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1980s    Detroit Lions    vs    Minnesota Vikings


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Sunday, September 28, 1980 - 1:00PM
(2-2) Minnesota Vikings  7  vs
(4-0) Detroit Lions  27
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Tim Ryan, Johnny Morris
Sunday, November 9, 1980 - 1:00PM
(6-4) Detroit Lions  0  vs
(5-5) Minnesota Vikings  34
at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, MN
CBS - Gary Bender, John Madden
Sunday, September 20, 1981 - 1:00PM
(1-2) Detroit Lions  24  vs
(1-2) Minnesota Vikings  26
at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, MN
CBS - Gary Bender, John Dockery
Saturday, December 12, 1981 - 4:00PM
(7-8) Minnesota Vikings  7  vs
(8-7) Detroit Lions  45
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Vin Scully, Hank Stram
Sunday, December 19, 1982 - 1:00PM
(4-3) Minnesota Vikings  34  vs
(3-4) Detroit Lions  31
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Tom Brookshier, Wayne Walker
Sunday, September 25, 1983 - 1:00PM
(1-3) Detroit Lions  17  vs
(3-1) Minnesota Vikings  20
at Hubert H. Humphry Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
CBS - Jim Kelly, John Dockery
Monday, December 5, 1983 - 9:00PM
Monday Night Football
(7-7) Minnesota Vikings  2  vs
(8-6) Detroit Lions  13
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
ABC - Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, Howard Cosell
Sunday, September 23, 1984 - 1:00PM
(2-2) Minnesota Vikings  29  vs
(1-3) Detroit Lions  28
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Jim Kelly, Drew Pearson
Sunday, October 21, 1984 - 1:00PM
(3-5) Detroit Lions  16  vs
(2-6) Minnesota Vikings  14
at Hubert H. Humphry Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
CBS - Jim Kelly, Drew Pearson
Sunday, November 3, 1985 - 1:00PM
(5-4) Detroit Lions  13  vs
(5-4) Minnesota Vikings  16
at Hubert H. Humphry Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
CBS - Tom Brookshier, Dick Vermeil
Sunday, November 17, 1985 - 4:00PM
(5-6) Minnesota Vikings  21  vs
(6-5) Detroit Lions  41
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Dan Dierdorf, John Dockery
Sunday, September 7, 1986 - 1:00PM
(1-0) Detroit Lions  13  vs
(0-1) Minnesota Vikings  10
at Hubert H. Humphry Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
CBS - Tom Brookshier, Dick Vermeil
First game for Minnesota head coach Jerry Burns
Sunday, November 9, 1986 - 1:00PM
(6-4) Minnesota Vikings  24  vs
(3-7) Detroit Lions  10
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Jim Hill, Johnny Morris
Sunday, September 13, 1987 - 1:00PM
(0-1) Detroit Lions  19  vs
(1-0) Minnesota Vikings  34
at Hubert H. Humphry Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
CBS - Jack Buck, Joe Theismann
Sunday, December 20, 1987 - 1:00PM
(8-6) Minnesota Vikings  17  vs
(3-11) Detroit Lions  14
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Jack Buck, Will McDonough
Sunday, November 6, 1988 - 1:00PM
(2-8) Detroit Lions  17  vs
(6-4) Minnesota Vikings  44
at Hubert H. Humphry Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
CBS - Greg Gumbel, Ken Stabler
Thursday, November 24, 1988 - 12:30PM
Thanksgiving Day Game
(9-4) Minnesota Vikings  23  vs
(3-10) Detroit Lions  0
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Pat Summerall, John Madden
Sunday, October 8, 1989 - 1:00PM
(0-5) Detroit Lions  17  vs
(3-2) Minnesota Vikings  24
at Hubert H. Humphry Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
CBS - Tim Ryan, Randy Cross
Sunday, October 22, 1989 - 1:00PM
(5-2) Minnesota Vikings  20  vs
(1-6) Detroit Lions  7
at Pontiac Silver Dome, Pontiac, MI
CBS - Dick Stockton, Dan Fouts