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Box Score: New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings
Posted: Sun November 8, 1998 at 11:25 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
NEW ORLEANS 0 7 10 7 24
MINNESOTA 7 10 7 7 31 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: MIN - TD, CRIS CARTER 14 YD PASS FROM BRAD JOHNSON (GARY
ANDERSON KICK), 12:28. Drive: 9 plays, 94 yards
in 4:15. Key plays: B Johnson 3-yard run on
3rd-and-2 to Minnesota 17; Smith 15-yard run to
Minnesota 32; Smith 40-yard run to New Orleans
19; Smith 3 carries for 54 yards. MINNESOTA 7-0
2ND QUARTER: MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 28 YD, 13:23. Drive: 18 plays, 70
yards in 11:23. Key plays: Johnson 13-yard pass
to Carter on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 35;
Johnson 6-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-3 to New
Orleans 8; Johnson 9-for-10 for 67 yards.
MINNESOTA 10-0
MIN - TD, LEROY HOARD 4 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK),
13:35. Drive: 1 play, 4 yards in 0:03. Key
plays: Morrow 10-yard fumble return to New
Orleans 4. MINNESOTA 17-0
NOR - TD, AARON CRAVER 100 YD KICKOFF RETURN (DOUG BRIEN
KICK), 13:49. MINNESOTA 17-7
3RD QUARTER: NOR - FG, DOUG BRIEN 20 YD, 7:04. Drive: 55 plays, 9
yards in 5:31. Key plays: Tolliver 18-yard pass
to Dawkins to Minnesota 37; Tolliver 14-yard
pass to Poole to Minnesota 20; Tolliver 13-yard
pass to Dawkins to Minnesota 7. MINNESOTA 17-10
MIN - TD, ROBERT SMITH 61 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK),
7:27. Drive: 1 play, 61 yards in 0:23.
MINNESOTA 24-10
NOR - TD, AARON CRAVER 9 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER
(DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:52. Drive: 6 plays, 80
yards in 4:25. Key plays: Tolliver 49-yard pass
to Craver to Minnesota 31; L Smith 12-yard run
to Minnesota 19; Tolliver 14-yard pass to
Zellars to Minnesota 10; Tolliver 3-for-3 for
72 yards. MINNESOTA 24-17
4TH QUARTER: NOR - TD, SAMMY KNIGHT 91 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (DOUG
BRIEN KICK), 4:50. NEW ORLEANS 24, MINNESOTA 24
MIN - TD, LEROY HOARD 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK),
11:17. Drive: 11 plays, 81 yards in 6:27. Key
plays: Johnson 15-yard pass to Reed on
3rd-and-6 to New Orleans 27; Johnson 19-yard
pass to Hoard on 3rd-and-8 to New Orleans 6;
Johnson 3-for-4 for 68 yards. MINNESOTA 31-24
TEAM STATISTICS
NOR MIN
FIRST DOWNS 11 23
Rushing 5 7
Passing 6 16
Penalty 0 0
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-7 12-18
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 1-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 190 465
Total plays 40 74
Average gain 4.8 6.3
NET YARDS RUSHING 52 162
Rushes 21 32
Average per rush 2.5 5.1
NET YARDS PASSING 138 303
Completed-attempted 11-16 28-40
Yards per pass 7.3 7.2
Sacked-yards lost 3-30 2-13
Had intercepted 0 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-42.5 3-45.3
RETURN YARDAGE 242 94
Punts-returns 2-14 1-8
Kickoffs-returns 3-130 5-86
Interceptions-returns 2-98 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 9-50 6-45
FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 22:51 37:09
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
New Orleans rushing: Lamar Smith 11-21, Ray Zellars 6-17, Billy Joe
Tolliver 3-7, Aaron Craver 1-7.
Minnesota rushing: Robert Smith 20-137, Leroy Hoard 4-11, Charles
Evans 3-9, David Palmer 1-4, Brad Johnson 4-1.
New Orleans passing: Billy Joe Tolliver 11-16 for 168 yards, 0 INT, 1
TD.
Minnesota passing: Brad Johnson 28-38 for 316 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD,
Randall Cunningham 0-2 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New Orleans receiving: Sean Dawkins 3-44, Aaron Craver 2-58, Ray
Zellars 2-23, Andre Hastings 2-11, Lamar Smith 1-18, Keith Poole
1-14.
Minnesota receiving: Andrew Glover 9-93, Cris Carter 6-71, Jake Reed
5-90, David Palmer 3-18, Leroy Hoard 1-19, Robert Smith 1-9, Randy
Moss 1-6, Greg Delong 1-5, Charles Evans 1-5.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Mark Fields 9-2-1,
Tyronne Drakeford 6-3-0, Chad Cota 5-4-0, Je'rod Cherry 5-2-1, Chris
Bordano 4-3-0, Wayne Martin 6-0-0, Joe Johnson 3-3-0, Keith Mitchell
2-2-0, Sammy Knight 3-0-0, Fred Weary 2-1-0, Brady Smith 2-0-0,
La'roi Glover 0-2-0, Jared Tomich 1-0-0, Alex Molden 1-0-0, Troy
Wilson 0-1-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ed Mcdaniel 8-2-1,
Robert Griffith 5-0-0, Corey Fuller 4-0-0, Dixon Edwards 2-2-0,
Dwayne Rudd 2-2-0, John Randle 1-3-0.5, Duane Clemons 2-1-0, Orlando
Thomas 2-1-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 2-0-0, Tony Williams 2-0-0, Derrick
Alexander 1-1-0.5, Kailee Wong 1-0-1.
Interceptions: New Orleans (Sammy Knight 2 for 98 yards).
Fumbles lost: New Orleans (Aaron Craver).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Minnesota (Harold Morrow).
Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head
linesman-Paul Weidner, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Back judge-Bob
Lawing, Side judge-Terry Mcaulay, Field judge-Dick Creed.
A: 63,779; T: 3:06.
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