Week 6, 1990

played in Atlanta, GA

53 degrees, fair, calm

Minnesota Vikings	7	14	7	3	-	31
Atlanta Falcons	7	3	0	3	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:15 ATL - Thurman Thomas 5 run (Steve De Line extra point)
1Q: 08:07 MIN - Phil Freeman 96 kickoff return (Rich Karlis extra point)
2Q: 10:39 ATL - Steve De Line 19 field goal
2Q: 04:13 MIN - Barry Word 1 run (Rich Karlis extra point)
2Q: 00:42 MIN - Pete Metzelaars 1 pass from Dan Marino (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 05:34 MIN - Brian Blades 19 pass from Dan Marino (Rich Karlis extra point)
4Q: 15:00 MIN - Rich Karlis 39 field goal
4Q: 12:17 ATL - Steve De Line 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:15 ATL - Thurman Thomas 5 run (Steve De Line extra point)
1Q: 08:07 MIN - Phil Freeman 96 kickoff return (Rich Karlis extra point)
2Q: 10:39 ATL - Steve De Line 19 field goal
2Q: 04:13 MIN - Barry Word 1 run (Rich Karlis extra point)
2Q: 00:42 MIN - Pete Metzelaars 1 pass from Dan Marino (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 05:34 MIN - Brian Blades 19 pass from Dan Marino (Rich Karlis extra point)
4Q: 15:00 MIN - Rich Karlis 39 field goal
4Q: 12:17 ATL - Steve De Line 28 field goal

Team Statistics MIN ATL
Record 5-1 1-5
First Downs 25 16
- by Rushing 8 5
- by Passing 17 10
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 464 327
- Offensive Plays 67 58
- Yards per Play 6.93 5.64
Net Rushing Yards 161 112
- Rushing Attempts 38 20
- Yards per Rush 4.24 5.60
Net Passing Yards 303 215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 21 - 2 38 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 308 215
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 10.45 5.66
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 11/14 2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.0 4.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 6/37 2/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/11 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 4/169 3/42
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/28
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 29
Time of Possession 32:49 27:11

Team Statistics	MIN	ATL
Record	5-1	1-5
First Downs	25	16
- by Rushing	8	5
- by Passing	17	10
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	464	327
- Offensive Plays	67	58
- Yards per Play	6.93	5.64
Net Rushing Yards	161	112
- Rushing Attempts	38	20
- Yards per Rush	4.24	5.60
Net Passing Yards	303	215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 21 - 2	38 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	308	215
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	10.45	5.66
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	11/14	2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.0	4.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	6/37	2/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/11	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	4/169	3/42
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/28
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 29
Time of Possession	32:49	27:11

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	3:08	4:54	OWN 20	9	39	Punt
2	10:31	6:27	OWN 17	12	83	Touchdown
2	2:10	1:36	OWN 27	4	73	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:24	OWN 28	7	21	Punt
3	8:30	3:06	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	4:25	4:30	OWN 31	8	47	Field Goal
4	13:16	0:09	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
4	12:09	2:23	OWN 19	5	11	Interception
4	8:04	5:59	OWN 1	13	83	Fumble
4	1:25	1:25	OPP 27	2	-3	Game

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:53	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
1	7:53	4:45	OWN 21	8	41	Punt
2	13:14	2:43	OWN 20	6	78	Field Goal
2	4:04	1:54	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 20	1	5	Half
3	12:36	4:06	OWN 20	7	33	Punt
3	5:24	0:59	OWN 19	3	0	Punt
4	14:55	1:39	OWN 20	4	21	Punt
4	13:07	0:58	OPP 19	3	8	Field Goal
4	9:46	1:42	OPP 29	6	28	Downs
4	2:05	0:40	OWN 16	5	11	Downs

Game MVP: Eric Metcalf, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Barry Word	19	46	2.42	11	2	1
Sammy Winder	18	116	6.44	23	5	0
Dan Marino	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Thurman Thomas	14	75	5.36	9	0	1
Patrick Egu	6	37	6.17	11	1	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Marino	28	21	308	1/5	2	69	2	104.5

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	LG	Rate
Chris Chandler	29	17	195	0/0	49	78.9
Vince Evans	5	1	11	0/0	11	39.6
Sean Salisbury	4	1	9	0/0	9	39.6

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brian Blades	7	7	91	13.00	26	19	1
WR Eric Metcalf	6	8	135	22.50	75	69	0
WR Herman Fontenot	5	8	61	12.20	11	20	0
WR Art Monk	2	3	20	10.00	4	12	0
TE Pete Metzelaars	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	1
RB Barry Word	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Brian Kinchen	4	7	34	8.50	0	11
RB Thurman Thomas	3	4	45	15.00	22	30
WR Rob Moore	3	9	25	8.33	5	11
WR Stephone Paige	2	3	19	9.50	7	13
TE Jonathan Hayes	2	4	22	11.00	1	13
WR Webster Slaughter	2	4	59	29.50	44	49
FB Ickey Woods	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
TE Paul Green	1	1	5	5.00	2	5
WR Robb Thomas	1	4	3	3.00	0	3

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Quintin Jones	1	14	14.00	0
CB Jarvis Williams	1	14	14.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov
Art Monk	1	0
Sammy Winder	1	0
Brian Blades	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Derrick Thomas	0	1	1	0
Bubba McDowell	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rohn Stark	2	92	46.0	26.0	51	0

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	5	249	49.8	35.6	59	1

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rich Karlis	1/1	0/0	0/0	39	4/4

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve De Line	2/2	0/0	0/0	28	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vai Sikahema	2	11	5.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil Freeman	4	169	42.3	1

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Robert Van Winkle	3	42	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Larry Kelm	7	2	0.0	17	30
S Carnell Lake	4	1	0.0	16	28
S Vince Newsome	3	1	0.0	18	32
CB Mossy Cade	3	1	0.0	14	28
CB Frank Minnifield	3	0	0.0	13	28
DE Charles Haley	3	0	0.0	18	31
CB Eric Allen	3	0	0.0	17	22
S Vince Albritton	2	1	0.0	8	19
ILB Johnny Holland	2	0	0.0	6	12
DT Dan Saleaumula	2	0	0.0	18	28
OLB Rickey Jackson	1	2	0.0	10	20
ILB Eddie Johnson	1	2	0.0	6	13
OLB Ken Harvey	1	2	0.0	19	37
ILB Shelton Robinson	1	1	0.0	7	14
DE Lee Williams	1	1	0.0	14	29
WR Herman Fontenot	1	0	---	---	---
DT Joe Phillips	1	0	0.0	2	11
WR Eric Metcalf	1	0	---	---	---

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Derrick Thomas	9	2	1.0	34	24
S Bubba McDowell	9	0	0.0	33	25
CB Stan Petry	6	2	0.0	28	22
ILB Rob McGovern	6	0	0.0	29	20
ILB Hardy Nickerson	4	3	0.0	16	7
CB Quintin Jones	4	1	0.0	19	21
S Dave Whitmore	4	0	0.0	29	20
OLB Brett Faryniarz	3	3	0.0	30	21
CB Robert Van Winkle	2	3	0.0	23	14
S Rickey Dixon	2	1	0.0	10	12
DE Dennis Byrd	2	0	0.0	27	21
DE Ray Agnew	2	0	0.0	11	8
DE Marvin Washington	1	1	0.0	29	21
CB Jarvis Williams	1	0	0.0	24	20
DT Cortez Kennedy	1	0	0.0	32	19
DE Curtis Maxie	0	1	0.0	15	18
ILB Richard Newbill	0	1	0.0	9	9
S Robert Blackmon	0	1	0.0	10	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Leonard Marshall	1	1	0	18
ILB Johnny Holland	1	0	0	12
DE Charles Haley	0	5	2	31
OLB Ken Harvey	0	3	0	37
DE Lee Williams	0	1	0	29
OLB Darion Conner	0	1	0	1

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Derrick Thomas	1.0	1	0	2	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Frank Minnifield	3	1	28
S Carnell Lake	3	0	28
CB Mossy Cade	2	1	28
S Vince Newsome	2	0	32
OLB Larry Kelm	2	0	30
CB Eric Allen	2	0	22
OLB Ken Harvey	1	1	37
OLB Rickey Jackson	1	0	20
ILB Eddie Johnson	1	0	13
S Vince Albritton	1	0	19
DE Charles Haley	1	0	31
ILB Johnny Holland	0	1	12

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Quintin Jones	3	1	1	21
ILB Rob McGovern	3	0	0	20
CB Stan Petry	3	0	0	22
S Rickey Dixon	2	0	0	12
S Bubba McDowell	2	0	0	25
S Dave Whitmore	2	0	0	20
CB Jarvis Williams	1	0	1	20
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	0	7
OLB Brett Faryniarz	1	0	0	21
DE Curtis Maxie	1	0	0	18
OLB Derrick Thomas	1	0	0	24
CB Robert Van Winkle	1	0	0	14

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tim Irwin	3	9	38	0	26
Brian Blados	3	4	21	0	15
Keith Sims	2	3	19	0	14
John Wojciechowski	1	6	29	1	25
Mike Munchak	1	6	36	0	29
Dave Rimington	1	5	32	0	23
Greg Christy	1	2	9	0	7
Brad Muster	1	2	19	0	11

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Tony Mayberry	3	4	16	24
Houston Hoover	2	2	19	26
Richard Cooper	2	2	10	18
Dermontti Dawson	1	7	18	38
Jeff Criswell	1	2	14	33
Ickey Woods	1	1	10	23
Lenny Robinson	1	1	16	25
Doug Widell	1	1	5	23

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Derek Loville	1	15
Phil Freeman	1	11
Frank Minnifield	1	9

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Rickey Dixon	3	15
A.B. Brown	1	18
Patrick Egu	1	9

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dan Marino	38	29	---	---	---	67
Tim Irwin	38	26	---	---	1	65
Mike Munchak	36	29	---	---	---	65
Mossy Cade	---	---	14	28	21	63
Ken Harvey	---	---	19	37	2	58
Dave Rimington	32	23	---	---	---	55
Charles Haley	---	---	18	31	6	55
John Wojciechowski	29	25	---	---	---	54
Pete Metzelaars	23	16	---	---	12	51
Vince Newsome	---	---	18	32	1	51
Frank Minnifield	---	---	13	28	9	50
Herman Fontenot	26	24	---	---	---	50
Larry Kelm	---	---	17	30	1	48
Dan Saleaumula	---	---	18	28	1	47
Carnell Lake	---	---	16	28	2	46
Eric Metcalf	26	18	---	---	2	46
Rickey Jackson	---	---	10	20	15	45
Lee Williams	---	---	14	29	2	45
Eric Allen	---	---	17	22	1	40
Brian Blades	18	22	---	---	---	40
Larry Kinnebrew	22	9	---	---	7	38
Brian Blados	21	15	---	---	2	38
Vince Albritton	---	---	8	19	10	37
Brad Muster	19	11	---	---	7	37
Sammy Winder	18	10	---	---	8	36
Keith Sims	19	14	---	---	3	36
Barry Word	20	15	---	---	---	35
Eddie Johnson	---	---	6	13	12	31
Derek Loville	4	10	---	---	15	29
Leonard Marshall	---	---	8	18	1	27
Eric Thomas	---	---	8	17	1	26
Johnny Holland	---	---	6	12	6	24
Art Monk	12	7	---	---	4	23
Shelton Robinson	---	---	7	14	---	21
Joe Phillips	---	---	2	11	7	20
Greg Christy	9	7	---	---	3	19
Travis McNeal	2	2	---	---	13	17
Vai Sikahema	0	0	---	---	16	16
Curtis Rouse	6	6	---	---	3	15
Phil Freeman	0	1	---	---	11	12
Rich Karlis	0	0	---	---	7	7
Lorenzo Hampton	0	0	---	---	4	4
Darion Conner	---	---	1	1	1	3
Rohn Stark	0	0	---	---	2	2
Don Majkowski	0	0	---	---	1	1
Erik Wilhelm	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dermontti Dawson	18	38	---	---	7	63
Bubba McDowell	---	---	33	25	2	60
Derrick Thomas	---	---	34	24	2	60
Stan Petry	---	---	28	22	8	58
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	30	21	3	54
Marvin Washington	---	---	29	21	3	53
Cortez Kennedy	---	---	32	19	1	52
Rob McGovern	---	---	29	20	1	50
Chris Chandler	20	29	---	---	---	49
Dennis Byrd	---	---	27	21	1	49
Dave Whitmore	---	---	29	20	---	49
Jeff Criswell	14	33	---	---	1	48
Brian Kinchen	17	30	---	---	---	47
Jarvis Williams	---	---	24	20	3	47
Houston Hoover	19	26	---	---	1	46
Tony Mayberry	16	24	---	---	6	46
Thurman Thomas	14	30	---	---	1	45
Robert Van Winkle	---	---	23	14	8	45
Quintin Jones	---	---	19	21	3	43
Lenny Robinson	16	25	---	---	---	41
Ickey Woods	10	23	---	---	6	39
Rickey Dixon	---	---	10	12	15	37
Rob Moore	13	23	---	---	1	37
Curtis Maxie	---	---	15	18	2	35
Doug Widell	5	23	---	---	7	35
Richard Cooper	10	18	---	---	7	35
Jonathan Hayes	12	20	---	---	2	34
Webster Slaughter	8	15	---	---	11	34
Stephone Paige	6	15	---	---	12	33
Paul Green	5	9	---	---	17	31
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	16	7	5	28
Patrick Egu	6	8	---	---	9	23
Robert Blackmon	---	---	10	9	4	23
Robb Thomas	3	12	---	---	7	22
Richard Newbill	---	---	9	9	4	22
Derrick Fenner	5	5	---	---	11	21
Tom Klever	---	---	6	3	11	20
Ray Agnew	---	---	11	8	---	19
A.B. Brown	0	0	---	---	18	18
Tyler Houston	2	3	---	---	6	11
Craig Ogletree	---	---	4	5	1	10
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	7	7
Steve De Line	0	0	---	---	6	6
Vince Evans	0	5	---	---	---	5
Sean Salisbury	0	4	---	---	---	4
Bobby Howard	1	0	---	---	---	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	59	4.5
Middle	10	67	6.7
Right	14	36	2.6
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	30	6.0
Middle	10	49	4.9
Right	5	33	6.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Marino	28	21	3	1	2	1	0	2	2

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck
Chris Chandler	29	17	2	1	2	7	2
Vince Evans	5	1	0	1	1	2	0
Sean Salisbury	4	1	0	0	1	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	15	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	9	140	14.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	9	133	11.1
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	20	6.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	-2	-1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	12	127	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	6	90	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Herman Fontenot	8	5	0	61	1	24
WR Eric Metcalf	8	6	0	135	2	18
WR Brian Blades	7	7	0	91	0	22
WR Art Monk	3	2	1	20	0	7
TE Pete Metzelaars	1	1	0	1	0	16
RB Barry Word	1	0	1	0	0	15

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rob Moore	9	3	1	25	0	23
TE Brian Kinchen	7	4	0	34	0	30
TE Jonathan Hayes	4	2	0	22	0	20
WR Webster Slaughter	4	2	0	59	1	15
RB Thurman Thomas	4	3	0	45	1	30
WR Robb Thomas	4	1	0	3	0	12
WR Stephone Paige	3	2	0	19	0	15
FB Ickey Woods	2	1	1	3	0	23
TE Paul Green	1	1	0	5	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Barry Word	3	5	1.67	2.42

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thurman Thomas	2	14	7.00	5.36
Patrick Egu	2	17	8.50	6.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Marino	3	2	20	6.67	11.00

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Chris Chandler	7	2	13	1.86	6.72
Sean Salisbury	4	1	9	2.25	2.25

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Pete Metzelaars	1	1	1	1.00	1.00
WR Brian Blades	1	1	19	19.00	13.00
WR Eric Metcalf	1	0	0	0.00	16.88

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jonathan Hayes	2	1	9	4.50	5.50
WR Webster Slaughter	2	1	10	5.00	14.75
WR Robb Thomas	2	0	0	0.00	0.75
WR Rob Moore	2	0	0	0.00	2.78
WR Stephone Paige	1	0	0	0.00	6.33
TE Brian Kinchen	1	1	3	3.00	4.86
RB Thurman Thomas	1	0	0	0.00	11.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Sammy Winder	4	3
Barry Word	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Thurman Thomas	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Marino	9	9	7

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Chris Chandler	8	4	2
Vince Evans	1	0	0
Sean Salisbury	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brian Blades	5	5	4
WR Herman Fontenot	2	2	1
WR Art Monk	1	1	1
WR Eric Metcalf	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rob Moore	5	2	1
TE Jonathan Hayes	1	0	0
TE Brian Kinchen	1	0	0
RB Thurman Thomas	1	1	0
TE Paul Green	1	1	1
WR Robb Thomas	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,700 (17,100)
End Zone 12,100 (12,400)
Mezzanine 6,900 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 10,600 (10,900)
Club Seats 14,700 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,200 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,700 (17,100)
End Zone	12,100 (12,400)
Mezzanine	6,900 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	10,600 (10,900)
Club Seats	14,700 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,200 (7,500)