Week 15, 1981

played in Green Bay, WI

42 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	0	0	7	0	-	7
Green Bay Packers	0	7	7	7	-	21

Scoring Summary
2Q: 05:52 GBY - Bruce Harper 6 run (Jan Stenerud extra point)
3Q: 10:10 MIN - Butch Johnson 11 pass from Mike Loyd (Rafael Septien extra point)
3Q: 05:12 GBY - Bruce Harper 7 run (Jan Stenerud extra point)
4Q: 03:36 GBY - Bruce Harper 7 run (Jan Stenerud extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 05:52 GBY - Bruce Harper 6 run (Jan Stenerud extra point)
3Q: 10:10 MIN - Butch Johnson 11 pass from Mike Loyd (Rafael Septien extra point)
3Q: 05:12 GBY - Bruce Harper 7 run (Jan Stenerud extra point)
4Q: 03:36 GBY - Bruce Harper 7 run (Jan Stenerud extra point)

Team Statistics MIN GBY
Record 6-8 8-6
First Downs 14 25
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 9 15
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 282 402
- Offensive Plays 56 66
- Yards per Play 5.04 6.09
Net Rushing Yards 116 162
- Rushing Attempts 24 29
- Yards per Rush 4.83 5.59
Net Passing Yards 166 240
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 19 - 1 33 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 177 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 4/23
- Yards per Pass Play 5.19 6.49
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/50 7/47
Punt Returns/Yards 1/13 5/28
Kick Returns/Yards 3/64 1/16
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/26
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 28
Time of Possession 27:32 32:28

Team Statistics	MIN	GBY
Record	6-8	8-6
First Downs	14	25
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	9	15
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	282	402
- Offensive Plays	56	66
- Yards per Play	5.04	6.09
Net Rushing Yards	116	162
- Rushing Attempts	24	29
- Yards per Rush	4.83	5.59
Net Passing Yards	166	240
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 19 - 1	33 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	177	263
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	4/23
- Yards per Pass Play	5.19	6.49
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	5.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/50	7/47
Punt Returns/Yards	1/13	5/28
Kick Returns/Yards	3/64	1/16
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/26
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 28
Time of Possession	27:32	32:28

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:07	2:39	OWN 42	5	45	Fumble
1	5:01	1:12	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	2:31	2:23	OWN 9	3	7	Punt
2	13:20	3:38	OWN 2	7	53	Punt
2	5:42	2:11	OWN 23	3	3	Punt
2	2:40	0:54	OWN 6	3	5	Punt
2	1:08	1:08	OWN 10	3	13	Half
3	15:00	2:05	OWN 22	3	-7	Punt
3	12:40	2:41	OPP 41	5	41	Touchdown
3	5:03	2:29	OWN 16	4	14	Punt
4	14:01	2:51	OWN 15	4	26	Punt
4	8:30	2:29	OWN 28	6	18	Punt
4	3:26	1:44	OWN 20	7	51	Interception

Green Bay Packers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:53	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
1	10:28	5:27	OWN 13	9	40	Punt
1	3:49	1:18	OWN 24	3	6	Punt
1	0:08	1:48	50	3	0	Punt
2	9:42	4:00	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
2	3:31	0:51	OWN 39	3	8	Punt
2	1:46	0:38	OWN 43	3	1	Punt
3	12:55	0:15	OWN 39	1	2	Fumble
3	9:59	4:56	OWN 36	9	64	Touchdown
3	2:34	3:33	OWN 25	8	45	Interception
4	11:10	2:40	OWN 1	6	17	Punt
4	6:01	2:35	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
4	1:42	1:42	OWN 34	5	46	Game

Game MVP: Bruce Harper, Green Bay Packers

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Chester Willis	15	88	5.87	31	3
Mike Strachan	5	22	4.40	10	1
Mike Loyd	2	3	1.50	2	0
Bob Newland	1	1	1.00	1	0
Curtis Dickey	1	2	2.00	2	0

Green Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Chuck Muncie	12	84	7.00	34	3	0
Bruce Harper	12	68	5.67	14	2	3
William Andrews	3	11	3.67	6	0	0
Ken Stabler	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Terry Wells	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mike Loyd	30	19	177	2/11	1	42	1	76.7

Green Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken Stabler	33	24	263	4/23	0	23	1	83.2

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Butch Johnson	6	10	102	17.00	34	42	1
WR Charley Young	5	6	42	8.40	12	20	0
TE Jimmie Giles	2	4	10	5.00	0	9	0
FB Curtis Dickey	2	3	7	3.50	0	8	0
WR Bob Newland	1	2	1	1.00	0	1	0
RB Mike Strachan	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Kris Haines	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
RB Chester Willis	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
WR Irving Merchant	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Green Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Harold Jackson	4	4	53	13.25	19	16
WR Butch Stark	4	4	54	13.50	16	21
WR Theo Bell	4	6	45	11.25	11	21
RB Bruce Harper	4	5	16	4.00	0	7
WR Vic Washington	3	3	42	14.00	18	23
WR Cliff Branch	2	6	17	8.50	0	10
TE Jean Fugett	1	1	18	18.00	0	18
RB Chuck Muncie	1	2	6	6.00	0	6
FB William Andrews	1	2	12	12.00	13	12

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Mark Murphy	1	0	0.00	0

Green Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Pete Athas	1	26	26.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Chester Willis	1	0	0	0
Royce McKinney	0	1	1	0

Green Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force
Harold Jackson	1	0	0
Bill Bradley	0	1	0
Ray Ingram	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marv Bateman	9	439	48.8	41.2	58	2

Green Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dave Chapple	7	343	49.0	44.3	54	4

Kicking Statistics

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

Green Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jan Stenerud	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Irving Merchant	1	13	13.0	0

Green Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Sciarra	5	28	5.6	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Irving Merchant	2	41	20.5	0
Royce McKinney	1	23	23.0	0

Green Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terry Wells	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Gary Fencik	8	2	0.0	25	34
ILB Ken Fantetti	7	3	0.0	25	27
DE Mark Gastineau	6	2	0.5	26	30
S Roland Solomon	5	0	0.0	22	24
OLB Rickey Jackson	4	0	2.0	25	29
DT James Hunter	4	0	1.0	22	19
CB Keith Simpson	3	2	0.0	22	22
CB Royce McKinney	3	0	0.0	13	20
OLB Thomas Henderson	2	1	0.5	22	23
ILB Eddie Johnson	2	3	0.0	13	13
S Mark Murphy	2	2	0.0	14	22
DE Ernest Kirk	2	0	0.0	12	16
OLB Mark Nichols	2	0	0.0	4	6
WR Butch Johnson	1	0	---	---	---
CB LeCharls McDaniel	1	0	0.0	14	25
OLB Greg Bracelin	0	2	0.0	3	7
DE Darrell Irvin	0	2	0.0	20	28
S Terry Jackson	0	1	0.0	21	32

Green Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Pete Athas	7	0	0.0	20	25
OLB Rod Martin	5	1	0.5	24	22
S Ken Stone	5	0	0.0	22	31
CB Sid Justin	4	1	0.0	10	12
S Bill Bradley	3	6	0.0	19	25
OLB Dan Lloyd	3	1	0.0	18	22
CB John Sciarra	3	1	0.0	16	25
DT Daryle Skaugstad	3	0	0.0	17	24
DE Sherman White	2	1	1.0	18	28
S Mark Murphy	2	1	0.5	5	8
ILB Jack LeVeck	2	0	0.0	5	11
DT Ray Ingram	1	2	0.0	15	18
DE Bob Bell	1	1	0.0	17	20
WR Cliff Branch	1	0	---	---	---
DE Tom Beasley	1	0	0.0	13	16
S Keith Nord	1	0	0.0	2	8
S Earl Jones	1	0	0.0	4	10
CB Estus Hood	0	2	0.0	20	22
DT Cody Jones	0	1	0.0	16	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Rickey Jackson	2.0	0	1	1	29
DT James Hunter	1.0	1	0	0	19
OLB Thomas Henderson	0.5	0	1	1	23
DE Mark Gastineau	0.5	0	0	0	30
DT Norm Wells	0.0	0	1	0	18

Green Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Sherman White	1.0	0	2	1	28
OLB Rod Martin	0.5	0	0	0	22
S Mark Murphy	0.5	0	0	0	8
DT Daryle Skaugstad	0.0	1	1	0	24
DE Tom Beasley	0.0	0	1	1	16
DT Cody Jones	0.0	0	0	2	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Royce McKinney	4	0	0	20
CB Keith Simpson	3	1	0	22
S Gary Fencik	3	0	0	34
ILB Ken Fantetti	3	0	0	27
S Roland Solomon	3	0	0	24
OLB Mark Nichols	2	0	0	6
DE Mark Gastineau	2	0	0	30
OLB Thomas Henderson	1	1	0	23
CB LeCharls McDaniel	1	1	0	25
S Mark Murphy	1	0	1	22
ILB Eddie Johnson	1	0	0	13

Green Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Ken Stone	3	0	0	31
S Bill Bradley	2	1	0	25
CB Sid Justin	2	1	0	12
CB Pete Athas	2	0	1	25
CB John Sciarra	2	0	0	25
OLB Rod Martin	2	0	0	22
ILB Jack LeVeck	1	0	0	11
OLB Dan Lloyd	1	0	0	22
S Mark Murphy	1	0	0	8
S Keith Nord	1	0	0	8
S Earl Jones	1	0	0	10
DT Daryle Skaugstad	1	0	0	24
CB Estus Hood	0	1	0	22

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Smith	3	9	22	0	30
Franky Smith	2	2	19	1	25
Syd Kitson	0	3	21	0	28
Glenn Hyde	0	2	19	0	25
John Choma	0	2	8	0	11
Tim Irwin	0	1	17	1	30
Alan Willis	0	1	2	0	2
Don Warren	0	1	10	0	3
Curtis Dickey	0	1	7	0	9

Green Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Joe De Lamielleure	3	5	25	0	34
Blair Bush	3	5	10	0	10
John Hill	3	4	19	0	27
Gary Puetz	1	3	12	0	17
Ross Murray	1	3	22	0	23
Barry Darrow	1	1	13	1	16
William Andrews	0	3	23	0	21
Don Morrison	0	2	23	2	35
Mike Gibbons	0	2	21	1	23

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Royce McKinney	2	22
Nathan Poole	1	14
Glenn Hyde	1	9
Curtis Dickey	1	8
Larry Gordon	1	5

Green Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Fred Taylor	1	13
Sid Justin	1	12
Joe De Lamielleure	1	6
Vic Washington	1	6

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mark Gastineau	---	---	26	30	7	63
Gary Fencik	---	---	25	34	1	60
Syd Kitson	21	28	---	---	9	58
Mike Loyd	24	32	---	---	---	56
Royce McKinney	---	---	13	20	22	55
Ken Fantetti	---	---	25	27	3	55
Terry Jackson	---	---	21	32	1	54
Rickey Jackson	---	---	25	29	---	54
Mike Strachan	9	23	---	---	21	53
Glenn Hyde	19	25	---	---	9	53
Doug Smith	22	30	---	---	1	53
Butch Johnson	13	27	---	---	12	52
Darrell Irvin	---	---	20	28	---	48
Thomas Henderson	---	---	22	23	2	47
Tim Irwin	17	30	---	---	---	47
Roland Solomon	---	---	22	24	---	46
Irving Merchant	17	15	---	---	12	44
Keith Simpson	---	---	22	22	---	44
Franky Smith	19	25	---	---	---	44
LeCharls McDaniel	---	---	14	25	5	44
Mark Murphy	---	---	14	22	5	41
James Hunter	---	---	22	19	---	41
Jimmie Giles	12	17	---	---	9	38
Charley Young	16	20	---	---	---	36
Bob Newland	11	22	---	---	---	33
Chester Willis	18	14	---	---	---	32
Eddie Johnson	---	---	13	13	5	31
Ernest Kirk	---	---	12	16	---	28
John Choma	8	11	---	---	9	28
Don Warren	10	3	---	---	15	28
Greg Bracelin	---	---	3	7	17	27
Mark Nichols	---	---	4	6	15	25
Norm Wells	---	---	7	18	---	25
Nathan Poole	6	4	---	---	14	24
Curtis Dickey	7	9	---	---	8	24
Robert Jackson	---	---	4	10	4	18
Dean Miraldi	7	2	---	---	9	18
Kris Haines	1	6	---	---	6	13
Dennis Nelson	5	7	---	---	---	12
Larry Gordon	---	---	5	2	5	12
Marv Bateman	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jim Ryan	---	---	0	0	5	5
Alan Willis	2	2	---	---	---	4
Rafael Septien	0	0	---	---	2	2
Pat Ryan	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jeff Komlo	0	0	---	---	---	0

Green Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ken Stabler	29	37	---	---	---	66
Joe De Lamielleure	25	34	---	---	6	65
Don Morrison	23	35	---	---	---	58
William Andrews	23	21	---	---	13	57
Ken Stone	---	---	22	31	---	53
Fred Taylor	19	20	---	---	13	52
John Sciarra	---	---	16	25	10	51
Cliff Branch	25	24	---	---	1	50
Sherman White	---	---	18	28	1	47
Rod Martin	---	---	24	22	1	47
Bill Bradley	---	---	19	25	2	46
John Hill	19	27	---	---	---	46
Pete Athas	---	---	20	25	---	45
Ross Murray	22	23	---	---	---	45
Mike Gibbons	21	23	---	---	1	45
Dan Lloyd	---	---	18	22	4	44
Estus Hood	---	---	20	22	1	43
Jean Fugett	14	14	---	---	14	42
Butch Stark	7	20	---	---	15	42
Daryle Skaugstad	---	---	17	24	---	41
Tom Beasley	---	---	13	16	9	38
Bob Bell	---	---	17	20	---	37
Barry Darrow	13	16	---	---	7	36
Gary Puetz	12	17	---	---	7	36
Ray Ingram	---	---	15	18	3	36
Chuck Muncie	15	14	---	---	6	35
Jim Turnbull	---	---	0	10	24	34
Bruce Harper	13	21	---	---	---	34
Sid Justin	---	---	10	12	12	34
Theo Bell	13	19	---	---	---	32
Harold Jackson	11	19	---	---	1	31
Cody Jones	---	---	16	14	1	31
Blair Bush	10	10	---	---	7	27
Earl Jones	---	---	4	10	13	27
Keith Nord	---	---	2	8	12	22
Jack LeVeck	---	---	5	11	5	21
Terry Wells	3	3	---	---	13	19
Mark Murphy	---	---	5	8	6	19
Vic Washington	2	10	---	---	6	18
Willie Hall	---	---	2	1	9	12
Dave Chapple	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tom Lynch	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jan Stenerud	0	0	---	---	4	4
Bruce Beekley	---	---	1	0	1	2
Matt Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Cliff Stoudt	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	34	6.8
Middle	13	58	4.5
Right	6	24	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	84	9.3
Middle	9	25	2.8
Right	10	54	5.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mike Loyd	30	19	3	2	0	3	4	4	1

Green Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken Stabler	33	24	3	0	1	3	3	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	9	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	49	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	7	77	8.6
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	42	7.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	6	45	4.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	120	8.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	77	11.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	21	10.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Butch Johnson	10	6	102	2	27
WR Charley Young	6	5	42	1	20
TE Jimmie Giles	4	2	10	0	17
FB Curtis Dickey	3	2	7	0	9
WR Bob Newland	2	1	1	0	22
WR Irving Merchant	2	0	0	0	15
RB Mike Strachan	1	1	-1	0	23
WR Kris Haines	1	1	9	0	6
RB Chester Willis	1	1	7	0	14

Green Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cliff Branch	6	2	1	17	0	24
WR Theo Bell	6	4	0	45	1	19
RB Bruce Harper	5	4	0	16	0	21
WR Harold Jackson	4	4	0	53	0	19
WR Butch Stark	4	4	0	54	1	20
WR Vic Washington	3	3	0	42	1	10
RB Chuck Muncie	2	1	0	6	0	14
FB William Andrews	2	1	0	12	0	21
TE Jean Fugett	1	1	0	18	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Chester Willis	3	6	2.00	5.87

Green Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bruce Harper	4	25	6.25	5.67
Ken Stabler	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Mike Loyd	1	1	11	11.00	5.90

Green Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Butch Johnson	1	1	11	11.00	10.20

Green Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions

Green Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Chuck Muncie	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mike Loyd	13	10	4

Green Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken Stabler	10	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Butch Johnson	4	3	2
WR Charley Young	3	3	1
TE Jimmie Giles	3	2	1
WR Bob Newland	1	1	0
WR Irving Merchant	1	0	0
RB Mike Strachan	1	1	0

Green Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cliff Branch	2	1	1
WR Theo Bell	2	1	1
RB Bruce Harper	2	1	0
WR Harold Jackson	1	1	1
WR Vic Washington	1	1	1
WR Butch Stark	1	1	1
FB William Andrews	1	0	0

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

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