Sunday, November 8, 1998
| NOR | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Cris Carter 14 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Vikings | Gary Anderson 28 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| Vikings | Leroy Hoard 4 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| Saints | Aaron Craver 100 yard kickoff return (Doug Brien kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Saints | Doug Brien 20 yard field goal | 10 | 17 |
| Vikings | Robert Smith 61 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 24 | |
| Saints | Aaron Craver 9 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (Doug Brien kick) | 17 | 24 | |
| 4th | Saints | Sammy Knight 91 yard interception return (Doug Brien kick) | 24 | 24 |
| Vikings | Leroy Hoard 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 24 | 31 |
| NOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-52-0 | 32-162-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-16-168-1-0 | 28-40-316-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-30 | 2-13 |
| Net pass yards | 138 | 303 |
| Total yards | 190 | 465 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-50 | 6-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Billy Joe Tolliver | NOR | 11 | 16 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Aaron Craver | NOR | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 49 | ||||||
| Sean Dawkins | NOR | 3 | 44 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ray Zellars | NOR | 6 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Lamar Smith | NOR | 11 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Keith Poole | NOR | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 28 | 38 | 316 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Smith | MIN | 20 | 137 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Andrew Glover | MIN | 9 | 93 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 5 | 90 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 6 | 71 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Randy Moss | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Greg DeLong | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Randall Cunningham | MIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Brett Bech | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Je'Rod Cherry | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Craver | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 57.5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Fields | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Sammy Knight | NOR | 0.0 | 2 | 98 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Derrick L. Alexander | MIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ed McDaniel | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Randle | MIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kailee Wong | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Doug Brien | NOR | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Royals | NOR | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Anderson | MIN | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Berger | MIN | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | ||||