Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 38, New Orleans 31
When: 8:30 PM ET, Sunday, October 17, 2004
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 64900
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 71410738
New Orleans 01471031
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:53
Minnesota TD New Orleans 0 - Minnesota 7
Jermaine Wiggins 1 yd. pass from Daunte Culpepper (Morten Anderson kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:03
Minnesota TD New Orleans 0 - Minnesota 14
Randy Moss 43 yd. pass from Daunte Culpepper (Morten Anderson kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:29
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 14
Deuce McAllister 2 yd. run (John Carney kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:53
Minnesota TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 21
Marcus Robinson 16 yd. pass from Daunte Culpepper (Morten Anderson kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:21
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Minnesota 21
Joe Horn 7 yd. pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:48
Minnesota TD New Orleans 14 - Minnesota 28
Jermaine Wiggins 9 yd. pass from Daunte Culpepper (Morten Anderson kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:13
New Orleans TD New Orleans 21 - Minnesota 28
Deuce McAllister 1 yd. run (John Carney kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:26
Minnesota FG New Orleans 21 - Minnesota 31
Morten Anderson 39 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:08
New Orleans FG New Orleans 24 - Minnesota 31
John Carney 45 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 7:04
Minnesota TD New Orleans 24 - Minnesota 38
Marcus Robinson 1 yd. pass from Daunte Culpepper (Morten Anderson kick)
4th Quarter - 2:51
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Minnesota 38
Aaron Brooks 5 yd. run (John Carney kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota New Orleans
1st Downs 29 25
Rushing 8 10
Passing 19 13
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 8-11 4-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-2
Punts-Average 0-0.0 4-45.8
Return Yards 164 46
Punts-Returns 2-11 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 6-97 7-146
Int-Returns 1-56 2--100
Penalties-Yards 5-35 4-21
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 1-0
Time of Possession 30:41 29:19
Total Net Yards 605 385
Total Plays 68 64
Average Gain 8.9 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 188 159
Rushes 28 23
Average/Rush 6.7 6.9
Net Yards Passing 417 226
Comp-Att 26-38 22-38
Yards/Pass 10.4 5.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-8 3-23
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 5 4
Rushing 0 3
Passing 5 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 5-5 4-4
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 4-6-67% 4-5-80%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 4-5-80%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Culpepper 26/37 425 5 2
M. Moore 0/1 0 0 0
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Brooks 22/38 249 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Moore 15 109 7.3 0 20
M. Williams 6 66 11.0 0 49
D. Culpepper 7 13 1.9 0 8
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. McAllister 18 78 4.3 2 14
F. McAfee 1 53 53.0 0 53
A. Brooks 4 25 6.2 1 14
A. Stecker 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
N. Burleson 6 134 22.3 0 36
R. Moss 2 89 44.5 1 46
M. Moore 7 78 11.1 0 26
J. Wiggins 5 56 11.2 2 22
M. Robinson 4 32 8.0 2 16
K. Campbell 1 23 23.0 0 23
M. Williams 1 13 13.0 0 13
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Pathon 4 92 23.0 0 36
J. Horn 7 65 9.3 1 16
D. Stallworth 4 34 8.5 0 16
M. Lewis 1 23 23.0 0 23
D. McAllister 3 15 5.0 0 8
E. Conwell 2 11 5.5 0 6
A. Stecker 1 9 9.0 0 9
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Winfield 1 56 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Ambrose 1 0 0
F. Brown 1 -100 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Udeze 1.0 11.0
L. Johnstone 1.0 8.0
K. Newman 1.0 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Howard 0.5 4.0
C. Grant 0.5 4.0
B. Young 0.5 0.0
Tackles
  TK AST
A. Winfield 6 1
B. Russell 5 1
D. Thomas 4 3
K. Udeze 3 0
C. Chavous 3 0
R. Brown 3 0
B. Williams 3 1
R. Smith 3 1
K. Williams 3 3
K. Newman 2 0
D. Ross 2 0
C. Claiborne 2 0
C. Hovan 2 1
L. Johnstone 1 0
T. Shaw 1 0
N. Burleson 1 0
K. Mixon 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
F. Thomas 9 0
T. Jones 8 3
J. Bellamy 6 1
S. Hodge 5 1
C. Grant 4 0
B. Young 4 1
D. Howard 3 0
A. Ambrose 3 0
C. Watson 2 2
F. Brown 1 0
M. McKenzie 1 0
W. Smith 1 1
H. Green 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
N. Burleson 1
M. Robinson 1
D. Culpepper 1
M. Birk 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Brooks 1