Vikings 31-24 Saints (8 Nov, 1998) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

4-5, 2-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO					24
MIN					31

Minnesota Vikings

8-1, 4-0 home

New Orleans Passing


Billy Joe Tolliver
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
11/16	168	10.5	1	0	3-30	124.0
11/16	138	10.5	1	0	3-30	124.0

Minnesota Passing


Brad Johnson
Randall Cunningham
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
28/38	316	8.3	1	2	1-8	85.0
0/2	0	0.0	0	0	1-5	39.6
28/40	303	7.9	1	2	2-13	80.8

New Orleans Rushing


Lamar Smith
Ray Zellars
Aaron Craver
Billy Joe Tolliver
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
11	21	1.9	12
6	17	2.8	7
1	7	7.0	7
3	7	2.3	7
21	52	2.5	12

Minnesota Rushing


Robert Smith
Leroy Hoard
Chuck Evans
David Palmer
Brad Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
20	137	6.9	1	61
4	11	2.8	2	5
3	9	3.0	0	4
1	4	4.0	0	4
4	1	0.3	0	3
32	162	5.1	3	61

New Orleans Receiving


Aaron Craver
Sean Dawkins
Ray Zellars
Lamar Smith
Keith Poole
Andre Hastings
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	58	29.0	1	49
3	44	14.7	0	18
2	23	11.5	0	14
1	18	18.0	0	18
1	14	14.0	0	14
2	11	5.5	0	9
11	168	15.3	1	49

Minnesota Receiving


Andrew Glover
Jake Reed
Cris Carter
Leroy Hoard
David Palmer
Robert Smith
Randy Moss
Chuck Evans
Greg DeLong
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	93	10.3	0	34
5	90	18.0	0	42
6	71	11.8	1	17
1	19	19.0	0	19
3	18	6.0	0	9
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	5	5.0	0	5
28	316	11.3	1	42

New Orleans Fumbles


Aaron Craver
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Minnesota Fumbles


Harold Morrow
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New Orleans Defense



Mark Fields
Tyronne Drakeford
Chad Cota
Je'Rod Cherry
Chris Bordano
Wayne Martin
Joe Johnson
Keith Mitchell
Sammy Knight
Fred Weary
Brady Smith
La'Roi Glover
Alex Molden
Jared Tomich
Troy Wilson
Brett Bech
Chris Hewitt
Earl Little
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	9	1	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	1	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	1
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	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
75	49	2	0	3	0	3

Minnesota Defense



Ed McDaniel
Robert Griffith
Corey Fuller
Dwayne Rudd
Dixon Edwards
John Randle
Orlando Thomas
Duane Clemons
Jimmy Hitchcock
Tony Williams
Derrick L. Alexander
Kailee Wong
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
44	32	3	0	1	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Sammy Knight
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	98	1
2	98	1

Minnesota Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Minnesota Interceptions

New Orleans Kick Returns


Aaron Craver
Brett Bech
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	115	57.5	100	1
1	20	20.0	20	0
3	135	45.0	100	1

Minnesota Kick Returns


David Palmer
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	85	17.0	32	0
5	85	17.0	32	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Andre Hastings
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	14	7.0	10	0
2	14	7.0	10	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


David Palmer
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	8	8.0	8	0
1	8	8.0	8	0

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	20	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	20	3/3	6

Minnesota Kicking


Gary Anderson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	28	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	28	4/4	7

New Orleans Punting


Mark Royals
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	170	42.5	1	1	56
4	170	42.5	1	1	56

Minnesota Punting


Mitch Berger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	136	45.3	0	0	47
3	136	45.3	0	0	47

5:00 AM, 8 November 1998

Attendance: 63,779

Referees:
Walt Coleman

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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