Vikings 34-13 Bills (31 Aug, 1997) Box Score

Minnesota Vikings

1-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN					34
BUF					13

Buffalo Bills

0-1, 0-1 home

Minnesota Passing


Brad Johnson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/30	218	7.3	2	1	3-18	87.9
17/30	200	7.3	2	1	3-18	87.9

Buffalo Passing


Todd Collins
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
25/39	299	7.7	1	2	3-20	74.6
25/39	279	7.7	1	2	3-20	74.6

Minnesota Rushing


Robert Smith
Leroy Hoard
Chuck Evans
David Palmer
Brad Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	169	10.6	1	78
7	16	2.3	0	8
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
3	-3	-1.0	0	-1
28	185	6.6	1	78

Buffalo Rushing


Thurman Thomas
Antowain Smith
Eric Moulds
Todd Collins
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
14	63	4.5	13
7	55	7.9	27
1	27	27.0	27
2	2	1.0	2
24	147	6.1	27

Minnesota Receiving


Cris Carter
Leroy Hoard
Jake Reed
Hunter Goodwin
David Palmer
Greg DeLong
Robert Smith
Chuck Evans
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	121	15.1	2	35
1	30	30.0	0	30
1	19	19.0	0	19
2	17	8.5	0	13
2	13	6.5	0	8
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	2	2.0	0	2
17	218	12.8	2	35

Buffalo Receiving


Andre Reed
Jay Riemersma
Antowain Smith
Thurman Thomas
Lonnie Johnson
Darick Holmes
Eric Moulds
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	142	20.3	0	43
4	54	13.5	1	22
5	44	8.8	0	13
6	40	6.7	0	13
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	4	4.0	0	4
25	299	12.0	1	43

Minnesota Fumbles


Jeff Brady
Dixon Edwards
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	2

Buffalo Fumbles


Thurman Thomas
Dusty Zeigler
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
2	2	0

Minnesota Defense



Jeff Brady
Dewayne Washington
Dixon Edwards
Ed McDaniel
Orlando Thomas
Jason Fisk
John Randle
Robert Griffith
Stalin Colinet
Derrick L. Alexander
Dwayne Rudd
Leonard Wheeler
Corey Fuller
Fernando Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	6	0	0	0	0	1
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
56	48	3	0	4	0	2

Buffalo Defense



Henry Jones
Chris Spielman
Kurt Schulz
Damien Covington
Ted Washington
Phil Hansen
Sam Rogers
Bruce Smith
Bryce Paup
Manny Martin
Jeff Burris
Marlo Perry
Gabe Northern
Marlon Kerner
John Holecek
Mark Pike
Thomas Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	2	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0
51	40	3	0	5	0	0

Minnesota Interceptions


Dewayne Washington
Orlando Thomas
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	5	0
1	0	0
2	5	0

Buffalo Interceptions


Marlon Kerner
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	20	0
1	20	0

Minnesota Kick Returns


Harold Morrow
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	21	21.0	21	0
1	21	21.0	21	0

Buffalo Kick Returns


Eric Moulds
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
7	145	20.7	24	0
7	145	20.7	24	0

Minnesota Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Minnesota Punt Returns

Buffalo Punt Returns


Steve Tasker
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	15	7.5	10	0
2	15	7.5	10	0

Minnesota Kicking


Greg Davis
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	43	4/4	10
2/2	100.0	43	4/4	10

Buffalo Kicking


Steve Christie
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	46	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	46	1/1	7

Minnesota Punting


Randall Cunningham
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	170	42.5	0	1	65
4	170	42.5	0	1	65

Buffalo Punting


Chris Mohr
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	140	35.0	0	1	44
4	140	35.0	0	1	44

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