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Box Score: Minnesota Vikings at Tennessee Oilers
Posted: Sat December 26, 1998 at 6:20 p.m. EST
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NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
MINNESOTA 2 6 15 3 26
TENNESSEE 3 10 3 0 16 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: MIN - SAFETY. TENNNESSE QUARTERBACK STEVE MCNAIR WAS
CALLED FOR INTENTIONAL GROUNDING IN THE END
ZONE., 4:05. MINNESOTA 2-0
TEN - FG, AL DEL GRECO 36 YD, 11:33. Drive: 11 plays, 61
yards in 6:56. Key plays: McNair 14-yard run to
Tennessee 35; George 10-yard run to Tennessee
46; McNair 21-yard pass to Harris to Minnesota
33; McNair 14-yard pass to Dyson to Minnesota
18. TENNESSEE 3-2
2ND QUARTER: MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 39 YD, 0:07. Drive: 7 plays, 42
yards in 3:34. Key plays: R Smith 27-yard run
to Tennessee 36; Cunningham 13-yard pass to
Hatchette to Tennessee 25. MINNESOTA 5-3
TEN - FG, AL DEL GRECO 33 YD, 4:38. Drive: 9 plays, 41
yards in 4:31. Key plays: George 10-yard run to
Minnesota 46; McNair 9-yard pass to Wycheck to
Minnesota 41; Mcnair 7-yard pass to Thigpen to
Minnesota 34; George 8-yard run to Minnesota
10. TENNESSEE 6-5
TEN - TD, EDDIE GEORGE 2 YD RUN (AL DEL GRECO KICK),
9:54. Drive: 7 plays, 65 yards in 2:54. Key
plays: McNair 23-yard pass to Dyson to
Minnesota 43; McNair 26-yard pass to Harris to
Minnesota 16; McNair 15-yard pass to Wycheck on
3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 2. TENNESSEE 13-5
MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 23 YD, 14:46. Drive: 12 plays, 68
yards in 4:52. Key plays: Cunningham 22-yard
pass to Hatchette to Tennessee 43; Cunningham
13-yard pass to R Smith to Tennessee 32;
Cunningham 19-yard pass to Hatchette on
3rd-and-10 to Tennessee 13. TENNESSEE 13-8
3RD QUARTER: MIN - TD, RANDY MOSS 5 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
(RANDALL CUNNINGHAM PASS TO RANDY MOSS FOR
TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 5:58. Drive: 9 plays, 76
yards in 5:58. Key plays: Cunningham 7-yard
pass to Palmer on 3rd-and-7 to Minnesota 34;
Cunningham 15-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-9
to midfield; 32-yard pass interference penalty
on Oilers' Walker on Minnesota 5. MINNESOTA
16-13
TEN - FG, AL DEL GRECO 45 YD, 10:53. Drive: 11 plays, 32
yards in 4:55. Key plays: McNair 9-yard pass to
Harris to midfield; McNair 17-yard pass to
Mason on 3rd-and-15 to Minnesota 37; McNair
11-yard pass to George to Minnesota 26.
MINNESOTA 16, TENNESSEE 16
MIN - TD, CRIS CARTER 38 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
(GARY ANDERSON KICK), 13:42. Drive: 6 plays, 79
yards in 2:49. Key plays: Cunningham 21-yard
pass to R Smith; Cunningham 12-yard pass to
Moss to Tennessee 37. MINNESOTA 23-16
4TH QUARTER: MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 30 YD, 13:57. Drive: 6 plays, 10
yards in 1:08. Key plays: Minnesota takes over
on downs at Tennessee 31. MINNESOTA 26-16
TEAM STATISTICS
MIN TEN
FIRST DOWNS 22 20
Rushing 5 6
Passing 14 13
Penalty 3 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-13 2-9
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 338 354
Total plays 64 59
Average gain 5.3 6.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 103 90
Rushes 29 21
Average per rush 3.6 4.3
NET YARDS PASSING 235 264
Completed-attempted 23-35 18-36
Yards per pass 6.7 6.9
Sacked-yards lost 0-0 2-21
Had intercepted 1 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-48.8 3-41.3
RETURN YARDAGE 147 169
Punts-returns 0-0 3-23
Kickoffs-returns 6-147 6-146
Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 8-60 13-105
FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 0-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:37 28:23
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Minnesota rushing: Robert Smith 15-73, Leroy Hoard 9-26, Charles
Evans 2-8, Randall Cunningham 2-2, David Palmer 1-minus 6.
Tennessee rushing: Eddie George 14-54, Steve Mcnair 3-35, Rodney
Thomas 3-10, Mike Archie 1-minus 9.
Minnesota passing: Randall Cunningham 23-35 for 235 yards, 1 INT, 2
TD.
Tennessee passing: Steve Mcnair 16-33 for 261 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD,
Steve Matthews 2-3 for 24 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota receiving: Cris Carter 6-78, Randy Moss 5-32, Matthew
Hatchette 3-54, Robert Smith 3-46, David Palmer 2-8, Charles Evans
2-7, Andrew Glover 1-10, Hunter Goodwin 1-0.
Tennessee receiving: Jackie Harris 4-83, Derrick Mason 3-75, Kevin
Dyson 3-40, Frank Wycheck 3-32, Yancey Thigpen 3-31, Michael Roan
1-13, Eddie George 1-11.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ed Mcdaniel 6-2-1,
Robert Griffith 6-1-0, Orlando Thomas 6-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 5-1-0,
Dwayne Rudd 4-1-1, Jerry Ball 4-0-0, Bobby Houston 3-1-0, John Randle
1-2-0, Pete Bercich 2-0-0, Corey Fuller 1-1-0, Tony Williams 1-1-0,
Jason Fisk 1-0-0.
Tennessee tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Denard Walker 7-3-0,
Blaine Bishop 7-2-0, Steve Jackson 7-0-0, Darryll Lewis 6-0-0, Joe
Bowden 3-2-0, Josh Evans 3-1-0, Eddie Robinson 3-0-0, Lonnie Marts
3-0-0, Gary Walker 2-1-0, James Roberson 2-1-0, Joe Salavea 2-0-0,
Pratt Lyons 1-1-0, Dainon Sidney 1-1-0, Dennis Stallings 1-1-0, Henry
Ford 0-2-0.
Interceptions: Tennessee (Darryll Lewis 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered: None.
Officials: Referee-Tom White, Umpire-Jim Quirk, Head linesman-James
Wilson, Line judge-Ben Montgomery, Back judge-Bob Waggoner, Side
judge-Dave Wyant, Field judge-Scott Steenson.
A: 41,121; T: 4:04.
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