Week 3, 1991

played in Atlanta, GA

59 degrees, fair, calm

Minnesota Vikings	7	7	7	3	-	24
Atlanta Falcons	0	3	0	13	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:16 MIN - Brian Mitchell 3 run (Rich Karlis extra point)
2Q: 10:05 ATL - Steve De Line 28 field goal
2Q: 00:40 MIN - Derek Loville 13 pass from Dan Marino (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 07:59 MIN - Brian Mitchell 15 run (Rich Karlis extra point)
4Q: 08:59 ATL - Robb Thomas 15 pass from Chris Chandler (Chris Chandler pass for conversion failed)
4Q: 05:48 ATL - Jonathan Hayes 43 pass from Chris Chandler (Steve De Line extra point)
4Q: 01:12 MIN - Rich Karlis 51 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:16 MIN - Brian Mitchell 3 run (Rich Karlis extra point)
2Q: 10:05 ATL - Steve De Line 28 field goal
2Q: 00:40 MIN - Derek Loville 13 pass from Dan Marino (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 07:59 MIN - Brian Mitchell 15 run (Rich Karlis extra point)
4Q: 08:59 ATL - Robb Thomas 15 pass from Chris Chandler (Chris Chandler pass for conversion failed)
4Q: 05:48 ATL - Jonathan Hayes 43 pass from Chris Chandler (Steve De Line extra point)
4Q: 01:12 MIN - Rich Karlis 51 field goal

Team Statistics MIN ATL
Record 2-1 1-2
First Downs 19 24
- by Rushing 10 6
- by Passing 7 15
- by Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 286 376
- Offensive Plays 60 71
- Yards per Play 4.77 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 169 74
- Rushing Attempts 29 21
- Yards per Rush 5.83 3.52
Net Passing Yards 117 302
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 18 - 0 49 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 135 306
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/18 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 3.77 6.04
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 2/3
Penalties/Yards 11/66 5/30
Punt Returns/Yards 2/13 1/12
Kick Returns/Yards 3/67 4/80
Interception Ret./Yards 2/2 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 22
Time of Possession 29:56 30:04

Team Statistics	MIN	ATL
Record	2-1	1-2
First Downs	19	24
- by Rushing	10	6
- by Passing	7	15
- by Penalty	2	3
Total Net Yards	286	376
- Offensive Plays	60	71
- Yards per Play	4.77	5.30
Net Rushing Yards	169	74
- Rushing Attempts	29	21
- Yards per Rush	5.83	3.52
Net Passing Yards	117	302
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 18 - 0	49 - 26 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	135	306
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/18	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	3.77	6.04
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	2/3
Penalties/Yards	11/66	5/30
Punt Returns/Yards	2/13	1/12
Kick Returns/Yards	3/67	4/80
Interception Ret./Yards	2/2	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 39	OWN 22
Time of Possession	29:56	30:04

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:01	OWN 41	6	33	Missed FG
1	7:32	3:10	OWN 12	7	31	Punt
1	2:30	1:21	OPP 31	3	31	Touchdown
2	9:59	2:46	OWN 20	5	33	Punt
2	5:36	1:55	OPP 23	3	-15	Punt
2	2:02	1:32	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
3	13:33	5:44	OWN 35	11	65	Touchdown
3	5:21	2:32	OWN 28	6	11	Punt
3	1:21	1:37	OWN 46	5	6	Punt
4	8:49	1:53	OWN 26	3	-3	Punt
4	5:28	2:48	OWN 37	3	7	Punt
4	1:49	0:44	OPP 41	3	7	Field Goal

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:59	3:27	OWN 33	6	15	Punt
1	4:22	1:52	OWN 5	3	-1	Punt
1	1:09	6:10	OWN 41	13	48	Field Goal
2	7:13	1:37	OWN 1	3	11	Interception
2	3:41	1:39	OWN 20	4	63	Interception
2	0:30	0:30	OWN 40	3	8	Half
3	15:00	1:27	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
3	7:49	2:28	OWN 19	4	16	Punt
3	2:49	1:28	OWN 6	3	5	Punt
4	14:44	5:55	OWN 20	12	80	Touchdown
4	6:56	1:28	OWN 48	5	52	Touchdown
4	2:40	0:51	OWN 18	5	23	Downs
4	1:05	1:05	OWN 24	7	63	Game

Game MVP: Brian Mitchell, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Brian Mitchell	18	127	7.06	26	4	2
Barry Word	10	35	3.50	9	0	0
Dan Marino	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Thurman Thomas	14	44	3.14	13	2
A.B. Brown	6	28	4.67	19	1
Scott Mitchell	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Marino	28	18	135	3/18	1	21	0	87.6

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Chris Chandler	28	15	196	1/4	2	43	0	99.7
Scott Mitchell	21	11	110	0/0	0	40	2	27.9

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Herman Moore	5	8	43	8.60	8	18	0
WR Eric Metcalf	3	6	25	8.33	2	16	0
RB Brian Mitchell	3	5	24	8.00	2	17	0
WR Herman Fontenot	2	3	31	15.50	5	21	0
WR Brian Blades	2	2	7	3.50	0	4	0
WR Derek Loville	2	2	9	4.50	2	13	1
RB Barry Word	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
FB Brad Muster	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Thurman Thomas	9	11	69	7.67	38	24	0
WR Robb Thomas	6	7	64	10.67	8	16	1
WR Rob Moore	4	10	71	17.75	28	40	0
WR Stephone Paige	3	7	27	9.00	2	12	0
TE Jonathan Hayes	2	7	51	25.50	31	43	1
WR Ernie Mills	2	4	24	12.00	4	14	0
TE Brian Kinchen	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Eric Allen	2	2	1.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rohn Stark	7	318	45.4	38.0	55	4

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Shawn McCarthy	5	197	39.4	36.8	45	1

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rich Karlis	1/2	1/2	1/1	51	3/3

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

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vai Sikahema	2	13	6.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jarvis Williams	1	12	12.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil Freeman	2	53	26.5	0
Eric Metcalf	1	14	14.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Robert Van Winkle	3	59	19.7	0
Stephone Paige	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Ken Harvey	10	0	1.0	18	45
ILB Johnny Holland	8	3	0.0	15	41
S Carnell Lake	7	5	0.0	18	40
S Vince Newsome	5	2	0.0	19	46
CB Frank Minnifield	4	1	0.0	19	35
OLB Larry Kelm	4	0	0.0	15	32
ILB Shelton Robinson	2	0	0.0	12	18
CB Eric Allen	1	2	0.0	13	39
ILB Eddie Johnson	1	1	0.0	13	15
CB Mossy Cade	1	1	0.0	13	44
DT Dan Saleaumula	1	0	0.0	17	40
DE Wayne Martin	1	0	0.0	16	32
OLB Darion Conner	1	0	0.0	3	5
DE Lee Williams	0	1	0.0	9	28
S Eric Turner	0	1	0.0	5	20

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Bubba McDowell	7	2	1.0	27	31
CB Quintin Jones	5	1	0.0	18	20
S Marcus Robertson	5	1	0.0	25	28
ILB Hardy Nickerson	5	0	0.0	27	27
S Dave Whitmore	3	2	1.0	16	21
ILB Richard Newbill	3	0	1.0	12	9
ILB Walter Johnson	3	1	0.0	20	18
DE Marvin Washington	3	1	0.0	24	24
DE Curtis Maxie	2	1	0.0	13	16
DE Dennis Byrd	2	1	0.0	22	18
CB Robert Van Winkle	2	1	0.0	25	26
CB Jarvis Williams	2	0	0.0	14	24
DE Ray Agnew	2	0	0.0	8	13
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	1	1	0.0	11	11
OLB Wilber Marshall	1	0	0.0	18	14
OLB Brett Faryniarz	1	0	0.0	18	19
QB Scott Mitchell	1	0	---	---	---
WR Rob Moore	1	0	---	---	---
DT Israel Miller	0	1	0.0	21	22

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Ken Harvey	1.0	1	1	45
DT Russell Maryland	0.0	1	0	11
DE Charles Haley	0.0	0	2	40
DT Dan Saleaumula	0.0	0	2	40
DE Lee Williams	0.0	0	1	28

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
S Bubba McDowell	1.0	0	31
ILB Richard Newbill	1.0	0	9
S Dave Whitmore	1.0	0	21
OLB Brett Faryniarz	0.0	3	19
DE Marvin Washington	0.0	1	24
DE Dennis Byrd	0.0	1	18
DE Ray Agnew	0.0	1	13
DT Israel Miller	0.0	1	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Johnny Holland	7	1	0	41
S Vince Newsome	4	1	0	46
S Carnell Lake	3	1	0	40
CB Frank Minnifield	2	2	0	35
CB Mossy Cade	2	1	0	44
ILB Shelton Robinson	2	0	0	18
OLB Larry Kelm	2	0	0	32
OLB Ken Harvey	2	0	0	45
CB Eric Allen	1	2	2	39
ILB Eddie Johnson	1	0	0	15

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Quintin Jones	4	1	20
S Bubba McDowell	4	0	31
CB Jarvis Williams	2	0	24
S Marcus Robertson	1	1	28
ILB Walter Johnson	1	0	18
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1	0	27
OLB Brett Faryniarz	1	0	19
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	1	0	11
ILB Richard Newbill	1	0	9
S Dave Whitmore	1	0	21
CB Robert Van Winkle	1	0	26

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Munchak	3	4	2	27	1	28
John Wojciechowski	3	4	0	23	0	24
Bart Oates	2	6	2	26	0	31
Tim Irwin	2	4	0	25	0	30
Harry Boatswain	2	3	0	10	0	8
Keith Sims	1	4	0	26	2	27
Brad Muster	1	2	0	16	0	13
Curtis Rouse	0	1	0	3	0	0

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Widell	3	4	0	15	0	35
Houston Hoover	2	6	2	18	1	43
Dermontti Dawson	2	4	1	20	0	46
Bob Olderman	1	2	0	9	0	22
Richard Cooper	0	2	0	15	0	41
Brian Kinchen	0	1	0	4	0	21
Ickey Woods	0	1	0	14	0	29
Lenny Robinson	0	1	0	19	0	42

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Vai Sikahema	1	23
Derek Loville	1	21
Pete Metzelaars	1	17
Brad Muster	1	17
Mossy Cade	1	10

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Walter Johnson	2	14
Bill Jones	2	9
Ickey Woods	1	7

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Vince Newsome	---	---	19	46	10	75
Mossy Cade	---	---	13	44	10	67
Johnny Holland	---	---	15	41	11	67
Frank Minnifield	---	---	19	35	10	64
Ken Harvey	---	---	18	45	1	64
Charles Haley	---	---	17	40	6	63
Bart Oates	26	31	---	---	5	62
Keith Sims	26	27	---	---	9	62
Dan Marino	29	31	---	---	---	60
Carnell Lake	---	---	18	40	1	59
Dan Saleaumula	---	---	17	40	1	58
Tim Irwin	25	30	---	---	---	55
Mike Munchak	27	28	---	---	---	55
Eric Allen	---	---	13	39	1	53
Herman Fontenot	23	26	---	---	1	50
Ben Coates	21	16	---	---	13	50
Wayne Martin	---	---	16	32	1	49
Larry Kelm	---	---	15	32	1	48
Herman Moore	24	24	---	---	---	48
John Wojciechowski	23	24	---	---	---	47
Brad Muster	16	13	---	---	17	46
Shelton Robinson	---	---	12	18	9	39
Eric Metcalf	14	21	---	---	4	39
Lee Williams	---	---	9	28	---	37
Brian Mitchell	19	17	---	---	---	36
Eddie Johnson	---	---	13	15	4	32
Pete Metzelaars	6	9	---	---	17	32
Derek Loville	3	6	---	---	21	30
Eric Turner	---	---	5	20	5	30
Barry Word	10	11	---	---	6	27
Harry Boatswain	10	8	---	---	9	27
Eric Thomas	---	---	3	19	2	24
Vai Sikahema	0	0	---	---	23	23
Russell Maryland	---	---	6	11	5	22
Brian Blades	6	8	---	---	7	21
Brian Blados	2	3	---	---	9	14
Curtis Rouse	3	0	---	---	9	12
Phil Freeman	0	0	---	---	11	11
Howard Griffith	3	4	---	---	2	9
Darion Conner	---	---	3	5	---	8
Derrick Conner	3	4	---	---	1	8
Rich Karlis	0	0	---	---	7	7
Rohn Stark	0	0	---	---	7	7
Adrian Cooper	0	0	---	---	6	6
Don Majkowski	0	0	---	---	2	2
Scott Stankavage	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dermontti Dawson	20	46	---	---	6	72
Houston Hoover	18	43	---	---	1	62
Lenny Robinson	19	42	---	---	---	61
Bubba McDowell	---	---	27	31	3	61
Jarvis Williams	---	---	14	24	22	60
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	27	27	3	57
Marvin Washington	---	---	24	24	9	57
Robert Van Winkle	---	---	25	26	6	57
Thurman Thomas	14	41	---	---	1	56
Robb Thomas	15	35	---	---	6	56
Richard Cooper	15	41	---	---	---	56
Doug Widell	15	35	---	---	5	55
Marcus Robertson	---	---	25	28	1	54
Dave Whitmore	---	---	16	21	16	53
Walter Johnson	---	---	20	18	14	52
Ickey Woods	14	29	---	---	7	50
Stephone Paige	12	27	---	---	10	49
Quintin Jones	---	---	18	20	11	49
Rob Moore	17	32	---	---	---	49
Jerry Olsavsky	---	---	11	11	22	44
Israel Miller	---	---	21	22	1	44
Jonathan Hayes	17	26	---	---	---	43
Dennis Byrd	---	---	22	18	2	42
Brett Faryniarz	---	---	18	19	2	39
Bob Olderman	9	22	---	---	6	37
Curtis Maxie	---	---	13	16	8	37
Scott Mitchell	15	21	---	---	---	36
Chris Chandler	6	29	---	---	---	35
Ernie Mills	4	16	---	---	15	35
Wilber Marshall	---	---	18	14	2	34
Brian Kinchen	4	21	---	---	7	32
A.B. Brown	7	9	---	---	14	30
Richard Newbill	---	---	12	9	2	23
Mark Stepnoski	6	9	---	---	6	21
Ray Agnew	---	---	8	13	---	21
Paul Green	0	2	---	---	15	17
Derrick Fenner	1	7	---	---	8	16
Tyler Houston	2	8	---	---	6	16
Bill Jones	0	5	---	---	9	14
Nick Bell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Shawn McCarthy	0	0	---	---	6	6
Steve De Line	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tony Mayberry	1	4	---	---	---	5
Sean Salisbury	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	63	4.5
Middle	6	54	9.0
Right	9	52	5.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	43	3.3
Middle	4	21	5.3
Right	4	10	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Marino	28	18	1	0	1	2	7	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Chris Chandler	28	15	2	0	2	5	3	0	0
Scott Mitchell	21	11	1	0	2	3	3	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	-4	-0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	70	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	69	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	31	5.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	8	61	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	22	12	214	9.7
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Herman Moore	8	5	1	43	0	24
WR Eric Metcalf	6	3	0	25	0	21
RB Brian Mitchell	5	3	0	24	0	17
WR Herman Fontenot	3	2	0	31	1	26
WR Brian Blades	2	2	0	7	0	8
WR Derek Loville	2	2	0	9	0	6
RB Barry Word	1	1	0	-4	0	11
FB Brad Muster	1	0	0	0	0	13

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Thurman Thomas	11	9	0	69	1	41
WR Rob Moore	10	4	0	71	1	32
WR Stephone Paige	7	3	3	27	0	27
TE Jonathan Hayes	7	2	0	51	1	26
WR Robb Thomas	7	6	0	64	0	35
WR Ernie Mills	4	2	0	24	0	16
TE Brian Kinchen	2	0	1	0	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brian Mitchell	2	18	9.00	7.06

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Thurman Thomas	1	10	10.00	3.14
A.B. Brown	1	0	0.00	4.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Marino	1	1	13	13.00	4.82

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Scott Mitchell	5	0	0	0.00	5.24
Chris Chandler	3	1	15	5.00	7.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Derek Loville	1	1	13	13.00	4.50

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Stephone Paige	2	0	0	0.00	3.86
WR Rob Moore	2	0	0	0.00	7.10
WR Ernie Mills	2	0	0	0.00	6.00
TE Jonathan Hayes	1	0	0	0.00	7.29
WR Robb Thomas	1	1	15	15.00	9.14

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Mitchell	2	1
Barry Word	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
A.B. Brown	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Marino	9	6	2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Chris Chandler	6	5	2
Scott Mitchell	6	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Brian Mitchell	3	2	0
WR Herman Moore	3	3	2
WR Herman Fontenot	1	0	0
WR Brian Blades	1	1	0
WR Eric Metcalf	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Thurman Thomas	6	5	1
WR Stephone Paige	2	0	0
TE Jonathan Hayes	1	1	1
WR Robb Thomas	1	0	0
WR Rob Moore	1	0	0
WR Ernie Mills	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,400 (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 6,400 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,400 (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	6,400 (7,500)