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  FINAL
St. Louis 49, Minnesota 37
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 3 14 0 20 37
St. Louis 14 0 21 14 49

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 31 YD, 5:37. Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards in 5:37. Key plays: Hoard 9-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to St Louis 44; George 21-yard pass to Moss to St Louis 23; Smith 11-yard run to St Louis 12. 12. MINNESOTA 3-0
STL   TD   ISAAC BRUCE 77 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 5:58. Drive: 1 play, 77 yards in 0:21. ST LOUIS 7-3
STL   TD   MARSHALL FAULK 41 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 10:41. Drive: 4 plays, 82 yards in 1:55. Key plays: Warner 26-yard pass to Bruce to St Louis 44; Warner 3-for-3 for 78 yards. ST LOUIS 14-3
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 22 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 5:07. Drive: 8 plays, 96 yards in 3:42. Key plays: George 24-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 41; George 41-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-14 to St Louis 22; George 3-for-4 for 87 yards. ST LOUIS 14-10
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 4 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 12:20. Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Griffith recovery of Warner fumble at Minnesota 47; Smith 8-yard run to St Louis 45; George 5-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-5 to St Louis 40; George 31-yard pass to Moss to St Louis 6. MINNESOTA 17-14
3RD QUARTER
STL   TD   TONY HORNE 95 YD KICKOFF RETURN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 0:18. ST LOUIS 21-17
STL   TD   MARSHALL FAULK 1 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 6:32. Drive: 9 plays, 51 yards in 4:59. Key plays: Warner 18-yard pass to Williams on 3rd-and-3 to Minnesota 32; Warner 10-yard pass to Proehl to Minnesota 4. ST LOUIS 28-17
STL   TD   JEFF ROBINSON 13 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 14:38. Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards in 4:23. Key plays: Warner 11-yard pass to Faulk to midfield; Warner 5-yard pass to Holt to Minnesota 31; Warner 25-yard pass to Hakim on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 25; Warner 12-yard pass to Holcombe to Minnesota 13. ST LOUIS 35-17
4TH QUARTER
STL   TD   RYAN TUCKER 1 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 1:24. Drive: 4 plays, 23 yards in 1:33. Key plays: Farr recovery of George fumble at Minnesota 23; Warner 10-yard pass to Hakim to Minnesota 13; Warner 8-yard pass to Holt to Minnesota 5. ST LOUIS 42-17
STL   TD   ROLAND WILLIAMS 2 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 6:47. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards in 4:01. Key plays: Faulk 11-yard run to St Louis 49; Warner 10-yard pass to Hakim on 3rd-and-3 to Minnesota 34; Warner 20-yard pass to Hakim to Minnesota 12; Warner 8-yard pass to Conwell plus 2-yard facemask penalty on Vikings' Wong to Minnesota 2. ST LOUIS 49-17
MIN   TD   JAKE REED 4 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (LEROY HOARD RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 10:04. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 3:17. Key plays: George 42-yard pass to Moss to St Louis 33; George 15-yard pass to Reed to St Louis 17; George 12-yard pass to Glover to St Louis 4. ST LOUIS 49-25
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 44 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 11:12. Drive: 5 plays, 63 yards in 1:04. Key plays: George 5-yard pass to Smith to Minnesota 42; George 9-yard pass to Moss to St Louis 44. ST LOUIS 49-31
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 2 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 14:29. Drive: 16 plays, 85 yards in 2:09. Key plays: George 16-yard pass to Reed on 4th-and-10 to Minnesota 31; George 11-yard pass to Carter on 4th-and-1 to St Louis 49; 15-yard facemask penalty on Rams' Jenkins to St Louis 30; George 19-yard pass to Carter to St Louis 3. ST LOUIS 49-37

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN STL
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
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
27
20
6-16
2-2
475
83
5.7
87
29
3.0
388
29-50
7.2
4-35
5-47.6
199
2-25
8-174
10-57
2-2
34:11
23
18
4-8
0-0
405
52
7.8
31
17
1.8
374
27-33
10.7
2-17
3-38.7
242
4-72
5-174
10-70
2-2
25:49

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
St Louis (Jeff Wilkins 42).
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 20-64, Leroy Hoard 7-24, Jeff George 2-minus 1.
St Louis rushing
Marshall Faulk 11-21, Az-zahir Hakim 1-4, Kurt Warner 3-3, Robert Holcombe 1-2, Amp Lee 1-1.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 29-50 for 423 yards, 1 INT, 4 TD.
St Louis passing
Kurt Warner 27-33 for 391 yards, 1 INT, 5 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Randy Moss 9-188, Cris Carter 7-106, Robert Smith 7-32, Jake Reed 5-85, Andrew Glover 1-12.
St Louis receiving
Torry Holt 6-65, Marshall Faulk 5-80, Az-zahir Hakim 5-49, Isaac Bruce 4-133, Roland Williams 2-20, Jeff Robinson 1-13, Robert Holcombe 1-12, Ricky Proehl 1-10, Ernie Conwell 1-8, Ryan Tucker 1-1.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ed Mcdaniel 8-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 5-0-0, Dwayne Rudd 5-0-0, Robert Griffith 4-0-0, Anthony Bass 3-0-0, John Burrough 3-0-1, Kailee Wong 3-0-0, Robert Tate 2-0-0, John Randle 2-0-1, Kenny Wright 2-0-0, Tony Williams 1-0-0, Jerry Ball 1-0-0.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Billy Jenkins Jr. 11-1-1, London Fletcher 8-3-1, Todd Lyght 6-2-0, Mike Jones 6-0-0, Dre Bly 5-0-0, Devin Bush 3-2-0, Grant Wistrom 3-2-0, Dexter Mccleon 4-0-0, Ray Agnew 3-0-0, Charlie Clemons 2-1-1, Nate Hobgood-chittick 2-0-0, D'marco Farr 1-1-0, Todd Collins 1-1-0, Taje Allen 1-0-0, Kevin Carter 1-0-1.
Interceptions
Minnesota (Jimmy Hitchcock 1 for 0 yards); St Louis (Dexter Mccleon 1 for minus 4 yards).
Fumbles lost
Minnesota (Moe Williams, Jeff George); St Louis (Rob Carpenter, Kurt Warner).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (Cris Carter, Robert Griffith); St Louis (D'marco Farr, James Hodgins).
Officials
Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Jim Daopoulos, Head linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Mark Steinkerchner(84), Field judge-Jim Saracino, Side judge-Larid Hayes, Back judge-Billy Smith.
A: 66,194; T: 3:34.

 


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