FINAL
Minnesota 24, Detroit 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Detroit 0 3 0 14 17
Minnesota 7 10 0 7 24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
MIN   TD   ROBERT SMITH 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 7:21. Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards in 4:05. Key plays: Walters 63-yard punt return to Detroit 34; Culpepper 8-yard pass to Carter to Detroit 26; Culpepper 8-yard run to Detroit 10. MINNESOTA 7-0
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 4 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 0:04. Drive: 12 plays, 71 yards in 5:29. Key plays: Smith 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Detroit 46; Smith 17-yard run to Detroit 27; Culpepper 9-yard pass to Walsh on 3rd-and-6 to Detroit 14. MINNESOTA 14-0
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 52 YD, 13:48. Drive: 7 plays, 41 yards in 3:05. Key plays: Case 19-yard pass to Morton to Detroit 44; Case 5-yard pass to Stablein to Minnesota plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Vikings' Griffith to Minnesota 28. MINNESOTA 14-3
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 40 YD, 14:56. Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards in 1:08. Key plays: Culpepper 11-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 49; Culpepper 13-yard pass to Hatchette to Detroit 38; Culpepper 10-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-4 to Detroit 22. MINNESOTA 17-3
4TH QUARTER
DET   TD   JAMES STEWART 3 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK), 1:01. Drive: 2 plays, 9 yards in 0:52. Key plays: Aldrigde 4-yard interception return to Minnesota 9. MINNESOTA 17-10
MIN   TD   ROBERT SMITH 43 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 11:56. Drive: 1 play, 43 yards in 0:11. Key plays: Sawyer 4-yard sack on 4th-and-10 to Detroit 43. MINNESOTA 24-10
DET   TD   LARRY FOSTER 40 YD PASS FROM STONEY CASE (JASON HANSON KICK), 14:47. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 2:51. Key plays: Ease 10-yard pass to Irvin to Detroit 39; Case 11-yard pass to Sloan to midfield; Case 6-yard pass to Sloan on 3rd-and-5 to Minnesota 39. MINNESOTA 24-17

TEAM STATISTICS
  DET 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
20
11
3-13
2-3
352
66
5.3
139
25
5.6
213
25-36
5.2
5-33
6-44.3
54
1-4
4-46
2-4
5-35
1-1
34:54
19
10
5-11
1-1
305
57
5.4
145
25
5.8
160
19-32
5.0
0-0
5-49.2
114
3-78
1-22
1-14
6-59
0-0
25:06

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Detroit rushing
James Stewart 15-67, Stoney Case 6-62, Charlie Batch 1-3, Mario Bates 1-3, Cory Schlesinger 1-3, Sedrick Irvin 1-1.
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 17-115, Daunte Culpepper 6-25, Jim Kleinsasser 1-4, Moe Williams 1-1.
Detroit passing
Stoney Case 23-33 for 230 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD, Charlie Batch 2-3 for 16 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota passing
Daunte Culpepper 19-32 for 160 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
Detroit receiving
Larry Foster 8-106, Johnnie Morton 4-53, Herman Moore 3-21, Sedrick Irvin 2-19, David Sloan 2-17, Mario Bates 2-5, Desmond Howard 1-10, Walter Rasby 1-6, Brian Stablein 1-5, Cory Schlesinger 1-4.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 7-45, Johnny Mcwilliams 3-28, Randy Moss 3-26, Chris Walsh 2-21, Moe Williams 2-14, Matthew Hatchette 1-13, Robert Smith 1-13.
Detroit tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Stephen Boyd 7-3-0, Kywin Supernaw 6-1-0, Chris Claiborne 5-1-0, Corwin Brown 4-2-0, Robert Porcher 5-0-0, Tracy Scroggins 2-1-0, Darnell Walker 2-0-0, James Jones 2-0-0, Allen Aldridge 1-1-0, Bryant Westbrook 1-1-0, Scott Kowalkowski 1-0-0, Luther Elliss 0-1-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kailee Wong 7-1-0, Ed Mcdaniel 6-2-0, Kenny Wright 6-1-0, Gabe Northern 4-2-0, Robert Griffith 4-0-0, Robert Tate 2-2-0, Keith Thibodeaux 3-0-0, John Burrough 3-0-0, John Randle 3-0-2, Chris Hovan 2-1-1, Talance Sawyer 2-1-1, Tyrone Carter 2-1-0, Tony Williams 2-1-0, Bryce Paup 1-0-1, Jim Nelson 1-0-0, Lemanski Hall 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Detroit (Allen Aldridge 1 for 4 yards, Corwin Brown 1 for 0 yards); Minnesota (Kailee Wong 1 for 14 yards).
Fumbles lost
Detroit (Larry Foster).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (Robert Griffith).
Officials
Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Mike Spanier, Field judge-Tom Sifferman, Side judge-Carl Cheffers, Back judge-Bill Leavy.
A: 64,214; T: 2:58.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Detroit Clubhouse

Minnesota Clubhouse