FINAL
St. Louis 40, Minnesota 29
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 0 7 14 8 29
St. Louis 14 6 13 7 40

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
STL   TD   MARSHALL FAULK 1 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 6:04. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:04. Key plays: Warner 15-yard pass to Bruce to St. Louis 35; Warner 16-yard pass to Faulk to St. Louis 49; Warner 16-yard pass to Holt to Minnesota 25; Warner 4-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-2 to Minnesota 13; Warner 11-yard pass to Bruce to Minnesota 2. ST LOUIS 7-0
STL   TD   MARSHALL FAULK 1 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 10:06. Drive: 4 plays, 39 yards in 2:03. Key plays: Hakim 35-yard punt return to Minnesota 39; Warner 27-yard pass to Robinson to Minnesota 8; Warner 7-yard pass to Robinson to Minnesota 1. ST LOUIS 14-0
2ND QUARTER
STL   FG   JEFF WILKINS 26 YD, 1:12. Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards in 2:52. Key plays: Warner 21-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 48; Warner 22-yard pass to Holt to Minnesota 30; Faulk 19-yard run to Minnesota 16. ST LOUIS 17-0
MIN   TD   JOHNNY MCWILLIAMS 22 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 7:46. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 6:34. Key plays: Smith 10-yard run to Minnesota 47; Culpepper 10-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-4 to St Louis 32; Smith 2-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to St Louis 22. ST LOUIS 17-7
STL   FG   JEFF WILKINS 19 YD, 13:49. Drive: 13 plays, 78 yards in 6:03. Key plays: Warner 5-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-4 to St Louis 32; Warner 16-yard pass to Bruce on 3rd-and-7 to Minnesota 49; Warner 20-yard pass to Holt plus 7-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Vikings' Sawyer to Minnesota 6. ST LOUIS 20-7
3RD QUARTER
MIN   TD   DAUNTE CULPEPPER 8 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 3:40. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards in 3:40. Key plays: Culpepper 13-yard run on 3rd-and-6 to St Louis 45; Smith 15-yard run to St Louis 30; Culpepper 15-yard pass to Kleinsasser to St Louis 22; 14-yard pass interference penalty on Rams' Bush to St Louis 8. ST LOUIS 20-14
STL   TD   MARSHALL FAULK 5 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 6:41. Drive: 6 plays, 79 yards in 3:01. Key plays: Warner 21-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 42; Warner 22-yard pass to Holt to Minnesota 25; Faulk 16-yard run to Minnesota 5. ST LOUIS 26-14
STL   TD   MARSHALL FAULK 1 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 10:24. Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards in 2:05. Key plays: Warner 36-yard pass to Holt to Minnessota 37; Faulk 10-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Minnessota 19; 18-yard pass interference penalty on Vikings' Griffith to Minnesota 1. ST LOUIS 33-14
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 2 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 14:28. Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards in 4:05. Key plays: Culpepper 11-yard run to St Louis 49; Culpepper 13-yard pass to Walsh to St Louis 23; Culpepper 19-yard pass to Carter to St Louis 4. ST LOUIS 33-21
4TH QUARTER
STL   TD   JUSTIN WATSON 6 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 6:50. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards in 7:22. Key plays: Faulk 18-yard run to St Louis 38; Warner 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield; Warner 4-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-1 to Minnesota 37; Faulk 16-yard run to Minnesota 18; Faulk 9-yard run to Minnesota 6. ST LOUIS 40-21
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 32 YD PASS FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER (DAUNTE CULPEPPER PASS TO RANDY MOSS FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 12:33. Drive: 8 plays, 86 yards in 1:50. Key plays: Culpepper 26-yard pass to Williams to Minnesota 38; Culpepper 11-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 49; 4-yard pass interference penalty on Rams' McCleon on 3rd-and-8 to St Louis 45; Culpepper 13-yard pass to Carter to St Louis 32. ST LOUIS 40-29

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN STL
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
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
7
13
5-11
0-0
312
56
5.6
104
19
5.5
208
21-33
5.6
4-13
5-50.0
127
0-0
5-127
0-0
7-60
1-0
25:36
32
13
17
7-10
0-0
508
66
7.7
162
34
4.8
346
27-32
10.8
0-0
1-38.0
99
4-61
3-38
0-0
7-43
0-0
34:24

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 15-67, Daunte Culpepper 4-37.
St Louis rushing
Marshall Faulk 25-135, Robert Holcombe 2-14, Ernie Conwell 1-6, Justin Watson 1-6, Kurt Warner 5-1.
Minnesota passing
Daunte Culpepper 21-33 for 221 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
St Louis passing
Kurt Warner 27-32 for 346 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 7-66, Johnny Mcwilliams 5-53, Randy Moss 4-63, Robert Smith 2-0, Jim Kleinsasser 1-15, Chris Walsh 1-13, Matthew Hatchette 1-11.
St Louis receiving
Torry Holt 9-172, Isaac Bruce 7-74, Marshall Faulk 6-43, Jeff Robinson 2-34, Ricky Proehl 2-18, Az-zahir Hakim 1-5.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kailee Wong 11-0-0, Robert Griffith 6-2-0, Tyrone Carter 6-0-0, Ed Mcdaniel 5-1-0, Robert Tate 5-0-0, Chris Hovan 4-0-0, Tony Williams 4-0-0, Lemanski Hall 3-0-0, Wasswa Serwanga 2-0-0, Keith Thibodeaux 2-0-0, Don Morgan 2-0-0, Kenny Wright 2-0-0, Jim Nelson 1-1-0, Bryce Paup 1-0-0, Talance Sawyer 1-0-0, John Burrough 1-0-0.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
London Fletcher 9-1-2, Mike Jones 6-1-0, Dexter Mccleon 5-0-0, Grant Wistrom 4-0-1, Keith Lyle 3-1-0, Todd Lyght 3-0-0, Devin Bush 2-1-0, D'marco Farr 2-1-0, Kevin Carter 1-2-0, Dre Bly 2-0-0, Leonard Little 1-0-1, Sean Moran 1-0-0, Todd Collins 1-0-0, Ray Agnew 1-0-0.
Interceptions
None.
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Ron Winter, Umpire-Ed Coukart, Head linesman-Tom Johnson, Line judge-Byron Boston, Field judge-Bobby Mcgrath, Side judge-Dave Wyant, Back judge-Perry Paganelli.
A: 66,273; T: 3:10.

 


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