Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants

December 26, 1999

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Minnesota Vikings	0	14	7	13	34
New York Giants	3	3	3	8	17

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
9:46	NYG	FG	FG Cary Blanchard 24	NYG 3, Min 0
2nd Quarter
3:01	Min	TD	Leroy Hoard 3 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	Min 7, NYG 3
7:10	NYG	FG	FG Cary Blanchard 43	Min 7, NYG 6
14:33	Min	TD	Leroy Hoard 1 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	Min 14, NYG 6
3rd Quarter
10:31	Min	TD	Cris Carter 27 pass from Randy Moss (Gary Anderson Kick)	Min 21, NYG 6
15:00	NYG	FG	FG Cary Blanchard 42	Min 21, NYG 9
4th Quarter
0:16	Min	TD	Moe Williams 85 kickoff return (Gary Anderson Kick)	Min 28, NYG 9
7:15	NYG	TD	Pete Mitchell 1 pass from Kerry Collins (Kerry Collins Run)	Min 28, NYG 17
7:37	Min	TD	Robert Smith 70 run (Run failed)	Min 34, NYG 17

Missed Field Goals: NYG - Cary Blanchard 39

Attendance: 78,095

Team Statistics

Minnesota Vikings New York Giants

First downs 18 25

Rushes - yards 25 - 174 27 - 76

Passing 204 268

Punt returns 1 - -4 3 - 15

Kickoff returns 5 - 144 6 - 110

Interception returns 1 - 4 2 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 11 - 22 - 2 31 - 51 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 1 - 8 5 - 29

Punts 4 - 42.3 2 - 46.5

Fumbles - lost 0 - 0 2 - 0

Penalties - yards 10 - 80 5 - 40

Time of possession 22:25 37:35

Passing

Minnesota Vikings Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Jeff George 21 10 185 8.81 0 2 37 1 8 38.9

Randy Moss 1 1 27 27.00 1 0 27t 0 0 158.3

New York Giants Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Kerry Collins 51 31 297 5.82 1 1 19 5 29 75.4

Rushing

Minnesota Vikings Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Robert Smith 16 146 9.1 70t 1

Leroy Hoard 6 21 3.5 12 2

Jeff George 1 4 4.0 4 0

Moe Williams 2 3 1.5 2 0

New York Giants Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Joe Montgomery 19 55 2.9 12 0

Tiki Barber 5 11 2.2 4 0

Kerry Collins 3 10 3.3 9 0

Receiving

Minnesota Vikings Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Cris Carter 5 131 26.2 37 1

Randy Moss 3 44 14.7 25 0

Andrew Glover 2 28 14.0 19 0

Robert Smith 1 9 9.0 9 0

New York Giants Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Amani Toomer 9 99 11.0 17 0

Tiki Barber 8 56 7.0 15 0

Ike Hilliard 5 62 12.4 19 0

Joe Jurevicius 3 39 13.0 18 0

Pete Mitchell 3 21 7.0 11 1

Howard Cross 2 4 2.0 3 0

David Patten 1 16 16.0 16 0

Kickoff Returns

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Moe Williams 1 85 85.0 0 85t 1

Robert Tate 2 30 15.0 0 18 0

Harold Morrow 1 20 20.0 0 20 0

John Burrough 1 9 9.0 0 9 0

New York Giants Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Bashir Levingston 4 78 19.5 0 22 0

David Patten 1 18 18.0 0 18 0

Tiki Barber 1 14 14.0 0 14 0

Punt Returns

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Randy Moss 1 -4 -4.0 1 -4 0

New York Giants Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tiki Barber 3 15 5.0 1 14 0

Punting

Minnesota Vikings Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Mitch Berger 4 169 42.3 51 0 3 0 38.5 3 15

New York Giants Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Brad Maynard 2 93 46.5 49 0 1 0 48.5 1 -4

Defense

Minnesota Vikings Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Anthony Bass 1 4 4.0 4 0 0.0 0.0

Robert Griffith 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 10.0

John Randle 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 8.0

Duane Clemons 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 2.0

John Burrough 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

New York Giants Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Percy Ellsworth 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Jeremy Lincoln 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Keith Hamilton 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 8.0

1999 NFL Scoreboard
Week 16

Fri, Dec 24, 1999

Dallas
New Orleans 24
31 Final

Sat, Dec 25, 1999

Denver
Detroit 17
7 Final

Sun, Dec 26, 1999

Minnesota
NY Giants 34
17 Final

Jacksonville
Tennessee 14
41 Final

Arizona
Atlanta 14
37 Final

Cincinnati
Baltimore 0
22 Final

Buffalo
New England 13
10 F/OT

Carolina
Pittsburgh 20
30 Final

Chicago
St. Louis 12
34 Final

Indianapolis
Cleveland 29
28 Final

Green Bay
Tampa Bay 10
29 Final

Oakland
San Diego 20
23 Final

Kansas City
Seattle 14
23 Final

Washington
San Francisco 26
20 F/OT

Mon, Dec 27, 1999

NY Jets
Miami 38
31 Final

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