NFL game summary for 11/04/1979:

Rookie Ottis Anderson rushed 25 times for 164 yards to boost his season total to 1,000 yards. It was his fifth 100-yard rushing effort of the season. The Cardinals limited the Vikings to 70 yards on the ground, while the Cardinals' backfield combined for a club record 325 yards rushing.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	101.4  (26)	188.4  (13)	289.9  (19)	23
	DEFENSE	163.9  (25)	168.2  (13)	332.1  (19)	17
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	142.2  (14)	168.3  (16)	310.6  (14)	27
	DEFENSE	136.4  (16)	173.0  (16)	309.4  (13)	23

Line: Cardinals by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Minnesota Vikings (4-6-0)	0	7	0	0	7
St. Louis Cardinals (3-7-0)	3	7	14	13	37

( 0- 3) STL Steve Little 42 yard field goal
( 0-10) STL Ottis Anderson 34 yard rush (Steve Little kick)
( 7-10) MIN Sammy White 14 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)
( 7-17) STL Roger Wehrli 9 yard interception return (Steve Little kick)
( 7-24) STL Ottis Anderson 8 yard pass from Jim Hart (Steve Little kick)
( 7-30) STL Wayne Morris 1 yard rush (kick failed)
( 7-37) STL Rod Phillips 16 yard rush (Steve Little kick)

                     MIN             STL
First Downs:         23              29
Rushes-yards:        23-70           45-325
Yards/rush:          3.0             7.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     27-49-273-3     14-24-142-2
Sacked-yards:        1-10            0-0
Net pass yards:      263             142
Net yards/pass:      5.3             5.9
Total net yards:     333             467
Total plays:         73 (31% run)    69 (65% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             6.8
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-1
Turnovers:           4               3
Penalties-yards:     8-67            9-88

Attendance: 47,213

Passing:
MIN: Tommy Kramer, 27 of 49 for 273 yards and 1 TD (3 int)
STL: Jim Hart, 14 of 24 for 142 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
MIN: Ted Brown, 16 for 52 yards; Rickey Young, 7 for 18 yards
STL: Ottis Anderson, 25 for 164 yards and 1 TD; Willard Harrell, 8 for 43 yards; Wayne Morris, 7 for 31 yards and 1 TD; Rod Phillips, 3 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Mel Gray, 1 for 38 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
MIN: Ahmad Rashad, 6 for 68 yards; Rickey Young, 5 for 53 yards; Sammy White, 3 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Ted Brown, 3 for 11 yards; Bob Tucker, 2 for 18 yards; Chuck Foreman, 2 for 12 yards; Brent McClanahan, 2 for 11 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 16 yards; Terry LeCount, 1 for 15 yards; Robert Miller, 1 for 14 yards; Robert Steele, 1 for 10 yards
STL: Wayne Morris, 5 for 43 yards; Ottis Anderson, 3 for 33 yards and 1 TD; Mel Gray, 3 for 33 yards; Pat Tilley, 2 for 27 yards; Bill Murrell, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 7 for 143 yards
STL: Roy Green, 2 for 20 yards

Punt returns:
MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 2 for 41 yards
STL: Willard Harrell, 4 for 50 yards

Interceptions:
MIN: Nate Wright, 2 for 5 yards
STL: Ken Greene, 2 for 16 yards; Roger Wehrli, 1 for 9 yards and 1 TD

Punting:
MIN: Greg Coleman, 4 for 164 yards
STL: Steve Little, 2 for 95 yards

Field Goals:
MIN: Rick Danmeier, 0/2
STL: Steve Little, 1/1

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