Week 12, 2001

played in Cincinnati, OH

45 degrees, rain, 13 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	0	3	0	6	-	9
Cincinnati Bengals	10	13	0	6	-	29

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:27 CIN - David Akers 36 field goal
1Q: 06:32 CIN - Warrick Dunn 3 run (David Akers extra point)
2Q: 12:51 CIN - Kurt Warner 2 run (David Akers extra point)
2Q: 08:24 CIN - David Akers 29 field goal
2Q: 05:48 MIN - Phil Dawson 22 field goal
2Q: 00:03 CIN - David Akers 38 field goal
4Q: 12:01 CIN - David Akers 43 field goal
4Q: 06:24 MIN - Fred Taylor 4 pass from Brian Griese (Fred Taylor run for conversion failed)
4Q: 01:36 CIN - David Akers 27 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:27 CIN - David Akers 36 field goal
1Q: 06:32 CIN - Warrick Dunn 3 run (David Akers extra point)
2Q: 12:51 CIN - Kurt Warner 2 run (David Akers extra point)
2Q: 08:24 CIN - David Akers 29 field goal
2Q: 05:48 MIN - Phil Dawson 22 field goal
2Q: 00:03 CIN - David Akers 38 field goal
4Q: 12:01 CIN - David Akers 43 field goal
4Q: 06:24 MIN - Fred Taylor 4 pass from Brian Griese (Fred Taylor run for conversion failed)
4Q: 01:36 CIN - David Akers 27 field goal

Team Statistics MIN CIN
Record 10-1 9-2
First Downs 18 19
- by Rushing 7 9
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 365 382
- Offensive Plays 61 61
- Yards per Play 5.98 6.26
Net Rushing Yards 139 134
- Rushing Attempts 25 36
- Yards per Rush 5.56 3.72
Net Passing Yards 226 248
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 21 - 0 23 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 244 255
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/18 2/7
- Yards per Pass Play 6.28 9.92
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.2 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/18 5/41
Punt Returns/Yards 3/19 2/6
Kick Returns/Yards 2/64 2/48
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 1/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 39
Time of Possession 28:57 31:03

Team Statistics	MIN	CIN
Record	10-1	9-2
First Downs	18	19
- by Rushing	7	9
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	365	382
- Offensive Plays	61	61
- Yards per Play	5.98	6.26
Net Rushing Yards	139	134
- Rushing Attempts	25	36
- Yards per Rush	5.56	3.72
Net Passing Yards	226	248
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 21 - 0	23 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	244	255
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/18	2/7
- Yards per Pass Play	6.28	9.92
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.2	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/18	5/41
Punt Returns/Yards	3/19	2/6
Kick Returns/Yards	2/64	2/48
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	1/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 39
Time of Possession	28:57	31:03

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:19	1:55	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
1	6:22	4:21	OWN 20	7	28	Punt
2	12:38	1:18	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	8:17	2:34	OWN 21	5	74	Field Goal
2	3:58	1:41	OWN 17	4	43	Punt
3	15:00	1:20	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	11:56	5:03	OWN 27	9	52	Missed FG
3	3:57	4:05	OWN 11	8	61	Missed FG
4	11:53	1:13	OWN 20	3	20	Fumble
4	8:44	2:28	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
4	3:54	0:30	OWN 20	4	0	Downs
4	1:29	1:29	OWN 42	3	17	Game

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:41	OWN 37	6	44	Field Goal
1	9:24	3:02	OWN 18	6	82	Touchdown
1	2:01	4:23	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
2	11:20	3:03	OPP 49	5	37	Field Goal
2	5:43	1:45	OWN 35	3	2	Punt
2	2:17	2:17	OWN 20	7	59	Field Goal
3	13:40	1:44	OWN 40	3	4	Punt
3	6:53	2:56	OWN 28	4	13	Punt
4	14:52	2:59	OWN 35	6	39	Field Goal
4	10:40	1:56	OPP 40	3	2	Punt
4	6:16	2:22	OPP 47	3	3	Punt
4	3:24	1:55	OPP 20	8	10	Field Goal

Game MVP: Kurt Warner, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Fred Taylor	14	74	5.29	17	3
Brian Griese	9	58	6.44	21	1
Shaun Ozment	2	7	3.50	7	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Warrick Dunn	16	64	4.00	22	3	1
Harold Shaw	9	38	4.22	16	3	0
Cecil Martin	5	21	4.20	20	1	0
Antowain Smith	3	1	0.33	2	0	0
Kurt Warner	1	2	2.00	2	0	1
Jed Weaver	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Reggie Wayne	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brian Griese	32	21	244	4/18	1	53	0	98.9

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kurt Warner	23	18	255	2/7	0	55	0	112.8

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR MarTay Jenkins	7	10	120	17.14	22	53	0
RB Fred Taylor	6	7	36	6.00	23	22	1
TE Nick Goings	3	7	47	15.67	21	35	0
WR Darnerien McCants	3	4	42	14.00	25	37	0
WR Terry Glenn	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Derrick Harris	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Reggie Wayne	7	7	104	14.86	5	42
RB Warrick Dunn	4	5	31	7.75	17	17
WR Tony Simmons	4	4	99	24.75	54	55
FB Cecil Martin	3	4	21	7.00	23	22
TE Jed Weaver	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Karsten Bailey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Nick Goings	1	0	0	0
James Darling	0	0	1	0

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force
Harold Shaw	1	0	0
Kurt Warner	0	1	0
Sedric Dodge	0	1	0
Mike Brown	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	5	223	44.6	35.4	58	1

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brad Maynard	5	224	44.8	33.0	51	3

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Dawson	1/3	0/1	0/0	22	0/0

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Akers	5/5	1/1	0/0	43	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
MarTay Jenkins	3	19	6.3	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Brown	1	6	6.0	0
Tony Dixon	1	0	0.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
MarTay Jenkins	2	64	32.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darryl Pounds	1	19	19.0	0
Tony Simmons	1	29	29.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB James Darling	13	2	0.0	35	18
S Paul Miranda	11	3	0.0	36	25
OLB Jay Foreman	5	0	1.0	31	24
ILB Kailey Wong	4	2	0.0	16	6
DE Mike Rucker	4	2	0.0	31	21
DT Dan Wilkinson	3	1	0.0	25	18
CB Eric Warfield	3	0	0.0	17	16
DT Cletidus Hunt	2	1	1.0	12	7
CB Walt Harris	2	2	0.0	36	24
S Brock Williams	2	0	0.0	4	11
OLB Henri Crockett	1	3	0.0	32	19
S John Lynch	1	1	0.0	35	25
CB Artrell Hawkins	1	0	0.0	34	24
DE Courtney Brown	1	0	0.0	27	17
DT Delbert Cowsette	1	0	0.0	5	6

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tony George	8	0	0.0	25	36
OLB John Mobley	7	0	0.0	23	33
ILB Canute Curtis	5	0	0.0	23	32
DE Bryant Young	4	1	1.0	17	22
OLB Sedric Dodge	4	0	1.0	19	22
CB Darryl Pounds	4	0	0.0	25	36
DT Jim Flanagan	3	0	0.0	14	19
OLB Twan Russell	3	0	0.0	7	13
CB Tory James	2	1	0.0	4	16
S Mike Brown	2	1	0.0	25	34
CB Jamar Fletcher	2	1	0.0	24	30
ILB Howard Hendree	1	0	1.0	2	6
DT Renaldo Gerhardt	1	0	1.0	11	17
CB Troy Vincent	1	1	0.0	23	30
DE Tim Watson	1	0	0.0	7	15
DE Maa Tanuvasa	0	1	0.0	18	21

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Cletidus Hunt	1.0	0	0	7
OLB Jay Foreman	1.0	0	0	24
DT Dan Wilkinson	0.0	1	1	18
OLB Henri Crockett	0.0	1	1	19
DE Mike Rucker	0.0	1	1	21

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Renaldo Gerhardt	1.0	1	1	17
DE Bryant Young	1.0	0	0	22
ILB Howard Hendree	1.0	0	0	6
OLB Sedric Dodge	1.0	0	0	22
DE Steve Warren	0.0	1	0	14
DE Maa Tanuvasa	0.0	0	1	21
OLB Twan Russell	0.0	0	1	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB James Darling	5	0	18
S Paul Miranda	5	0	25
CB Artrell Hawkins	1	1	24
S John Lynch	1	0	25
CB Walt Harris	1	0	24
ILB Kailey Wong	1	0	6
CB Eric Warfield	1	0	16
OLB Jay Foreman	1	0	24
DE Courtney Brown	1	0	17
S Brock Williams	1	0	11

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Darryl Pounds	4	1	36
OLB John Mobley	4	1	33
S Mike Brown	3	1	34
S Tony George	2	1	36
ILB Canute Curtis	2	0	32
CB Jamar Fletcher	2	0	30
CB Troy Vincent	1	1	30
CB Tory James	1	0	16
OLB Twan Russell	1	0	13
DE Tim Watson	1	0	15

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Boselli	2	6	25	0	36
Cory Raymer	2	3	25	0	36
Chris Dishman	1	2	25	2	36
Anthony Redmon	1	2	25	1	36
Antone Davis	1	1	25	1	36
Nick Goings	0	2	23	0	28

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Cecil Martin	3	5	24	0	15
Damian Roger	2	8	32	1	24
Jeff Mitchell	2	5	32	0	24
Rufus Hanshew	1	5	30	0	24
Gregory Writt	1	3	6	0	1
Aaron Taylor	0	4	33	0	24
Tra Thomas	0	3	31	1	24
Richard Mercier	0	2	3	0	1

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Kailey Wong	3	16
George Layne	1	22

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Kendrell Bell	3	12
Jed Weaver	1	17
Darryl Pounds	1	12

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Paul Miranda	---	---	36	25	15	76
MarTay Jenkins	23	34	---	---	18	75
Walt Harris	---	---	36	24	14	74
Anthony Redmon	25	36	---	---	8	69
John Lynch	---	---	35	25	5	65
Artrell Hawkins	---	---	34	24	5	63
Mike Rucker	---	---	31	21	11	63
Antone Davis	25	36	---	---	---	61
Tony Boselli	25	36	---	---	---	61
Cory Raymer	25	36	---	---	---	61
Chris Dishman	25	36	---	---	---	61
Brian Griese	25	36	---	---	---	61
Nick Goings	23	28	---	---	10	61
Jay Foreman	---	---	31	24	5	60
Terry Glenn	24	33	---	---	1	58
James Darling	---	---	35	18	3	56
Fred Taylor	21	33	---	---	---	54
Henri Crockett	---	---	32	19	2	53
Courtney Brown	---	---	27	17	4	48
Dan Wilkinson	---	---	25	18	3	46
Derrick Harris	17	17	---	---	12	46
Kailey Wong	---	---	16	6	16	38
Eric Warfield	---	---	17	16	4	37
Darnerien McCants	10	17	---	---	9	36
Brock Williams	---	---	4	11	16	31
Junior Suliven	---	---	6	7	13	26
Sheldon Jackson	1	11	---	---	12	24
George Layne	0	0	---	---	22	22
Cletidus Hunt	---	---	12	7	2	21
Jeremy Staat	---	---	9	6	2	17
Anthony Becht	0	0	---	---	17	17
Wyatt Ashworth	---	---	5	1	10	16
Delbert Cowsette	---	---	5	6	3	14
Scotty Anderson	0	2	---	---	11	13
James Palmer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Erik Baerg	0	0	---	---	8	8
Troy Diminnie	0	0	---	---	8	8
Manuia Savea	0	0	---	---	8	8
O.J. McDuffie	2	2	---	---	3	7
Shaun Ozment	4	3	---	---	---	7
Phil Dawson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	5	5
Brian Allen	---	---	0	0	5	5
Cornelius McCreery	0	0	---	---	3	3
Tony Driver	---	---	0	0	1	1
Justics Main	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Darryl Pounds	---	---	25	36	12	73
Jamar Fletcher	---	---	24	30	15	69
Tony George	---	---	25	36	5	66
Mike Brown	---	---	25	34	6	65
Reggie Wayne	29	24	---	---	10	63
Rufus Hanshew	30	24	---	---	8	62
John Mobley	---	---	23	33	5	61
Kurt Warner	36	25	---	---	---	61
Canute Curtis	---	---	23	32	3	58
Aaron Taylor	33	24	---	---	---	57
Jeff Mitchell	32	24	---	---	---	56
Damian Roger	32	24	---	---	---	56
Troy Vincent	---	---	23	30	2	55
Tra Thomas	31	24	---	---	---	55
Tony Simmons	25	13	---	---	16	54
Cecil Martin	24	15	---	---	15	54
Jeremy Willie	26	21	---	---	6	53
Sedric Dodge	---	---	19	22	12	53
Warrick Dunn	22	23	---	---	1	46
Maa Tanuvasa	---	---	18	21	4	43
Bryant Young	---	---	17	22	3	42
Jed Weaver	16	9	---	---	17	42
Jim Flanagan	---	---	14	19	5	38
Karsten Bailey	10	7	---	---	19	36
Antowain Smith	5	1	---	---	24	30
Twan Russell	---	---	7	13	10	30
Tory James	---	---	4	16	9	29
Renaldo Gerhardt	---	---	11	17	1	29
Tim Watson	---	---	7	15	5	27
Steve Warren	---	---	8	14	1	23
Sean Dawkins	12	10	---	---	---	22
Harold Shaw	11	2	---	---	7	20
Antonio Fleming	5	1	---	---	10	16
Josh Hardy	4	1	---	---	10	15
Grey Ruegamer	4	1	---	---	10	15
David Akers	0	0	---	---	12	12
Kendrell Bell	---	---	0	0	12	12
Howard Hendree	---	---	2	6	3	11
Jacob Jourden	0	0	---	---	10	10
Gregory Writt	6	1	---	---	2	9
Tony Dixon	---	---	0	0	8	8
Brad Maynard	0	0	---	---	5	5
Josh Heupel	0	0	---	---	5	5
Richard Mercier	3	1	---	---	---	4
Chris Bober	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chris Weinke	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	43	8.6
Middle	19	90	4.7
Right	1	6	6.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	21	4.2
Middle	22	69	3.1
Right	9	44	4.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brian Griese	32	21	5	1	0	5	3	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kurt Warner	23	18	4	1	0	1	3	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	-7	-2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	98	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	100	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	53	53.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	39	9.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	10	102	10.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	41	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	73	36.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR MarTay Jenkins	10	7	120	2	34
RB Fred Taylor	7	6	36	1	33
TE Nick Goings	7	3	47	1	28
WR Darnerien McCants	4	3	42	1	17
WR Terry Glenn	3	1	3	0	33
FB Derrick Harris	1	1	-4	0	17

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Reggie Wayne	7	7	104	1	24
RB Warrick Dunn	5	4	31	0	23
WR Tony Simmons	4	4	99	2	13
FB Cecil Martin	4	3	21	1	15
TE Jed Weaver	2	0	0	0	9
WR Karsten Bailey	1	0	0	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Warrick Dunn	5	4	0.80	4.00
Harold Shaw	4	15	3.75	4.22
Antowain Smith	3	1	0.33	0.33
Kurt Warner	1	2	2.00	2.00
Cecil Martin	1	0	0.00	4.20
Reggie Wayne	1	8	8.00	8.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brian Griese	5	3	12	2.40	7.63

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kurt Warner	3	1	-1	-0.33	11.09

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Darnerien McCants	2	1	-1	-0.50	10.50
RB Fred Taylor	1	1	4	4.00	5.14
WR MarTay Jenkins	1	1	9	9.00	12.00
TE Nick Goings	1	0	0	0.00	6.71

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Warrick Dunn	1	0	0	0.00	6.20
FB Cecil Martin	1	1	-1	-1.00	5.25
WR Karsten Bailey	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Griese	2	1
Fred Taylor	1	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Harold Shaw	2	1
Kurt Warner	1	1
Jed Weaver	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brian Griese	9	6	2

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kurt Warner	8	5	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Fred Taylor	3	3	0
WR MarTay Jenkins	3	2	1
TE Nick Goings	2	0	0
WR Darnerien McCants	1	1	1

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Warrick Dunn	3	2	1
WR Tony Simmons	2	2	1
FB Cecil Martin	2	1	0
WR Karsten Bailey	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,600 (19,000)
End Zone 13,400 (13,700)
Mezzanine 7,800 (7,900)
Sideline Seats 11,900 (12,100)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,600 (19,000)
End Zone	13,400 (13,700)
Mezzanine	7,800 (7,900)
Sideline Seats	11,900 (12,100)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)