DETROIT 0 10 0 3 -- 13 MINNESOTA 7 0 0 10 -- 17 First quarter MIN - DEWAYNE WASHINGTON 32 YARD LATERAL FROM JEFF BRADY (SCOTT SISSON KICK), 11:21. MINNESOTA 7-0 Second quarter DET - HERMAN MOORE 17 YD PASS FROM SCOTT MITCHELL (JASON HANSON KICK), 5:26. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards in 3:59. Key plays: Mitchell 8-yard pass to Perriman on 3-and-2 to Minnesota 49; Sanders 11-yard run on 3-and-11 to Minnesota 38; Mitchell 12-yard pass to Moore on 3-and-8 to Minnesota 25. DETROIT 7, MINNESOTA 7 DET - FG, HANSON 24 YD, 12:45. Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards in 4:00. Key plays: Mitchell 24-yard pass to Sanders plus 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Thomas to Minnesota 29. DETROIT 10-7 Third quarter NONE Fourth quarter MIN - SISSON 25 YD, 9:19. Drive: 13 plays, 78 yards in 6:37. Key plays: Smith 18-yard run to Minnesota 46; Smith 11-yard run to Detroit 39; Johnson 10-yard pass to Ismail on 3rd-and-7 to Detroit 25; Johnson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Detroit 15. DETROIT 10, MINNESOTA 10 DET - HANSON 39 YD, 12:41. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards in 3:22. Key plays: Mitchell 25-yard pass to Moore to Minnesota 33. DETROIT 13-10 MIN - CRIS CARTER 31 YD PASS FROM BRAD JOHNSON (SISSON KICK), 13:54. Drive: 5 plays, 55 yards in 1:01. Key plays: Ismail 30-yard punt return plus 15-yard unneccesay roughness penalty to Minnesota 45; B Johnson 14-yard pass to Carter to Detroit 35. MINNESOTA 17-13 TEAM STATISTICS DET MIN FIRST DOWNS 27 16 Rushing 11 6 Passing 15 9 Penalty 1 1 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-10 7-17 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 435 311 Total plays 74 68 Average gain 5.9 4.6 NET YARDS RUSHING 191 128 Rushes 29 27 Average per rush 6.6 4.7 NET YARDS PASSING 244 183 Completed-attempted 21-42 21-37 Yards per pass 5.4 4.5 Sacked-yards lost 3-8 4-31 Had intercepted 4 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-42.3 8-42.1 RETURN YARDAGE 120 119 Punts-returns 4-38 1-7 Kickoffs-returns 3-82 2-55 Interceptions-returns 0-0 4-57 PENALTIES-YARDS 6-40 9-60 FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 1-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 29:04 30:56 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Minnesota (Sisson 34). Detroit rushing: Barry Sanders 24-163, Johnnie Morton 3-25, Scott Mitchell 1-3, Eric Lynch 1-0. Minnesota rushing: Robert Smith 22-113, Brad Johnson 3-14, Amp Lee 1-1, Charles Evans 1-0. Detroit passing: Scott Mitchell 20-41 for 260 yards, 4 INT, 1 TD, Mark Royals 1-1 for minus 8 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. Minnesota passing: Brad Johnson 16-23 for 157 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD, Warren Moon 5-14 for 57 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. Detroit receiving: Herman Moore 12-157, Brett Perriman 5-41, David Sloan 2-10, Barry Sanders 1-28, Johnnie Morton 1-16. Minnesota receiving: Cris Carter 8-88, Jake Reed 4-53, Amp Lee 4-27, Qadry Ismail 2-21, Robert Smith 2-19, Greg Delong 1-6. Detroit tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ryan Mcneil 8-0-0, Corey Raymond 8-0-0, Luther Elliss 5-3-1, Antonio London 5-2-0, Bennie Blades 3-2-0, Henry Thomas 3-2-2, Greg Jeffries 4-0-0, Tracy Scroggins 4-0-1, Robert Porcher 3-1-0, Stephen Boyd 2-1-0, Mike Wells 1-1-0, Pepper Johnson 1-0-0, Ryan Stewart 1-0-0, Michael Brooks 0-1-0, Ron Rice 0-1-0. Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Robert Griffith 6-3-1, Dewayne Washington 8-0-0, Dixon Edwards 7-1-1, Orlando Thomas 6-1-0, Corey Fuller 3-3-0, Alfred Jackson 5-0-0, Harlon Barnett 4-0-0, Jeff Brady 2-2-0, Derrick Alexander 2-1-0, John Randle 2-1-1, Esera Tuaolo 1-1-0, Dave Garnett 0-2-0, Jason Fisk 1-0-0, Fernando Smith 1-0-0. Interceptions: Minnesota (Alfred Jackson 1 for 0 yards, Jeff Brady 2 for 12 yards, Dixon Edwards 1 for 18 yards, Dewayne Washington 27 yards on lateral). Fumbles lost: Detroit (Eric Lynch). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Minnesota (Rod Smith). Officials: Referee-Red Cashion, Umpire-Al Conway, Head linesman-Sid Semon, Line judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Jim Saracino, Side judge-Nathan Jones, Field judge-Bill Schmitz. No shows: 4,000; Time: 3:30.
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