FINAL
Minnesota 21, New England 13
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 7 14 0 0 21
New England 7 0 0 6 13

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
MIN   TD   ROBERT SMITH 4 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 8:54. Drive: 17 plays, 73 yards in 8:54. Key plays: Culpepper 13-yard run to Minnesota 38; Culpepper 5-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 49; Culpepper 12-yard run to New England 27; Culpepper 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to New England 5. MINNESOTA 7-0
NWE   TD   KEVIN FAULK 2 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 10:45. Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards in 1:51. Key plays: Bledsoe 10-yard pass to Glenn to Minnesota 48; Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Glenn to Minnesota 37; 31-yard pass interference penalty on Vikings' Dishman to Minnesota 2. MINNESOTA 7, NEW ENGLAND 7
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   JOHNNY MCWILLIAMS 1 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 5:07. Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards in 9:22. Key plays: Culpepper 27-yard pass to Carter to New England 36; Culpepper 8-yard pass to Walsh on 3rd-and-6 to New England 24; Culpepper 7-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-7 to New England 14; Law 9-yard pass interference penalty to New England 1. MINNESOTA 14-7
MIN   TD   MATTHEW HATCHETTE 39 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:42. Drive: 5 plays, 53 yards in 2:21. Key plays: Culpepper 13-yard pass to Smith to New England 42. MINNESOTA 21-7
4TH QUARTER
NWE   TD   TERRY GLENN 8 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (PAT BLOCKED), 3:49. Drive: 6 plays, 43 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Faulk 11-yard punt return to Minnesota 43; Bledsoe 15-yard pass to Calloway to Minnesota 28; Faulk 9-yard run to Minnesota 19; Bledsoe 10-yard pass to Glenn to Minnesota 9. MINNESOTA 21-13

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN NWE
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
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
23
10
10-17
1-1
315
75
4.2
154
43
3.6
161
19-28
5.0
4-16
5-40.8
59
2-8
2-51
1-0
5-61
2-1
39:08
18
11
5-12
0-2
267
56
4.8
103
18
5.7
164
21-35
4.3
3-26
4-37.8
123
4-35
3-88
1-0
9-64
0-0
20:52

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New England (Adam Vinatieri 44).
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 29-91, Daunte Culpepper 12-59, Jim Kleinsasser 2-4.
New England rushing
Kevin Faulk 13-80, Drew Bledsoe 3-21, Tony Carter 1-1, Patrick Pass 1-1.
Minnesota passing
Daunte Culpepper 19-28 for 177 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
New England passing
Drew Bledsoe 21-35 for 190 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 7-67, Johnny Mcwilliams 3-16, Matthew Hatchette 2-46, Randy Moss 2-20, Robert Smith 2-12, Chris Walsh 1-8, John Davis 1-5, Jim Kleinsasser 1-3.
New England receiving
Terry Glenn 8-69, Troy Brown 7-62, Kevin Faulk 3-31, Eric Bjornson 2-13, Chris Calloway 1-15.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ed Mcdaniel 8-2-0, Kailee Wong 5-2-0, Cris Dishman 5-0-0, Chris Hovan 4-1-1, Robert Griffith 2-3-0, Dwayne Rudd 4-0-0, Orlando Thomas 3-1-1, Robert Tate 3-0-0, John Burrough 2-1-0, John Randle 1-1-0, Keith Thibodeaux 1-1-0, Kenny Wright 0-2-0, Bryce Paup 1-0-1, Talance Sawyer 0-1-0.
New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Tedy Bruschi 8-5-1, Lawyer Milloy 9-2-0, Ted Johnson 4-6-0, Ty Law 8-1-0, Chris Slade 6-3-1, Chad Eaton 5-3-0, Bobby Hamilton 4-4-0, Willie Mcginest 4-1-0, Brandon Mitchell 1-4-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 3-1-0, Greg Spires 1-2-1.5, Antonio Langham 1-1-0, Henry Thomas 1-1-0.5, Kato Serwanga 1-0-0, Otis Smith 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Minnesota (Cris Dishman 1 for 0 yards); New England (Lawyer Milloy 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Minnesota (Robert Smith).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New England (Greg Spires).
Officials
Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Perry Paganelli, Head linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Ron Marinucci, Field judge-Lloyd Mcpeters, Side judge-Terry Mcaulay, Back judge-Bob Lawing.
A: 59,835; T: 3:00.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Minnesota Clubhouse

New England Clubhouse