NFL
Scores/Schedules
Standings
Statistics
Transactions
Injuries
Players
Weekly lineup

  FINAL
Minnesota 17, Atlanta 14
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 0 17 0 0 17
Atlanta 0 7 0 7 14

Scoring
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 2 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 1:58. Drive: 2 plays, 58 yards in 0:52. Key plays: Thomas recovery of Harris fumble at Atlanta 42; 52-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons' Buchanan to Atlanta 6. MINNESOTA 7-0
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 36 YD, 4:37. Drive: 5 plays, 3 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Burger recovery of Dwight fumble at Atlanta 21. MINNESOTA 10-0
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 13:12. Drive: 9 plays, 74 yards in 4:34. Key plays: Cunningham 8-yard pass on 3rd-and-4 to Reed to Minnesota 40; Cunningham 15-yard pass to Hoard on 3rd-and-11 to Atlanta 46; Cunningham 16-yard pass to C Carter to Atlanta 30; 24-yard pass pass interference penalty on Falcons' Carter to Atlanta 1. MINNESOTA 17-0
ATL   TD   CHRIS CALLOWAY 23 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 14:17. Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards in 1:05. Key plays: Chandler 20-yard pass to Calloway to Atlanta 40; Harris 29-yard run to Minnesota 43; Chandler 28-yard pass to Calloway to Minnesota 13; Chandler 11-yard pass to Calloway to Minnesota 28. MINNESOTA 17-7
4TH QUARTER
ATL   TD   BOB CHRISTIAN 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 1:42. Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 5:18. Key plays: Chandler 17-yard pass to Calloway to Minnesota 44; Chandler 7-yard pass to Santiago on 3rd-and-6 to Minnesota 33; 15-yard pass interference on Vikings' Griffith at Minnesota 18; Chandler 6-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-5 to Minnesota 7. MINNESOTA 17-14

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN ATL
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
19
9
9-17
0-1
299
65
4.6
115
32
3.6
184
22-33
5.6
0-0
3-40.3
93
3-94
0-0
9-81
0-0
33:14
22
16
5-11
0-0
359
56
6.4
81
23
3.5
278
18-31
8.4
2-12
2-44.0
67
3-67
0-0
4-84
3-3
26:46

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Minnesota (Gary Anderson 26, 30); Atlanta (Morten Andersen 35, 39).
Minnesota rushing
Leroy Hoard 12-50, Robert Smith 16-47, Randall Cunningham 3-12, Randy Moss 1-6.
Atlanta rushing
Jamal Anderson 16-50, Chris Chandler 3-21, Byron Hanspard 3-9, Bob Christian 1-1.
Minnesota passing
Randall Cunningham 22-33 for 184 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
Atlanta passing
Chris Chandler 17-30 for 258 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Tony Graziani 1-1 for 32 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 7-70, Andrew Glover 3-37, Randy Moss 3-24, Robert Smith 3-6, Leroy Hoard 2-24, Jake Reed 2-13, Chris Walsh 1-6, Carlester Crumpler 1-4.
Atlanta receiving
Chris Calloway 5-84, Terance Mathis 4-40, Ronnie Harris 3-63, O.j. Santiago 2-53, Jamal Anderson 2-34, Bob Christian 1-14, Brian Kozlowski 1-2.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ed Mcdaniel 5-3-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 6-0-0, Orlando Thomas 5-0-0, Dwayne Rudd 3-2-1, Kailee Wong 4-0-0, John Randle 3-0-0, Ramos Mcdonald 3-0-0, Duane Clemons 2-1-1, John Burrough 2-1-0, Tony Williams 1-2-0, Robert Griffith 2-0-0, Anthony Bass 2-0-0, Martin Harrison 1-0-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Keith Brooking 6-2-0, Jessie Tuggle 5-1-0, Marty Carter 5-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 5-0-0, Lester Archambeau 4-0-0, Ed Jasper 4-0-0, Craig Sauer 4-0-0, Ray Buchanan 4-0-0, Elijah Williams 3-0-0, Eugene Robinson 2-1-0, Shane Dronett 2-1-0, Chuck Smith 2-0-0, Henri Crockett 2-0-0, Travis Hall 1-0-0, Patrick Kerney 0-1-0.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
Atlanta (Ronnie Harris, Chris Chandler, Tim Dwight).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (Ed Mcdaniel, Mitch Berger, Orlando Thomas).
Officials
Referee-Gerard Austin, Umpire-Jim Duke, Head linesman-John Schleyer, Line judge-Ron Baynes, Back judge-Jack Vaughan, Side judge-Rick Patterson, Field judge-Keven Mack.
A: 69,555; T: 2:58.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Minnesota Clubhouse

Atlanta Clubhouse