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Box Score: Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears

Posted: Sun September 27, 1998 at 7:50 p.m. EDT

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

MINNESOTA 7 3 14 7 31 CHICAGO 7 14 0 7 28 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: MIN - TD, ROBERT SMITH 67 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 2:17. Drive: 5 plays, 81 yards in 2:17. Key plays: Cunningham 8-yard pass on 3rd-and-4 to Moss to Minnesota 33. MINNESOTA 7-0 CHI - TD, BOBBY ENGRAM 33 YD PASS FROM ERIK KRAMER (JEFF JAEGER KICK), 5:56. Drive: 7 plays, 84 yards in 3:39. Key plays: Kramer 15-yard pass to Engram to Chicago 31; Kramer 19-yard pass on 3rd-and-7 to Penn to Minnesota 47; Kramer 14-yard pass to Engram to Minnesota 33. MINNESOTA 7, CHICAGO 7 2ND QUARTER: MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 50 YD, 6:22. Drive: 9 plays, 23 yards in 4:48. Key plays: Horan 20-yard punt to Minnesota 45; Smith 6-yard run to Chicago 42; Cunningham 5-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to Chicago 30. MINNESOTA 10-7 CHI - TD, CHRIS PENN 23 YD PASS FROM ERIK KRAMER (JEFF JAEGER KICK), 8:48. Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Kramer 24-yard pass to Engram to Chicago 44; Kramer 33-yard pass on 3rd-and-10 to Engram to Minnesota 23. CHICAGO 14-10 CHI - TD, BOBBY ENGRAM 4 YD PASS FROM ERIK KRAMER (JEFF JAEGER KICK), 14:32. Drive: 7 plays, 66 yards in 4:18. Key plays: Enis 14-yard run to Minnesota 38; Kramer 11-yard pass to Hallock to Minnesota 32; 13-yard pass interference penalty on Vikings' Hitchcock to Minnesota 11. CHICAGO 21-10 3RD QUARTER: MIN - TD, ANDREW GLOVER 19 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 3:36. Drive: 5 plays, 34 yards in 1:49. Key plays: Palmer 53-yard punt return to Chicago 34; Smith 11-yard run to Chicago 18. CHICAGO 21-17 MIN - TD, CRIS CARTER 35 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 13:16. Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards in 1:34. Key plays: Cunningham 16-yard pass to Smith plus defensive holding penalty to Chicago 45; Cunningham 10-yard pass to Reed to Chicago 35. MINNESOTA 24-21 4TH QUARTER: MIN - TD, RANDY MOSS 44 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 4:54. Drive: 1 play, 44 yards in 0:07. MINNESOTA 31-21 CHI - TD, RYAN WETNIGHT 19 YD PASS FROM ERIK KRAMER (JEFF JAEGER KICK), 13:07. Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards in 0:45. Key plays: Kramer 11-yard pass to Penn to Chicago 34; Kramer 44-yard pass to Bownes to Minnesota 22. MINNESOTA 31-28 TEAM STATISTICS MIN CHI
FIRST DOWNS 17 23 Rushing 5 5 Passing 10 16 Penalty 2 2 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-13 7-13 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 351 452 Total plays 55 66 Average gain 6.4 6.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 93 91 Rushes 27 26 Average per rush 3.4 3.5 NET YARDS PASSING 258 361 Completed-attempted 16-25 25-39 Yards per pass 9.2 9.0 Sacked-yards lost 3-17 1-11 Had intercepted 0 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 5-35.4 6-41.7 RETURN YARDAGE 156 90 Punts-returns 1-53 1-15 Kickoffs-returns 3-73 5-75 Interceptions-returns 1-30 0-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 4-38 9-55 FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 0-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 26:57 33:03 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: None. Minnesota rushing: Robert Smith 19-76, Leroy Hoard 2-7, Randall Cunningham 5-6, Randy Moss 1-4. Chicago rushing: Edgar Bennett 11-47, Curtis Enis 14-43, Ty Hallock 1-1. Minnesota passing: Randall Cunningham 16-25 for 275 yards, 0 INT, 4 TD. Chicago passing: Erik Kramer 25-39 for 372 yards, 1 INT, 4 TD. Minnesota receiving: Cris Carter 4-68, Jake Reed 3-22, Robert Smith 2-83, Randy Moss 2-52, Andrew Glover 2-33, David Palmer 1-14, Charles Evans 1-6, Randall Cunningham 1-minus 3. Chicago receiving: Bobby Engram 6-123, Chris Penn 4-73, Ty Hallock 4-42, Fabien Bownes 3-56, Ryan Wetnight 3-36, Alonzo Mayes 2-17, Edgar Bennett 2-16, Robert Chancey 1-9. Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Dwayne Rudd 10-1-0, Corey Fuller 6-1-0, Robert Griffith 5-0-0, Orlando Thomas 5-0-0, Ed Mcdaniel 5-0-0, Torrian Gray 4-1-0, Jerry Ball 4-1-0, Dixon Edwards 4-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 2-0-0, Tony Williams 0-2-0, Duane Clemons 1-0-0, John Randle 1-0-1, Derrick Alexander 1-0-0, Stalin Colinet 0-1-0. Chicago tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Marty Carter 6-1-0, Barry Minter 4-2-1, Andre Collins 3-2-0, Mike Wells 4-0-0, Tony Parrish 3-0-0, Shawn Lee 3-0-0, Walt Harris 3-0-0, Jim Flanigan 3-0-1, Terry Cousin 2-1-0, John Thierry 2-1-0, Ricky Bell 2-0-0, Marlon Forbes 2-0-0, Paul Grasmanis 1-0-0, Mark Thomas 1-0-1. Interceptions: Minnesota (Corey Fuller 1 for 30 yards). Fumbles lost: None. Opponent's fumbles recovered: None. Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Don Carey, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Field judge-Peter Morelli. A: 57,783; T: 3:04.


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