Sunday, December 21, 1997
| IND | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Colts | Marshall Faulk 1 yard rush (Cary Blanchard kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Vikings | Cris Carter 16 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Eddie Murray 29 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| Colts | Cary Blanchard 27 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| Vikings | Cris Carter 3 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| Vikings | Leroy Hoard 6 yard rush (kick failed) | 10 | 23 | |
| Vikings | Andrew Glover 14 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (pass failed) | 10 | 29 | |
| 3rd | Colts | Marshall Faulk 3 yard rush (Marvin Harrison pass from Jim Harbaugh) | 18 | 29 |
| Vikings | Cris Carter 13 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Eddie Murray kick) | 18 | 36 | |
| 4th | Colts | Cary Blanchard 21 yard field goal | 21 | 36 |
| Colts | Marvin Harrison 2 yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Cary Blanchard kick) | 28 | 36 | |
| Vikings | Eddie Murray 25 yard field goal | 28 | 39 |
| IND | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-132-2 | 30-180-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-35-196-1-3 | 13-27-174-4-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-30 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 166 | 165 |
| Total yards | 298 | 345 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 8-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Marshall Faulk | IND | 23 | 102 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Jim Harbaugh | IND | 15 | 27 | 167 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Sean Dawkins | IND | 7 | 66 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Marvin Harrison | IND | 7 | 65 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Brian Stablein | IND | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Kelly Holcomb | IND | 5 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Zack Crockett | IND | 3 | 13 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Chris Doering | IND | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Clif Groce | IND | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Robert Smith | MIN | 17 | 160 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 5 | 89 | 3 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Randall Cunningham | MIN | 13 | 27 | 174 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Andrew Glover | MIN | 3 | 36 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 6 | 19 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Greg DeLong | MIN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Jason Belser | IND | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Blackmon | IND | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Quentin Coryatt | IND | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nate Jacquet | IND | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Morrison | IND | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Duane Clemons | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Corey Fuller | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Griffith | MIN | 0.0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Randle | MIN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dwayne Rudd | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Cary Blanchard | IND | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Gardocki | IND | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | ||||
| Mitch Berger | MIN | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | MIN | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |