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Box Score: Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Posted: Mon December 7, 1998 at 1:29 a.m EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

CHICAGO 0 0 14 8 22 MINNESOTA 14 13 7 14 48 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: MIN - TD, RANDY MOSS 6 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 1:46. Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards in 1:46. Key plays: Cunningham 64-yard pass to Williams to Chicago 12. MINNESOTA 7-0 MIN - TD, LEROY HOARD 24 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 8:40. Drive: 9 plays, 66 yards in 4:41. Key plays: Cunningham 19-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 43; Evans 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Chicago 40; Cunningham 13-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-7 to Chicago 24. MINNESOTA 14-0 2ND QUARTER: MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 30 YD, 2:39. Drive: 11 plays, 39 yards in 6:28. Key plays: Cunningham 13-yard pass to Hoard to Chicago 41; Cunningham 25-yard pass to Walsh to Chicago 31; Cunningham 11-yard pass to Hatchette on 3rd-and-10 to Chicago 20. MINNESOTA 17-0 MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 20 YD, 6:25. Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards in 2:35. Key plays: Cunningham 22-yard pass to Moss to Chicago 17; Cunningham 10-yard pass to Hatchette to Chicago 2. MINNESOTA 20-0 MIN - TD, RANDY MOSS 3 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 14:42. Drive: 7 plays, 89 yards in 2:46. Key plays: Evans 12-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 32; Cunningham 19-yard run plus defensive holding penalty on Bear's Cousin to Chicago 44; Cunningham 36-yard pass to Glover to Chicago 8. MINNESOTA 27-0 3RD QUARTER: CHI - TD, BOBBY ENGRAM 47 YD PASS FROM STEVE STENSTROM (JEFF JAEGER KICK), 1:27. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Stenstrom 10-yard pass to Engram to Chicago 30; Stenstrom 18-yard pass to Engram to Minnesota 47. MINNESOTA 27-7 MIN - TD, RANDY MOSS 34 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 2:46. Drive: 4 plays, 78 yards in 1:19. Key plays: 45-yard pass interference penalty on Bears' Carter on 3rd-and-15 to Chicago 38. MINNESOTA 34-7 CHI - TD, EDGAR BENNETT 5 YD RUN (JEFF JAEGER KICK), 9:57. Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards in 4:02. Key plays: Stenstrom 26-yard pass to Engram on 4th-and-1 to Minnesota 24; Stenstrom 17-yard pass to Engram on 4th-and-8 to Minnesota 5. MINNESOTA 34-14 4TH QUARTER: MIN - TD, LEROY HOARD 8 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 3:29. Drive: 8 plays, 66 yards in 3:55. Key plays: Cunningham 21-yard pass to Hoard to Chicago 45; Palmer 13-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Chicago 23; Cunningham 19-yard pass on 3rd-and-14 to Glover to Chicago 8. MINNESOTA 41-14 MIN - TD, DWAYNE RUDD 94 YD FUMBLE RETURN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:14. MINNESOTA 48-14 CHI - TD, STEVE STENSTROM 4 YD RUN (STEVE STENSTROM PASS TO CHRIS PENN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 12:22. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards in 3:08. Key plays: Stenstrom 12-yard pass to Penn to Minnesota 46; Stenstrom 18-yard pass to Conway to Minnesota 28; Stenstrom 11-yard pass to Penn to Minnesota 8. MINNESOTA 48-22 TEAM STATISTICS CHI MIN
FIRST DOWNS 19 23 Rushing 4 7 Passing 13 14 Penalty 2 2 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-13 6-10 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-6 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 339 458 Total plays 69 58 Average gain 4.9 7.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 67 109 Rushes 24 27 Average per rush 2.8 4.0 NET YARDS PASSING 272 349 Completed-attempted 25-42 21-31 Yards per pass 6.0 11.3 Sacked-yards lost 3-31 0-0 Had intercepted 1 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-46.5 2-44.0 RETURN YARDAGE 119 92 Punts-returns 1-8 5-41 Kickoffs-returns 4-109 3-51 Interceptions-returns 1-2 1-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 5-65 10-123 FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:17 28:43 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: None. Chicago rushing: Edgar Bennett 12-21, Ty Hallock 3-17, Steve Stenstrom 4-15, James Allen 4-11, Bobby Engram 1-3. Minnesota rushing: Leroy Hoard 19-69, Randall Cunningham 1-19, David Palmer 2-13, Charles Evans 3-10, Jay Fiedler 2-minus 2. Chicago passing: Steve Stenstrom 25-42 for 303 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD. Minnesota passing: Randall Cunningham 21-31 for 349 yards, 1 INT, 4 TD. Chicago receiving: Bobby Engram 9-140, Curtis Conway 4-44, Edgar Bennett 3-34, Chris Penn 3-32, Ty Hallock 3-6, James Allen 2-36, Alonzo Mayes 1-11. Minnesota receiving: Randy Moss 8-106, Leroy Hoard 4-63, Matthew Hatchette 3-26, Andrew Glover 2-55, Moe Williams 1-64, Chris Walsh 1-25, Greg Delong 1-6, David Palmer 1-4. Chicago tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Barry Minter 5-1-0, Marty Carter 3-3-0, Walt Harris 5-0-0, Tony Parrish 4-1-0, Mike Wells 4-0-0, Sean Harris 3-1-0, John Thierry 3-1-0, Bryan Robinson 3-0-0, Andre Collins 2-1-0, Shawn Lee 2-0-0, Randy Hilliard 2-0-0, Jim Flanigan 1-0-0, Marlon Forbes 1-0-0, Terry Cousin 1-0-0, Ray Austin 0-1-0, Paul Grasmanis 0-1-0, Ricardo Mcdonald 0-1-0. Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ed Mcdaniel 5-4-1.5, Corey Fuller 7-0-0, John Randle 3-1-1.5, Duane Butler 3-0-0, Dwayne Rudd 3-0-0, Dixon Edwards 2-1-0, Derrick Alexander 2-1-0, Ramos Mcdonald 2-1-0, Duane Clemons 2-1-0, Pete Bercich 2-1-0, Tony Williams 2-1-0, Jason Fisk 1-2-0, Bobby Houston 1-2-0, Orlando Thomas 1-1-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 0-2-0, Stalin Colinet 1-0-0, Kailee Wong 1-0-0, Robert Griffith 0-1-0, Antonio Banks 2-0-0. Interceptions: Chicago (Walt Harris 1 for 2 yards); Minnesota (Jimmy Hitchcock 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: Chicago (Steve Stenstrom). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Minnesota (Dwayne Rudd). Officials: Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head linesman-Tom Stabile, Line judge-Ron Phares, Back judge-Billy Smith, Side judge-Larry Rose, Field judge-Bill Lovett. A: 64,247; T: 3:10.


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