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RECAP
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BOX SCORE
 
 
 
 
| Scoring |  
| 2ND QUARTER |  
| MIN | 
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TD | 
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CRIS CARTER 2 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
                           (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 1:58. Drive: 2 plays, 58
                           yards in 0:52. Key plays: Thomas recovery of
                           Harris fumble at Atlanta 42; 52-yard pass
                           interference penalty on Falcons' Buchanan to
                           Atlanta 6. MINNESOTA 7-0 | 
 
| MIN | 
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FG | 
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GARY ANDERSON 36 YD, 4:37. Drive: 5 plays, 3
                           yards in 2:26. Key plays: Burger recovery of
                           Dwight fumble at Atlanta 21. MINNESOTA 10-0 | 
 
| MIN | 
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TD | 
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LEROY HOARD 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK),
                           13:12. Drive: 9 plays, 74 yards in 4:34. Key
                           plays: Cunningham 8-yard pass on 3rd-and-4 to
                           Reed to Minnesota 40; Cunningham 15-yard pass
                           to Hoard on 3rd-and-11 to Atlanta 46;
                           Cunningham 16-yard pass to C Carter to Atlanta
                           30; 24-yard pass pass interference penalty on
                           Falcons' Carter to Atlanta 1. MINNESOTA 17-0 | 
 
| ATL | 
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TD | 
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CHRIS CALLOWAY 23 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
                           (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 14:17. Drive: 5 plays,
                           80 yards in 1:05. Key plays: Chandler 20-yard
                           pass to Calloway to Atlanta 40; Harris 29-yard
                           run to Minnesota 43; Chandler 28-yard pass to
                           Calloway to Minnesota 13; Chandler 11-yard pass
                           to Calloway to Minnesota 28. MINNESOTA 17-7 | 
 
| 4TH QUARTER |  
| ATL | 
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TD | 
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BOB CHRISTIAN 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK),
                           1:42. Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards in 5:18. Key
                           plays: Chandler 17-yard pass to Calloway to
                           Minnesota 44; Chandler 7-yard pass to Santiago
                           on 3rd-and-6 to Minnesota 33; 15-yard pass
                           interference on Vikings' Griffith at Minnesota
                           18; Chandler 6-yard pass to Mathis on 3rd-and-5
                           to Minnesota 7. MINNESOTA 17-14 | 
 
 
 TEAM STATISTICS 
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MIN | 
ATL | 
 
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 
Kickoffs-returns 
Interceptions-returns 
PENALTIES-YARDS 
FUMBLES-LOST 
TIME OF POSSESSION 
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19 
9 
9-17 
0-1 
299 
65 
4.6 
115 
32 
3.6 
184 
22-33 
5.6 
0-0 
3-40.3 
93 
3-94 
0-0 
9-81 
0-0 
33:14 
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22 
16 
5-11 
0-0 
359 
56 
6.4 
81 
23 
3.5 
278 
18-31 
8.4 
2-12 
2-44.0 
67 
3-67 
0-0 
4-84 
3-3 
26:46 
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  PLAYER STATISTICS 
Missed field goals   Minnesota (Gary Anderson 26, 30); Atlanta
(Morten Andersen 35, 39).
 
Minnesota rushing  Leroy Hoard 12-50, Robert Smith 16-47, Randall
Cunningham 3-12, Randy Moss 1-6. 
 
Atlanta rushing  Jamal Anderson 16-50, Chris Chandler 3-21, Byron
Hanspard 3-9, Bob Christian 1-1.
 
Minnesota passing  Randall Cunningham 22-33 for 184 yards, 0 INT, 1
TD. 
 
Atlanta passing  Chris Chandler 17-30 for 258 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD,
Tony Graziani 1-1 for 32 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
 
Minnesota receiving  Cris Carter 7-70, Andrew Glover 3-37, Randy Moss
3-24, Robert Smith 3-6, Leroy Hoard 2-24, Jake Reed 2-13, Chris Walsh
1-6, Carlester Crumpler 1-4. 
 
Atlanta receiving  Chris Calloway 5-84, Terance Mathis 4-40, Ronnie
Harris 3-63, O.j. Santiago 2-53, Jamal Anderson 2-34, Bob Christian
1-14, Brian Kozlowski 1-2.
 
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)  Ed Mcdaniel 5-3-0,
Jimmy Hitchcock 6-0-0, Orlando Thomas 5-0-0, Dwayne Rudd 3-2-1,
Kailee Wong 4-0-0, John Randle 3-0-0, Ramos Mcdonald 3-0-0, Duane
Clemons 2-1-1, John Burrough 2-1-0, Tony Williams 1-2-0, Robert
Griffith 2-0-0, Anthony Bass 2-0-0, Martin Harrison 1-0-0. 
 
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)  Keith Brooking 6-2-0,
Jessie Tuggle 5-1-0, Marty Carter 5-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 5-0-0,
Lester Archambeau 4-0-0, Ed Jasper 4-0-0, Craig Sauer 4-0-0, Ray
Buchanan 4-0-0, Elijah Williams 3-0-0, Eugene Robinson 2-1-0, Shane
Dronett 2-1-0, Chuck Smith 2-0-0, Henri Crockett 2-0-0, Travis Hall
1-0-0, Patrick Kerney 0-1-0.
 
Interceptions  None.
 
Fumbles lost  Atlanta (Ronnie Harris, Chris Chandler, Tim Dwight).
 
Opponent's fumbles recovered  Minnesota (Ed Mcdaniel, Mitch Berger,
Orlando Thomas).
 
Officials  Referee-Gerard Austin, Umpire-Jim Duke, Head linesman-John
Schleyer, Line judge-Ron Baynes, Back judge-Jack Vaughan, Side
judge-Rick Patterson, Field judge-Keven Mack.
 
A: 69,555;  T: 2:58.
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ALSO SEE 
NFL Scoreboard
 
 
Minnesota Clubhouse
 
 
Atlanta Clubhouse
 
 
  
  
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