Exhibition Week 4, 1985

Game MVP: David Archer, Minnesota Vikings

played in Miami, FL

68 degrees, fair, calm

Drive Charts

Rushing Statistics

Passing Statistics

Receiving Statistics

Interception Statistics

Fumble Statistics

Punting Statistics

Kicking Statistics

Punt Return Statistics

Kick Return Statistics

Defensive Statistics

Pass Rush Statistics

Pass Defense Statistics

Blocking Statistics

Special Teams Tackles

Participation

Directional Rushing Statistics

Detailed Passing Statistics

Directional Passing Statistics

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Third Down Passing Statistics

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota Vikings	0	7	3	7	-	17
Miami Dolphins	0	7	0	3	-	10

Scoring Summary
2Q: 05:56 MIA - George Rogers 2 run (Freddie Steinfort extra point)
2Q: 01:56 MIN - Wally Henry 4 pass from David Archer (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 01:59 MIN - Rich Karlis 20 field goal
4Q: 11:10 MIN - Louie Giammona 23 pass from David Archer (Rich Karlis extra point)
4Q: 07:11 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 23 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 05:56 MIA - George Rogers 2 run (Freddie Steinfort extra point)
2Q: 01:56 MIN - Wally Henry 4 pass from David Archer (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 01:59 MIN - Rich Karlis 20 field goal
4Q: 11:10 MIN - Louie Giammona 23 pass from David Archer (Rich Karlis extra point)
4Q: 07:11 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 23 field goal

Team Statistics MIN MIA
Record 3-0 2-1
First Downs 17 17
- by Rushing 4 7
- by Passing 11 10
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 302 385
- Offensive Plays 58 64
- Yards per Play 5.21 6.02
Net Rushing Yards 78 186
- Rushing Attempts 25 30
- Yards per Rush 3.12 6.20
Net Passing Yards 224 199
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 22 - 0 33 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 232 204
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/8 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 6.79 5.85
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 5.6
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1
Penalties/Yards 4/25 7/42
Punt Returns/Yards 3/18 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/15 1/23
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 21
Time of Possession 28:06 31:54

Team Statistics	MIN	MIA
Record	3-0	2-1
First Downs	17	17
- by Rushing	4	7
- by Passing	11	10
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	302	385
- Offensive Plays	58	64
- Yards per Play	5.21	6.02
Net Rushing Yards	78	186
- Rushing Attempts	25	30
- Yards per Rush	3.12	6.20
Net Passing Yards	224	199
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 22 - 0	33 - 23 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	232	204
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/8	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	6.79	5.85
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	5.6
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/1
Penalties/Yards	4/25	7/42
Punt Returns/Yards	3/18	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/15	1/23
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 21
Time of Possession	28:06	31:54

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:54	OWN 20	9	45	Downs
1	7:48	1:05	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
1	2:45	1:22	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
2	13:24	1:54	OWN 30	3	9	Punt
2	5:47	4:02	OWN 22	10	78	Touchdown
3	9:58	1:52	OWN 41	3	3	Punt
3	6:26	4:35	OWN 47	10	50	Field Goal
4	14:16	3:17	OWN 31	6	69	Touchdown
4	7:06	2:45	OWN 20	6	39	Punt
4	3:31	2:22	OWN 36	6	14	Punt

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:06	2:18	OWN 35	5	19	Punt
1	6:43	3:58	50	7	19	Missed FG
1	1:23	2:59	OWN 3	6	19	Punt
2	11:30	5:43	OWN 17	12	83	Touchdown
2	1:45	1:45	OWN 20	3	47	Missed FG
3	15:00	5:02	OWN 20	9	50	Missed FG
3	8:06	1:40	OWN 4	3	9	Punt
3	1:51	2:35	OWN 20	5	17	Punt
4	10:59	3:53	OWN 30	5	64	Field Goal
4	4:21	0:50	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	1:09	1:09	OWN 20	6	45	Game

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ray Crouse	19	53	2.79	14	1
Eddie Lee Ivery	4	21	5.25	10	1
Louie Giammona	2	4	2.00	2	0

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
David Archer	32	22	232	1/8	2	45	0	110.4

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Clements	33	23	204	1/5	0	23	0	85.9

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Herman Fontenot	6	9	70	11.67	9	22	0
WR Wally Henry	5	5	32	6.40	4	11	1
TE Pete Metzelaars	4	5	77	19.25	42	45	0
TE Robin Earl	2	2	14	7.00	0	11	0
RB Eddie Lee Ivery	2	2	8	4.00	9	5	0
RB Louie Giammona	1	2	23	23.00	3	23	1
WR Don Bass	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
RB Ray Crouse	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Paul Skansi	0	5	0	0.00	0	0	0

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jeff Groth	6	8	69	11.50	8	19
WR Danny Pittman	4	4	26	6.50	6	11
FB Dennis Bligen	4	4	27	6.75	8	18
RB George Rogers	2	2	26	13.00	15	23
TE Mark Bavaro	2	5	14	7.00	0	15
FB Mike Hogan	1	1	18	18.00	9	18
TE Bruce Hardy	1	1	3	3.00	2	3
WR Ray Butler	1	3	14	14.00	0	14
WR Clint Sampson	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Pete Mandley	1	1	8	8.00	0	8
RB Del Rodgers	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Unknown	0	0	1	0

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
George Rogers	1	0	0	0
Chris Hinton	0	1	0	0

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rohn Stark	6	266	44.3	37.7	52	3

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Eddie Hare	5	224	44.8	37.2	47	1

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rich Karlis	1/1	0/0	0/0	20	2/2

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Freddie Steinfort	1/4	0/3	0/1	23	1/1

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Unknown	2	19	9.5	0
Derrick Burroughs	1	-1	-1.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Derrick Burroughs	1	15	15.0	0

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Pete Mandley	1	23	23.0	0

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
Unknown	7	1	---	---	---
S Roland Solomon	6	1	0.0	23	25
DE Reggie Doss	4	2	0.0	20	17
CB John Turner	4	2	0.0	25	30
ILB Shelton Robinson	4	0	0.0	12	4
CB Mossy Cade	4	0	0.0	24	29
Unknown	3	3	0.5	28	28
DT Leo Wisniewski	3	0	0.5	16	17
S Vince Albritton	3	3	0.0	19	24
CB Derrick Burroughs	3	2	0.0	22	29
ILB Tom Benson	3	0	0.0	21	30
ILB James Harrell	2	1	0.0	6	4
DT Edgar Fields	2	0	0.0	16	17
OLB Dave Frye	2	0	0.0	18	19
CB Keith Simpson	1	0	0.0	3	6
ILB Eddie Johnson	1	0	0.0	3	1
DE Lee Williams	1	0	0.0	23	29
OLB Chet Parlavecchio	0	2	0.0	11	14

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Bill Graham	10	0	0.0	19	25
CB Lee Davis	4	2	0.0	17	24
S Bryan Hicks	4	1	0.0	18	24
ILB Dave Simmons	4	0	0.0	11	14
DE Doug Hollie	3	3	0.0	16	22
CB Lionel Washington	3	2	0.0	15	17
ILB Calvin Daniels	3	1	0.0	20	23
S Bob Glazebrook	2	2	0.0	10	18
OLB Carl Banks	2	2	0.0	16	28
OLB Vernon Maxwell	2	0	0.0	18	16
DT Sean Lilly	2	0	0.0	10	12
ILB Billy Ray Smith	1	3	1.0	14	14
DE Glen Collins	1	2	0.0	22	25
CB Lester Hayes	1	1	0.0	14	19
DE Keith Gary	1	0	0.0	12	19
DT Bill Elko	1	0	0.0	15	21
ILB Tom Briehl	1	0	0.0	5	10
CB Sean Thomas	1	0	0.0	17	21

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Leo Wisniewski	0.5	0	1	17
Unknown	0.5	0	1	28
DE Mark Gastineau	0.0	2	0	22
DT Edgar Fields	0.0	1	0	17

Miami	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Billy Ray Smith	1.0	0	0	0	14
DT Bill Elko	0.0	1	0	0	21
DE Keith Gary	0.0	0	1	0	19
OLB Carl Banks	0.0	0	1	0	28
DE Doug Hollie	0.0	0	1	0	22
DE Glen Collins	0.0	0	0	1	25

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Roland Solomon	4	0	25
CB John Turner	3	0	30
ILB Tom Benson	3	0	30
CB Mossy Cade	3	0	29
CB Derrick Burroughs	2	1	29
DE Reggie Doss	2	0	17
ILB James Harrell	1	0	4
S Vince Albritton	1	0	24
Unknown	0	1	28

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Bryan Hicks	4	0	24
CB Lee Davis	4	0	24
S Bill Graham	3	0	25
CB Lionel Washington	3	0	17
DE Doug Hollie	2	0	22
ILB Dave Simmons	1	2	14
S Bob Glazebrook	1	0	18
ILB Calvin Daniels	1	0	23
OLB Carl Banks	1	0	28
ILB Tom Briehl	1	0	10
CB Sean Thomas	1	0	21
CB Lester Hayes	0	1	19

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Bart Oates	2	6	0	25	0	30
Brian Blados	2	5	0	24	0	27
Roger Caron	2	4	0	21	0	30
Curtis Rouse	1	3	0	19	1	27
Curtis Dickey	1	2	1	10	0	14
Pete Metzelaars	0	2	0	20	0	24
Larry Williams	0	2	0	17	0	22
Franky Smith	0	1	0	17	0	24

Miami	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gerry Feehery	2	6	1	18	1	20
Chris Hinton	2	6	0	18	0	19
Dennis Harrah	1	3	0	19	0	14
Billy Bryan	1	3	0	22	0	27
Joe Conwell	1	2	0	19	0	18
Bruce Hardy	1	1	0	3	0	6
Brooks Williams	1	1	0	13	0	8
Sylvester Croom	0	2	0	14	0	22
Craig Wolfley	0	2	0	19	0	27

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
James Harrell	1	15

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Clint Sampson	2	17
Dennis Bligen	2	6

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
John Turner	---	---	25	30	16	71
Unknown	---	---	28	28	14	70
Herman Fontenot	24	31	---	---	10	65
Bart Oates	25	30	---	---	7	62
Unknown	23	29	---	---	9	61
Mossy Cade	---	---	24	29	6	59
David Archer	25	33	---	---	---	58
Roger Caron	21	30	---	---	7	58
Pete Metzelaars	20	24	---	---	13	57
Derrick Burroughs	---	---	22	29	5	56
Brian Blados	24	27	---	---	4	55
Lee Williams	---	---	23	29	3	55
Tom Benson	---	---	21	30	3	54
Roland Solomon	---	---	23	25	3	51
Vince Albritton	---	---	19	24	8	51
Wally Henry	15	20	---	---	14	49
Mark Gastineau	---	---	17	22	7	46
Curtis Rouse	19	27	---	---	---	46
Larry Williams	17	22	---	---	7	46
Ray Crouse	19	21	---	---	4	44
Franky Smith	17	24	---	---	---	41
Dave Frye	---	---	18	19	4	41
Reggie Doss	---	---	20	17	3	40
Leo Wisniewski	---	---	16	17	6	39
Edgar Fields	---	---	16	17	2	35
Paul Skansi	14	21	---	---	---	35
Louie Giammona	6	12	---	---	12	30
Curtis Dickey	10	14	---	---	6	30
Eddie Lee Ivery	4	10	---	---	14	28
Chet Parlavecchio	---	---	11	14	3	28
James Harrell	---	---	6	4	15	25
Shelton Robinson	---	---	12	4	7	23
Robin Earl	4	7	---	---	7	18
Eddie Johnson	---	---	3	1	7	11
Keith Simpson	---	---	3	6	1	10
Larry Kinnebrew	5	3	---	---	1	9
Dave Rimington	2	5	---	---	1	8
Steve Courson	0	0	---	---	7	7
Don Bass	4	2	---	---	1	7
Rohn Stark	0	0	---	---	6	6
Rich Karlis	0	0	---	---	5	5
Thomas Henderson	---	---	0	0	2	2
Marvin Powell	0	0	---	---	2	2
Mike Loyd	0	0	---	---	1	1
Dan Marino	0	0	---	---	---	0
Vince Newsome	---	---	0	0	---	0

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tony Clements	30	34	---	---	---	64
Sean Thomas	---	---	17	21	21	59
Billy Bryan	22	27	---	---	9	58
Carl Banks	---	---	16	28	13	57
Craig Wolfley	19	27	---	---	9	55
Glen Collins	---	---	22	25	8	55
Bryan Hicks	---	---	18	24	4	46
Chris Hinton	18	19	---	---	9	46
Pete Mandley	18	19	---	---	9	46
Sylvester Croom	14	22	---	---	9	45
Calvin Daniels	---	---	20	23	2	45
Bill Graham	---	---	19	25	1	45
Clint Sampson	13	15	---	---	17	45
Mark Bavaro	17	22	---	---	6	45
Ross Murray	21	23	---	---	---	44
Jeff Groth	19	18	---	---	7	44
Gerry Feehery	18	20	---	---	5	43
Lee Davis	---	---	17	24	2	43
Del Rodgers	13	13	---	---	16	42
Joe Conwell	19	18	---	---	4	41
George Rogers	17	21	---	---	1	39
Vernon Maxwell	---	---	18	16	5	39
Doug Hollie	---	---	16	22	1	39
Bill Elko	---	---	15	21	1	37
Bob Glazebrook	---	---	10	18	8	36
Lester Hayes	---	---	14	19	2	35
Keith Gary	---	---	12	19	3	34
Dennis Harrah	19	14	---	---	---	33
Dave Simmons	---	---	11	14	7	32
Danny Pittman	9	16	---	---	7	32
Lionel Washington	---	---	15	17	---	32
Brooks Williams	13	8	---	---	9	30
Dennis Bligen	13	11	---	---	6	30
Billy Ray Smith	---	---	14	14	---	28
Mike Hogan	9	8	---	---	10	27
Sean Lilly	---	---	10	12	2	24
Bruce Hardy	3	6	---	---	13	22
Brett Maxie	---	---	6	11	4	21
Ray Butler	6	13	---	---	---	19
Tom Briehl	---	---	5	10	1	16
Freddie Steinfort	0	0	---	---	7	7
Randall Morris	0	0	---	---	6	6
Eddie Hare	0	0	---	---	5	5
J.J. Jones	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jeff Hostetler	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mitch Willis	---	---	0	0	---	0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	32	4.0
Middle	8	21	2.6
Right	9	25	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	122	15.3
Middle	21	63	3.0
Right	1	1	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
David Archer	32	22	4	2	1	3	3	1	0

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Clements	33	23	1	0	1	2	2	0	0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	15	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	10	60	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	112	11.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	45	15.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	15	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	44	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	11	145	10.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Herman Fontenot	9	6	0	70	1	31
WR Wally Henry	5	5	0	32	0	20
TE Pete Metzelaars	5	4	0	77	2	24
WR Paul Skansi	5	0	0	0	0	21
RB Louie Giammona	2	1	1	23	1	12
TE Robin Earl	2	2	0	14	0	7
RB Eddie Lee Ivery	2	2	0	8	0	10
WR Don Bass	1	1	0	8	0	2
RB Ray Crouse	1	1	0	0	0	21

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jeff Groth	8	6	1	69	0	18
TE Mark Bavaro	5	2	0	14	0	22
WR Danny Pittman	4	4	0	26	0	16
FB Dennis Bligen	4	4	0	27	0	11
WR Ray Butler	3	1	0	14	0	13
RB George Rogers	2	2	0	26	1	21
FB Mike Hogan	1	1	0	18	0	8
TE Bruce Hardy	1	1	0	3	0	6
RB Del Rodgers	1	0	0	0	0	13
WR Clint Sampson	1	1	0	-1	0	15
WR Pete Mandley	1	1	0	8	0	19

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ray Crouse	4	13	3.25	2.79
Louie Giammona	1	2	2.00	2.00

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
George Rogers	2	3	1.50	6.21
Tony Clements	1	6	6.00	7.20

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
David Archer	7	4	12	1.71	7.25

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Clements	2	1	8	4.00	6.18

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Eddie Lee Ivery	2	2	8	4.00	4.00
TE Pete Metzelaars	2	1	0	0.00	15.40
WR Paul Skansi	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Wally Henry	1	1	4	4.00	6.40

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jeff Groth	1	0	0	0.00	8.63
WR Pete Mandley	1	1	8	8.00	8.00

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Ray Crouse	2	1
Eddie Lee Ivery	1	0

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
George Rogers	2	1
Del Rodgers	1	1
Dennis Bligen	1	0
Tony Clements	1	0

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
David Archer	10	9	5

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Clements	10	9	4

George Rogers

Del Rodgers

Tony Clements

Dennis Bligen

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wally Henry	3	3	2
TE Pete Metzelaars	2	2	1
WR Herman Fontenot	2	2	0
RB Louie Giammona	1	1	1
RB Eddie Lee Ivery	1	1	1
WR Paul Skansi	1	0	0

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Danny Pittman	3	3	1
WR Jeff Groth	2	2	2
FB Mike Hogan	1	1	1
TE Bruce Hardy	1	1	0
WR Ray Butler	1	0	0
FB Dennis Bligen	1	1	0
TE Mark Bavaro	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,500 (21,400)
End Zone 14,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,000 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,500 (21,400)
End Zone	14,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,000 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)