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  FINAL
Minnesota 34, NY Giants 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 0 14 7 13 34
NY Giants 3 3 3 8 17

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NYG   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 24 YD, 9:46. Drive: 15 plays, 65 yards in 8:35. Key plays: Montgomery 8-yard run to New York 36; Collins 10-yard pass to Toomer to Minnesota 48; Collins 10-yard pass to Toomer on 3rd-and-2 to Minnesota 30; Montgomery 12-yard run to Minnesota 18; Barber 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 5. NY GIANTS 3-0
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 3 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 3:01. Drive: 6 plays, 83 yards in 2:48. Key plays: George 37-yard pass to Carter to New York 46; George 25-yard pass to Moss to New York 20; George 17-yard pass to Carter to New York 3. George 3-for-4 for 79 yards. MINNESOTA 7-3
NYG   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 43 YD, 7:10. Drive: 8 plays, 43 yards in 4:09. Key plays: Collins 15-yard pass to Toomer to New York 49; Collins 10-yard pass to Barber to New York 49; 25-yard pass interference penalty on Vikings' Tate to New York 26. MINNESOTA 7-6
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 14:33. Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards in 3:42. Key plays: George 19-yard pass to Glover to New York 36; Smith 15-yard rush to New York 31; George 15-yard pass to Carter to New York 15; Smith 14-yard run to New York 1. MINNESOTA 14-6
3RD QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 27 YD PASS FROM RANDY MOSS (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 10:31. Drive: 1 play, 27 yards in 0:08. Key plays: Bass 4-yard interception return to New York 27. MINNESOTA 21-6
NYG   FG   CARY BLANCHARD 42 YD, 15:00. Drive: 11 plays, 50 yards in 4:29. Key plays: Collins 18-yard pass to Jurevicius to New York 43; Collins 5-yard pass to Toomer on 4th-and-2 to Minnesota 44; Collins 9-yard pass to Barber to Minnesota 32; Collins 7-yard pass to Toomer to Minnesota 25. MINNESOTA 21-9
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   MOE WILLIAMS 85 YD KICKOFF RETURN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 0:16. MINNESOTA 28-9
NYG   TD   PETE MITCHELL 1 YD PASS FROM KERRY COLLINS (KERRY COLLINS RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 7:15. Drive: 16 plays, 69 yards in 6:59. Key plays: Collins 11-yard pass to Mitchell to New York 42; Collins on 10-yard pass to Toomer on 4th-and-4 to Minnesota 42; Collins 15-yard pass to Barber to Minnesota 37; Collins 19-yard pass to Hilliard to Minnesota 18. MINNESOTA 28-17
MIN   TD   ROBERT SMITH 70 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 7:37. Drive: 1 play, 70 yards in 0:22. MINNESOTA 34-17

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN NYG
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
18
9
3-9
0-1
378
48
7.9
174
25
7.0
204
11-22
8.9
1-8
4-42.3
144
5-144
1-4
10-80
0-0
22:25
25
18
4-16
3-5
344
83
4.1
76
27
2.8
268
31-51
4.8
5-29
2-46.5
124
6-110
2-0
5-40
2-0
37:35

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
NY Giants (Cary Blanchard 39).
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 16-146, Leroy Hoard 6-21, Jeff George 1-4, Moe Williams 2-3.
NY Giants rushing
Joe Montgomery 19-55, Tiki Barber 5-11, Kerry Collins 3-10.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 10-21 for 185 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD, Randy Moss 1-1 for 27 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD.
NY Giants passing
Kerry Collins 31-51 for 297 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 5-131, Randy Moss 3-44, Andrew Glover 2-28, Robert Smith 1-9.
NY Giants receiving
Amani Toomer 9-99, Tiki Barber 8-56, Ike Hilliard 5-62, Joe Jurevicius 3-39, Pete Mitchell 3-21, Howard Cross 2-4, David Patten 1-16.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kenny Wright 10-1-0, Ed Mcdaniel 7-3-0, Dwayne Rudd 8-1-0, Robert Griffith 8-1-1, Robert Tate 6-1-0, Anthony Bass 5-2-0, Chris Doleman 4-2-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 5-0-0, John Randle 4-1-2, Duane Clemons 3-2-1, Kailee Wong 1-2-0, Tony Williams 1-2-0, John Burrough 1-0-1, Rob Holmberg 0-1-0.
NY Giants tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Percy Ellsworth 4-7-0, Jessie Armstead 6-0-0, Pete Monty 3-2-0, Conrad Hamilton 2-3-0, Ryan Phillips 3-1-0, Keith Hamilton 2-2-1, Christian Peter 3-0-0, Jeremy Lincoln 3-0-0, Cedric Jones 2-1-0, Sam Garnes 2-0-0, Michael Strahan 2-0-0, Scott Galyon 1-1-0.
Interceptions
Minnesota (Anthony Bass 1 for 4 yards); NY Giants (Percy Ellsworth 1 for 0 yards, Jeremy Lincoln 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Johnny Grier, Umpire-Brian Balliet, Head linesman-Tom Stabile, Line judge-Dave Anderson, Field judge-Duke Carroll, Side judge-Dean Look, Back judge-Scott Green.
A: 78,095; T: 2:55.

 


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