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Box Score: Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings
Posted: Sun January 17, 1999 at 4:46 p.m. EST
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NFL PLAYOFFS
FINAL IN OT 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL
ATLANTA 7 7 3 10 3 30
MINNESOTA 7 13 0 7 0 27 FINAL IN OT
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 5 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 6:39. Drive: 12 plays,
76 yards in 6:39. Key plays: Chandler 19-yard
pass to Mathis to Minnesota 43; Chandler
15-yard pass to Martin on 3rd-and-8 to
Minnesota 26; Chandler 9-yard pass to Martin to
Minnesota 13; Chandler 5-for-6 for 57 yards.
ATLANTA 7-0
MIN - TD, RANDY MOSS 31 YD PASS FROM RANDALL CUNNINGHAM
(GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:27. Drive: 5 plays, 80
yards in 2:48. Key plays: 30-yard pass
interference on Falcons' Buchanan on 3rd-and-3
to Atlanta 31; Cunningham 3-for-3 for 46 yards.
ATLANTA 7, MINNESOTA 7
2ND QUARTER: MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 29 YD, 5:08. Drive: 12 plays, 49
yards in 6:16. Key plays: McDaniel recovery of
Green fumble at Minnesota 40; Cunningham
14-yard pass to Hatchette to Atlanta 46;
Cunningham 7-yard pass to Moss on 3rd-and-4 to
Atlanta 33; Cunningham 7-yard pass to Carter to
Atlanta 25; Cunningham 5-for-5 for 42 yards.
MINNESOTA 10-7
MIN - TD, RANDALL CUNNINGHAM 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON
KICK), 9:07. Drive: 6 plays, 33 yards in 3:41.
Key plays: Griffith 9-yard return of Santiago
fumble to Atlanta 33; Cunningham 18-yard pass
to Moss to Atlanta 15; Evans 8-yard run to
Atlanta 7. MINNESOTA 17-7
MIN - FG, GARY ANDERSON 35 YD, 12:15. Drive: 5 plays, 39
yards in 1:28. Key plays: 15-yard face mask
penalty on Falcons' Tuggle to Atlanta 42;
Cunningham 8-yard pass to Evans plus 15-yard
unnecessary roughness penalty on Falcons'
Booker to Atlanta 19. MINNESOTA 20-7
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 14 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 14:04. Drive: 1 play,
14 yards in 0:03. Key plays: Hall recovery of
Cunningham fumble at Minnesota 14. MINNESOTA
20-14
3RD QUARTER: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 27 YD, 9:24. Drive: 10 plays,
62 yards in 6:03. Key plays: Chandler 7-yard
pass to J Anderson on 3rd-and-3 to Atlanta 42;
Chandler 16-yard pass to Martin to Minnesota
42; Dwight 21-yard run to Minnesota 16.
MINNESOTA 20-17
4TH QUARTER: MIN - TD, MATTHEW HATCHETTE 5 YD PASS FROM RANDALL
CUNNINGHAM (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 1:19. Drive:
15 plays, 82 yards in 6:55. Key plays:
Cunningham 12-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-10
to Minnesota 44; Cunningham 17-yard pass to
Carter on 3rd-and-8 to Atlanta 37; Cunningham
11-yard pass to Glover to Atlanta 21;
Cunningham 11-yard pass to DeLong to Atlanta 5.
MINNESOTA 27-17
ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 24 YD, 3:58. Drive: 7 plays, 73
yards in 2:39. Key plays: Chandler 70-yard pass
to Martin to Minnesota 9. MINNESOTA 27-20
ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 16 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER
(MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 14:11. Drive: 8 plays,
71 yards in 1:18. Key plays: Atlanta takes over
at Falcon 29 after missed field goal; Chandler
29-yard pass to Harris to Minnesota 31;
Chandler 9-yard run to Minnesota 22; J Anderson
6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 16;
Chandler 4-for-6 for 56 yards. ATLANTA 27,
MINNESOTA 27
OT: ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 38 YD, 11:52. Drive: 10 plays,
70 yards in 5:20. Key plays: Chandler 15-yard
pass to Santiago to Atlanta 24; Chandler
26-yard pass to Santiago to Minnesota 48;
Chandler 6-yard pass Mathis to Minnesota 37; J
Anderson 9-yard run to Minnesota 22; Chandler
3-for-3 for 47 yards; J Anderson 5 carries 17
yards. ATLANTA 30-27
TEAM STATISTICS
ATL MIN
FIRST DOWNS 25 26
Rushing 6 4
Passing 17 19
Penalty 2 3
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13 9-18
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 427 351
Total plays 75 85
Average gain 5.7 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 110 102
Rushes 29 34
Average per rush 3.8 3.0
NET YARDS PASSING 317 249
Completed-attempted 27-43 29-48
Yards per pass 6.9 4.9
Sacked-yards lost 3-23 3-17
Had intercepted 0 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-44.8 4-50.8
RETURN YARDAGE 145 75
Punts-returns 2-35 0-0
Kickoffs-returns 4-110 3-75
Interceptions-returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 4-65 6-30
FUMBLES-LOST 2-2 3-2
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:04 36:48
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: Minnesota (Gary Anderson 38).
Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 23-67, Tim Dwight 3-28, Chris
Chandler 2-15, Ken Oxendine 1-0.
Minnesota rushing: Robert Smith 21-71, Randall Cunningham 6-13, Leroy
Hoard 6-10, Charles Evans 1-8.
Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 27-43 for 340 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
Minnesota passing: Randall Cunningham 29-48 for 266 yards, 0 INT, 2
TD.
Atlanta receiving: Terance Mathis 6-73, Jamal Anderson 6-33, Tony
Martin 5-129, O.j. Santiago 3-54, Brian Kozlowski 3-11, Harold Green
2-9, Ronnie Harris 1-29, Ed Smith 1-2.
Minnesota receiving: Randy Moss 6-75, Cris Carter 6-67, Matthew
Hatchette 4-34, Andrew Glover 4-34, Leroy Hoard 3-23, Greg Delong
2-17, David Palmer 2-9, Charles Evans 1-8, Robert Smith 1-minus 1.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jessie Tuggle 7-4-0,
Keith Brooking 7-1-0, Randy Fuller 5-2-1, Eugene Robinson 4-3-0,
Chuck Smith 6-0-1, William White 4-2-0, Ray Buchanan 5-0-0, Lester
Archambeau 4-1-1, Michael Booker 3-2-0, Cornelius Bennett 3-2-0,
Shane Dronett 2-2-0, Travis Hall 1-3-0, Henri Crockett 3-0-0, Elijah
Williams 1-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 1-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 1-0-0, Antonio
Edwards 0-1-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Robert Griffith 11-2-0,
Corey Fuller 9-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 5-2-0, Orlando Thomas 5-1-0,
Dwayne Rudd 4-1-0, Derrick Alexander 2-2-0, Tony Williams 2-2-1,
Stalin Colinet 3-0-0, Ramos Mcdonald 3-0-0, Pete Bercich 2-1-0, Bobby
Houston 2-0-0, Jason Fisk 2-0-2, Ed Mcdaniel 1-1-0, John Randle
1-0-0, Dixon Edwards 1-0-0, Jerry Ball 0-1-0.
Interceptions: None.
Fumbles lost: Atlanta (O.j. Santiago, Harold Green); Minnesota
(Randall Cunningham 2).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Atlanta (Travis Hall, Shane Dronett);
Minnesota (Robert Griffith, Ed Mcdaniel).
Officials: Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head
linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Byron Boston, Back judge-Billy Smith,
Side judge-Neeley Dunn, Field judge-Bill Lovett.
A: 64,060; T: 3:43.
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