FINAL
Minnesota 34, New Orleans 16
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
New Orleans 3 0 7 6 16
Minnesota 10 7 10 7 34

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 53 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 3:03. Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards in 1:20. Key plays: Culpepper 9-yard pass to Carter to Minnesota 45. MINNESOTA 7-0
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 33 YD, 7:14. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards in 4:11. Key plays: 40-yard pass interference penalty on Vikings' Serwanga to Minnesota 40; Brooks 13-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 28; Brooks 9-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-5 to Minnesota 14. MINNESOTA 7-3
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 24 YD, 13:24. Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:10. Key plays: Culpepper 10-yard run on 3rd-and-7 to Minnesota 41; Culpepper 20-yard pass to Smith to New Orleans 37; Culpepper 34-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-8 to New Orleans 1. MINNESOTA 10-3
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 17 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 13:31. Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards in 3:40. Key plays: Culpepper 7-yard pass to Walters on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 47; Culpepper 30-yard run to New Orleans 17. MINNESOTA 17-3
3RD QUARTER
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 68 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 1:27. Drive: 3 plays, 77 yards in 1:27. MINNESOTA 24-3
NOR   TD   DAVE STACHELSKI 2 YD PASS FROM AARON BROOKS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 5:27. Drive: 8 plays, 83 yards in 4:00. Key plays: Brooks 14-yard pass to Wilson to New Orleans 26; Brooks 13-yard pass to Jackson to New Orleans 39; Brooks 12-yard pass to Jackson to Minnesota 46; Brooks 20-yard pass to Jackson to Minnesota 20; Brooks 18-yard pass to Morton to Minnesota 2. MINNESOTA 24-10
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 44 YD, 10:29. Drive: 10 plays, 50 yards in 5:02. Key plays: Culpepper 7-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-2 to Minnesota 39; Smith 25-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 27. MINNESOTA 27-10
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   ROBERT SMITH 2 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 4:14. Drive: 8 plays, 29 yards in 4:32. Key plays: Tate 1-yard interception return to New Orleans 29; Culpepper 5-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-4 to New Orleans 6. MINNESOTA 34-10
NOR   TD   WILLIE JACKSON 48 YD PASS FROM AARON BROOKS (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 12:41. Drive: 3 plays, 66 yards in 0:58. Key plays: Brooks 9-yard pass to Morton to New Orleans 43; Brooks 9-yard pass to Morton to Minnesota 48. MINNESOTA 34-16

TEAM STATISTICS
  NOR 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
14
4-13
2-3
355
67
5.3
69
17
4.1
286
30-48
5.7
2-9
5-39.0
172
3-33
7-139
0-0
7-40
0-0
27:49
18
12
10-17
0-0
429
63
6.8
127
32
4.0
302
17-31
9.7
0-0
5-45.0
99
3-25
4-72
2-2
5-60
1-0
32:11

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New Orleans rushing
Aaron Brooks 5-29, Chad Morton 5-25, Ricky Williams 6-14, Terry Allen 1-1.
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 25-74, Daunte Culpepper 4-51, Harold Morrow 3-2.
New Orleans passing
Aaron Brooks 30-48 for 295 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
Minnesota passing
Daunte Culpepper 17-31 for 302 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Chad Morton 13-106, Willie Jackson 9-125, Jake Reed 2-29, Keith Poole 2-12, Robert Wilson 1-14, Andrew Glover 1-5, Dave Stachelski 1-2, Ricky Williams 1-2.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 8-120, Randy Moss 2-121, Robert Smith 2-25, Jim Kleinsasser 2-18, Troy Walters 1-7, Andrew Jordan 1-6, Johnny Mcwilliams 1-5.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Darren Perry 8-0-0, Mark Fields 4-1-0, La'roi Glover 4-0-0, Joe Johnson 4-0-0, Alex Molden 4-0-0, Darrin Smith 3-1-0, Norman Hand 2-2-0, Kevin Mathis 2-2-0, Sammy Knight 1-3-0, Fred Thomas 3-0-0, Keith Mitchell 2-1-0, William Whitehead 2-1-0, Darren Howard 1-1-0, Martin Chase 1-0-0, Chris Oldham 1-0-0, Robert Wilson 0-1-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Dwayne Rudd 10-3-0, Wasswa Serwanga 6-0-0, Ed Mcdaniel 4-2-0, John Burrough 4-1-1, Kailee Wong 4-1-0, Fernando Smith 3-1-0, John Randle 3-0-1, Tyrone Carter 2-0-0, Talance Sawyer 2-0-0, Robert Tate 2-0-0, Robert Griffith 1-1-0, Antonio Banks 1-0-0, Orlando Thomas 1-0-0, Tony Williams 1-0-0, Kenny Wright 1-0-0, Chris Hovan 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Minnesota (Robert Tate 1 for 1 yards, Kailee Wong 1 for 1 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head linesman-John Schleyer, Line judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field judge-Al Jury, Side judge-Larry Rose, Back judge-Bill Leavy.
A: 63,881; T: 3:15.

 


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