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  FINAL
Minnesota 27, Chicago 24
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOTAL
Minnesota 7 7 3 7 3 27
Chicago 14 3 0 7 0 24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CHI   TD   MARCUS ROBINSON 77 YD PASS FROM JIM MILLER (CHRIS BONIOL KICK), 5:17. Drive: 72 plays, 1 yard in 0:10. CHICAGO 7-0
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 21 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 8:19. Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 3:02. Key plays: Hoard 22-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Chicago 35; George 19-yard pass to Moss to Chicago 21. MINNESOTA 7, CHICAGO 7
CHI   TD   MARTY BOOKER 56 YD PASS FROM JIM MILLER (CHRIS BONIOL KICK), 10:56. Drive: 5 plays, 89 yards in 2:37. Key plays: Miller 22-yard pass to Robinson to Chicago 47. CHICAGO 14-7
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 7 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:02. Drive: 1 play, 7 yards in 0:06. Key plays: Doleman recovery of Miller fumble at Chicago 7. MINNESOTA 14, CHICAGO 14
CHI   FG   CHRIS BONIOL 34 YD, 13:53. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards in 4:51. Key plays: Miller 34-yard pass to Bennett to Minnesota 44; Miller 7-yard pass to Ingram on 3rd-and-3 to Minnesota 30; Miller 21-yard pass to Booker to Minnesota 19. CHICAGO 17-14
3RD QUARTER
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 38 YD, 10:05. Drive: 7 plays, 25 yards in 3:32. Key plays: Sauerbrun 31-yard punt to Chicago 45; Smith 7-yard run to Chicago 38; George 10-yard pass to Mills on 3rd-and-3 to Chicago 28; George 8-yard pass to Moss to Chicago 20. MINNESOTA 17, CHICAGO 17
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 1 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 8:54. Drive: 13 plays, 96 yards in 6:42. Key plays: George 6-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 16; George 11-yard pass to Jordan to Minnesota 29; George 27-yard pass to Moss to Chicago 45; 16-yard pass interference on Bears' Cousin on 3rd-and-8 to Chicago 27. MINNESOTA 24-17
CHI   TD   MARTY BOOKER 25 YD PASS FROM JIM MILLER (CHRIS BONIOL KICK), 14:11. Drive: 9 plays, 87 yards in 2:36. Key plays: Miller 15-yard pass to Engram to Chicago 40; Miller 9-yard pass to Booker to Minnesota 45; Miller 19-yard pass to Robinson to Minnesota 26; Miller 11-yard pass to Enis to Minnesota 15; Miller 8-for-9 for 99 yards. MINNESOTA 24, CHICAGO 24
OT
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 38 YD, 5:58. Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards in 3:56. Key plays: Boniol 41-yard missed field goal; George 7-yard pass to Carter to Minnesota 48; Smith 6-yard run to Chicago 46; 21-yard pass interference on Bears' Cousin on 3rd-and-10 to Chicago 25. MINNESOTA 27-24

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN CHI
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
23
15
6-15
0-0
459
75
6.1
110
28
3.9
349
25-44
7.4
3-25
5-41.6
54
0-0
4-54
6-62
2-2
33:53
21
16
6-16
0-1
456
73
6.2
49
22
2.2
407
34-48
8.0
3-15
6-33.5
143
2-39
5-105
11-102
3-1
32:05

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Minnesota (Gary Anderson 20); Chicago (Chris Boniol 41).
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 20-83, Leroy Hoard 7-28, Jeff George 1-minus 1.
Chicago rushing
Curtis Enis 19-54, James Allen 1-2, Glyn Milburn 2-minus 7.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 25-44 for 374 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD.
Chicago passing
Jim Miller 34-48 for 422 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Randy Moss 12-204, Cris Carter 9-141, John Henry Mills 2-16, Andrew Jordan 1-11, Andrew Glover 1-2.
Chicago receiving
Marcus Robinson 7-148, Marty Booker 7-134, Bobby Engram 6-42, Ryan Wetnight 4-27, Curtis Enis 4-26, Edgar Bennett 2-36, Glyn Milburn 2-6, James Allen 1-2, Ty Hallock 1-1.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Dwayne Rudd 11-0-0, Robert Griffith 10-1-1, Chris Doleman 7-0-0, Orlando Thomas 4-2-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 4-0-0, Duane Clemons 4-0-2, Kenny Wright 4-0-0, Ed Mcdaniel 3-1-0, Kailee Wong 3-0-0, Chris Rogers 2-1-0, Joe Phillips 2-0-0, John Randle 1-0-0, Jerry Ball 1-0-0.
Chicago tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Walt Harris 9-3-0, Tony Parrish 6-1-0, Van Tuinei 5-0-1, Barry Minter 4-0-0, Terry Cousin 4-0-0, Warrick Holdman 4-0-0, Chris Hudson 3-1-1, Mike Wells 3-1-0, Jim Flanigan 3-0-0, Ricardo Mcdonald 2-0-0, Sean Harris 2-0-0, Tom Carter 2-0-0, Clyde Simmons 1-0-0, Bryan Robinson 1-0-0, Ray Austin 1-0-0, Khari Samuel 1-0-0, Shane Burton 0-1-0, Team 0-0-1.
Interceptions
Minnesota (Jimmy Hitchcock 1 for 0 yards); Chicago (Walt Harris 1 for minus 1 yards).
Fumbles lost
Minnesota (Jeff George 2); Chicago (Jim Miller).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (Chris Doleman); Chicago (Clyde Simmons, Jim Flanigan).
Officials
Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Steve Wilson, Head linesman-Tony Veteri, Line judge-Ben Montgomery, Field judge-Tim Millis, Side judge-Larry Rose, Back judge-Perry Paganelli.
A: 61,481; T: 3:36.

 


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