Vikings 23-18 Patriots (2 Nov, 1997) Box Score

New England Patriots

5-4, 1-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					18
MIN					23

Minnesota Vikings

7-2, 3-1 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
27/42	313	7.5	2	1	3-20	92.7
27/42	293	7.5	2	1	3-20	92.7

Minnesota Passing


Brad Johnson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
18/31	227	7.3	1	0	1-5	91.7
18/31	222	7.3	1	0	1-5	91.7

New England Rushing


Curtis Martin
Drew Bledsoe
David Meggett
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
21	104	5.0	37
2	10	5.0	6
1	3	3.0	3
24	117	4.9	37

Minnesota Rushing


Moe Williams
Robert Green
Chuck Evans
Brad Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	43	2.3	1	7
5	19	3.8	0	8
3	6	2.0	0	3
2	-2	-1.0	0	-1
29	66	2.3	1	8

New England Receiving


Shawn Jefferson
Ben Coates
Terry Glenn
Troy Brown
Curtis Martin
Vincent Brisby
Keith Byars
David Meggett
Sam Gash
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	108	27.0	1	76
5	58	11.6	0	18
5	45	9.0	1	15
2	37	18.5	0	26
6	36	6.0	0	15
1	10	10.0	0	10
2	8	4.0	0	5
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	5	5.0	0	5
27	313	11.6	2	76

Minnesota Receiving


Cris Carter
Jake Reed
Moe Williams
Chuck Evans
Matthew Hatchette
Chris Walsh
Robert Green
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	116	14.5	1	43
3	65	21.7	0	43
3	14	4.7	0	7
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	5	5.0	0	5
18	227	12.6	1	43

New England Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No New England Fumbles

Minnesota Fumbles


Cris Carter
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Lawyer Milloy
Henry Thomas
Willie Clay
Willie McGinest
Todd Collins
Ty Law
Chris Canty
Chris Slade
Larry Whigham
Chad Eaton
Mark Wheeler
Marty Moore
Brandon Mitchell
Chris Carter
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
5	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	39	1	0	3	0	0

Minnesota Defense



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

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	10	0	0	0	0	0
10	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	0	0
3	3	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
2	2	0	0	0	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
66	49	3	0	6	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Minnesota Interceptions


Orlando Thomas
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	1	0
1	1	0

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Derick Cullors
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	148	29.6	61
1	12	12.0	12
6	160	26.7	61

Minnesota Kick Returns


Moe Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	137	34.3	74	0
4	137	34.3	74	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	23	11.5	13	0
2	23	11.5	13	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


David Palmer
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	58	14.5	19	0
4	58	14.5	19	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	25	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	25	0/0	6

Minnesota Kicking


Eddie Murray
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	41	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	41	2/2	11

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	232	46.4	0	1	56
5	232	46.4	0	1	56

Minnesota Punting


Mitch Berger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	200	40.0	0	2	53
5	200	40.0	0	2	53

5:00 AM, 2 November 1997

Attendance: 62,917

Referees:
Bill Carollo

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

Team	W	L

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