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Box Score: Philadelphia Eagles at Minnesota Vikings

Posted: Mon September 29, 1997 at 2:17 a.m EDT

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

PHILADELPHIA 3 10 6 0 19 MINNESOTA 7 7 7 7 28 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: MIN - TD, JAKE REED 48 YD PASS FROM BRAD JOHNSON (EDDIE MURRAY KICK), 5:49. Drive: 3 plays, 52 yards in 1:04. Key plays: Washington 27-yard interception return to Minnesota 48. MINNESOTA 7-0 PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 47 YD, 10:50. Drive: 11 plays, 55 yards in 5:01. Key plays: Detmer 17-yard pass to Fryar to Minnesota 49; Watters 19-yard run to Minnesota 30. MINNESOTA 7-3 2ND QUARTER: PHI - TD, IRVING FRYAR 6 YD PASS FROM TY DETMER (CHRIS BONIOL KICK), 5:53. Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards in 3:26. Key plays: Detmer 14-yard pass to Fryar to Philadelphia 44; Detmer 10-yard pass Timpson to Minnesota 37; Detmer 9-yard pass to Timpson plus 13-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Vikings' Colinet to Minnesota 12. PHILADELPHIA 10-7 MIN - TD, ROBERT SMITH 12 YD PASS FROM BRAD JOHNSON (EDDIE MURRAY KICK), 12:33. Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards in 6:40. Key plays: Johnson 33-yard pass to Reed on 3-and-15 to Minnesota 40; Johnson 19-yard pass to Carter to Philadelphia 42; 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Eagles' Mamula to Philadelphia 29. MINNESOTA 14-10 PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 26 YD, 14:31. Drive: 7 plays, 61 yards in 1:58. Key plays: Detmer 36-yard pass to Fryar to Minnesota 23; Garner 11-yard run to Minnesota 12. MINNESOTA 14-13 3RD QUARTER: MIN - TD, ROBERT SMITH 14 YD RUN (EDDIE MURRAY KICK), 8:30. Drive: 2 plays, 16 yards in 0:40. Key plays: Riggs recovery of Seay muffed punt at Philadelphia 16. MINNESOTA 21-13 PHI - TD, KEVIN TURNER 20 YD PASS FROM TY DETMER (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 12:55. Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards in 4:25. Key plays: Detmer 18-yard pass to Garner to Minnesota 43; Detmer 8-yard pass to Timpson to Minnesota 20. MINNESOTA 21-19 4TH QUARTER: MIN - TD, CRIS CARTER 18 YD PASS FROM BRAD JOHNSON (EDDIE MURRAY KICK), 0:32. Drive: 7 plays, 82 yards in 2:37. Key plays: Johnson 12-yard pass to Reed to Minnesota 32; Smith 46-yard run to Philadelphia 22. MINNESOTA 28-19 TEAM STATISTICS PHI MIN
FIRST DOWNS 25 17 Rushing 5 4 Passing 15 11 Penalty 5 2 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-16 6-13 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2 0-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 372 365 Total plays 71 61 Average gain 5.2 6.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 100 144 Rushes 21 29 Average per rush 4.8 5.0 NET YARDS PASSING 272 221 Completed-attempted 28-45 17-32 Yards per pass 5.4 6.9 Sacked-yards lost 5-26 0-0 Had intercepted 2 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-47.8 6-46.2 RETURN YARDAGE 149 147 Punts-returns 3-43 2-23 Kickoffs-returns 5-106 5-84 Interceptions-returns 1-0 2-40 PENALTIES-YARDS 5-50 11-95 FUMBLES-LOST 5-1 0-0 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:51 28:09 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: None. Philadelphia rushing: Ricky Watters 13-61, Charlie Garner 7-30, Ty Detmer 1-9. Minnesota rushing: Robert Smith 22-125, Brad Johnson 6-13, David Palmer 1-6. Philadelphia passing: Ty Detmer 28-45 for 298 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD. Minnesota passing: Brad Johnson 17-32 for 221 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD. Philadelphia receiving: Irving Fryar 9-120, Michael Timpson 6-59, Ricky Watters 5-27, Kevin Turner 4-39, Mark Seay 2-29, Charlie Garner 1-18, Jason Dunn 1-6. Minnesota receiving: Jake Reed 6-134, Cris Carter 5-58, Robert Smith 3-10, Andrew Glover 1-9, Charles Evans 1-8, David Palmer 1-2. Philadelphia tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Bryan Dawkins 7-0-0, James Willis 6-1-0, William Thomas 6-0-0, Troy Vincent 6-0-0, Bobby Taylor 4-0-0, Hollis Thomas 4-0-0, Michael Zordich 1-3-0, Darrin Smith 2-1-0, Charles Dimry 1-0-0, Rhett Hall 0-1-0, Mike Mamula 0-1-0. Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Robert Griffith 5-4-0, Corey Fuller 7-1-0, Dewayne Washington 7-0-0, Derrick Alexander 6-1-2, Orlando Thomas 4-3-0, Jeff Brady 4-1-0, Dwayne Rudd 3-2-0, John Randle 3-1-1, Dixon Edwards 2-2-2, Ed Mcdaniel 2-1-0, Fernando Smith 2-1-0, Jerry Ball 1-1-0, Jason Fisk 1-1-0, Leonard Wheeler 1-1-0, Pete Bercich 1-0-0, Stalin Colinet 0-1-0. Interceptions: Philadelphia (Troy Vincent 1 for 0 yards); Minnesota (Dewayne Washington 2 for 40 yards). Fumbles lost: Philadelphia (Mark Seay). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Minnesota (Greg Briggs).


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