Scoreboard

Regular Season

Sept. 3 Chicago, W 30-27

Sept. 10 Miami, W 13-7

Sept. 17 at New England, W 21-13

Sept. 24 bye

Oct. 1 at Detroit, W 31-24

Oct. 9 Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Oct. 15 at Chicago, 7:20 p.m.

Oct. 22 Buffalo, noon

Oct. 29 at Tampa Bay, noon

Nov. 6 at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Nov. 12 Arizona, noon

Nov. 19 Carolina, noon

Nov. 23 at Dallas, 3:05 p.m.

Nov. 30 Detroit, 7:20 p.m.

Dec. 10 at St. Louis, noon

Dec. 17 Green Bay, noon

Dec. 24 at Indianapolis, 3:15 p.m.

Vikings-Lions stats

Minnesota 7 3 7 14 -- 31

Detroit 7 3 0 14 -- 24

First Quarter

Det--Crowell 9 pass from Batch (Hanson kick), 11:05.

Min--Moss 61 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick), 8:46.

Second Quarter

Det--FG Hanson 21, 4:08.

Min--FG Anderson 20, :03.

Third Quarter

Min--Moss 17 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick), :14.

Fourth Quarter

Det--Batch 5 run (Hanson kick), 12:09.

Min--Moss 50 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick), 8:48.

Min--Smith 65 run (Anderson kick), 6:23.

Det--Bates 1 run (Hanson kick), :03.

A--76,438.

Min Det

First downs 19 27

Rushes-yards 29-178 25-129

Passing 261 226

Punt Returns 3-27 4-32

Kickoff Returns 4-82 6-107

Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 17-29-0 25-44-1

Sacked-Yds Lost 2-8 2-13

Punts 6-43.5 5-42.8

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0

Penalties-Yards 10-72 9-55

Possession 28:42 31:18

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Minnesota, Smith 16-134, Culpepper 7-29, Williams 4-12, Kleinsasser 1-4, Moss 1-(minus 1). Detroit, Stewart 20-123, Batch 1-5, Bates 4-1.

PASSING--Minnesota, Culpepper 17-29-0-269. Detroit, Batch 25-44-1-239.

RECEIVING--Minnesota, Moss 7-168, Davis 4-34, C.Carter 3-30, Smith 2-19, Walsh 1-18. Detroit, Crowell 8-85, Martin 6-50, Bates 3-37, Stewart 2-16, Moore 2-15, Schlesinger 2-5, Olivo 1-19, Sloan 1-12.

MISSED FIELD GOALS--Detroit, Hanson 43 (WR).

NFL standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Jets 4 0 0 1.000 88 66

Miami 4 1 0 .800 90 38

Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 119 82

Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 73 76

New England 1 4 0 .200 79 91

Central

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 4 1 0 .800 110 55

Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 81 64

Cleveland 2 3 0 .400 64 104

Jacksonville 2 3 0 .400 103 113

Pittsburgh 1 3 0 .250 64 75

Cincinnati 0 4 0 .000 23 105

W L T Pct PF PA

Oakland 3 1 0 .750 109 80

Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 93 76

Seattle 2 2 0 .500 74 82

Denver 2 3 0 .400 152 130

San Diego 0 5 0 .000 86 156

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 88 85

Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 121 70

Washington 3 2 0 .600 87 82

Dallas 2 3 0 .400 112 148

Arizona 1 3 0 .250 71 108

Central

W L T Pct PF PA

Minnesota 4 0 0 1.000 95 71

Detroit 3 2 0 .600 84 96

Tampa Bay 3 2 0 .600 127 67

Green Bay 2 3 0 .400 93 80

Chicago 1 4 0 .200 75 130

W L T Pct PF PA

St. Louis 5 0 0 1.000 217 145

Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 95 159

San Francisco 2 3 0 .400 142 159

Carolina 1 3 0 .250 78 73

New Orleans 1 3 0 .250 55 82

Sunday's Games

Dallas 16, Carolina 13, OT

St. Louis 57, San Diego 31

Indianapolis 18, Buffalo 16

Minnesota 31, Detroit 24

Tennessee 28, N.Y. Giants 14

Baltimore 12, Cleveland 0

Pittsburgh 24, Jacksonville 13

Miami 31, Cincinnati 16

New England 28, Denver 19

San Francisco 27, Arizona 20

Chicago 27, Green Bay 24

Washington 20, Tampa Bay 17, OT

Philadelphia 38, Atlanta 10

Open: N.Y. Jets, Oakland, New Orleans

Monday's Game

Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 8

Buffalo at Miami, noon

New Orleans at Chicago, noon

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, noon

Green Bay at Detroit, noon

Tennessee at Cincinnati, noon

Indianapolis at New England, noon

Washington at Philadelphia, noon

N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m.

Denver at San Diego, 3:15 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 3:15 p.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 3:15 p.m.

Cleveland at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.

Baltimore at Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m.

Open: Kansas City, Dallas, St. Louis

Monday, Oct. 9

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m.