Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints

December 15, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Minnesota Vikings	14	10	0	8	32
New Orleans Saints	10	10	3	8	31

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
3:10	NO	FG	FG John Carney 40	NO 3, Min 0
6:39	Min	TD	Daunte Culpepper 4 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	Min 7, NO 3
13:59	Min	TD	Daunte Culpepper 6 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	Min 14, NO 3
14:12	NO	TD	Michael Lewis 97 kickoff return (John Carney Kick)	Min 14, NO 10
2nd Quarter
3:01	Min	FG	FG Gary Anderson 41	Min 17, NO 10
9:35	NO	FG	FG John Carney 34	Min 17, NO 13
14:07	NO	TD	Jake Reed 35 pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney Kick)	NO 20, Min 17
14:48	Min	TD	Randy Moss 33 pass from Daunte Culpepper (Gary Anderson Kick)	Min 24, NO 20
3rd Quarter
14:05	NO	FG	FG John Carney 27	Min 24, NO 23
4th Quarter
9:39	NO	TD	Deuce McAllister 17 pass from Aaron Brooks (Joe Horn Pass from Aaron Brooks)	NO 31, Min 24
14:55	Min	TD	Randy Moss 13 pass from Daunte Culpepper (Daunte Culpepper Run)	Min 32, NO 31

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 67,851

Team Statistics

Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints

First downs 22 18

Rushes - yards 25 - 146 22 - 78

Passing 293 221

Punt returns 1 - 0 1 - 0

Kickoff returns 6 - 134 6 - 242

Interception returns 0 - 0 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 26 - 36 - 0 21 - 33 - 0

Sacked - yards lost 3 - 19 4 - 34

Punts 5 - 39.2 3 - 46.3

Fumbles - lost 1 - 0 0 - 0

Penalties - yards 8 - 73 8 - 53

Time of possession 31:21 28:39

Passing

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

Daunte Culpepper 36 26 312 8.67 2 0 35 3 19 116.9

New Orleans Saints Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Aaron Brooks 33 21 255 7.73 2 0 35t 4 34 107.5

Rushing

Minnesota Vikings Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Daunte Culpepper 7 73 10.4 19 2

Michael Bennett 15 46 3.1 19 0

Randy Moss 1 25 25.0 25 0

Moe Williams 1 2 2.0 2 0

Jim Kleinsasser 1 0 0.0 0 0

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Deuce McAllister 18 69 3.8 16 0

Aaron Brooks 3 5 1.7 4 0

James Fenderson 1 4 4.0 4 0

Receiving

Minnesota Vikings Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Randy Moss 11 113 10.3 33t 2

Byron Chamberlain 4 50 12.5 17 0

Michael Bennett 3 61 20.3 35 0

D'Wayne Bates 3 20 6.7 9 0

Kelly Campbell 2 42 21.0 32 0

Jim Kleinsasser 2 20 10.0 13 0

Moe Williams 1 6 6.0 6 0

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Joe Horn 5 60 12.0 18 0

Jerome Pathon 4 57 14.3 20 0

Donte' Stallworth 4 42 10.5 17 0

Jake Reed 3 53 17.7 35t 1

Deuce McAllister 3 27 9.0 17t 1

Terrelle Smith 1 10 10.0 10 0

Boo Williams 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kickoff Returns

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tyrone Carter 6 134 22.3 0 26 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Michael Lewis 4 183 45.8 0 97t 1

Fred McAfee 1 51 51.0 0 51 0

William Whitehead 1 8 8.0 0 8 0

Punt Returns

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Nick Davis 1 0 0.0 1 0 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Michael Lewis 1 0 0.0 1 0 0

Punting

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

Kyle Richardson 5 196 39.2 47 0 1 0 39.2 1 0

New Orleans Saints Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Toby Gowin 3 139 46.3 59 0 1 0 46.3 1 0

Defense

Minnesota Vikings Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Chris Hovan 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 13.0

Lance Johnstone 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 15.0

Corey Chavous 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6.0

New Orleans Saints Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Darrin Smith 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 6.5

Darren Howard 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.5 9.5

Norman Hand 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 3.0

2002 NFL Scoreboard
Week 15

Sun, Dec 15, 2002

Baltimore
Houston 23
19 Final

Indianapolis
Cleveland 28
23 Final

Carolina
Pittsburgh 14
30 Final

Washington
Philadelphia 21
34 Final

Minnesota
New Orleans 32
31 Final

Oakland
Miami 17
23 Final

Tampa Bay
Detroit 23
20 Final

Jacksonville
Cincinnati 29
15 Final

San Diego
Buffalo 13
20 Final

Seattle
Atlanta 30
24 F/OT

NY Jets
Chicago 13
20 Final

Kansas City
Denver 24
31 Final

Green Bay
San Francisco 20
14 Final

Dallas
NY Giants 7
37 Final

Arizona
St. Louis 28
30 Final

Mon, Dec 16, 2002

New England
Tennessee 7
24 Final

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