NFL game summary for 11/11/1979:

David Whitehurst threw two touchdown passes and Terdell Middleton gained 135 yards on 27 carries to give Bart Starr his first coaching victory over the Vikings. Middleton's rushing effort was his best since the previous season, when he gained 148 yards against the Lions.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	98.3  (27)	195.9  (9)	294.2  (20)	27
	DEFENSE	180.0  (27)	165.6  (13)	345.6  (22)	20
Green Bay Packers	OFFENSE	112.4  (22)	163.7  (17)	276.1  (24)	25
	DEFENSE	184.0  (28)	178.1  (16)	362.1  (27)	20

Line: Packers by 2½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Minnesota Vikings (4-7-0)	0	0	0	7	7
Green Bay Packers (4-7-0)	7	6	0	6	19

( 0- 7) GB  Aundra Thompson 23 yard pass from David Whitehurst (Tom Birney kick)
( 0-13) GB  Mike Butler 70 yard fumble return (kick failed)
( 0-19) GB  Terdell Middleton 5 yard pass from David Whitehurst (kick failed)
( 7-19) MIN Bob Tucker 3 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)

                     MIN             GB
First Downs:         23              19
Rushes-yards:        25-117          40-178
Yards/rush:          4.7             4.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     27-38-262-2     11-19-147-3
Sacked-yards:        5-32            3-32
Net pass yards:      230             115
Net yards/pass:      5.3             5.2
Total net yards:     347             293
Total plays:         68 (36% run)    62 (64% run)  
Yards/play:          5.1             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        5-3             0-0
Turnovers:           5               3
Penalties-yards:     2-9             8-59

Attendance: 52,706

Passing:
MIN: Tommy Kramer, 27 of 38 for 262 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
GB: David Whitehurst, 11 of 19 for 147 yards and 2 TDs (3 int)

Rushing:
MIN: Rickey Young, 13 for 51 yards; Ted Brown, 8 for 57 yards; Chuck Foreman, 4 for 9 yards
GB: Terdell Middleton, 27 for 135 yards; Eric Torkelson, 10 for 43 yards; Nate Simpson, 2 for -2 yards; David Whitehurst, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
MIN: Sammy White, 5 for 72 yards; Stu Voigt, 5 for 42 yards; Ted Brown, 5 for 34 yards; Rickey Young, 5 for 25 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 4 for 66 yards; Bob Tucker, 2 for 18 yards and 1 TD; Chuck Foreman, 1 for 5 yards
GB: James Lofton, 5 for 99 yards; Terdell Middleton, 3 for 8 yards and 1 TD; Aundra Thompson, 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Eric Torkelson, 1 for 11 yards; Paul Coffman, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 3 for 33 yards
GB: Aundra Thompson, 1 for 9 yards

Punt returns:
MIN: Jimmy Edwards, 2 for 1 yard
GB: Johnnie Gray, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
MIN: Bobby Bryant, 1 for 21 yards; Nate Wright, 1 for 7 yards; Tom Hannon, 1 for 2 yards
GB: Mike McCoy, 1 for 38 yards; Rich Wingo, 1 for 13 yards

Punting:
MIN: Greg Coleman, 3 for 110 yards
GB: David Beverly, 5 for 161 yards

Field Goals:

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