MINNESOTA 0 7 0 3 -- 10
NY GIANTS 3 3 6 3 -- 15
First quarter
NYG - FG, BRAD DALUISO 25 YD, 8:32.
Drive: 15 plays, 67 yards in 8:32.
Key plays: Brown 11-yard pass to Dorsey on
3rd-and-5 to New York 41; Brown 7-yard pass to
Lewis on 4th-and-2 to Minnesota 24; Brown 5-for-5
for 49 yards.
NY GIANTS 3-0
Second quarter
MIN - DAVID PALMER 69 YD PUNT RETURN (SCOTT SISSON
KICK), 0:39.
MINNESOTA 7-3
NYG - FG, DALUISO 27 YD, 3:04.
Drive: 5 plays, 33 yards in 2:25.
Key plays: Lewis 47-yard punt return to Minnesota 43;
Brown 30-yard pass to Pierce to Minnesota 13.
MINNESOTA 7-6
Third quarter
NYG - AARON PIERCE 1 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED),
12:07.
Drive: 11 plays, 49 yards in 6:18.
Key plays: Bratzke recovery of Moon fumble at Minnesota
49; Brown 7-yard pass to Lewis to Minnesota 35; Hampton
2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Minnesota 1.
NY GIANTS 12-7
Fourth quarter
MIN - FG, SISSON 28 YD, 1:33.
Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards in 4:26.
Key plays: Moon 15-yard pass to Carter to Minnesota 49;
Moon 18-yard pass to Reed to New York 28.
NY GIANTS 12-10
NYG - FG, DALUISO 18 YD, 7:21.
Drive: 12 plays, 70 yards in 5:48.
Key plays: Brown 9-yard pass to Pierce to New York 44;
Pass interference penalty on Washington to Minnesota 32;
Brown 18-yard run to Minnesota 14.
NY GIANTS 15-10
TEAM STATISTICS
MIN NYG
FIRST DOWNS 10 21
Rushing 3 8
Passing 6 11
Penalty 1 2
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-11 5-17
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 2-2
TOTAL NET YARDS 228 291
Total plays 47 74
Average gain 4.9 3.9
NET YARDS RUSHING 88 145
Rushes 20 40
Average per rush 4.4 3.6
NET YARDS PASSING 140 146
Completed-attempted 13-25 18-29
Yards per pass 5.2 4.3
Sacked-yards lost 2-3 5-21
Had intercepted 1 0
PUNTS-AVERAGE 7-39.3 6-38.2
RETURN YARDAGE 153 129
Punts-returns 1-69 3-38
Kickoffs-returns 4-84 3-91
Interceptions-returns 0-0 1-0
PENALTIES-YARDS 7-79 4-20
FUMBLES-LOST 2-1 2-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 22:17 37:43
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: None.
Minnesota rushing: Robert Smith 17-86, Amp Lee 2-1, Warren Moon 1-1.
NY Giants rushing: Rodney Hampton 24-82, Tyrone Wheatley 3-24, Dave
Brown 6-19, Charles Way 3-11, Keith Elias 3-8, Aaron Pierce 1-1.
Minnesota passing: Warren Moon 13-25 for 143 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
NY Giants passing: Dave Brown 18-29 for 167 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota receiving: Cris Carter 6-55, Jake Reed 3-60, Amp Lee 2-15,
Andrew Jordan 1-7, David Palmer 1-6.
NY Giants receiving: Thomas Lewis 5-44, Aaron Pierce 3-45, Charles
Way 3-16, Chris Calloway 2-38, Lawrence Dawsey 2-13, Keith Elias
2-11, Tyrone Wheatley 1-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Dixon Edwards 9-6-1,
Orlando Thomas 8-2-0, Jeff Brady 8-1-0, Corey Fuller 7-0-0, John
Randle 5-2-1, Robert Griffith 4-3-0, Fernando Smith 4-2-2, Derrick
Alexander 3-2-1, Darryl Talley 3-2-0, Harlon Barnett 2-3-0, Dewayne
Washington 4-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 3-1-0, Pete Bercich 1-0-0, Mitch
Berger 0-1-0, Richard Brown 1-0-0, Cris Carter 1-0-0, Charles Evans
1-0-0, Dave Garnett 2-0-0, Randall Mcdaniel 1-0-0, Sean Vanhorse
0-1-0, Chris Walsh 1-0-0.
NY Giants tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Corey Widmer 4-5-0,
Jessie Armstead 3-4-0, Jason Sehorn 6-0-2, Percy Ellsworth 5-1-0,
Phillippi Sparks 5-0-0, Robert Harris 2-2-0, Jesse Campbell 1-3-0,
Chad Bradtzke 3-0-0, Michael Strahan 3-0-0, Corey Miller 2-1-0,
Bernard Holsey 1-0-0, Doug Colman 1-0-0, Keith Elias 1-1-0, Keith
Hamilton 1-0-0, Charles Way 1-0-0, Rodney Young 0-1-0.
Interceptions: NY Giants (Phillippi Sparks 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost: Minnesota (Warren Moon).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: NY Giants (Chad Bradtzke).
Officials: Referee-Jerry Markbreit, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head
linesman-Terry Gierke, Line judge-Lloyd Mcpeters, Back judge-Walt
Coleman, Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Field judge-Don Hakes.
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