FINAL
Minnesota 31, Arizona 14
 
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  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Arizona 7 0 0 7 14
Minnesota 7 3 7 14 31

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
MIN   TD   ROBERT SMITH 33 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 8:18. Drive: 9 plays, 86 yards in 5:17. Key plays: Culpepper 10-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 30; Culpepper 17-yard pass to Carter to Arizona 37. MINNESOTA 7-0
ARI   TD   MICHAEL PITTMAN 1 YD RUN (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 14:47. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards in 6:29. Key plays: Plummer 9-yard pass to Pittman on 3rd-and-9 to Arizona 35; Plummer 13-yard pass to Pittman to Minnesota 42; Plummer 11-yard pass to Sanders to Minnesota 31; Pittman 14-yard run to Minnesota 22; Plummer 20-yard pass to Boston to Minnesota 1. ARIZONA 7, MINNESOTA 7
2ND QUARTER
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 33 YD, 15:00. Drive: 13 plays, 64 yards in 2:19. Key plays: Culpepper 10-yard run to Minnesota 35; Culpepper 6-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-5 to Minnesota 46; Culpepper 14-yard pass to Smith to Arizona 45; Culpepper 2-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 43. MINNESOTA 10-7
3RD QUARTER
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 4:45. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards in 4:45. Key plays: Culpepper 10-yard to Minnesota 45; Culpepper 23-pass to Moss to Arizona 32; Smith 11-yard run to Arizona 10. MINNESOTA 17-7
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   DAUNTE CULPEPPER 3 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 4:49. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards in 4:22. Key plays: Tate recovery of Pittman fumble at Minnesota 45; Culpepper 26-yard pass to Moss to Arizona 25; Culpepper 17-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-7 to Arizona 5. MINNESOTA 24-7
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 12 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 11:15. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards in 4:19. Key plays: Culpepper 24-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 34; Culpepper 23-yard pass to Carter to Arizona 29; Smith 15-yard run to Arizona 14. MINNESOTA 31-7
ARI   TD   MAR TAY JENKINS 98 YD KICKOFF RETURN (CARY BLANCHARD KICK), 11:30. MINNESOTA 31-14

TEAM STATISTICS
  ARI 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
14
9
6-12
0-1
249
48
5.2
62
17
3.6
187
19-28
6.0
3-32
4-43.3
186
0-0
4-173
1-13
8-65
3-2
25:52
29
18
6-9
0-1
460
68
6.8
158
33
4.8
302
26-34
8.6
1-4
1-39.0
43
2-5
2-38
0-0
4-35
1-1
34:08

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Arizona rushing
Michael Pittman 12-50, Jake Plummer 2-9, Thomas Jones 3-3.
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 20-117, Daunte Culpepper 5-26, Moe Williams 5-14, Jim Kleinsasser 1-4, Bubby Brister 2-minus 3.
Arizona passing
Jake Plummer 19-28 for 219 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota passing
Daunte Culpepper 25-32 for 302 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD, Bubby Brister 1-2 for 4 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Arizona receiving
Michael Pittman 8-63, Frank Sanders 5-82, David Boston 2-34, Thomas Jones 2-17, Chris Gedney 1-13, Terry Hardy 1-10.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 11-119, Randy Moss 7-104, Robert Smith 4-52, Moe Williams 1-12, Matthew Hatchette 1-8, John Davis 1-7, Andrew Jordan 1-4.
Arizona tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Rob Fredrickson 6-5-0, Ronald Mckinnon 7-2-0, Mao Tosi 6-3-0, Kwamie Lassiter 5-4-0, Pat Tillman 7-1-0, Corey Chavous 6-1-0, Zack Walz 2-2-0, Aeneas Williams 3-0-0, Russell Davis 2-1-0, Mark Smith 1-1-0, Jabari Issa 1-1-0, Simeon Rice 1-0-1, Justin Lucas 1-0-0, Mark Maddox 1-0-0, Andre Wadsworth 0-1-0, Brad Ottis 0-1-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kailee Wong 8-2-0, Dwayne Rudd 5-2-1, Tyrone Carter 3-2-0, Talance Sawyer 3-2-0.5, John Randle 3-1-0.5, Kenny Wright 2-2-0, Ed Mcdaniel 1-2-0, Tony Williams 2-0-1, Keith Thibodeaux 2-0-0, Robert Griffith 2-0-0, Chris Hovan 2-0-0, Jim Nelson 1-0-0, Lemanski Hall 1-0-0, Robert Tate 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Arizona (Aeneas Williams 1 for 13 yards).
Fumbles lost
Arizona (Thomas Jones, Michael Pittman); Minnesota (Daunte Culpepper).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Arizona (Simeon Rice); Minnesota (Lemanski Hall, Robert Tate).
Officials
Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head linesman-Tony Veteri, Line judge-Don Phares, Field judge-Bill Lovett, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Back judge-Tony Stertory.
A: 64,223; T: 2:55.

 


ALSO SEE
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Arizona Clubhouse

Minnesota Clubhouse