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  FINAL
Minnesota 40, San Francisco 16
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
San Francisco 3 10 3 0 16
Minnesota 7 17 7 9 40

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 4:30. Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards in 4:30. Key plays: Hoard 19-yard run to San Francisco 41; George 24-yard pass to Moss to San Francisco 8; George 14-yard pass to Reed to San Francisco 1. MINNESOTA 7-0
SFO   FG   WADE RICHEY 22 YD, 12:05. Drive: 14 plays, 76 yards in 7:35. Key plays: Garcia 2-yard run plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Vikings' Hitchcock to San Francisco 32; Garcia 15-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to San Francisco 47; Garcia 14-yard pass to Stokes to Minnesota 23; Beasley 14-yard run to Minnesota 9. MINNESOTA 7-3
2ND QUARTER
SFO   TD   DARNELL WALKER 71 YD FUMBLE RETURN (WADE RICHEY KICK), 0:18. SAN FRANCISCO 10-7
MIN   TD   MATTHEW HATCHETTE 80 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 0:35. Drive: 1 play, 80 yards in 0:17. MINNESOTA 14-10
SFO   FG   WADE RICHEY 31 YD, 7:22. Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards in 2:02. Key plays: Garcia 47-yard pass to Phillips to Minnesota 16. MINNESOTA 14-13
MIN   TD   ANDREW JORDAN 7 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 13:54. Drive: 6 plays, 40 yards in 2:27. Key plays: 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on 49ers' McQuarters to San Francisco 25; George 8-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-7 to San Francisco 14. MINNESOTA 21-13
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 33 YD, 15:00. Drive: 1 play, 0 yards in 0:03. Key plays: Randle 1-yard interception return to San Francisco 15. MINNESOTA 24-13
3RD QUARTER
SFO   FG   WADE RICHEY 26 YD, 6:58. Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards in 6:58. Key plays: Garcia 12-yard pass to Rice to San Francisco 38; Garcia 33-yard pass to Harris to Minnesota 29; Garcia 12-yard run to Minnesota 17; Beasley 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 6. MINNESOTA 24-16
MIN   TD   MOE WILLIAMS 9 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 12:06. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 5:08. Key plays: George 19-yard pass to Reed to Minnesota 39; George 16-yard pass to Carter to San Francisco 42; George 8-yard pass to Hatchette on 3rd-and-7 to San Francisco 31; Moss 11-yard run to San Francisco 20. MINNESOTA 31-16
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 2 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 2:55. Drive: 6 plays, 22 yards in 3:36. Key plays: Stanley 18-yard punt to Minnesota 22. MINNESOTA 38-16
MIN   SAFETY   THE SAFETY WAS RECORDED WHEN 49ERS' CHAD FANN WAS CALLED FOR A HOLDING PENALTY IN THE ENDZONE., 7:40. MINNESOTA 40-16

TEAM STATISTICS
  SFO 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
14
8
7-15
0-0
260
59
4.4
82
21
3.9
178
18-35
4.7
3-23
4-34.0
116
0-0
5-102
1-14
15-104
2-0
30:02
25
10
7-12
1-1
395
60
6.6
155
31
5.0
240
15-28
8.3
1-10
2-60.5
84
3-12
2-66
2-6
4-30
2-1
29:58

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Minnesota (Gary Anderson 47).
San Francisco rushing
Jeff Garcia 5-35, Charlie Garner 10-27, Fred Beasley 5-20, Lawrence Phillips 1-0.
Minnesota rushing
Leroy Hoard 17-105, Moe Williams 6-25, Randy Moss 1-11, David Palmer 2-7, Duante Culpepper 3-6, Harold Morrow 2-1.
San Francisco passing
Jeff Garcia 14-31 for 188 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD, Steve Stenstrom 4-4 for 13 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 15-28 for 250 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD.
San Francisco receiving
Jerry Rice 5-45, Lawrence Phillips 3-49, Greg Clark 3-27, Jj Stokes 2-27, Charlie Garner 2-13, Mark Harris 1-33, Fred Beasley 1-4, Tony Cline 1-3.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 7-84, Jake Reed 3-42, Matthew Hatchette 2-88, Randy Moss 1-24, Andrew Jordan 1-7, Andrew Glover 1-5.
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ken Norton 6-3-0, Pierson Prioleau 5-2-0, Lance Schulters 3-2-0, Zack Bronson 3-2-0, Lee Woodall 3-1-0, Bryant Young 3-0-1, Winfred Tubbs 2-1-0, Craig Newsome 2-1-0, Junior Bryant 2-1-0, Brentson Buckner 0-2-0, Jeff Posey 1-0-0, Darnell Walker 1-0-0, Gabe Wilkins 1-0-0, Tim Mcdonald 1-0-0, Chike Okeafor 1-0-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ed Mcdaniel 12-2-2, Kenny Wright 6-0-0, Robert Griffith 5-0-0, Orlando Thomas 3-2-0, Dwayne Rudd 1-4-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 3-1-1, Kailee Wong 0-3-0, John Randle 2-0-0, Jerry Ball 2-0-0, Tony Williams 2-0-0, Chris Doleman 1-0-0, Chris Rogers 1-0-0.
Interceptions
San Francisco (Lance Schulters 1 for 14 yards); Minnesota (John Randle 1 for 1 yards, Orlando Thomas 1 for 5 yards).
Fumbles lost
Minnesota (Leroy Hoard).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
San Francisco (Darnell Walker).
Officials
Referee-Dick Hantak, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Stephan, Field judge-Scott Steenson, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Back judge-Don Dorkowski.
A: 64,109; T: 3:10.

 


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