Vikings 38-31 Saints (18 Oct, 2004) Box Score

Minnesota Vikings

4-1, 2-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	7	14	10	7	38
NO	0	14	7	10	31

New Orleans Saints

2-4, 1-3 home

Minnesota Passing


Daunte Culpepper
Mewelde Moore
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
26/37	425	11.5	5	2	2-8	125.6
0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	39.6
26/38	417	11.2	5	2	2-8	123.4

New Orleans Passing


Aaron Brooks
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
22/38	249	6.6	1	1	3-23	75.4
22/38	226	6.6	1	1	3-23	75.4

Minnesota Rushing


Mewelde Moore
Moe Williams
Daunte Culpepper
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
15	109	7.3	20
6	66	11.0	49
7	13	1.9	8
28	188	6.7	49

New Orleans Rushing


Deuce McAllister
Fred McAfee
Aaron Brooks
Aaron Stecker
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
18	78	4.3	2	14
1	53	53.0	0	53
3	25	8.3	1	14
1	3	3.0	0	3
23	159	6.9	3	53

Minnesota Receiving


Nate Burleson
Randy Moss
Mewelde Moore
Jermaine Wiggins
Marcus Robinson
Kelly Campbell
Moe Williams
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	134	22.3	0	36
2	89	44.5	1	46
7	78	11.1	0	26
5	56	11.2	2	22
4	32	8.0	2	16
1	23	23.0	0	23
1	13	13.0	0	13
26	425	16.3	5	46

New Orleans Receiving


Jerome Pathon
Joe Horn
Donte' Stallworth
Michael L. Lewis
Deuce McAllister
Ernie Conwell
Aaron Stecker
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	92	23.0	0	36
7	65	9.3	1	16
4	34	8.5	0	16
1	23	23.0	0	23
3	15	5.0	0	8
2	11	5.5	0	6
1	9	9.0	0	9
22	249	11.3	1	36

Minnesota Fumbles


Matt Birk
Marcus Robinson
Daunte Culpepper
Nate Burleson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
4	1	0

New Orleans Fumbles


Aaron Brooks
Jay Bellamy
team

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

Minnesota Defense



Antoine Winfield
Dontarrious Thomas
Raonall Smith
Brian Russell
Kevin Williams
Brian Williams
Kenechi Udeze
Corey Chavous
Ralph Brown
Derek Ross
Chris Hovan
Kenny Mixon
Keith Newman
Terrance Shaw
Chris Claiborne
Lance Johnstone
Daunte Culpepper
Willie Offord
Nate Burleson
Michael Nattiel
Rod Davis
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	6	0	0	1	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	2	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	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	1	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
66	53	3	0	6	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Tebucky Jones
Fred Thomas
Jay Bellamy
Sedrick Hodge
Brian Young
Charles Grant
Courtney Watson
Darren Howard
Steve Gleason
Ashley Ambrose
Mel Mitchell
Howard Green
Will Smith
Fred McAfee
Mike McKenzie
Aaron Brooks
Jason Craft
Orlando Ruff
Fakhir Brown
Roger Knight
Michael L. Lewis
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	1	0	0
4	2	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	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	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
68	55	2	0	6	0	0

Minnesota Interceptions


Antoine Winfield
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	56	0
1	56	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Ashley Ambrose
Fakhir Brown
team

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

Minnesota Kick Returns


Mewelde Moore
Kelly Campbell
Derek Ross
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	51	17.0	33
2	32	16.0	18
1	14	14.0	14
6	97	16.2	33

New Orleans Kick Returns


Michael L. Lewis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
7	146	20.9	29	0
7	146	20.9	29	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


Nate Burleson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	11	5.5	11	0
2	11	5.5	11	0

New Orleans Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New Orleans Punt Returns

Minnesota Kicking


Morten Andersen
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	39	5/5	8
1/1	100.0	39	5/5	8

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	45	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	45	4/4	7

Minnesota Punting

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
No Minnesota Punting

New Orleans Punting


Mitch Berger
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	183	45.8	0	1	51
4	183	45.8	0	1	51

1:30 AM, 18 October 2004

Attendance: 64,900

Referees:
Tony Corrente

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	7	1	.875	258	148
Minnesota	6	2	.750	209	150
Green Bay	6	3	.667	230	194
Chicago	4	4	.500	172	148

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	6	3	.667	221	216
Tampa Bay	4	5	.444	259	243
Carolina	2	7	.222	147	293
New Orleans	2	7	.222	207	229

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