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  FINAL
Detroit 25, Minnesota 23
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 0 0 14 9 23
Detroit 10 9 0 6 25

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
DET   TD   TERRY FAIR 41 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JASON HANSON KICK), 7:43. DETROIT 7-0
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 21 YD, 13:57. Drive: 6 plays, 66 yards in 2:52. Key plays: 48-yard pass interference penalty on Vikings' Rogers to Minnesota 21; Batch 8-yard pass to Morton to Minnesota 9. DETROIT 10-0
2ND QUARTER
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 49 YD, 4:54. Drive: 8 plays, 27 yards in 2:57. Key plays: Rice recovery of Hoard fumble at Detroit 42; Batch 11-yard pass to Morton to Minnesota 47; Hill 12-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Minnesota 27. DETROIT 13-0
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 29 YD, 8:25. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 2:02. Key plays: Jones recovery of Cunningham fumble at Minnesota 12. DETROIT 16-0
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 30 YD, 14:35. Drive: 10 plays, 59 yards in 4:18. Key plays: Hill 36-yard run to Minnesota 34; Batch 12-yard pass to Sloan to Minnesota 22. DETROIT 19-0
3RD QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 17 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 2:56. Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards in 2:56. Key plays: George 31-yard pass to Glover to Detroit 49; George 14-yard pass to Mills to Detroit 35; Hoard 15-yard run to Detroit 20. DETROIT 19-7
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 36 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 5:44. Drive: 1 play, 36 yards in 0:07. Key plays: Palmer 12-yard punt return to Detroit 36. DETROIT 19-14
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 2 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 1:30. Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards in 2:43. Key plays: George 30-yard pass to Moss to Detroit 30; George 23-yard pass to Reed to Detroit 2. MINNESOTA 20-19
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 47 YD, 7:54. Drive: 11 plays, 54 yards in 6:24. Key plays: Frerotte 13-yard pass to Crowell to Detroit 31; Frerotte 11-yard pass to Morton to Detroit 45; Frerotte 10-yard pass to Morton on 4th-and-1 to Minnesota 36. DETROIT 22-20
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 26 YD, 13:20. Drive: 11 plays, 71 yards in 5:26. Key plays: Hoard 6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 36; George 13-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 47; George 38-yard pass to Reed to Detroit 15. MINNESOTA 23-22
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 48 YD, 14:53. Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards in 1:33. Key plays: Frerotte 16-yard pass to Stablein to Minnesota 43; Frerotte 11-yard pass to Morton to Minnesota 32; Frerotte 7-yard pass to Morton to Minnesota 25. DETROIT 25-23

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN DET
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
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
17
12
4-9
0-0
327
51
6.4
60
19
3.2
267
20-27
8.3
5-25
2-44.5
161
2-18
8-143
0-0
3-61
3-3
24:44
19
13
3-14
1-1
307
68
4.5
118
24
4.9
189
24-40
4.3
4-21
3-25.7
164
2-15
5-106
2-43
7-50
0-0
35:16

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Minnesota rushing
Leroy Hoard 13-45, Robert Smith 4-14, Moe Williams 2-1.
Detroit rushing
Greg Hill 11-67, Ron Rivers 11-45, Gus Frerotte 1-4, Germane Crowell 1-2.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 10-12 for 214 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD, Randall Cunningham 10-15 for 78 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Detroit passing
Gus Frerotte 15-24 for 140 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Charlie Batch 9-16 for 70 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Randy Moss 10-125, Cris Carter 4-45, Jake Reed 3-66, Andrew Glover 2-42, John Henry Mills 1-14.
Detroit receiving
Johnnie Morton 8-74, Germane Crowell 8-61, David Sloan 3-30, Brian Stablein 2-24, Greg Hill 2-15, Ron Rivers 1-6.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Robert Griffith 8-5-1, Kenny Wright 6-2-0, Ed Mcdaniel 4-4-0, Dwayne Rudd 3-4-0, Orlando Thomas 3-3-0, Chris Rogers 5-0-0, John Randle 2-1-1, Duane Clemons 2-1-1, Jimmy Hitchcock 1-2-0, Kailee Wong 1-2-0, Tony Williams 2-0-1, Chris Doleman 1-1-0, Martin Harrison 1-1-0.
Detroit tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ron Rice 6-1-0, Terry Fair 5-0-0, J.b. Brown 4-1-0, Allen Aldridge 2-3-0, Chris Claiborne 2-2-0, Mark Carrier 3-0-0, James Jones 2-1-1.5, Robert Bailey 2-1-0, Scott Kowalkowski 0-3-0, Robert Porcher 1-1-0, Kelvin Pritchett 1-1-0, Travis Kirschke 1-1-0.5, Luther Elliss 1-0-0, Mike Pringley 1-0-1, Tracy Scroggins 1-0-1, Team 0-0-1.
Interceptions
Detroit (Terry Fair 2 for 43 yards).
Fumbles lost
Minnesota (Leroy Hoard, Randall Cunningham, Jeff George).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Detroit (Travis Kirschke, Ron Rice, James Jones).
Officials
Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head linesman-Sanford Rivers, Line judge-Bruce Maurer, Field judge-Steven Zimmer, Side judge-Tom Hill, Back judge-Billy Smith.
A: 76,516; T: 3:01.

 


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