editionTier

RARE

Player Name

Robert Smith

playerFirstName

Robert

playerLastName

Smith

playerPosition

RB

playType

Rush

seriesName

Historical (2024 Release)

setName

Vikings Vintage

teamName

Minnesota Vikings

awayTeamName

Minnesota Vikings

awayTeamScore

34

description

Pro Bowl Vikings running back Robert Smith kicked off the 1997 NFL Season with a bang, taking this fourth quarter handoff right up the gut and accelerating away from the defense untouched for a 78-yard score, the longest play of his NFL career. Smith tallied 169 yards and one score on the ground in this one, as Minnesota beat the Bills, 34-13, in Buffalo on Aug. 31, 1997.

gameDate

08/31/1997

homeTeamName

Buffalo Bills