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Vikings 38, Rams 31

09/13/98


MINNESOTA  14   10    7    7  - 38
RAMS        0   10   14    7  - 31

FIRST QUARTER
M - Smith 24 run (Anderson kick), 10:10. Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards, 4:50. Key plays: Johnson 8 pass to Moss on 3rd-and-4; Johnson 20 pass to Carter.
M - Glover 3 pass from Johnson (Anderson kick), 3:40. Drive: 2 plays, 8 yards, :44. Key play: Gray interception and 11 return to Rams' 16 plus face-mask penalty to Rams' 8.

SECOND QUARTER
R - Hill 1 run (Wilkins kick), 14:55. Drive: 7 plays, 74 yards, 3:45. Key plays: Banks 17 pass to Bruce on 3rd-and-5; Banks 18 pass to Thomas; Bruce 30 run.
M - FG Anderson 24, 4:18. Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards, 3:49. Key plays: Johnson 16 pass to Hoard; Johnson 22 pass to Glover.
R - FG Wilkins 53, 2:24. Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards, 1:54. Key play: Banks 10 pass to Bruce.
Min - Smith 74 run (Anderson kick), 1:49 . Drive: 2 plays, 84 yards, :35.

THIRD QUARTER
R - Hill 5 run (Wilkins kick), 5:15. Drive: 4 plays, 14 yards, 1:54. Key play: Mike D. Jones 38-yard return of Johnson fumble to the Vikings' 14.
R - Kennison 71 punt return (Wilkins kick), 3:37.
M - Hoard 1 run (Anderson kick) :46. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 2:51. Key plays: Johnson 17 pass to Carter on 3rd-and-2; 25-yard pass interference on Lyght to 1-yard line.

FOURTH QUARTER
R - Bruce 80 pass from Banks (Wilkins kick), 14:50. Drive 2 plays, 92 yards, :56.
M - Carter 19 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick), 2:09. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 1:44. Key plays: Cunningham 21 pass to Walsh on 3rd-and-8.
A-56,234.

TEAM STATISTICS
                   Vikings      Rams
First Downs               23        22
Rushing                    7         9
Passing                   14        11
Penalty                    2         2
Third Down Eff.         8-15      6-16
Fourth Down Eff.         0-0       2-2
Total Net Yards          421       410
Total Plays               71        73
Average Gain             5.9       5.6
Net Yards Rushing        194       139
Rushes                    31        26
Average per rush         6.3       5.3
Net Yards Passing        227       271
Sacked-Yards lost       3-22      2-12
Gross-Yards passing      249       283
Completed-Attempted    21-37     25-45
Had Intercepted            2         4
Yards-Pass Play          5.7       5.8
Kickoffs-End Zone-TB   7-4-1     6-4-1
Punts-Average         5-40.8    5-31.0
Punts blocked              0         0
FGs-PATs blocked         0-0       0-0
Total Return Yardage     160       187
Punts Returns           2-32      3-89
Kickoffs Returns        4-89      5-98
Interceptions           4-39       2-0
Penalties-Yards        10-81      9-85
Fumbles-Lost             1-1       0-0
Time Of Possession     30:18     29:42

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING
Vikings       Att.  Yds.  Avg.  LG  TD
Smith          23   179   7.8   74   2
Johnson         4     8   2.0    4   0
Hoard           2     4   2.0    3   1
Evans           2     3   1.5    2   0
Rams          Att.  Yds.  Avg.  LG  TD
Hill           21    82   3.9   19   2
Bruce           1    30  30.0   30   0
Banks           3    28   9.3   19   0
Lee             1    -1  -1.0   -1   0

PASSING
Vikings     Att.  Cmp  Yds.  TD  LG  Int
Johnson      31    18  208    1  27    2
Cunningham    6     3   41    1  21    0
Rams        Att.  Cmp  Yds.  TD  LG  Int
Banks        45    25  283    1  80    4

PASS RECEIVING
Vikings     No.  Yds.  Avg.  LG  TD
Moss         6    89  14.3   27   0
Carter       4    60  15.0   20   1
Glover       3    37  12.3   22   1
Smith        3     7   2.3    5   0
Hoard        2    22  11.0   16   0
Reed         2    13   6.5   11   0
Walsh        1    21  21.0   21   0
Rams        No.  Yds.  Avg.  LG  TD
Bruce       11   192  17.5   80   1
Conwell      5    28   5.6    8   0
Lee          5    24   4.8   10   0
Thomas       1    18  18.0   18   0
Kennison     1     9   9.0    9   0
Harris       1     6   6.0    6   0
Hill         1     6   6.0    6   0

INTERCEPTIONS
Vikings       No.  Yds.  LG   TD
Griffith       2    25   17    0
Gray           1    11   11    0
Hitchcock      1     3    3    0
Rams          No.  Yds.  LG   TD
Mike A. Jones  1     0    0    0
Lyght          1     0    0    0

PUNTING
Vikings        No.  Yds.  Avg. TB  In20  LG
Berger          5   204  40.8   0     2  55
Rams           No.  Yds.  Avg. TB  In20  LG
Tuten           5   155  31.0   0     1  47

PUNT RETURNS
Vikings       No.  FC  Yds.  LG  TD
Palmer         2    2   32   20   0
Out of bounds  1
Rams          No.  FC  Yds. LG  TD
Kennison       3    1   89  71   1
Downed         1

KICKOFF RETURNS
Vikings          No.  FC  Yds.  LG  TD
Palmer            4    0   89   28   0
Out of bounds     1
Touchback         1
Rams             No.  FC  Yds.  LG  TD
Horne             5    0   98   23   0
Out of bounds     1
Touchback         1

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS
> Minnesota: Rudd 10-0-0, Griffith 7-0-0, Fuller 6-1-0, Alexander 5-0-2, Hitchcock 4-0-0, Thomas 4-0-0, Clemons 3-1-0, McDaniel 3-1-0, Randle 3-0-0, T. Williams 2-0-0, Ball 2-1-0, Edwards 1-1-0, Gray 2-0-1, Butler 1-0-0, Carter 2-0-0, Hoard 1-0-0, Mays 1-0-0, Tate 1-0-0, Walsh 1-0-0, M. Williams 1-0-0, Wong 1-0-0.

> Rams: Lyght 6-1-0, Clemons 5-1-0, Carter 4-1-1, Mike D. Jones 4-1-1, Farr 4-0-1, Mike A. Jones 4-0-0, Lyle 4-0-0, Wright 3-1-0, Styles 1-3-0, Agnew 3-0-0, McNeil 3-0-0, Phillips 2-1-0, Wistrom 3-1-0, McCleon 2-0-0, Hill 1-0-0, Little 1-0-0, Williams 1-0-0, Jenkins 1-0-0, Bruce 1-0-0, Fletcher 2-0-0, Horne 1-0-0, Lee 2-0-0, Thomas 1-0-0, Tuten 1-0-0.

MISSED FIELD GOALS
Vikings: None. Rams: None.

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