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Minnesota Vikings 41,
Washington Redskins 7

Date: Sunday, Oct. 18, 1998
Site: Minneapolis
Attendance: 64,004

1 2 3 4 Tot.
Redskins 7 0 0 0 7

Vikings 14 7 3 17 41

Scoring Summary | Team Stats | Offensive Stats | Defensive Stats

Scoring Summary

First Quarter
Redskins: Allen 2 run (Blanchard kick). Drive: 1 play, 2 yards. Key play: Moss fumbled punt return recovered by Pounds. Time elapsed: Drive: 0:03; Quarter: 2:12.

Vikings: Glover 11 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick). Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards. Key plays: Carter 20 pass from Cunningham; Palmer 33 pass from Cunningham. Time elapsed: Drive: 4:17; Quarter: 6:29.

Vikings: Vikings: Hoard 1 run (Anderson kick). Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards. Key plays: Carter 36 pass from Cunningham on third and 8; D. Green penalized 34 for pass interference. Time elapsed: Drive: 2:45; Quarter: 11:20.

Second Quarter
Vikings: Carter 1 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick). Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards. Key plays: Moss 28 pass from Cunningham; Moss 12 pass from Cunningham; Hoard 4 pass from Cunningham on third and 4. Time elapsed: Drive: 0:59; Quarter: 14:46.

Third Quarter
Vikings: FG Anderson 49. Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards. Key plays: Frerotte intercepted by Fuller; Hoard 4 run on third and one. Time elapsed: Drive: 2:41; Quarter: 6:00.

Fourth Quarter
Vikings: Smith 19 run (Anderson kick). Drive: 4 plays, 66 yards. Key play: Carter 41 pass from Cunningham. Time elapsed: Drive: 2:02; Quarter: 2:12.

Vikings: FG Anderson 46. Drive: 10 plays, 48 yards. Key plays: Moss 10 pass from Fiedler on third and 5; Reed 19 pass from Fiedler in third and 4. Time elapsed: Drive 5:16; Quarter: 11:07.

Vikings: Hoard 1 run (Anderson kick). Drive: 4 plays, 12 yards. Key play: M. Turk fumble in punt formation. Time elapsed: Drive: 1:02; Quarter: 13:09.

Team Statistics

Opp. Was.

First Downs 25 9

Rushing 9 5

Passing 15 4

Penalty 1 0

Third Down Eff. 10-17, 59% 2-14, 14%

Fourth Down Eff. 0-0-0% 0-1-0%

Net Yards 435 177

Offensive Plays 76 53

Avg. Per Play 5.7 3.3

Net Rushing Yards 147 82

Rushing Plays 38 22

Avg. Gain/Rush 3.9 3.7

Net Passing Yards 288 95

Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 5-22

Gross Passing Yards 288 117

Pass Att.-Comp.-Int. 38-22-0 26-10-1

Avg. Per Pass Att. 7.6 3.1

Punts-Avg. 5-42.0 8-43.8

Return Yards 14 35

Punt Returns-Yards 2-14 2-35

Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-42 3-69

Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 0-0

Penalties-Yards 4-35 11-94

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0

Field Goals-Attempts 2-2 0-1

Time of Possession 33:13 26:47

Individual Statistics

Passing
Vikings: Cunningham 20-34, 259 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT; Fiedler 2-4, 29 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT.
Redskins: Frerotte 10-26, 117 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT.

Rushing
Vikings: Smith 24-103; Leroy Hoard 10-24; Evans 2-10; Cunningham 1-6; Palmer 1-4.
Redskins: Allen 13-62; Mitchell 2-27; Hicks 5-4; Frerotte 1-1; Turk 1- (-12).

Receiving
Vikings: Carter 5-109; Moss 5-64; Smith 4-23; Glover 2-24; Evans 2-9; Hoard 2-7; Palmer 1-33; Reed 1-19.
Redskins: Mitchell 3-22; Westbrook 2-35; Connell 1-22; Allen 1-15; Asher 1-9; Davis 1-8; Alexander 1-6.

Interceptions
Vikings: Fuller 1-0.
Redskins: None.

Punting
Vikings: Berger 5-210.
Redskins: M. Turk 8-350.

Punt Returns
Vikings: Palmer 1-14, 1 FC; Moss 1-0, 0 FC.
Redskins: Mitchell 2-35, 2 FC.

Kickoff Returns
Vikings: Palmer 2-42
Redskins: Mitchell 2-56; Asher 1-8.

Missed Field Goals
Vikings: None;
Redskins: Blanchard, 49 (WL);

Defensive Statistics (Unofficial)

Tackles-Assists
Redskins: Evans 8-2-0, Harvey 7-1-0, Patton 5-2-0, Pounds 5-1-0, Smith 3-3-0, Green 5-0-0, Stubblefield 3-2-0, Wilkinson 4-0-0, Kinney 2-2-0, Dishman 2-2-0, Barber 3-0-0, Richard 0-3-0, Duff 2-0-0, Lang 2-0-0, Kalu 1-0-0;
Vikings: McDaniel 5-3-0.5, Bercich 4-1-0, Griffith 4-0-0, Thomas 3-1-0.5, Gray 3-0-1, Wong 2-1-0.5, Clemons 1-2-1.5, Ball 2-0-0, Hitchcock 2-0-0, Mays 2-0-0, Alexander 2-0-1, Edwards 0-2-0, Houston 1-0-0, Fuller 1-0-0, McDonald 0-1-0;

Sacks
Vikings: Clemons 1½-8, Gray 1-7, Alexander 1-5, Wong ½-2, McDaniel ½-0, Thomas ½-0.
Redskins: None

Passes Defensed
Vikings: Hitchcock 3, Thomas 2, Fuller;
Redskins: Richard 3, D. Green 2, Lang 2, Duff, L. Evans, Pounds;

Special Teams Tackles-Assists
Vikings: Houston 2-0, Mays 1-0, Tate 1-0, M. Williams 1-0;
Redskins: Kitts 1-0, Alexander 0-1, Barber 0-1, Jones 0-1, Patton 0-1.

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