| Played in Cleveland, OH, weather: 85 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind. |
| Minnesota won the toss and elected to receive. |
| Start of first quarter. |
| (1Q: 15:00) Bruce Gossett kicked off 66 yards from the CLE30. Unknown returned the ball 17 yards to the MIN21. Tackled by Jim Mandich. |
| 1-10-MIN21 (1Q: 14:33) Henry Hynoski ran around the left tackle for -1 yards. Tackled by OLB A.J. Duhe, assisted by DE Art Still. |
| 2-11-MIN20 (1Q: 13:52) Unknown ran inside the left tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by DE John Banaszak. |
| 3-7-MIN24 (1Q: 13:12) Henry Hynoski ran around right end for 2 yards. Tackled by S Thom Darden. |
| 4-5-MIN26 (1Q: 12:42) Marv Bateman punted 57 yards. The ball was marked out of bounds at the CLE17. |
| 1-10-CLE17 (1Q: 12:31) Greg Hawthorne ran inside the left guard for 7 yards. Tackled by DE Darrell Irvin, assisted by S Roland Solomon. Key block delivered by Tom De Leone. |
| 2-3-CLE24 (1Q: 12:03) Charles White ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by DE Ralph Bullock, assisted by S John Harris. Key block delivered by Wade Key. |
| 1-10-CLE27 (1Q: 11:32) Jim Mandich ran inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Mark Nichols, assisted by DE Ralph Bullock. |
| 2-8-CLE29 (1Q: 10:56) Greg Hawthorne ran a draw inside the left guard for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Tim Collier. |
| 3-4-CLE33 (1Q: 10:10) Vince Evans pass completed to WR Mike Goff for 16 yards. Tackled by CB Keith Simpson. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Goff gained 8 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-CLE49 (1Q: 09:32) Vince Evans pass completed to WR Eddie Bell for 16 yards. Tackled by OLB Jim Ryan. Bell gained 17 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-MIN35 (1Q: 09:05) Vince Evans pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Mike Goff. |
| 2-10-MIN35 (1Q: 08:52) Vince Evans pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Goff. DT Ron Dirnbauer hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-10-MIN35 (1Q: 08:47) Vince Evans pass was intended for TE Jim Mandich and was intercepted by CB Keith Simpson at the MIN18. The interception was returned 1 yard. Tackled by Jim Mandich. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-MIN19 (1Q: 08:35) Jeff Komlo pass was dropped by WR Butch Johnson. |
| 2-10-MIN19 (1Q: 08:26) Unknown ran inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB George Andrews, assisted by DE Art Still. |
| 3-8-MIN21 (1Q: 08:02) Jeff Komlo pass completed to Unknown for 12 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Bob Atkins. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Unknown gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| 1-10-MIN33 (1Q: 07:29) Henry Hynoski ran outside the right tackle for 3 yards and was forced out of bounds. Tackled by CB James Hunter, assisted by S Bob Atkins. |
| 2-7-MIN36 (1Q: 07:02) Jeff Komlo pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Ike Harris. S Roland James defended the pass. |
| 3-7-MIN36 (1Q: 06:58) Jeff Komlo pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Butch Johnson. S Clarence Duren defended the pass. |
| 4-7-MIN36 (1Q: 06:53) Marv Bateman punted 61 yards. The ball was downed at the CLE03. |
| 1-10-CLE03 (1Q: 06:42) Greg Hawthorne ran a draw inside the left guard for 3 yards. Tackled by DE Ralph Bullock. Cleveland's Tom De Leone was hurt on the play. |
| 2-7-CLE06 (1Q: 06:17) PENALTY: Cleveland was called for a False Start. |
| 2-10-CLE03 (1Q: 06:10) Greg Hawthorne ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by S John Harris. |
| 3-5-CLE08 (1Q: 05:30) Vince Evans pass completed to WR Eddie Bell for 7 yards. Tackled by ILB Ken Fantetti. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-CLE15 (1Q: 04:58) Vince Evans pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Jimmy Cefalo. DE Ernest Kirk hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-CLE15 (1Q: 04:50) Vince Evans scrambled for 30 yards. Tackled by S John Harris. |
| 1-10-CLE45 (1Q: 04:17) Vince Evans pass completed to WR Eddie Bell for 16 yards. Tackled by ILB Larry Gordon. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 1-10-MIN39 (1Q: 03:47) Vince Evans pass completed to TE Bennie Cunningham for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Ken Fantetti, assisted by S John Harris. |
| 2-7-MIN36 (1Q: 03:11) Vince Evans pass completed to WR Jimmy Cefalo for 7 yards. Tackled by Unknown. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-MIN29 (1Q: 02:40) Vince Evans pass completed to WR Jimmy Cefalo for 11 yards. Tackled by ILB Ken Fantetti. Cefalo gained 6 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-MIN18 (1Q: 02:07) Greg Hawthorne ran around right end for 2 yards. Tackled by DT Ron Dirnbauer. |
| 2-8-MIN16 (1Q: 01:38) Vince Evans scrambled for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Keith Simpson. |
| 3-3-MIN11 (1Q: 00:52) Vince Evans pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Jimmy Cefalo. ILB Ken Fantetti defended the pass. |
| 4-3-MIN11 (1Q: 00:44) Bruce Gossett attempted a 28 yard field goal and succeeded. Cleveland 3, Minnesota 0 |
| (1Q: 00:38) Bruce Gossett kicked off 54 yards from the CLE30. Unknown returned the ball 19 yards to the MIN35. Tackled by Steve Wilson. |
| 1-10-MIN35 (1Q: 00:03) Jeff Komlo pass completed to WR Stan Rome for 5 yards. Tackled by CB James Hunter. Rome gained 3 yards after the catch. |
| Start of second quarter. |
| 2-5-MIN40 (2Q: 15:00) Charlie White ran inside the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by S Bob Atkins. |
| 3-5-MIN40 (2Q: 14:36) Jeff Komlo sacked by DE Art Still and DE Casey Merrill for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Jim Harrison. |
| 4-11-MIN34 (2Q: 14:11) Marv Bateman punted 56 yards. Eddie Bell returned the kick 5 yards to the CLE15. Tackled by Charlie White. |
| 1-10-CLE15 (2Q: 14:02) Vince Evans pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Goff. ILB Larry Gordon hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-CLE15 (2Q: 13:52) Vince Evans pass was thrown incomplete, intended for RB Greg Hawthorne. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. PENALTY: Minnesota was called for Illegal Contact. |
| 1-10-CLE20 (2Q: 13:45) Vince Evans pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Eddie Bell. DT Norm Wells hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 2-10-CLE20 (2Q: 13:37) Greg Hawthorne ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by DE Ernest Kirk. |
| 3-7-CLE23 (2Q: 12:54) Vince Evans pass was dropped by WR Ray Bradley. |
| 4-7-CLE23 (2Q: 12:45) Tom Wittum punted 43 yards. Stan Rome returned the kick 7 yards to the MIN41. Tackled by Larry Brown. |
| 1-10-MIN41 (2Q: 12:37) Unknown ran outside the right tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by OLB George Andrews, assisted by OLB Lucius Sanford. |
| 2-10-MIN41 (2Q: 12:04) Unknown ran around the left tackle for 9 yards. Tackled by S Bob Atkins. Key block delivered by Greg Horton. |
| 3-1-CLE50 (2Q: 11:25) Henry Hynoski ran around right end for -2 yards. Tackled by S Thom Darden. |
| 4-3-MIN48 (2Q: 11:00) Marv Bateman punted 38 yards. Bob Atkins called for a fair catch at the CLE14. |
| 1-10-CLE14 (2Q: 10:53) Vince Evans pass completed to WR Mike Goff for 5 yards. Tackled by ILB Larry Gordon. Goff gained 5 yards after the catch. |
| 2-5-CLE19 (2Q: 10:20) Greg Hawthorne ran around left end for 2 yards. Tackled by ILB Ken Fantetti. |
| 3-3-CLE21 (2Q: 09:56) Charles White ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Jack LeVeck. Key block delivered by John Ayers. |
| 1-10-CLE25 (2Q: 09:22) Greg Hawthorne ran around left end for 3 yards. Tackled by S Roland Solomon, assisted by DT Norm Wells. |
| 2-7-CLE28 (2Q: 08:40) Greg Hawthorne ran inside the right guard for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Ken Fantetti, assisted by Unknown. |
| 3-4-CLE31 (2Q: 08:13) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Jim Mandich. DT Norm Wells hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-4-CLE31 (2Q: 08:07) Tom Wittum punted 62 yards. The ball was downed at the MIN07. |
| 1-10-MIN07 (2Q: 07:56) Jeff Komlo pass completed to WR Stan Rome for 20 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Ron Bolton, assisted by S Clarence Duren. Rome gained 8 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-MIN27 (2Q: 07:16) Unknown ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by DT J.T. Montgomery. PENALTY: Cleveland was called for Offsides. |
| 1-5-MIN32 (2Q: 07:08) Jeff Komlo pass completed to WR Butch Johnson for 6 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by ILB Gary Spani. |
| 1-10-MIN38 (2Q: 06:24) Mike Loyd sacked by DT Bob Maddox and DT Mike Kadish for a loss of 5 yards. Sack allowed by Eric Cunningham. |
| 2-15-MIN33 (2Q: 05:51) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Ike Harris for 2 yards. Tackled by S Thom Darden, assisted by DE Art Still. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 3-13-MIN35 (2Q: 05:06) Mike Loyd pass completed to TE Don Warren for 12 yards. Tackled by CB Clarence Scott. Warren gained 1 yard after the catch. PENALTY: Cleveland was called for Illegal Use of the Hands by the Defense. |
| 1-10-MIN40 (2Q: 04:56) Henry Hynoski ran around the left tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by OLB Lucius Sanford. Key block delivered by Paul Fersen. |
| 2-5-MIN45 (2Q: 04:32) Mike Loyd scrambled for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Lucius Sanford. PENALTY: Cleveland was called for Offsides. |
| 1-10-CLE50 (2Q: 04:21) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Stan Rome for 5 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB James Hunter. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 2-5-CLE45 (2Q: 03:47) Henry Hynoski ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Al Brister, assisted by DE John Lee. |
| 3-1-CLE41 (2Q: 03:11) Unknown ran around left end for 1 yard. Tackled by OLB A.J. Duhe. Key block delivered by Eric Cunningham. |
| 1-10-CLE40 (2Q: 02:35) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Bob Newland for 3 yards. Tackled by DT Mike Kadish, assisted by S Clarence Duren. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 2-7-CLE37 (2Q: 02:19) Mike Loyd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Stan Rome. OLB A.J. Duhe hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-7-CLE37 (2Q: 02:09) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Bob Newland for 13 yards. Tackled by CB James Hunter. Newland gained 4 yards after the catch. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 1-10-CLE24 (2Q: 02:00) Mike Loyd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Butch Johnson. DE Art Still simply tossed Halvor Hagen aside to reach the quarterback and hurry the throw. PENALTY: Cleveland was called for Defensive Holding. |
| 1-10-CLE19 (2Q: 01:51) Mike Loyd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Stan Rome. DE Casey Merrill hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-CLE19 (2Q: 01:42) Mike Loyd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Stan Rome. CB James Hunter defended the pass. |
| 3-10-CLE19 (2Q: 01:32) Mike Loyd pass was dropped by WR Bob Newland. |
| 4-10-CLE19 (2Q: 01:28) Rafael Septien attempted a 36 yard field goal and succeeded. Cleveland 3, Minnesota 3 |
| (2Q: 01:23) Rafael Septien kicked off 75 yards from the MIN30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-CLE20 (2Q: 01:23) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Goff. DE Ralph Bullock hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The defense looked very familiar with that play. |
| 2-10-CLE20 (2Q: 01:13) Greg Hawthorne ran inside the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by DT Ron Dirnbauer. |
| 3-7-CLE23 (2Q: 00:29) Mike Kruczek scrambled for 2 yards. Tackled by S Roland Solomon and assisted by Unknown. The ball was fumbled and recovered by MIN Ralph Bullock on the CLE25. |
| 1-10-CLE25 (2Q: 00:20) Mike Loyd pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Bob Newland. |
| 2-10-CLE25 (2Q: 00:10) Rafael Septien attempted a 42 yard field goal and missed wide to the right. |
| 1-10-CLE32 (2Q: 00:03) Greg Hawthorne ran inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by S Roland Solomon. |
| Start of third quarter. |
| (3Q: 15:00) Rafael Septien kicked off 70 yards from the MIN30. Eddie Bell returned the ball 30 yards to the CLE30. Tackled by Ike Harris. |
| 1-10-CLE30 (3Q: 14:37) Mike Kruczek pass completed to WR Jimmy Cefalo for 14 yards. Tackled by ILB Ken Fantetti, assisted by CB Keith Simpson. Cefalo gained 5 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-CLE44 (3Q: 13:53) Mike Kruczek pass completed to TE Jim Mandich for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Ricky Ray, assisted by ILB Jack LeVeck. |
| 2-7-CLE47 (3Q: 13:18) Mike Kruczek pass completed to TE Bennie Cunningham for 23 yards. Tackled by CB Keith Simpson. |
| 1-10-MIN30 (3Q: 12:38) Mike Kruczek pass was dropped by WR Eddie Bell. |
| 2-10-MIN30 (3Q: 12:30) Greg Hawthorne ran around right end for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Ricky Ray, assisted by Unknown. |
| 3-6-MIN26 (3Q: 11:46) Mike Kruczek sacked by ILB Bob Nelson for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Roger Finnie. The defense looked very familiar with that play. |
| 4-12-MIN32 (3Q: 11:01) Tom Wittum punted 32 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-MIN20 (3Q: 10:54) Unknown ran inside the right guard for 1 yard. Tackled by DT Jerry Sherk. PENALTY: Minnesota was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 1-20-MIN10 (3Q: 10:48) Mike Loyd pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Ike Harris. |
| 2-20-MIN10 (3Q: 10:35) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Ike Harris for 6 yards. Tackled by CB James Hunter. The ball was fumbled and recovered by CLE Clarence Scott for 7 yards to the MIN09. |
| 1-9-MIN09 (3Q: 10:27) Mike Kruczek sacked by DE Ernest Kirk for a loss of 16 yards. Sack allowed by John Ayers. |
| 2-25-MIN25 (3Q: 09:58) Mike Kruczek sacked by DE Ernest Kirk for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Jim Ritcher. |
| 3-31-MIN31 (3Q: 09:19) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Goff. Unknown defended the pass. |
| 4-31-MIN31 (3Q: 09:10) Tom Wittum punted 31 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-MIN20 (3Q: 09:03) Mike Loyd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Butch Johnson. S Clarence Duren defended the pass. |
| 2-10-MIN20 (3Q: 08:57) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Butch Johnson for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB A.J. Duhe, assisted by OLB Terry Miller. |
| 3-7-MIN23 (3Q: 08:11) Mike Loyd sacked by DE Art Still for a loss of 5 yards. Still ran right past Halvor Hagen and knocked down the quarterback. The ball was fumbled and recovered by MIN Glenn Hyde on the MIN18. |
| 4-12-MIN18 (3Q: 07:40) Marv Bateman punted 56 yards. Eddie Bell returned the kick 3 yards to the CLE29. Tackled by Ricky Ray. |
| 1-10-CLE29 (3Q: 07:30) Greg Hawthorne ran around left end for 7 yards. Tackled by ILB Bob Nelson. Key block delivered by Steve Knutson. |
| 2-3-CLE36 (3Q: 07:06) Ricky Bell ran inside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by Unknown. |
| 3-1-CLE38 (3Q: 06:42) Mike Kruczek pass completed to WR Jimmy Cefalo for 20 yards. Tackled by OLB Mark Nichols. Cefalo gained 13 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-MIN42 (3Q: 05:59) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Eddie Bell. S John Harris defended the pass. |
| 2-10-MIN42 (3Q: 05:49) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Eddie Bell. DE Ernest Kirk hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-10-MIN42 (3Q: 05:40) Mike Kruczek sacked by ILB Ken Fantetti and ILB Bob Nelson for a loss of 5 yards. Sack allowed by Carl Mauck. |
| 4-15-MIN47 (3Q: 05:11) Tom Wittum punted 47 yards. Touchback. PENALTY: Minnesota was called for Roughing the Kicker. |
| 1-10-MIN32 (3Q: 05:06) Greg Hawthorne ran around right end for 1 yard. Tackled by DE Ralph Bullock, assisted by S Roland Solomon. |
| 2-9-MIN31 (3Q: 04:22) Mike Kruczek pass completed to WR Eddie Bell for 12 yards. Tackled by ILB Ken Fantetti. |
| 1-10-MIN19 (3Q: 03:38) Greg Hawthorne ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Bob Nelson. |
| 2-6-MIN15 (3Q: 03:10) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Jimmy Cefalo. ILB Larry Gordon defended the pass. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-6-MIN15 (3Q: 03:00) Mike Kruczek pass was intended for WR Eddie Bell and was intercepted by S John Harris at the MIN01. Tackled by Eddie Bell. |
| 1-10-MIN01 (3Q: 02:50) Henry Hynoski ran inside the right guard for 6 yards. Tackled by OLB A.J. Duhe, assisted by S Roland James. Key block delivered by Fred Dean. |
| 2-4-MIN07 (3Q: 02:25) Unknown ran outside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by DE John Lee. |
| 3-2-MIN09 (3Q: 01:49) Henry Hynoski ran around left end for 11 yards. Tackled by S Thom Darden. Key block delivered by Curtis Dickey. |
| 1-10-MIN20 (3Q: 01:16) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Stan Rome for 4 yards. Tackled by OLB George Andrews, assisted by CB Clarence Scott. |
| 2-6-MIN24 (3Q: 00:31) Mike Loyd pass completed to TE Joe Rose for 42 yards. Tackled by S Roland James. Rose gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| Start of fourth quarter. |
| 1-10-CLE34 (4Q: 15:00) Mike Loyd pass completed to FB Curtis Dickey for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Ron Bolton. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 2-6-CLE30 (4Q: 14:37) Unknown ran inside the left tackle for -1 yards. Tackled by DT J.T. Montgomery. DT J.T. Montgomery crushed Halvor Hagen to wreck the play. |
| 3-7-CLE31 (4Q: 13:58) Henry Hynoski ran around left end for 9 yards. Tackled by DT Bob Maddox, assisted by DE John Lee. Key block delivered by Paul Fersen. Minnesota's Bob Newland was hurt on the play. |
| 1-10-CLE22 (4Q: 13:18) Mike Loyd pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Joe Rose. OLB George Andrews defended the pass. |
| 2-10-CLE22 (4Q: 13:14) Mike Loyd pass completed to Unknown for 4 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Steve Wilson. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 3-6-CLE18 (4Q: 12:27) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Stan Rome for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Clarence Scott. Rome gained 4 yards after the catch. |
| 4-1-CLE13 (4Q: 11:54) Rafael Septien attempted a 30 yard field goal and succeeded. Minnesota 6, Cleveland 3 |
| (4Q: 11:48) Rafael Septien kicked off 75 yards from the MIN30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-CLE20 (4Q: 11:48) Greg Hawthorne ran inside the left tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by Unknown, assisted by ILB Bob Nelson. Key block delivered by Steve Knutson. |
| 2-3-CLE27 (4Q: 11:02) Greg Hawthorne ran inside the right tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Robert Jackson, assisted by S John Harris. Key block delivered by John Ayers. |
| 1-10-CLE30 (4Q: 10:24) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Eddie Bell. DE Anthony Jolly hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. PENALTY: Cleveland was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 1-20-CLE20 (4Q: 10:17) Mike Kruczek pass completed to WR Mike Goff for 13 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by Unknown. Goff gained 5 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-7-CLE33 (4Q: 09:46) Greg Hawthorne ran inside the right guard for 1 yard. Tackled by DE Ernest Kirk. |
| 3-6-CLE34 (4Q: 09:12) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Mike Goff. S John Harris defended the pass. |
| 4-6-CLE34 (4Q: 09:08) Tom Wittum punted 39 yards. Stan Rome returned the kick 0 yards to the MIN27. Tackled by Terry Miller. |
| 1-10-MIN27 (4Q: 09:01) Mike Loyd sacked by DE John Lee for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Eric Cunningham. The ball was fumbled and recovered by CLE John Lee on the MIN21. |
| 1-10-MIN21 (4Q: 08:50) Greg Hawthorne ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by S John Harris. |
| 2-7-MIN18 (4Q: 08:04) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Bennie Cunningham. CB Ricky Ray defended the pass. |
| 3-7-MIN18 (4Q: 07:58) Mike Kruczek pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Eddie Bell. |
| 4-7-MIN18 (4Q: 07:50) Bruce Gossett attempted a 35 yard field goal and succeeded. Cleveland 6, Minnesota 6 |
| (4Q: 07:43) Bruce Gossett kicked off 75 yards from the CLE30. Unknown returned the ball 23 yards to the MIN18. Tackled by Ricky Bell. |
| 1-10-MIN18 (4Q: 07:07) Unknown ran outside the right tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by OLB A.J. Duhe, assisted by OLB George Andrews. |
| 2-10-MIN18 (4Q: 06:34) Unknown ran inside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by DT Jerry Sherk, assisted by DE John Banaszak. |
| 3-8-MIN20 (4Q: 05:52) Mike Loyd pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Steve Holden. DE John Banaszak hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-8-MIN20 (4Q: 05:47) Marv Bateman punted 51 yards. Bob Atkins returned the kick -3 yards to the CLE26. Tackled by Ricky Ray. |
| 1-10-CLE26 (4Q: 05:36) Charles White ran outside the right tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Larry Gordon. |
| 2-7-CLE29 (4Q: 05:05) Mike Kruczek pass completed to TE Bennie Cunningham for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Mark Nichols. |
| 3-4-CLE32 (4Q: 04:35) Mike Kruczek pass completed to RB Willie McClendon for 2 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by OLB Mark Nichols. |
| 4-2-CLE34 (4Q: 04:27) Tom Wittum punted 58 yards. Roland Solomon returned the kick 10 yards to the MIN18. PENALTY: Minnesota was called for Offsides. |
| 1-10-CLE39 (4Q: 04:20) Mike Kruczek pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Jimmy Cefalo. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-10-CLE39 (4Q: 04:14) Mike Kruczek pass was intended for WR Mike Goff and was intercepted by CB Keith Simpson at the MIN48. The interception was returned 14 yards. Tackled by Mike Goff. |
| 1-10-CLE38 (4Q: 04:01) Mike Loyd pass completed to WR Ike Harris for 26 yards. Tackled by CB Ron Bolton. |
| 1-10-CLE12 (4Q: 03:33) Henry Hynoski ran around right end for 0 yards. Tackled by CB Clarence Scott, assisted by OLB A.J. Duhe. |
| 2-10-CLE12 (4Q: 03:17) Henry Hynoski ran around the left tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by S Roland James. |
| 3-5-CLE07 (4Q: 02:56) Unknown ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by S Bob Atkins, assisted by CB Clarence Scott. |
| 4-1-CLE03 (4Q: 02:37) Rafael Septien attempted a 20 yard field goal and succeeded. Minnesota 9, Cleveland 6 |
| (4Q: 02:30) Rafael Septien kicked off 52 yards from the MIN30. James Hunter returned the ball 30 yards to the CLE48. Tackled by Keith Simpson. |
| 1-10-CLE48 (4Q: 02:20) Mike Kruczek pass completed to WR Mike Goff for 13 yards. Tackled by S Roland Solomon. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 1-10-MIN39 (4Q: 02:00) Mike Kruczek pass completed to TE Bennie Cunningham for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Ken Fantetti. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Cunningham gained 4 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-6-MIN35 (4Q: 01:43) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Jim Mandich. S John Harris defended the pass. |
| 3-6-MIN35 (4Q: 01:33) Mike Kruczek sacked by DE Ralph Bullock and DT Ron Dirnbauer for a loss of 5 yards. Sack allowed by Roger Finnie. |
| 4-11-MIN40 (4Q: 01:16) Mike Kruczek pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Jimmy Cefalo. Unknown hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The ball goes over on downs. |
| 1-10-MIN40 (4Q: 01:09) Henry Hynoski ran inside the right guard for 2 yards. Tackled by DT Mike Kadish. |
| Cleveland called a time out. |
| 2-8-MIN42 (4Q: 01:00) Henry Hynoski ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Lucius Sanford, assisted by ILB Gary Spani. |
| Cleveland called a time out. |
| 3-5-MIN45 (4Q: 00:50) Charlie White ran around left end for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Art Still, assisted by S Bob Atkins. |
| Cleveland called a time out. |
| 4-3-MIN47 (4Q: 00:38) Marv Bateman punted 53 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-CLE20 (4Q: 00:33) Mike Kruczek pass completed to WR Jimmy Cefalo for 13 yards. Tackled by CB Ricky Ray. |
| 1-10-CLE33 (4Q: 00:12) PENALTY: Cleveland was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-CLE28 (4Q: 00:12) Mike Kruczek pass completed to WR Eddie Bell for 9 yards. Tackled by CB Ricky Ray, assisted by ILB Bob Nelson. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| Final Score: Minnesota Vikings 9, Cleveland Browns 6 |