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  FINAL
Minnesota 35, San Diego 27
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
San Diego 7 0 17 3 27
Minnesota 0 28 7 0 35

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
SDG   TD   TREMAYNE STEPHENS 1 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 6:26. Drive: 8 plays, 86 yards in 3:32. Key plays: Harbaugh 13-yard pass to Graham on 3rd-and-3 to San Diego 34; Harbaugh 41-yard pass to Graham plus 5-yard face mask penalty on Vikings' Thomas to Minnesota 17; Fazande 10-yard run to Minnesota 1. SAN DIEGO 7-0
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 34 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 0:05. Drive: 8 plays, 77 yards in 4:43. Key plays: George 11-yard pass to Kleinsasser to Minnesota 37; Hoard 10-yard run to San Diego 48; George 8-yard pass to Carter to San Diego 40. SAN DIEGO 7, MINNESOTA 7
MIN   TD   JAKE REED 5 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 5:47. Drive: 5 plays, 93 yards in 2:18. Key plays: George 60-yard pass to Moss to San Diego 33; Smith 22-yard run to San Diego 11. MINNESOTA 14-7
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 4 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:05. Drive: 4 plays, 27 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Wong fumble recovery at San Diego 31; George 14-yard pass to Glover to San Diego 13; Smith 9-yard run to San Diego 4. MINNESOTA 21-7
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 4 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 11:20. Drive: 4 plays, 31 yards in 1:21. Key plays: Williams fumble recovery at San Diego 31; George 25-yard pass to Carter to San Diego 6. MINNESOTA 28-7
3RD QUARTER
SDG   TD   KENNY BYNUM 80 YD PASS FROM JIM HARBAUGH (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 0:20. Drive: 1 play, 80 yards in 0:20. MINNESOTA 28-14
SDG   TD   TREMAYNE STEPHENS 1 YD RUN (JOHN CARNEY KICK), 4:27. Drive: 3 plays, 7 yards in 1:03. Key plays: Dumas 68-yard interception return to Minnesota 7. MINNESOTA 28-21
SDG   FG   JOHN CARNEY 40 YD, 7:20. Drive: 6 plays, 37 yards in 1:48. Key plays: Harbaugh 10-yard pass to Graham to Minnesota 49; Harbaugh 21-yard pass to Graham to Minnesota 28. MINNESOTA 28-24
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 34 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 10:50. Drive: 7 plays, 82 yards in 3:30. Key plays: Smith 19-yard run to Minnesota 37; George 8-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 46; Smith 12-yard run to San Diego 34. MINNESOTA 35-24
4TH QUARTER
SDG   FG   JOHN CARNEY 40 YD, 3:19. Drive: 8 plays, 43 yards in 1:53. Key plays: Harbaugh 5-yard pass to McCrary on 3rd-and-2 to San Diego 48; Harbaugh 30-yard pass to Davis to Minnesota 22. MINNESOTA 35-27

TEAM STATISTICS
  SDG MIN
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
19
13
7-13
0-0
458
60
7.6
62
20
3.1
396
25-39
9.9
1-8
4-42.5
187
0-0
5-119
2-68
1-5
2-2
24:46
27
18
7-14
0-0
485
73
6.6
129
29
4.4
356
28-43
8.1
1-7
5-38.6
122
0-0
6-122
1-0
5-35
0-0
35:14

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
San Diego rushing
Kenny Bynum 8-26, Jim Harbaugh 3-20, Jermane Fazande 3-15, Tremayne Stephens 6-1.
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 20-104, Leroy Hoard 6-28, Jeff George 3-minus 3.
San Diego passing
Jim Harbaugh 25-39 for 404 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 28-43 for 363 yards, 2 INT, 4 TD.
San Diego receiving
Jeff Graham 6-141, Mikhael Ricks 5-64, Fred Mccrary 4-21, Terrell Fletcher 3-11, Kenny Bynum 2-90, Reginald Davis 2-32, Chris Penn 1-32, Freddie Jones 1-7, Junior Seau 1-6.
Minnesota receiving
Randy Moss 7-127, Jake Reed 4-46, Leroy Hoard 3-24, Andrew Glover 1-14, Robert Smith 1-5, Cris Carter 11-136, Jim Kleinsasser 1-11.
San Diego tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Michael Dumas 7-2-0, Junior Seau 6-3-0, Jason Perry 7-0-0, Jimmy Spencer 4-2-0, Eric Hill 3-1-0, Darryll Lewis 3-0-0, Jamal Williams 2-1-0, Gerald Dixon 1-2-0, Fakhir Brown 2-0-0, Raylee Johnson 2-0-1, Lewis Bush 2-0-0, Chris Mims 2-0-0, Mike Mohring 2-0-0, John Parrella 1-0-0, Reggie Rusk 1-0-0, Charles Dimry 1-0-0, Michael Hamilton 0-1-0, Albert Fontenot 0-1-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ed Mcdaniel 4-4-0, Orlando Thomas 6-1-0, Dwayne Rudd 5-1-0, Kenny Wright 5-0-0, Kailee Wong 4-1-0, Robert Griffith 3-2-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 3-0-0, Chris Rogers 3-0-0, Chris Doleman 2-0-1, Tony Williams 1-1-0, Jerry Ball 1-0-0, Kivuusama Mays 1-0-0.
Interceptions
San Diego (Charles Dimry 1 for 0 yards, Michael Dumas 1 for 68 yards); Minnesota (Robert Griffith 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
San Diego (Jim Harbaugh, Tremayne Stephens).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (Tony Williams, Kailee Wong).
Officials
Referee-Ron Blum, Umpire-Steve Wilson, Head linesman-Mark Hittner, Line judge-Aaron Pointer, Field judge-Al Jury, Side judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Kirk Dornan.
A: 64,232; T: 3:03.

 


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