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  FINAL
Minnesota 23, Denver 20
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 0 13 0 10 23
Denver 12 0 0 8 20

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
DEN   TD   DEREK LOVILLE 36 YD RUN (JASON ELAM KICK), 2:48. Drive: 7 plays, 70 yards in 2:48. Key plays: Gary 12-yard run on 2nd-and-10 to Denver 42; Griese 13-yard pass to Carswell to Minnesota 45; Loville 9-yard run to Minnesota 36. DENVER 7-0
DEN   SAFETY   JEFF GEORGE TACKLED BY TREVOR PRYCE IN END ZONE, 4:23. DENVER 9-0
DEN   FG   JASON ELAM 19 YD, 9:01. Drive: 12 plays, 66 yards in 4:38. Key plays: Griese 30-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-7 to Minnesota 37; Gary 7-yard run to Minnesota 30; Gary 11-yard run to Minnesota; 19; Gary 8-yard run to Minnesota 11; Griese 7-yard pass to McCaffrey to Minnesota 1; Gary 5 carries 28 yards. DENVER 12-0
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   ORLANDO THOMAS 27 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 7:54. DENVER 12-7
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 37 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 11:32. Drive: 4 plays, 63 yards in 2:10. Key plays: Hoard 27-yard run to Denver 36; Hoard 53-yard run on 3rd-and-37 to Denver 37. MINNESOTA 13-12
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 16 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 2:15. Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards in 3:13. Key plays: George 34-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-14 to Denver 28; 9-yard pass interference on Broncos' James on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 19. MINNESOTA 20-12
DEN   TD   BYRON CHAMBERLAIN 1 YD PASS FROM BRIAN GRIESE (OLANDIS GARY RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 9:51. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards in 3:07. Key plays: Watson 19-yard punt return to Denver 45; Gary 9-yard run to Minnesota 46; Griese 25-yard pass to Smith to Minnesota 18; Griese 18-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 1. MINNESOTA 20, DENVER 20
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 23 YD, 14:59. Drive: 13 plays, 73 yards in 5:08. Key plays: George 23-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 45; George 6-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-3 to Denver 42; George 14-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-10 to Denver 28; George 24-yard pass to Carter to Denver 3; George 5-for-7 for 74 yards. MINNESOTA 23-20

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN DEN
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
15
9
4-12
0-0
302
55
5.5
97
24
4.0
205
17-29
6.6
2-13
6-43.8
146
3-44
4-75
1-27
9-78
1-0
28:06
24
14
6-14
1-1
391
74
5.3
135
30
4.5
256
24-40
5.8
4-18
4-54.3
136
3-42
5-94
0-0
7-39
2-2
31:54

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Denver (Jason Elam 37).
Minnesota rushing
Leroy Hoard 18-84, Moe Williams 4-9, Robert Tate 1-4, Jeff George 1-0.
Denver rushing
Olandis Gary 19-79, Derek Loville 3-45, Brian Griese 7-10, Anthony Lynn 1-1.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 17-29 for 218 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Denver passing
Brian Griese 24-40 for 274 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 8-144, Randy Moss 3-39, Jake Reed 3-18, Andrew Glover 2-11, Leroy Hoard 1-6.
Denver receiving
Rod Smith 7-117, Byron Chamberlain 5-42, Andre Cooper 4-38, Dwayne Carswell 3-31, Ed Mccaffrey 2-18, Travis Mcgriff 1-15, Howard Griffith 1-9, Billy Miller 1-4.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Jimmy Hitchcock 8-1-0, Orlando Thomas 6-2-0, Dwayne Rudd 4-3-0, Robert Griffith 5-1-0, Tony Williams 4-1-1, Chris Doleman 4-1-2, Kenny Wright 3-2-0, Ed Mcdaniel 3-1-0, Kailee Wong 3-0-0, Duane Clemons 3-0-0, Jerry Ball 2-1-0, John Randle 2-0-0, Chris Rogers 2-0-0, Joe Phillips 1-0-1.
Denver tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Eric Brown 6-1-0, Bill Romanowski 5-2-0, Al Wilson 4-1-0, Ray Crockett 4-0-0, Tory James 4-0-0, Maa Tanuvasa 3-1-0, Dale Carter 1-3-0, Keith Traylor 3-0-0, Trevor Pryce 2-0-1, Alfred Williams 2-0-1, Neil Smith 1-0-0, Tyrone Braxton 1-0-0, Mike Lodish 1-0-0, Darrius Johnson 0-1-0, Glenn Cadrez 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Minnesota (Orlando Thomas 1 for 27 yards).
Fumbles lost
Denver (Brian Griese 2).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (Ed Mcdaniel, Duane Clemons).
Officials
Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Field judge-Tom Sifferman, Side judge-Doug Toole, Back judge-Buddy Horton.
A: 75,021; T: 3:26.

 


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