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  FINAL
Minnesota 24, Detroit 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Detroit 7 3 0 7 17
Minnesota 7 10 0 7 24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
MIN   TD   ROBERT SMITH 4 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 5:48. Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards in 1:30. Key plays: Clemons recovery of Batch fumble at Minnesota 35; George 53-yard pass to Moss to Detroit 12. MINNESOTA 7-0
DET   TD   JOHNNIE MORTON 6 YD PASS FROM CHARLIE BATCH (JASON HANSON KICK), 14:05. Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards in 8:17. Key plays: Batch 7-yard pass to Crowell on 3rd-and-6 to Detroit 31; Batch 8-yard pass to Crowell on 3rd-and-7 to Detroit 42; Batch 29-yard pass to Crowell on 3rd-and-10 to Minnesota 29; Batch 12-yard pass to Stablein to Minnesota 12. DETROIT 7, MINNESOTA 7
2ND QUARTER
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 44 YD, 2:07. Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards in 3:02. Key plays: Tate 47-yard kickoff return to Detroit 43; George 17-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-10 to Detroit 26. MINNESOTA 10-7
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 39 YD, 7:48. Drive: 12 plays, 39 yards in 5:41. Key plays: Batch 14-yard pass to Morton on 3rd-and-8 to Minnesota 44; Clemons 5-yard holding penalty on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 40; Batch 10-yard pass to Moore on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 24. DETROIT 10, MINNESOTA 10
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 67 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:16. Drive: 3 plays, 86 yards in 1:28. Key plays: George 17-yard pass to Carter to Minnesota 31. MINNESOTA 17-10
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 3 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 10:04. Drive: 10 plays, 70 yards in 6:05. Key plays: George 8-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 42; George 23-yard pass to Moss to Detroit 33; Smith 9-yard ru to Detroit 24; Hoard 9-yard run to Detroit 11. MINNESOTA 24-10
DET   TD   JOHNNIE MORTON 36 YD PASS FROM GUS FREROTTE (JASON HANSON KICK), 12:44. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards in 2:40. Key plays: Frerotte 13-yard pass to Morton to Detroit 37; Frerotte 29-yard pass to Crowell to Minnesota 36. MINNESOTA 24-17

TEAM STATISTICS
  DET MIN
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
20
18
11-17
1-1
302
67
4.5
16
14
1.1
286
31-46
5.4
7-55
4-43.8
146
5-115
2-22
4-47
1-1
30:42
20
10
6-9
0-0
379
59
6.4
137
30
4.6
242
14-24
8.3
5-33
1-41.0
116
4-104
1-18
7-45
2-1
29:18

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Detroit (Jason Hanson 58); Minnesota (Gary Anderson 52).
Detroit rushing
Cory Schlesinger 3-10, Ron Rivers 11-6.
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 22-97, Leroy Hoard 7-41, Jeff George 1-minus 1.
Detroit passing
Gus Frerotte 14-22 for 180 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD, Charlie Batch 17-24 for 161 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 14-24 for 275 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
Detroit receiving
Johnnie Morton 10-128, Germane Crowell 8-120, Ron Rivers 4-8, David Sloan 3-40, Herman Moore 2-16, Cory Schlesinger 2-10, Brian Stablein 1-12, Sedrick Irvin 1-7.
Minnesota receiving
Randy Moss 5-155, Cris Carter 3-52, Andrew Jordan 2-13, Andrew Glover 1-23, Robert Smith 1-13, Jake Reed 1-13, Leroy Hoard 1-6.
Detroit tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Stephen Boyd 6-0-0, Bryant Westbrook 6-0-0, Mark Carrier 3-3-0, Ron Rice 2-4-0, Robert Porcher 5-0-1, Chris Claiborne 5-0-0, Tracy Scroggins 4-1-2, Robert Bailey 4-1-0, Travis Kirschke 2-2-1, Allen Aldridge 2-1-0, James Jones 2-1-0, Kelvin Pritchett 2-1-1, Clint Kriewaldt 2-0-0, Dan Owens 0-1-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kenny Wright 6-1-0, Chris Doleman 5-2-1.5, Robert Tate 6-0-0, Dwayne Rudd 5-0-0, Duane Clemons 4-1-2.5, Robert Griffith 4-1-1, Jimmy Hitchcock 4-0-0, Anthony Bass 4-0-0, Kailee Wong 3-0-0, Ed Mcdaniel 3-0-0, John Randle 2-1-2, Rob Holmberg 2-0-0, Tony Williams 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Detroit (Ron Rice 1 for 20 yards, Clint Kriewaldt 1 for 2 yards); Minnesota (Robert Tate 1 for 18 yards).
Fumbles lost
Detroit (Charlie Batch); Minnesota (Robert Smith).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Detroit (Tracy Scroggins); Minnesota (Duane Clemons).
Officials
Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Field judge-Tom Sifferman, Side judge-Doug Toole, Back judge-Buddy Horton.
A: 64,103; T: 2:57.

 


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