Exhibition Week 2, 1999

played in Pittsburgh, PA

61 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	7	3	6	0	-	16
Pittsburgh Steelers	7	6	0	10	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:33 MIN - Miles Walker 1 run (Phil Dawson extra point)
1Q: 03:30 PIT - Brad Edwards 94 interception return (Michele Akers extra point)
2Q: 14:50 PIT - Michele Akers 49 field goal
2Q: 06:27 MIN - Phil Dawson 50 field goal
2Q: 00:03 PIT - Michele Akers 40 field goal
3Q: 08:45 MIN - Phil Dawson 53 field goal
3Q: 01:03 MIN - Phil Dawson 21 field goal
4Q: 09:30 PIT - Michele Akers 42 field goal
4Q: 00:35 PIT - R-Kal De Poyster 8 pass from John Supernaw (Michele Akers extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:33 MIN - Miles Walker 1 run (Phil Dawson extra point)
1Q: 03:30 PIT - Brad Edwards 94 interception return (Michele Akers extra point)
2Q: 14:50 PIT - Michele Akers 49 field goal
2Q: 06:27 MIN - Phil Dawson 50 field goal
2Q: 00:03 PIT - Michele Akers 40 field goal
3Q: 08:45 MIN - Phil Dawson 53 field goal
3Q: 01:03 MIN - Phil Dawson 21 field goal
4Q: 09:30 PIT - Michele Akers 42 field goal
4Q: 00:35 PIT - R-Kal De Poyster 8 pass from John Supernaw (Michele Akers extra point)

Team Statistics MIN PIT
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 23 14
- by Rushing 13 1
- by Passing 10 13
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 412 285
- Offensive Plays 73 51
- Yards per Play 5.64 5.59
Net Rushing Yards 174 74
- Rushing Attempts 40 19
- Yards per Rush 4.35 3.89
Net Passing Yards 238 211
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 19 - 1 27 - 17 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 264 241
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/26 5/30
- Yards per Pass Play 7.21 6.59
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/18 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.2 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/30 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 3/13 3/27
Kick Returns/Yards 1/23 3/68
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/94
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 27
Time of Possession 37:04 22:56

Team Statistics	MIN	PIT
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	23	14
- by Rushing	13	1
- by Passing	10	13
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	412	285
- Offensive Plays	73	51
- Yards per Play	5.64	5.59
Net Rushing Yards	174	74
- Rushing Attempts	40	19
- Yards per Rush	4.35	3.89
Net Passing Yards	238	211
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 19 - 1	27 - 17 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	264	241
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/26	5/30
- Yards per Pass Play	7.21	6.59
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/18	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.2	9.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/30	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	3/13	3/27
Kick Returns/Yards	1/23	3/68
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/94
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 27
Time of Possession	37:04	22:56

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:33	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
1	9:03	5:43	OWN 35	13	57	Interception
1	3:20	2:11	OWN 26	3	-5	Punt
2	14:44	4:51	OWN 20	10	40	Punt
2	8:27	2:05	OPP 35	3	2	Field Goal
2	2:58	1:35	OWN 20	3	-11	Punt
3	12:31	3:51	OWN 30	8	34	Field Goal
3	6:59	6:02	OWN 21	11	75	Field Goal
4	9:24	2:48	OWN 20	6	11	Punt
4	4:31	1:55	OWN 3	4	36	Punt
4	0:25	0:25	OWN 20	3	68	Game

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:27	1:24	OWN 20	4	20	Punt
1	1:09	1:25	OWN 42	4	26	Field Goal
2	9:53	1:26	OWN 2	3	18	Interception
2	6:22	3:24	OWN 20	7	37	Punt
2	1:23	1:23	OPP 46	6	23	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:29	OWN 15	3	-1	Punt
3	8:40	1:41	OWN 31	3	-3	Punt
3	0:57	6:33	OWN 36	9	39	Field Goal
4	6:36	2:05	OWN 36	4	23	Punt
4	2:36	2:11	OWN 17	8	83	Touchdown

Game MVP: John Supernaw, Pittsburgh Steelers

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Fred Taylor	36	174	4.83	32	7	0
Miles Walker	3	2	0.67	1	0	1
Brian Griese	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
R-Kal De Poyster	11	69	6.27	40	1
Dorsey Levens	4	-6	-1.50	5	0
Ricky Williams	3	6	2.00	4	0
John Supernaw	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brian Griese	30	19	264	3/26	0	57	1	77.6

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
John Supernaw	20	15	210	5/30	1	24	0	125.0
Timm Rosenbach	7	2	31	0/0	0	18	1	5.9

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Charles Johnson	6	9	118	19.67	32	31
TE Ken Dilger	4	6	25	6.25	2	11
RB Fred Taylor	4	7	32	8.00	23	23
WR Terry Glenn	3	6	84	28.00	7	57
WR Qadry Ismail	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR O.J. McDuffie	1	1	2	2.00	0	2

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Michael Timpson	6	10	82	13.67	23	24	0
WR Brian Blades	4	6	61	15.25	13	24	0
WR Carl Pickens	2	2	15	7.50	0	14	0
TE Kendall Gammon	1	1	13	13.00	5	13	0
RB R-Kal De Poyster	1	1	8	8.00	3	8	1
WR Kevin Alexander	1	1	16	16.00	3	16	0
WR Amani Toomer	1	4	24	24.00	0	24	0
TE Mark Campbell	1	2	22	22.00	11	22	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Walt Harris	1	0	0.00	0

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Brad Edwards	1	94	94.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	5	216	43.2	37.8	52	2

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dan Stryzinski	5	226	45.2	38.6	58	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Dawson	3/3	2/2	2/2	53	1/1

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Michele Akers	3/3	3/3	0/0	49	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
O.J. McDuffie	3	13	4.3	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Amani Toomer	3	27	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Qadry Ismail	1	23	23.0	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Davis	3	68	22.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Henri Crockett	5	1	1.5	15	26
S Paul Miranda	5	1	0.0	16	27
S Devin Bush	4	3	0.0	19	32
DE Mike Rucker	3	1	1.0	15	21
OLB Frank Slade	3	0	0.5	4	6
ILB James Darling	3	2	0.0	19	32
CB Artrell Hawkins	3	2	0.0	16	30
DE Donte Rocco	3	0	0.0	9	8
CB Walt Harris	2	2	0.0	17	31
CB Aaron Glenn	2	0	0.0	9	18
OLB Jay Foreman	1	1	1.0	14	25
DT Dan Wilkinson	1	1	0.5	15	24
S John Lynch	1	1	0.0	4	8
CB Roy Koehn	1	1	0.0	5	4
ILB Tracy Simien	1	0	0.0	3	5
DE Jeremy Staat	1	0	0.0	4	11
S Earl Little	1	0	0.0	11	12
DE La'roi Glover	0	1	0.5	10	24
DT Cletidus Hunt	0	1	0.0	4	8

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Mike Jones	5	0	1.0	27	22
S Gary Jones	5	4	0.0	27	28
S Brad Edwards	5	3	0.0	28	25
S Darren Woodson	5	0	0.0	21	13
DT Derrick Ransom	4	0	1.0	38	30
OLB Bryan Jones	4	2	0.0	22	9
ILB Tyrus McCloud	3	3	1.0	24	19
S Henry Jones	3	1	0.0	17	12
OLB Vincent Vega	3	1	0.0	16	14
DE Greg Spires	3	1	0.0	28	23
OLB Takeo Spikes	3	1	0.0	15	12
CB Eric Davis	3	0	0.0	23	21
DT Kevin Smith	3	0	0.0	38	30
DE N.D. Kalu	2	4	0.0	36	28
CB Stanley Richard	2	0	0.0	27	20
CB Ashley Ambrose	2	0	0.0	6	6
DE Matt Finkes	2	0	0.0	12	10
DT Stalin Colinet	1	2	0.0	9	4
WR Michael Timpson	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Kanavis McGhee	1	0	0.0	4	5
S Chance Baxter	1	0	0.0	3	7
CB Tony Darden	1	0	0.0	19	25

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Henri Crockett	1.5	1	3	26
DE Mike Rucker	1.0	0	0	21
OLB Jay Foreman	1.0	0	0	25
OLB Frank Slade	0.5	0	0	6
DT Dan Wilkinson	0.5	0	0	24
DE La'roi Glover	0.5	0	0	24

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Derrick Ransom	1.0	2	30
OLB Mike Jones	1.0	0	22
ILB Tyrus McCloud	1.0	0	19
DT Kevin Smith	0.0	3	30
CB Stanley Richard	0.0	1	20
DE N.D. Kalu	0.0	1	28
DE Greg Spires	0.0	1	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Paul Miranda	4	0	0	27
ILB James Darling	3	1	0	32
OLB Henri Crockett	3	0	0	26
CB Walt Harris	2	1	1	31
S Devin Bush	2	1	0	32
CB Artrell Hawkins	2	0	0	30
CB Aaron Glenn	1	0	0	18

Pittsburgh	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Henry Jones	3	0	0	12
CB Stanley Richard	2	1	0	20
S Darren Woodson	2	0	0	13
CB Eric Davis	1	0	0	21
S Gary Jones	1	0	0	28
OLB Mike Jones	1	0	0	22
ILB Kanavis McGhee	1	0	0	5
CB Ashley Ambrose	1	0	0	6
OLB Vincent Vega	1	0	0	14
DE Matt Finkes	1	0	0	10
ILB Tyrus McCloud	1	0	0	19
DE Greg Spires	1	0	0	23
OLB Takeo Spikes	1	0	0	12
CB Tony Darden	1	0	0	25
OLB Bryan Jones	1	0	0	9
S Brad Edwards	0	0	1	25

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Boselli	4	9	1	40	0	33
Cory Raymer	4	7	0	40	0	33
Chris Dishman	4	6	0	40	3	33
Anthony Redmon	3	9	0	40	0	33
Antone Davis	1	6	0	40	0	33
Derrick Harris	1	2	0	22	0	11
Ken Dilger	1	1	0	30	0	24

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Barret Robbins	1	3	10	1	12
Tim Kohn	1	3	10	0	13
Howard Griffith	1	2	11	0	14
Chris Wiltz	0	5	13	1	22
Brandon Bertelsen	0	3	15	0	29
Kendall Gammon	0	1	12	0	20
Melvin Hayes	0	1	12	0	25
Jon Runyan	0	0	16	2	27
R-Kal De Poyster	0	0	15	1	12

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
O.J. McDuffie	2	20
Pete Russell	1	18
Ken Dilger	1	18
Devin Bush	1	13
James Palmer	1	8

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Howard Griffith	2	17
Mike Jones	1	27
Kevin Alexander	1	13

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Chris Dishman	40	33	---	---	8	81
Charles Johnson	38	32	---	---	6	76
Antone Davis	40	33	---	---	---	73
Anthony Redmon	40	33	---	---	---	73
Tony Boselli	40	33	---	---	---	73
Cory Raymer	40	33	---	---	---	73
Brian Griese	40	33	---	---	---	73
Ken Dilger	30	24	---	---	18	72
Fred Taylor	37	31	---	---	---	68
Terry Glenn	38	28	---	---	---	66
Devin Bush	---	---	19	32	13	64
Paul Miranda	---	---	16	27	13	56
James Darling	---	---	19	32	3	54
O.J. McDuffie	15	16	---	---	20	51
Walt Harris	---	---	17	31	3	51
Artrell Hawkins	---	---	16	30	3	49
Jay Foreman	---	---	14	25	10	49
Dan Wilkinson	---	---	15	24	5	44
Henri Crockett	---	---	15	26	3	44
Mike Rucker	---	---	15	21	3	39
Aaron Glenn	---	---	9	18	11	38
Derrick Harris	22	11	---	---	5	38
Pete Russell	9	10	---	---	18	37
La'roi Glover	---	---	10	24	3	37
Earl Little	---	---	11	12	3	26
Donte Rocco	---	---	9	8	6	23
Miles Walker	3	2	---	---	18	23
Qadry Ismail	2	3	---	---	14	19
Sheldon Jackson	6	8	---	---	5	19
Jeremy Staat	---	---	4	11	2	17
Kailey Wong	---	---	0	0	15	15
John Lynch	---	---	4	8	1	13
MarTay Jenkins	0	0	---	---	13	13
Junior Suliven	---	---	0	0	12	12
Cletidus Hunt	---	---	4	8	---	12
Tracy Simien	---	---	3	5	3	11
Frank Slade	---	---	4	6	---	10
Roy Koehn	---	---	5	4	1	10
James Palmer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Chuck Belin	0	0	---	---	8	8
Erik Baerg	0	0	---	---	8	8
Phil Dawson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Kris Farris	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	5	5
Hayden Woodson	0	0	---	---	3	3
Justics Main	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mike Jones	---	---	27	22	27	76
Gary Jones	---	---	27	28	18	73
Kevin Smith	---	---	38	30	5	73
Derrick Ransom	---	---	38	30	3	71
N.D. Kalu	---	---	36	28	3	67
Greg Spires	---	---	28	23	8	59
Brad Edwards	---	---	28	25	4	57
Eric Davis	---	---	23	21	6	50
Stanley Richard	---	---	27	20	3	50
Tony Darden	---	---	19	25	6	50
R-Kal De Poyster	15	12	---	---	21	48
Brandon Bertelsen	15	29	---	---	3	47
Tyrus McCloud	---	---	24	19	1	44
Jon Runyan	16	27	---	---	---	43
Howard Griffith	11	14	---	---	17	42
Brian Blades	14	25	---	---	2	41
Kendall Gammon	12	20	---	---	9	41
Chris Wiltz	13	22	---	---	6	41
John Supernaw	15	25	---	---	---	40
Melvin Hayes	12	25	---	---	2	39
Mark Campbell	10	15	---	---	14	39
Darren Woodson	---	---	21	13	3	37
Amani Toomer	12	15	---	---	10	37
Henry Jones	---	---	17	12	5	34
Vincent Vega	---	---	16	14	4	34
Bryan Jones	---	---	22	9	2	33
Takeo Spikes	---	---	15	12	5	32
Tim Kohn	10	13	---	---	8	31
John Gerak	10	12	---	---	8	30
Jerry Ostroski	9	20	---	---	---	29
Kevin Alexander	8	8	---	---	13	29
Barret Robbins	10	12	---	---	5	27
Michael Timpson	4	18	---	---	---	22
Ashley Ambrose	---	---	6	6	10	22
Matt Finkes	---	---	12	10	---	22
Kanavis McGhee	---	---	4	5	10	19
Carl Pickens	2	9	---	---	8	19
Chance Baxter	---	---	3	7	9	19
Dorsey Levens	4	11	---	---	2	17
Ricky Williams	3	13	---	---	1	17
Stalin Colinet	---	---	9	4	1	14
Timm Rosenbach	4	7	---	---	---	11
Michele Akers	0	0	---	---	8	8
Dan Stryzinski	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mike Schneck	0	0	---	---	8	8
Orlando Sheehan	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	42	6.0
Middle	26	113	4.3
Right	7	19	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	4	0.4
Middle	7	54	7.7
Right	3	16	5.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brian Griese	30	19	5	0	1	1	8	0	1

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
John Supernaw	20	15	4	0	3	2	0	3	0
Timm Rosenbach	7	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	4	36	4.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	5	19	2.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	98	8.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	3	111	37.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	8	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	4	54	10.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	11	155	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	24	6.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Charles Johnson	9	6	0	118	3	32
RB Fred Taylor	7	4	0	32	1	31
TE Ken Dilger	6	4	1	25	0	24
WR Terry Glenn	6	3	0	84	1	28
WR Qadry Ismail	1	1	0	3	0	3
WR O.J. McDuffie	1	1	0	2	0	16

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Timpson	10	6	2	82	1	18
WR Brian Blades	6	4	1	61	1	25
WR Amani Toomer	4	1	1	24	1	15
WR Carl Pickens	2	2	0	15	0	9
TE Mark Campbell	2	1	0	22	1	15
TE Kendall Gammon	1	1	0	13	0	20
RB R-Kal De Poyster	1	1	0	8	0	12
WR Kevin Alexander	1	1	0	16	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Fred Taylor	8	25	3.13	4.83
Miles Walker	1	1	1.00	0.67

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
R-Kal De Poyster	1	-1	-1.00	6.27

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brian Griese	2	0	0	0.00	8.80

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
John Supernaw	2	1	8	4.00	10.50

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Fred Taylor	2	0	0	0.00	4.57

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brian Blades	1	0	0	0.00	10.17
RB R-Kal De Poyster	1	1	8	8.00	8.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Fred Taylor	7	5

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
R-Kal De Poyster	2	0
John Supernaw	1	0
Dorsey Levens	1	0
Ricky Williams	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brian Griese	9	5	4

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
John Supernaw	5	5	5
Timm Rosenbach	2	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terry Glenn	4	2	2
RB Fred Taylor	3	1	0
WR Charles Johnson	2	2	2

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Amani Toomer	3	1	1
WR Michael Timpson	2	2	2
WR Brian Blades	1	1	1
WR Kevin Alexander	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,900 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,400 (20,900)
End Zone 13,500 (15,100)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 12,600 (13,300)
Club Seats 8,700 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 3,500 (3,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,900 (70,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,400 (20,900)
End Zone	13,500 (15,100)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	12,600 (13,300)
Club Seats	8,700 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	3,500 (3,800)