MINNESOTA 3 7 0 13 -- 23
ATLANTA 3 0 14 0 -- 17
First quarter
MIN - FG, SCOTT SISSON 26 YD, 6:05.
Drive: 13 plays, 72 yards in 6:05.
Key plays: Johnson 42-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-10
to Atlanta 24.
MINNESOTA 3-0
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 20 YD, 14:58.
Drive: 12 plays, 78 yards in 8:53.
Key plays: Randall 15-yard roughing the passer penalty
to midfield; J. Anderson 13-yard run to Minnesota 43;
George 17-yard pass to J. Anderson to Minnesota 17.
MINNESOTA 3, ATLANTA 3
Second quarter
MIN - CRIS CARTER 7 YD PASS FROM BRAD JOHNSON (SISSON KICK), 13:46.
Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 6:29.
Key plays: B Johnson 25-yard pass to Carter to midfield;
B Johnson 13-yard pass to Reed to Atlanta 17; R Smith
12-yard run to Atlanta 5.
MINNESOTA 10-3
Third quarter
ATL - TERANCE MATHIS 4 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (ANDERSEN KICK), 5:46.
Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards in 5:46.
Key plays: George 11-yard pass to Emanuel on 3rd-and-11
to Atlanta 39; George 20-yard pass to Metcalf to
Minnesota 41; George 20-yard pass to Emanuel to Minnesota
21.
MINNESOTA 10, ATLANTA 10
ATL - MATHIS 10 YD PASS FROM GEORGE (ANDERSEN KICK), 13:21.
Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 2:26.
Key plays: Bennett recovery of R Smith fumble at Minnesota
19; Anderson 16-yard run on 2-and-13 to Minnesota 6.
ATLANTA 17-10
Fourth quarter
MIN - FG, SISSON 30 YD, 0:40.
Drive: 5 plays, 78 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Johnson 71-yard pass to Reed to Atlanta 19.
ATLANTA 17-13
MIN - DAVID FRISCH 3 YD PASS FROM JOHNSON (SISSON KICK), 4:33.
Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards in 2:14.
Key plays: Brady recovery of Anderson fumble on Atlanta 34;
Johnson 20-yard pass to Carter to Atlanta 1.
MINNESOTA 20-17
MIN - FG, SISSON 21 YD, 14:43.
Drive: 13 plays, 82 yards in 3:50.
Key plays: Johnson 29-yard pass to Reed to Atlanta 12 on
3rd-and 8.
MINNESOTA 23-17
TEAM STATISTICS
MIN ATL
FIRST DOWNS 18 21
Rushing 4 2
Passing 12 15
Penalty 2 4
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-13 6-14
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 365 324
Total plays 60 63
Average gain 6.1 5.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 99 79
Rushes 33 19
Average per rush 3.0 4.2
NET YARDS PASSING 266 245
Completed-attempted 15-26 24-41
Yards per pass 9.9 5.6
Sacked-yards lost 1-9 3-21
Had intercepted 1 1
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-45.0 4-43.5
RETURN YARDAGE 42 137
Punts-returns 1-6 4-57
Kickoffs-returns 2-36 3-80
Interceptions-returns 1-0 1-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 10-77 9-75
FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 3-1
TIME OF POSSESSION 29:11 30:49
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 45).
Minnesota rushing: Robert Smith 30-90, Amp Lee 3-9.
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 16-73, Jeff George 3-6.
Minnesota passing: Brad Johnson 15-26 for 275 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Atlanta passing: Jeff George 24-41 for 266 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Minnesota receiving: Jake Reed 4-148, Cris Carter 4-75, Amp Lee 2-19,
Andrew Jordan 2-17, Charles Evans 1-10, David Frisch 1-3, Robert
Smith 1-3.
Atlanta receiving: Bert Emanuel 9-116, Eric Metcalf 5-52, Jamal
Anderson 4-37, J.J. Birden 3-21, Terance Mathis 2-13, Freddie Scott
1-27.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Harlon Barnett 6-4-0,
Jeff Brady 7-0-0, Alfred Jackson 5-0-0, Dixon Edwards 4-1-0, Martin
Harrison 4-0-0, Robert Griffith 3-1-0, Fernando Smith 1-3-1.5,
Dewayne Washington 2-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 0-2-0.5, Jason Fisk 1-0-0,
John Randle 1-0-1, Pete Bercich 3-0-0, Ben Hanks 1-0-0, Sean Vanhorse
0-1-0, Moe Williams 1-0-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jessie Tuggle 5-3-0,
Cornelius Bennett 7-0-1, Chuck Smith 4-3-0, Lester Archambeau 6-0-0,
Devin Bush 4-1-0, Moe Gardner 4-1-0, Ron George 3-1-0, Patrick Bates
2-0-0, Louis Riddick 2-1-0, Darnell Walker 2-0-0, Travis Hall 1-1-0,
Anthony Phillips 1-1-0, John Burrough 0-2-0, Shane Dronett 1-0-0,
Brad Edwards 1-0-0, Lenny Mcgill 1-0-0, D.j. Johnson 0-1-0, David
Brandon 1-0-0, Scott Fields 1-0-0, Craig Sauer 1-0-0.
Interceptions: Minnesota (Orlando Thomas 1 for 0 yards); Atlanta
(Darnell Walker 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: Minnesota (Robert Smith); Atlanta (Jamal Anderson).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Minnesota (Harlon Barnett); Atlanta
(Cornelius Bennett).
Officials: Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head
linesman-Paul Weidner, Line judge-Larry Upson, Back judge-Bill
Lovett, Side judge-Dave Wyant, Field judge-Jeff Triplette.
Att: 42,688; No shows: 5,039; Time: 3:05.