NFL game summary for 10/21/1979:

Tommy Kramer's fourth touchdown pass of the game, a five-yarder to Rickey Young with 13 seconds left, gave the Vikings a come-from-behind victory. Return specialist Jimmy Edwards played a key role in the win. His 56-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter set up a 17-yard Kramer-to-Young touchdown pass. Later in the period, Edwards returned a punt to midfield to set up the winning touchdown. Edwards returned 10 kickoffs and punts for a total of 217 yards.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	157.0 (7)	107.0 (27)	264.0 (25)	15
Chicago Bears	DEFENSE	141.7 (18)	137.7 (6)	279.4 (9)	13
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	106.9 (25)	180.6 (12)	287.4 (19)	20
Minnesota Vikings	DEFENSE	167.0 (24)	137.7 (6)	304.7 (14)	12

Line: Vikings by 2

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Chicago Bears (3-5-0)	7	7	3	10	27
Minnesota Vikings (4-4-0)	3	7	7	13	30

( 0- 3) MIN Rick Danmeier 43 yard field goal
( 7- 3) CHI Brian Baschnagel 54 yard pass from Walter Payton (Bob Thomas kick)
(14- 3) CHI Walter Payton 2 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)
(14-10) MIN Sammy White 55 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)
(14-17) MIN Stu Voigt 3 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)
(17-17) CHI Bob Thomas 23 yard field goal
(20-17) CHI Bob Thomas 23 yard field goal
(27-17) CHI Walter Payton 2 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)
(27-23) MIN Rickey Young 17 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (kick failed)
(27-30) MIN Rickey Young 5 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)

                     CHI             MIN
First Downs:         23              15
Rushes-yards:        49-204          21-54
Yards/rush:          4.2             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-30-302-3     19-43-218-1
Sacked-yards:        1-10            1-5
Net pass yards:      292             213
Net yards/pass:      9.4             4.8
Total net yards:     496             267
Total plays:         80 (61% run)    65 (32% run)  
Yards/play:          6.2             4.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-1
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     8-65            7-60

Attendance: 41,164

Passing:
CHI: Mike Phipps, 10 of 16 for 200 yards; Bob Avellini, 5 of 13 for 48 yards and 1 TD (3 int); Walter Payton, 1 of 1 for 54 yards and 1 TD
MIN: Tommy Kramer, 19 of 43 for 218 yards and 4 TDs (1 int)

Rushing:
CHI: Walter Payton, 23 for 111 yards and 1 TD; Dave Williams, 19 for 56 yards; Mike Phipps, 4 for 17 yards; Willie McClendon, 1 for 13 yards; Robin Earl, 1 for 4 yards; Bob Avellini, 1 for 3 yards
MIN: Ted Brown, 8 for 14 yards; Chuck Foreman, 6 for 28 yards; Rickey Young, 6 for 17 yards; Tommy Kramer, 1 for -5 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Brian Baschnagel, 4 for 104 yards and 1 TD; James Scott, 4 for 66 yards; Dave Williams, 2 for 47 yards; Mike Cobb, 2 for 32 yards; Greg Latta, 2 for 27 yards; Walter Payton, 2 for 26 yards and 1 TD
MIN: Rickey Young, 10 for 61 yards and 2 TDs; Sammy White, 3 for 91 yards and 1 TD; Bob Tucker, 2 for 33 yards; Ted Brown, 2 for 15 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 1 for 15 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 3 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
CHI: Rickey Watts, 3 for 20 yards; Len Walterscheid, 2 for 51 yards; Willie McClendon, 1 for 12 yards
MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 5 for 171 yards; Brent McClanahan, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Len Walterscheid, 2 for 18 yards; Steve Schubert, 1 for 9 yards
MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 5 for 46 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Terry Schmidt, 1 for 0 yards
MIN: Nate Wright, 1 for 32 yards; Tom Hannon, 1 for 31 yards; Kurt Knoff, 1 for 15 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 6 for 254 yards
MIN: Greg Coleman, 9 for 342 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Bob Thomas, 2/2
MIN: Rick Danmeier, 1/1