Saturday, January 3, 1998
| MIN | SFO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 49ers | William Floyd 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Vikings | Cris Carter 66 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | 49ers | Terry Kirby 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 49ers | Ken Norton 23 yard interception return (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| 3rd | 49ers | Gary Anderson 34 yard field goal | 7 | 24 |
| Vikings | Cris Carter 3 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 24 | |
| 49ers | Terrell Owens 15 yard pass from Steve Young (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 31 | |
| 4th | 49ers | Terry Kirby 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 38 |
| Vikings | Matthew Hatchette 13 yard pass from Randall Cunningham (Chris Walsh pass from Randall Cunningham) | 22 | 38 |
| MIN | SFO | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 31 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 16-57-0 | 41-175-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-40-331-3-1 | 21-30-224-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 321 | 219 |
| Total yards | 378 | 394 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-91 | 7-69 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Randall Cunningham | MIN | 18 | 40 | 331 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 5 | 114 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 6 | 93 | 2 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Glover | MIN | 3 | 84 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Robert Smith | MIN | 8 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Matthew Hatchette | MIN | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Steve Young | SFO | 21 | 30 | 224 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Terry Kirby | SFO | 25 | 120 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| J.J. Stokes | SFO | 9 | 101 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Terrell Owens | SFO | 4 | 49 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Brent Jones | SFO | 3 | 39 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| William Floyd | SFO | 3 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Chuck Levy | SFO | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Duane Butler | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 12 | |||
| John Randle | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Barker | SFO | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chuck Levy | SFO | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| Ken Norton | SFO | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Mitch Berger | MIN | 7 | 209 | 29.9 | 43 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | MIN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Anderson | SFO | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Thompson | SFO | 6 | 232 | 38.7 | 48 | ||||