NFL game summary for 09/02/1979:

Ahmad Rashad caught a club-record four touchdown passes from Tommy Kramer, including the game winner of 25 yards with 17 seconds left, to give the Vikings the win. Kramer completed 21 of 34 passes for 297 yards. San Francisco took a 22-21 lead late in the game on Lenvil Elliott's four-yard touchdown run. Kramer then took the Vikings 56 yards in nine plays for the winning score. Rashad finished with seven receptions for 152 yards.

Line: Vikings by 7

Team	1	2	3	4	F
San Francisco 49ers (0-1-0)	0	6	3	13	22
Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0)	0	0	14	14	28

( 3- 0) SF Ray Wersching 37 yard field goal ( 6- 0) SF Ray Wersching 22 yard field goal ( 9- 0) SF Ray Wersching 44 yard field goal ( 9- 7) MIN Ahmad Rashad 52 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) ( 9-14) MIN Ahmad Rashad 32 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) ( 9-21) MIN Ahmad Rashad 8 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick) (16-21) SF Freddie Solomon 44 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) (22-21) SF Lenvil Elliott 4 yard rush (kick failed) (22-28) MIN Ahmad Rashad 25 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)

                     SF              MIN
First Downs:         22              22
Rushes-yards:        27-98           27-110
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     29-42-262-2     21-34-297-0
Sacked-yards:        2-8             1-10
Net pass yards:      254             287
Net yards/pass:      5.8             8.2
Total net yards:     352             397
Total plays:         71 (38% run)    62 (43% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             6.4
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-2
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     7-55            7-55

Attendance: 46,539

Passing:
SF: Steve DeBerg, 29 of 42 for 262 yards and 1 TD (2 int) MIN: Tommy Kramer, 21 of 34 for 297 yards and 4 TDs
Rushing:
SF: Lenvil Elliott, 10 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Mike Hogan, 6 for 23 yards; Wilbur Jackson, 4 for 15 yards; Paul Hofer, 3 for 10 yards; Phil Francis, 3 for 8 yards; Steve DeBerg, 1 for 1 yard MIN: Chuck Foreman, 11 for 33 yards; Rickey Young, 6 for 43 yards; Ted Brown, 3 for 21 yards; Robert Miller, 3 for 6 yards; Tommy Kramer, 2 for 5 yards; Brent McClanahan, 2 for 2 yards
Receiving:
SF: Mike Hogan, 7 for 39 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 5 for 28 yards; Freddie Solomon, 4 for 107 yards and 1 TD; Mike Shumann, 3 for 22 yards; Wilbur Jackson, 3 for 17 yards; Paul Seal, 2 for 22 yards; Phil Francis, 2 for 15 yards; James Owens, 1 for 5 yards; Paul Hofer, 1 for 4 yards; Ken MacAfee, 1 for 3 yards MIN: Ahmad Rashad, 7 for 152 yards and 4 TDs; Sammy White, 3 for 51 yards; Rickey Young, 3 for 21 yards; Bob Tucker, 2 for 23 yards; Robert Miller, 2 for 17 yards; Douglas Cunningham, 1 for 13 yards; Chuck Foreman, 1 for 10 yards; Brent McClanahan, 1 for 8 yards; Jimmy Edwards, 1 for 2 yards
Kick returns:
SF: Lenvil Elliott, 4 for 84 yards; Bob Bruer, 1 for 20 yards MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 4 for 119 yards; Scott Studwell, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
SF: Freddie Solomon, 2 for 13 yards MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 1 for 0 yards
Interceptions:
MIN: Scott Studwell, 1 for 18 yards; John Turner, 1 for 12 yards
Punting:
SF: Dan Melville, 4 for 186 yards MIN: Greg Coleman, 5 for 169 yards
Field Goals:
SF: Ray Wersching, 3/4