|  | RECAP
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BOX SCORE 
 
 
 
| Scoring |  | 1ST QUARTER |  
| MIN |  | TD |  | ROBERT SMITH 4 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK),
                           8:54. Drive: 17 plays, 73 yards in 8:54. Key
                           plays: Culpepper 13-yard run to Minnesota 38;
                           Culpepper 5-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-4 to
                           Minnesota 49; Culpepper 12-yard run to New
                           England 27; Culpepper 2-yard run on 4th-and-1
                           to New England 5. MINNESOTA 7-0 |  
| NWE |  | TD |  | KEVIN FAULK 2 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK),
                           10:45. Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards in 1:51. Key
                           plays: Bledsoe 10-yard pass to Glenn to
                           Minnesota 48; Bledsoe 11-yard pass to Glenn to
                           Minnesota 37; 31-yard pass interference penalty
                           on Vikings' Dishman to Minnesota 2. MINNESOTA
                           7, NEW ENGLAND 7 |  | 2ND QUARTER |  
| MIN |  | TD |  | JOHNNY MCWILLIAMS 1 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE
                           CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 5:07. Drive: 16
                           plays, 80 yards in 9:22. Key plays: Culpepper
                           27-yard pass to Carter to New England 36;
                           Culpepper 8-yard pass to Walsh on 3rd-and-6 to
                           New England 24; Culpepper 7-yard pass to Carter
                           on 3rd-and-7 to New England 14; Law 9-yard pass
                           interference penalty to New England 1.
                           MINNESOTA 14-7 |  
| MIN |  | TD |  | MATTHEW HATCHETTE 39 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE
                           CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:42. Drive: 5
                           plays, 53 yards in 2:21. Key plays: Culpepper
                           13-yard pass to Smith to New England 42.
                           MINNESOTA 21-7 |  | 4TH QUARTER |  
| NWE |  | TD |  | TERRY GLENN 8 YD PASS FROM DREW BLEDSOE (PAT
                           BLOCKED), 3:49. Drive: 6 plays, 43 yards in
                           2:14. Key plays: Faulk 11-yard punt return to
                           Minnesota 43; Bledsoe 15-yard pass to Calloway
                           to Minnesota 28; Faulk 9-yard run to Minnesota
                           19; Bledsoe 10-yard pass to Glenn to Minnesota
                           9. MINNESOTA 21-13 |  
 TEAM STATISTICS
 
|  | MIN | NWE |  
| FIRST DOWNS Passing
 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
 TOTAL NET YARDS
 Total plays
 Average gain
 NET YARDS RUSHING
 Rushes
 Average per rush
 NET YARDS PASSING
 Completed-attempted
 Yards per pass
 Sacked-yards lost
 PUNTS-AVERAGE
 RETURN YARDAGE
 Punts-returns
 Kickoffs-returns
 Interceptions-returns
 PENALTIES-YARDS
 FUMBLES-LOST
 TIME OF POSSESSION
 
 | 23 10
 10-17
 1-1
 315
 75
 4.2
 154
 43
 3.6
 161
 19-28
 5.0
 4-16
 5-40.8
 59
 2-8
 2-51
 1-0
 5-61
 2-1
 39:08
 
 | 18 11
 5-12
 0-2
 267
 56
 4.8
 103
 18
 5.7
 164
 21-35
 4.3
 3-26
 4-37.8
 123
 4-35
 3-88
 1-0
 9-64
 0-0
 20:52
 
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 PLAYER STATISTICSMissed field goals
 New England (Adam Vinatieri 44).
 Minnesota rushing
 Robert Smith 29-91, Daunte Culpepper 12-59, Jim
Kleinsasser 2-4.
 New England rushing
 Kevin Faulk 13-80, Drew Bledsoe 3-21, Tony
Carter 1-1, Patrick Pass 1-1.
 Minnesota passing
 Daunte Culpepper 19-28 for 177 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
 New England passing
 Drew Bledsoe 21-35 for 190 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
 Minnesota receiving
 Cris Carter 7-67, Johnny Mcwilliams 3-16,
Matthew Hatchette 2-46, Randy Moss 2-20, Robert Smith 2-12, Chris
Walsh 1-8, John Davis 1-5, Jim Kleinsasser 1-3.
 New England receiving
 Terry Glenn 8-69, Troy Brown 7-62, Kevin Faulk
3-31, Eric Bjornson 2-13, Chris Calloway 1-15.
 Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
 Ed Mcdaniel 8-2-0,
Kailee Wong 5-2-0, Cris Dishman 5-0-0, Chris Hovan 4-1-1, Robert
Griffith 2-3-0, Dwayne Rudd 4-0-0, Orlando Thomas 3-1-1, Robert Tate
3-0-0, John Burrough 2-1-0, John Randle 1-1-0, Keith Thibodeaux
1-1-0, Kenny Wright 0-2-0, Bryce Paup 1-0-1, Talance Sawyer 0-1-0.
 New England tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
 Tedy Bruschi 8-5-1,
Lawyer Milloy 9-2-0, Ted Johnson 4-6-0, Ty Law 8-1-0, Chris Slade
6-3-1, Chad Eaton 5-3-0, Bobby Hamilton 4-4-0, Willie Mcginest 4-1-0,
Brandon Mitchell 1-4-0, Andy Katzenmoyer 3-1-0, Greg Spires 1-2-1.5,
Antonio Langham 1-1-0, Henry Thomas 1-1-0.5, Kato Serwanga 1-0-0,
Otis Smith 0-1-0.
 Interceptions
 Minnesota (Cris Dishman 1 for 0 yards); New England
(Lawyer Milloy 1 for 0 yards).
 Fumbles lost
 Minnesota (Robert Smith).
 Opponent's fumbles recovered
 New England (Greg Spires).
 Officials
 Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Perry Paganelli, Head
linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Ron Marinucci, Field judge-Lloyd
Mcpeters, Side judge-Terry Mcaulay, Back judge-Bob Lawing.
 A: 59,835;  T: 3:00.
 
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 Minnesota Clubhouse
 
 New England Clubhouse
 
 
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