MIN 34 @ BUF 13 - 1997 NFL

1997 Week 1

Minnesota VikingsMIN

34-13

Buffalo BillsBUF

Sun, August 31, 1997 · 1:00PM · Rich Stadium

Attendance: 79,139Surface: astroturfLine: Buffalo Bills -2.5O/U: 37.0 (over)

MIN: Dennis Green · BUF: Marv Levy

MIN

Team Stats

BUF

1st Downs

28-185

Rushing

24-147

17-30-218

Passing

25-39-299

385

Scoring

2nd Quarter

7:36

Greg Davis 21 yard field goal

Jay Riemersma 19 yard pass from Todd Collins (Steve Christie kick)

Cris Carter 6 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Greg Davis kick)

10-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
MIN
Passing
Brad Johnson	17/30	218	2	1	3	87.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Brad Johnson	3	-3	0	-1	0
Robert Smith	16	169	1	78	0
Leroy Hoard	7	16	0	8	0
Charles Evans	1	5	0	5	0
David Palmer	1	-2	0	-2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Robert Smith	1	1	5	0	5
Leroy Hoard	1	1	30	0	30
Charles Evans	1	1	2	0	2
Cris Carter	11	8	121	2	35
Jake Reed	6	1	19	0	19
Hunter Goodwin	4	2	17	0	13
Greg DeLong	1	1	11	0	11
David Palmer	4	2	13	0	8
BUF
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Todd Collins	25/39	299	1	2	3	74.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Todd Collins	2	2	0	2	1
Thurman Thomas	14	63	0	13	1
Antowain Smith	7	55	0	27	0
Eric Moulds	1	27	0	27	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Andre Reed	11	7	142	0	43
Thurman Thomas	6	6	40	0	13
Antowain Smith	7	5	44	0	13
Eric Moulds	2	1	4	0	4
Jay Riemersma	4	4	54	1	22
Lonnie Johnson	4	1	8	0	8
Darick Holmes	1	1	7	0	7
Steve Tasker	1	0	0	0	0
Quinn Early	2	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
MIN
Dewayne Washington	6	6	0	1			0	0
Orlando Thomas	5	5	0	1			0	0
John Randle	3	3	2	0			0	0
Jason Fisk	5	5	1	0			1	0
Jeff Brady	6	6	0					1
Dixon Edwards	6	5	0					1
Ed McDaniel	6	4	0					0
Derrick Alexander	3	2	0					0
Stalin Colinet	3	3	0					0
Corey Fuller	3	1	0					0
Robert Griffith	3	3	0					0
Dwayne Rudd	3	2	0					0
Leonard Wheeler	3	2	0					0
Fernando Smith	2	2	0					0
BUF
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Marlon Kerner	1	1	0	1			0	0
Bruce Smith	2	2	2	0			0	0
Ted Washington	5	4	1					0
Henry Jones	8	7	0					0
Damien Covington	6	3	0					0
Kurt Schulz	6	4	0					0
Chris Spielman	6	5	0					0
Phil Hansen	4	3	0					0
Sam Rogers	3	3	0					0
Jeff Burris	2	2	0					0
Bryce Paup	2	2	0					0
Gabe Northern	1	1	0					0
Marlo Perry	1	1	0					0
Emanuel Martin	2	2	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
MIN
Greg Davis	4/4	2/2	0	0	-	-
Randall Cunningham	-	-	4	170	42.5	65
BUF
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Steve Christie	1/1	2/2	0	0	-	-
Chris Mohr	-	-	4	140	35.0	44

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
MIN
Harold Morrow	1	21	0	0	0	0
BUF
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Steve Tasker	0	0	0	2	15	0
Eric Moulds	7	145	0	0	0	0

MIN

Expected Points Added

BUF

18.3Total-18.3

9.2Off Total-11.8

5.8Off Pass-2.9

4.0Off Rush-7.5

11.8Def Total-9.2

2.9Def Pass-5.8

7.5Def Rush-4.0

-1.0

Starting Lineups

MIN

QBBrad Johnson

RBRobert Smith

FBCharles Evans

WRJake Reed

WRCris Carter

TEHunter Goodwin

LTTodd Steussie

LGRandall McDaniel

CJeff Christy

RGDavid Dixon

MIN at BUF, 1997 NFL game