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| 1 2 3 4 OT F Minnesota 10 10 0 0 0 -- 20 New England 0 3 7 10 6 -- 26 First Quarter Min--Allen 2 run (Reveiz kick), 5:11. Vikings 7-0 Min--FG Reveiz 40, 12:27. Vikings 10-0 Second Quarter Min--Ismail 65 pass from Moon (Reveiz kick), 3:35. Vikings 17-0 Min--FG Reveiz 33, 14:02. Vikings 20-0 NE--FG Bahr 38, 15:00. Vikings 20-3 Third Quarter NE--Crittenden 31 pass from Bledsoe (Bahr kick), 1:38. Vikings 20-10 Fourth Quarter NE--Thompson 5 pass from Bledsoe (Bahr kick), 12:33. Vikings 20-17 NE--FG Bahr 23, 14:46. Tied 20-20 Overtime NE--Turner 14 pass from Bledsoe, 4:10. Patriots 26-20 A--58,382. MIN NE FIRST DOWNS 22 27 TOTAL NET YARDS 440 468 Total Plays 74 82 Average Gain 5.9 5.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 101 42 Rushes 31 12 Average per Rush 3.3 3.5 NET YARDS PASSING 339 426 Completed - Attempted 26-42 45-70 Yards per Pass 7.9 6.1 Sacked - Yards Lost 1-10 0-0 Had Intercepted 0 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-43 8-41 RETURN YARDAGE 86 141 Punt Returns - Yards 4-23 3-24 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-63 6-117 Int. Returns - Yards 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 7-55 5-29 FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 0-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 37:42 26:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -- MIN: Allen 23-75, Moon 3-14, R.Smith 5-12. NE: Butts 6-26, Thompson 4-13, Bledsoe 2-3. PASSING -- MIN: Moon 26-42-0-349. NE: Bledsoe 45-70-0-426. RECEIVING -- MIN: Cooper 6-57, Jordan 5-57, Carter 5-33, Ismail 4-89, Reed 3-77, Lee 3-36.. NE: Thompson 11-74, Timpson 10-113, Coates 10-74, Brisby 5-68, Turner 4-27, Crittenden 3-54, Burke 2-16. MISSED FIELD GOALS -- NE: Bahr 39. |
| Patriotic Moments Drew's Record Setting day |
| New England 26 Minnesota 20 ot |
| (AP) Drew Bledsoe threw and threw and threw some more. Finally, he threw his arms up in triumph. He had plenty to celebrate after his 45th completion and 70th pass -- both National Football League records -- settled into fullback Kevin Turner's arms in the end zone 4:10 into overtime today. The 14-yard pass gave the struggling New England Patriots a 26-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, and it capped a stunning comeback from a 20-0 deficit and a first half in which the Patriots were dominated. Signifigance: The young Patriots were reeling. After 3 straight wins allowed the Patriots to overcome a frustrating 0-2 start in which they scored 70 points, the Patriots proceeded to lose 4 straight games to fall to 3-6. Trailing 20-3 at halftime, the normally explosive Bill Parcells simply asked his team how long they were going to allow other teams to push then around. The team responded by rallying in the second half of this game to win, then ripped off 6 more wins to push their streak to seven and clinch a playoff berth for the first time in eight years. |