR Mike Siani	1	1	0
WR Ray Strong	1	1	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Butch Johnson	5	2	2
WR Bob Newland	3	2	1
RB Chuck Foreman	2	1	0
TE Jimmie Giles	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,300 (21,400)
End Zone 14,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,300 (21,400)
End Zone	14,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)