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  FINAL
Kansas City 31, Minnesota 28
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 0 14 7 7 28
Kansas City 14 7 0 10 31

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
KAN   TD   DONNELL BENNETT 2 YD RUN (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 6:18. Drive: 9 plays, 47 yards in 4:44. Key plays: Williams recovery of George fumble at Minnesota 47; Grbac 16-yard pass to Rison to Minnesota 31; Bennett 11-yard run to Minnesota 16; Bennett 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 3. KANSAS CITY 7-0
KAN   TD   TONY GONZALEZ 13 YD PASS FROM ELVIS GRBAC (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 11:51. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards in 3:02. Key plays: Grbac 30-yard pass to Horn on 3rd-and-8 to Minnesota 30; Morris 17-yard run to Minnesota 13. KANSAS CITY 14-0
2ND QUARTER
KAN   TD   TONY GONZALEZ 9 YD PASS FROM ELVIS GRBAC (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 0:13. Drive: 4 plays, 53 yards in 1:31. Key plays: 30-yard pass interference penalty on Vikings' Wright to Minnesota 23; Bennett 15-yard run to Minnesota 8. KANSAS CITY 21-0
MIN   TD   ROBERT TATE 76 YD KICKOFF RETURN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 0:28. KANSAS CITY 21-7
MIN   TD   MATTHEW HATCHETTE 8 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 14:20. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards in 2:25. Key plays: George 22-yard pass to Carter to Kansas City 40; George 14-yard pass to Moss to Kansas City 33; George 19-yard pass to Moss to Kansas City 13. KANSAS CITY 21-14
3RD QUARTER
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 12 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 10:26. Drive: 14 plays, 74 yards in 6:33. Key plays: Hoard 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 40; George 15-yard pass to Reed to Kansas City 45; Smith 9-yard run to Kansas City 36; Hoard 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Kansas City 34 George 17-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-8 to Kansas City 15. MINNESOTA 21, KANSAS CITY 21
4TH QUARTER
KAN   TD   ERIC HICKS 44 YD FUMBLE RETURN (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 6:59. KANSAS CITY 28-21
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 64 YD PUNT RETURN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 13:22. MINNESOTA 28, KANSAS CITY 28
KAN   FG   PETE STOYANOVICH 38 YD, 14:57. Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards in 1:35. Key plays: Grbac 11-yard pass to Horn to Kansas City 44; Grbac 9-yard pass to Richardson on 3rd-and-8 to Minnesota 45; Grbac 10-yard pass to Lockett on 3rd-and-4 Minnesota 29; Grbac 7-yard pass to Horn to Minnesota 19; Grbac 6-for-7 for 51 yards. KANSAS CITY 31-28

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN KAN
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
21
9
5-11
1-1
326
62
5.3
175
35
5.0
151
13-23
5.6
4-39
4-42.5
249
4-72
6-177
0-0
8-91
4-4
30:05
22
12
11-18
0-0
380
71
5.4
173
40
4.3
207
19-29
6.7
2-8
5-38.8
108
2-26
5-82
0-0
7-40
3-2
29:55

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Minnesota (Gary Anderson 45); Kansas City (Pete Stoyanovich 45).
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 21-118, Leroy Hoard 11-35, Randy Moss 1-15, Jeff George 2-7.
Kansas City rushing
Tony Richardson 11-57, Donnell Bennett 13-55, Bam Morris 6-33, Mike Cloud 8-26, Elvis Grbac 2-2.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 13-23 for 190 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Kansas City passing
Elvis Grbac 19-29 for 215 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Randy Moss 5-76, Jake Reed 3-41, Matthew Hatchette 2-30, Robert Smith 2-21, Cris Carter 1-22.
Kansas City receiving
Tony Gonzalez 6-63, Joe Horn 4-65, Kevin Lockett 3-36, Derrick Alexander 3-21, Andre Rison 2-21, Tony Richardson 1-9.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Antonio Banks 7-0-0, Dwayne Rudd 7-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 6-0-0, Kenny Wright 6-0-0, Ed Mcdaniel 5-0-0, Tony Williams 4-1-0, Robert Griffith 4-1-0, Kailee Wong 4-0-0, Chris Doleman 3-0-1, John Randle 3-0-1, John Burrough 2-0-0, Chris Rogers 2-0-0, Anthony Bass 1-0-0, Duane Clemons 1-0-0.
Kansas City tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Donnie Edwards 8-0-0, Reggie Tongue 6-1-0, Chester Mcglockton 5-1-0, James Hasty 5-1-0, Dan Williams 5-0-1, Derrick Thomas 4-0-2, Eric Warfield 2-2-0, Jerome Woods 2-2-0, Carlton Gray 3-0-0, Marvcus Patton 0-3-0, Chris Dishman 2-0-0, Leslie Oneal 2-0-1, Eric Hicks 2-0-0.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
Minnesota (Jeff George 2, Randy Moss 2); Kansas City (Elvis Grbac, Tony Richardson).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (John Randle, Duane Clemons); Kansas City (Dan Williams, Eric Hicks, Greg Manusky, Donnie Edwards).
Officials
Referee-Dave Anderson, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Stephan, Field judge-Scott Steenson, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Back judge-Don Dorkowski.
A: 78,932; T: 3:13.

 


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NFL Scoreboard

Minnesota Clubhouse

Kansas City Clubhouse