Week 11, 1996

played in Minnesota, MN

32 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Detroit Lions	3	7	3	0	-	13
Minnesota Vikings	0	10	7	10	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:48 DET - Matt Stover 38 field goal
2Q: 13:10 MIN - Charles Johnson 28 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 08:50 DET - Chris Spielman 92 interception return (Matt Stover extra point)
2Q: 04:02 MIN - Jason Hanson 30 field goal
3Q: 08:33 MIN - Charles Johnson 1 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
3Q: 01:07 DET - Matt Stover 43 field goal
4Q: 14:24 MIN - Jamal Anderson 3 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
4Q: 01:17 MIN - Jason Hanson 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:48 DET - Matt Stover 38 field goal
2Q: 13:10 MIN - Charles Johnson 28 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 08:50 DET - Chris Spielman 92 interception return (Matt Stover extra point)
2Q: 04:02 MIN - Jason Hanson 30 field goal
3Q: 08:33 MIN - Charles Johnson 1 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
3Q: 01:07 DET - Matt Stover 43 field goal
4Q: 14:24 MIN - Jamal Anderson 3 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
4Q: 01:17 MIN - Jason Hanson 19 field goal

Team Statistics DET MIN
Record 4-6 9-1
First Downs 15 28
- by Rushing 6 12
- by Passing 9 14
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 199 421
- Offensive Plays 58 71
- Yards per Play 3.43 5.93
Net Rushing Yards 96 245
- Rushing Attempts 20 38
- Yards per Rush 4.80 6.45
Net Passing Yards 103 176
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 19 - 2 31 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 142 196
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/39 2/20
- Yards per Pass Play 2.71 5.33
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 12/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.7 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/40 0/0
Punt Returns/Yards 2/9 2/20
Kick Returns/Yards 1/21 2/48
Interception Ret./Yards 2/105 2/30
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 29
Time of Possession 25:58 34:02

Team Statistics	DET	MIN
Record	4-6	9-1
First Downs	15	28
- by Rushing	6	12
- by Passing	9	14
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	199	421
- Offensive Plays	58	71
- Yards per Play	3.43	5.93
Net Rushing Yards	96	245
- Rushing Attempts	20	38
- Yards per Rush	4.80	6.45
Net Passing Yards	103	176
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 19 - 2	31 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	142	196
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/39	2/20
- Yards per Pass Play	2.71	5.33
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	12/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.7	6.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/40	0/0
Punt Returns/Yards	2/9	2/20
Kick Returns/Yards	1/21	2/48
Interception Ret./Yards	2/105	2/30
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 29
Time of Possession	25:58	34:02

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:18	OWN 20	11	59	Field Goal
1	1:56	0:39	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
2	12:55	1:27	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	7:19	0:12	OWN 39	1	0	Interception
2	3:56	2:03	OWN 20	7	36	Interception
2	0:30	0:30	OPP 47	3	-10	Half
3	8:23	7:24	OWN 20	13	54	Field Goal
4	14:16	4:03	OWN 20	9	41	Punt
4	8:07	2:14	OWN 36	3	-18	Punt
4	1:11	1:11	OWN 24	5	14	Game

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:42	7:46	OWN 22	15	73	Missed FG
1	1:17	3:22	OWN 42	9	58	Touchdown
2	11:28	2:48	OWN 38	7	35	Interception
2	8:40	1:21	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	7:07	3:11	OPP 42	7	29	Field Goal
2	1:53	1:23	OWN 20	3	25	Interception
3	15:00	6:37	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
3	0:59	1:43	OWN 24	4	76	Touchdown
4	10:13	2:06	OWN 3	4	11	Punt
4	5:53	4:42	OWN 48	9	50	Field Goal

Game MVP: Jamal Anderson, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Brian Mitchell	10	30	3.00	12	2
Randy Baldwin	7	47	6.71	16	2
Derrick Lassic	2	11	5.50	9	0
Ickey Woods	1	8	8.00	8	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jamal Anderson	24	167	6.96	66	6
Mario Bates	11	58	5.27	12	4
Dan Marino	3	20	6.67	10	1

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Johnny Utah	34	19	142	4/39	0	20	2	41.5

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Marino	31	21	196	2/20	3	28	2	90.2

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Wesley Walls	5	6	44	8.80	12	16
WR Willie Mays Hayes	3	8	12	4.00	6	6
WR Michael Jackson	3	6	28	9.33	6	15
WR Don Beebe	2	5	13	6.50	1	10
RB Randy Baldwin	2	2	10	5.00	3	7
WR Eddie Kennison	2	3	14	7.00	2	15
RB Brian Mitchell	1	1	20	20.00	18	20
TE Carwell Gardner	1	1	1	1.00	0	1

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Jamal Anderson	5	6	7	1.40	4	7	1
WR Herman Moore	4	5	49	12.25	19	21	0
WR Charles Johnson	4	5	75	18.75	22	28	2
TE Ben Coates	2	4	25	12.50	5	15	0
WR Qadry Ismail	2	4	24	12.00	15	12	0
FB Brad Muster	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Sean Dawkins	1	4	11	11.00	6	11	0
RB Mario Bates	1	1	6	6.00	6	6	0
TE Ken Dilger	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Chris Spielman	1	92	92.00	1
CB Terrell Buckley	1	13	13.00	0

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Darrell McClellan	1	0	0.00	0
CB Walt Harris	1	30	30.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Wesley Walls	1	1	0	0

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Eric Allen	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Gardocki	4	167	41.8	36.8	50	1

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	2	96	48.0	43.5	55	0

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Stover	2/2	1/1	0/0	43	1/1

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Hanson	2/3	0/0	0/0	30	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Kennison	2	9	4.5	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Reggie Barlow	2	20	10.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Glass	1	21	21.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Qadry Ismail	2	48	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Chris Spielman	10	1	0.0	35	30
S Danny Copeland	9	3	0.0	37	33
OLB Bryan Cox	8	0	0.0	30	28
DT Don Davey	3	4	1.0	29	26
DE Marco Coleman	3	2	1.0	31	24
DT Jon Hand	3	2	0.0	32	28
DE Karl Dunbar	3	1	0.0	25	21
CB Terrell Buckley	3	0	0.0	35	30
CB Torey Hunter	3	0	0.0	9	12
OLB Ray Farmer	2	2	0.0	26	21
S David Fulcher	2	1	0.0	5	3
S Greg Jackson	2	1	0.0	32	27
DE Kendel Shello	2	1	0.0	13	12
CB Terry McDaniel	2	0	0.0	35	32
DT Jerry Ball	1	1	0.0	14	8
OLB Donta Jones	1	1	0.0	8	6
TE Wesley Walls	1	0	---	---	---
QB Johnny Utah	1	0	---	---	---
OLB O.J. Brigance	1	0	0.0	9	5

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Tracy Simien	7	0	0.0	16	33
OLB Frank Slade	6	1	0.5	19	30
S John Lynch	6	3	0.0	20	38
DT Dan Wilkinson	4	0	0.5	13	23
CB Darrell McClellan	4	0	0.0	9	30
DE Chidi Ahanotu	3	0	1.0	13	21
S Devin Bush	3	2	0.0	20	37
ILB Keith Goganious	3	1	0.0	11	8
OLB Darion Conner	2	0	1.0	5	13
S Eric Turner	2	0	0.0	0	12
DE Wayne Martin	1	2	1.0	17	26
CB Eric Allen	1	3	0.0	16	26
DE Robert Porcher	1	1	0.0	10	29
FB Derrick Harris	1	0	---	---	---
CB Walt Harris	0	2	0.0	20	37
DT Oliver Gibson	0	1	0.0	7	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Don Davey	1.0	1	1	26
DE Marco Coleman	1.0	1	0	24
DE Kendel Shello	0.0	0	1	12

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Chidi Ahanotu	1.0	1	1	21
OLB Darion Conner	1.0	1	0	13
DE Wayne Martin	1.0	0	0	26
OLB Frank Slade	0.5	2	0	30
DT Dan Wilkinson	0.5	0	0	23
DE Robert Porcher	0.0	1	1	29
DT Oliver Gibson	0.0	1	0	16

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Greg Jackson	3	0	0	27
OLB Bryan Cox	3	0	0	28
CB Torey Hunter	3	0	0	12
S Danny Copeland	2	1	0	33
CB Terry McDaniel	2	0	0	32
OLB Donta Jones	2	0	0	6
OLB Ray Farmer	2	0	0	21
ILB Chris Spielman	1	1	1	30
CB Terrell Buckley	1	1	1	30
S David Fulcher	1	0	0	3
DE Karl Dunbar	1	0	0	21

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Tracy Simien	6	1	0	33
CB Darrell McClellan	3	0	1	30
OLB Frank Slade	3	0	0	30
S Eric Turner	2	0	0	12
CB Eric Allen	1	1	0	26
OLB Darion Conner	1	0	0	13
DE Robert Porcher	1	0	0	29
ILB Keith Goganious	1	0	0	8
DE Chidi Ahanotu	1	0	0	21
S John Lynch	0	2	0	38
CB Walt Harris	0	0	1	37

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Keith Miller	3	5	20	0	38
Kirk Scrafford	2	4	20	1	38
Mike Compton	2	3	20	1	38
Lomas Brown	2	2	20	0	38
Paul Jetton	1	3	20	2	38
Ickey Woods	1	1	13	0	19
Wesley Walls	0	2	20	0	30

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Anthony Redmon	5	11	2	38	0	33
Tom Nalen	4	8	1	38	0	33
Keith Sims	2	6	0	38	0	33
Derrick Harris	2	3	0	11	0	4
Antone Davis	1	3	0	38	1	33
Tony Boselli	1	3	0	38	1	33
Brad Muster	0	1	0	15	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Torey Hunter	2	16
Paul Jetton	1	6
Derrick Lassic	1	4

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Ken Dilger	2	12
Keith Sims	1	5

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Danny Copeland	---	---	37	33	17	87
Terry McDaniel	---	---	35	32	2	69
Chris Spielman	---	---	35	30	4	69
Terrell Buckley	---	---	35	30	2	67
Paul Jetton	20	38	---	---	6	64
Jon Hand	---	---	32	28	2	62
Greg Jackson	---	---	32	27	2	61
Bryan Cox	---	---	30	28	3	61
Lomas Brown	20	38	---	---	---	58
Kirk Scrafford	20	38	---	---	---	58
Don Davey	---	---	29	26	3	58
Johnny Utah	20	38	---	---	---	58
Mike Compton	20	38	---	---	---	58
Keith Miller	20	38	---	---	---	58
Marco Coleman	---	---	31	24	2	57
Willie Mays Hayes	12	33	---	---	10	55
Wesley Walls	20	30	---	---	---	50
Michael Jackson	17	33	---	---	---	50
Karl Dunbar	---	---	25	21	3	49
Ray Farmer	---	---	26	21	2	49
Ickey Woods	13	19	---	---	8	40
Eddie Kennison	4	21	---	---	15	40
Brian Mitchell	11	25	---	---	1	37
Torey Hunter	---	---	9	12	16	37
Randy Baldwin	7	11	---	---	17	35
Jerry Ball	---	---	14	8	4	26
Kendel Shello	---	---	13	12	1	26
Donta Jones	---	---	8	6	10	24
Carwell Gardner	4	3	---	---	16	23
Tomur Barnes	5	5	---	---	13	23
O.J. Brigance	---	---	9	5	9	23
Carl Lews	---	---	3	7	12	22
Simeon Rice	---	---	10	10	2	22
Don Beebe	5	8	---	---	2	15
David Fulcher	---	---	5	3	2	10
Derrick Lassic	2	1	---	---	4	7
Randy Grimes	0	0	---	---	6	6
Buddy Ferguson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Matt Stover	0	0	---	---	6	6
Chris Gardocki	0	0	---	---	6	6
Billy Taylor	0	0	---	---	6	6
Scott Gragg	0	0	---	---	6	6
Don Glass	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ed McCaffrey	0	1	---	---	---	1
Mike Buck	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leroy Wickert	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Keith Sims	38	33	---	---	5	76
Antone Davis	38	33	---	---	5	76
Dan Marino	38	33	---	---	---	71
Tom Nalen	38	33	---	---	---	71
Anthony Redmon	38	33	---	---	---	71
Tony Boselli	38	33	---	---	---	71
Charles Johnson	28	28	---	---	13	69
Ben Coates	35	25	---	---	4	64
John Lynch	---	---	20	38	3	61
Frank Slade	---	---	19	30	10	59
Devin Bush	---	---	20	37	2	59
Walt Harris	---	---	20	37	2	59
Herman Moore	28	24	---	---	2	54
Tracy Simien	---	---	16	33	2	51
Eric Allen	---	---	16	26	8	50
Jamal Anderson	26	23	---	---	---	49
Shannon Briggs	---	---	20	26	2	48
Wayne Martin	---	---	17	26	4	47
Robert Porcher	---	---	10	29	3	42
Darrell McClellan	---	---	9	30	1	40
Dan Wilkinson	---	---	13	23	3	39
Chidi Ahanotu	---	---	13	21	3	37
Mario Bates	12	10	---	---	15	37
Sean Dawkins	12	19	---	---	3	34
Brad Muster	15	12	---	---	6	33
Ken Dilger	13	8	---	---	12	33
Keith Goganious	---	---	11	8	13	32
Qadry Ismail	10	9	---	---	13	32
Darren Anderson	---	---	4	13	10	27
Derrick Harris	11	4	---	---	9	24
Eric Turner	---	---	0	12	11	23
Oliver Gibson	---	---	7	16	---	23
Darion Conner	---	---	5	13	1	19
Scott Slutzker	0	0	---	---	15	15
Reggie Barlow	0	3	---	---	8	11
Terry Crews	---	---	0	0	10	10
Jason Hanson	0	0	---	---	9	9
James Palmer	0	0	---	---	5	5
Chuck Belin	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bob Kochman	0	0	---	---	5	5
Erik Kramer	0	0	---	---	3	3
Terry Reger	---	---	0	0	3	3
Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	2	2
La'roi Glover	---	---	0	0	1	1
Willie Kramer	---	---	0	0	---	0
Mike Cunningham	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	60	8.6
Middle	11	38	3.5
Right	2	-2	-1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	111	9.3
Middle	21	97	4.6
Right	5	37	7.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Johnny Utah	34	19	1	0	1	4	6	2	2

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Marino	31	21	4	0	1	3	2	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	17	3.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	9	68	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	57	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	7	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	40	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	32	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	102	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	22	11.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Willie Mays Hayes	8	3	0	12	0	33
TE Wesley Walls	6	5	0	44	0	30
WR Michael Jackson	6	3	1	28	0	33
WR Don Beebe	5	2	0	13	0	8
WR Eddie Kennison	3	2	0	14	0	21
RB Randy Baldwin	2	2	0	10	0	11
RB Brian Mitchell	1	1	0	20	1	25
TE Carwell Gardner	1	1	0	1	0	3

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Jamal Anderson	6	5	0	7	0	23
WR Herman Moore	5	4	0	49	1	24
WR Charles Johnson	5	4	0	75	3	28
TE Ben Coates	4	2	0	25	0	25
WR Qadry Ismail	4	2	0	24	0	9
WR Sean Dawkins	4	1	1	11	0	19
FB Brad Muster	1	1	0	-1	0	12
RB Mario Bates	1	1	0	6	0	10
TE Ken Dilger	1	1	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jamal Anderson	10	33	3.30	6.96
Dan Marino	1	5	5.00	6.67
Mario Bates	1	0	0.00	5.27

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Marino	9	7	14	1.56	6.32

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Jamal Anderson	4	4	0	0.00	1.17
WR Sean Dawkins	2	0	0	0.00	2.75
WR Herman Moore	1	1	7	7.00	9.80
RB Mario Bates	1	1	6	6.00	6.00
WR Charles Johnson	1	1	1	1.00	15.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Mitchell	1	1
Randy Baldwin	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Jamal Anderson	5	4

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Johnny Utah	8	5	4

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Marino	12	9	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Don Beebe	2	2	2
WR Willie Mays Hayes	2	0	0
WR Michael Jackson	2	1	1
WR Eddie Kennison	2	2	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Herman Moore	3	2	2
WR Sean Dawkins	2	1	1
RB Jamal Anderson	2	2	1
WR Charles Johnson	2	2	2
TE Ben Coates	1	1	1
WR Qadry Ismail	1	0	0
RB Mario Bates	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 72,000 (72,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,200 (15,200)
End Zone 11,000 (11,000)
Mezzanine 6,300 (6,300)
Sideline Seats 9,700 (9,700)
Club Seats 19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	72,000 (72,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,200 (15,200)
End Zone	11,000 (11,000)
Mezzanine	6,300 (6,300)
Sideline Seats	9,700 (9,700)
Club Seats	19,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)