Week 2, 1997

played in Cleveland, OH

54 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	0	0	3	0	-	3
Cleveland Browns	17	3	0	0	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:36 CLE - Chad Scott 32 interception return (Chip Lohmiller extra point)
1Q: 08:20 CLE - Andre Reed 31 pass from Matt Dunigan (Chip Lohmiller extra point)
1Q: 01:01 CLE - Chip Lohmiller 39 field goal
2Q: 03:13 CLE - Chip Lohmiller 35 field goal
3Q: 02:07 MIN - Jason Hanson 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:36 CLE - Chad Scott 32 interception return (Chip Lohmiller extra point)
1Q: 08:20 CLE - Andre Reed 31 pass from Matt Dunigan (Chip Lohmiller extra point)
1Q: 01:01 CLE - Chip Lohmiller 39 field goal
2Q: 03:13 CLE - Chip Lohmiller 35 field goal
3Q: 02:07 MIN - Jason Hanson 34 field goal

Team Statistics MIN CLE
Record 0-2 2-0
First Downs 18 11
- by Rushing 5 2
- by Passing 12 9
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 339 301
- Offensive Plays 74 56
- Yards per Play 4.58 5.38
Net Rushing Yards 71 79
- Rushing Attempts 21 30
- Yards per Rush 3.38 2.63
Net Passing Yards 268 222
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 51 - 22 - 4 25 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 286 227
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/18 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 5.06 8.54
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/16 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 1/10 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 4/35 4/40
Kick Returns/Yards 1/30 2/38
Interception Ret./Yards 1/12 4/108
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 27
Time of Possession 29:23 30:37

Team Statistics	MIN	CLE
Record	0-2	2-0
First Downs	18	11
- by Rushing	5	2
- by Passing	12	9
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	339	301
- Offensive Plays	74	56
- Yards per Play	4.58	5.38
Net Rushing Yards	71	79
- Rushing Attempts	21	30
- Yards per Rush	3.38	2.63
Net Passing Yards	268	222
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	51 - 22 - 4	25 - 20 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	286	227
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/18	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	5.06	8.54
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/16	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	1/10	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	4/35	4/40
Kick Returns/Yards	1/30	2/38
Interception Ret./Yards	1/12	4/108
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 27
Time of Possession	29:23	30:37

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:35	OWN 20	2	1	Interception
1	14:25	4:52	OWN 20	10	35	Punt
1	8:05	2:57	OWN 20	5	21	Punt
1	0:56	2:23	OWN 26	3	7	Punt
2	11:09	3:33	OWN 20	10	56	Interception
2	3:06	1:36	OWN 20	4	31	Punt
3	10:22	1:03	OWN 7	3	3	Punt
3	7:25	2:13	OWN 20	6	18	Punt
3	3:49	1:49	OWN 30	5	53	Field Goal
3	0:50	1:00	OWN 45	3	-5	Punt
4	13:10	1:41	OPP 40	3	2	Punt
4	9:43	2:19	OWN 44	9	43	Downs
4	3:32	1:13	OWN 16	4	59	Interception
4	1:47	1:39	OWN 36	7	10	Interception

Cleveland Browns
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:33	1:28	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
1	5:08	4:12	OWN 20	7	58	Field Goal
2	13:33	2:24	OWN 24	4	28	Punt
2	7:36	4:30	OWN 49	8	33	Field Goal
2	1:30	1:30	OWN 15	3	13	Half
3	15:00	4:38	OWN 16	7	28	Punt
3	9:19	1:54	OWN 47	3	9	Punt
3	5:12	1:23	OWN 27	3	5	Punt
3	2:00	1:10	OWN 30	2	6	Interception
4	14:50	1:40	OWN 21	3	-6	Punt
4	11:29	1:46	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	7:24	3:52	OWN 13	6	19	Punt
4	2:19	0:32	OWN 11	3	2	Punt
4	0:08	0:08	OPP 26	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Chad Scott, Cleveland Browns

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jamal Anderson	11	27	2.45	8	0
Spencer George	6	26	4.33	12	1
Erik Wilhelm	4	18	4.50	11	1

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Karim Abdul-Jabbar	19	41	2.16	8	0
Ron Rivers	7	20	2.86	10	1
Matt Dunigan	2	18	9.00	11	1
Tim Worley	1	1	1.00	1	0
Barry Rostosky	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Erik Wilhelm	51	22	286	2/18	0	36	4	28.7

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Dunigan	25	20	227	1/5	1	44	1	101.2

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Ben Coates	6	9	79	13.17	47	36
WR Qadry Ismail	6	15	102	17.00	52	29
RB Jamal Anderson	3	6	29	9.67	10	17
WR Charles Johnson	3	14	62	20.67	37	29
WR Bobby Howard	2	4	2	1.00	0	3
TE Ken Dilger	1	1	7	7.00	0	7
RB Spencer George	1	1	5	5.00	7	5
WR Reggie Barlow	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Cleveland	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Terance Mathis	7	9	86	12.29	0	28	0
WR Andre Reed	5	6	104	20.80	8	44	1
WR Eddie Brown	2	2	13	6.50	4	10	0
TE Marv Cook	2	2	5	2.50	2	9	0
WR Anderson Cooper	2	2	12	6.00	3	11	0
TE Billy Shinners	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Eric Allen	1	12	12.00	0

Cleveland	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Chad Scott	2	72	36.00	1
S Toby Wright	1	0	0.00	0
CB Mat Hoffman	1	36	36.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Cleveland	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	8	376	47.0	34.5	59	4

Cleveland	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Leo Araguz	8	371	46.4	37.0	56	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Hanson	1/1	0/0	0/0	34	0/0

Cleveland	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chip Lohmiller	2/2	0/0	0/0	39	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Reggie Barlow	4	35	8.8	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Brown	3	30	10.0	0
William White	1	10	10.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Reggie Barlow	1	30	30.0	0

Cleveland	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Brown	2	38	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Henri Crockett	11	1	0.0	25	24
S Willie Kramer	9	1	0.0	30	26
S Devin Bush	7	4	0.0	30	26
DT Dan Wilkinson	5	0	1.0	23	21
CB Darren Anderson	3	3	0.0	24	20
CB Eric Allen	3	0	0.0	21	20
CB Walt Harris	3	0	0.0	30	26
OLB Frank Slade	2	3	0.0	23	22
DE Robert Porcher	2	1	0.0	19	19
ILB James Darling	2	1	0.0	26	22
TE Ben Coates	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Terry Crews	1	0	0.0	7	3
OLB Jamir Miller	1	0	0.0	5	2
WR Reggie Barlow	1	0	---	---	---
RB Spencer George	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Tracy Simien	0	1	0.0	11	9
DE La'roi Glover	0	1	0.0	21	18

Cleveland	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Rick Hamilton	11	1	0.0	21	50
S Toby Wright	6	2	0.0	21	53
CB William White	5	2	0.0	11	39
DT John Jurkovic	4	0	0.0	18	38
DT Trevor Pryce	3	2	0.0	20	44
OLB Terry Wooden	3	1	0.0	18	39
CB Chad Scott	3	0	0.0	20	53
DE Jamal Duff	2	1	1.0	17	37
DE Dennis Byrd	2	0	1.0	13	36
S Louis Riddick	2	0	0.0	20	46
CB Najee Mustafaa	1	0	0.0	3	9
DT Tony Dreschsler	1	0	0.0	10	27
CB Carlos Brooks	1	0	0.0	17	44
FB Ray Zellars	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Ashermond Singleton	1	0	0.0	5	17
DE Kavika Pittman	0	1	0.0	5	17

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Dan Wilkinson	1.0	0	0	0	21
OLB Frank Slade	0.0	0	0	2	22

Cleveland	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Jamal Duff	1.0	1	0	37
DE Dennis Byrd	1.0	0	0	36
DT John Jurkovic	0.0	1	2	38
ILB Rick Hamilton	0.0	0	1	50
DT Tony Dreschsler	0.0	0	1	27
DE Kavika Pittman	0.0	0	1	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Henri Crockett	8	1	0	24
S Willie Kramer	4	0	0	26
S Devin Bush	3	0	0	26
CB Walt Harris	2	0	0	26
CB Eric Allen	1	1	1	20
OLB Frank Slade	1	0	0	22
DT Dan Wilkinson	1	0	0	21

Cleveland	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Rick Hamilton	5	3	0	50
S Toby Wright	4	1	1	53
CB William White	4	0	0	39
CB Chad Scott	3	2	2	53
CB Carlos Brooks	1	2	0	44
OLB Terry Wooden	1	1	0	39
CB Najee Mustafaa	1	0	0	9
DT John Jurkovic	1	0	0	38
S Louis Riddick	1	0	0	46
DT Trevor Pryce	1	0	0	44
CB Mat Hoffman	0	1	1	19
OLB Ashermond Singleton	0	1	0	17

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Dishman	3	4	0	15	0	14
Cory Raymer	2	2	1	21	0	53
Antone Davis	1	4	0	21	0	53
Tony Boselli	1	3	0	15	0	12
Anthony Redmon	1	1	0	21	1	53
Chuck Belin	0	2	0	6	0	41
Derrick Harris	0	1	0	10	0	18
Erik Baerg	0	0	0	6	1	39

Cleveland	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Port	2	8	27	0	24
Willie Hennings	1	3	28	0	26
Mike Flynn	1	2	27	1	25
Marv Cook	1	1	20	0	12
Joey Banes	0	6	27	0	24
Antonio Stofa	0	3	30	0	26
Jon Melander	0	2	4	0	2
Jeff Thomason	0	1	13	0	8
Ray Zellars	0	1	12	0	6

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Spencer George	2	16
Reggie Barlow	1	22
Scott Slutzker	1	16
Terry Crews	1	15
Ken Dilger	1	15

Cleveland	Tackles	STPlays
Anderson Cooper	2	23
Billy Shinners	1	15
Ray Zellars	1	13
Ron Rivers	1	12

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Antone Davis	21	53	---	---	6	80
Erik Wilhelm	21	53	---	---	---	74
Qadry Ismail	19	51	---	---	4	74
Charles Johnson	18	48	---	---	8	74
Anthony Redmon	21	53	---	---	---	74
Cory Raymer	21	53	---	---	---	74
Ben Coates	16	48	---	---	8	72
Eric Allen	---	---	21	20	17	58
Willie Kramer	---	---	30	26	2	58
Devin Bush	---	---	30	26	2	58
Walt Harris	---	---	30	26	2	58
Chuck Belin	6	41	---	---	9	56
Erik Baerg	6	39	---	---	9	54
Darren Anderson	---	---	24	20	9	53
James Darling	---	---	26	22	5	53
Henri Crockett	---	---	25	24	2	51
Jamal Anderson	13	37	---	---	---	50
Bobby Howard	9	29	---	---	9	47
Robert Porcher	---	---	19	19	9	47
Frank Slade	---	---	23	22	1	46
Dan Wilkinson	---	---	23	21	1	45
Derrick Harris	10	18	---	---	13	41
La'roi Glover	---	---	21	18	1	40
Spencer George	8	16	---	---	16	40
Chidi Ahanotu	---	---	21	16	2	39
Chris Dishman	15	14	---	---	3	32
Ken Dilger	7	9	---	---	15	31
Tony Boselli	15	12	---	---	---	27
Reggie Barlow	2	3	---	---	22	27
Terry Crews	---	---	7	3	15	25
Jamir Miller	---	---	5	2	17	24
Tom Flynn	---	---	7	7	7	21
Tracy Simien	---	---	11	9	1	21
Matt Keneley	---	---	6	4	9	19
Scott Slutzker	0	1	---	---	16	17
James Palmer	0	0	---	---	9	9
Chester Hallen	0	0	---	---	9	9
Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	8	8
George Irwin	2	3	---	---	3	8
Keith Goganious	---	---	0	0	7	7
Shannon Briggs	---	---	0	0	5	5
Lorenzo White	1	2	---	---	---	3
Jason Hanson	0	0	---	---	3	3
George McCullough	---	---	1	1	1	3
Erik Kramer	0	0	---	---	1	1
Cody Carlson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cleveland	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Toby Wright	---	---	21	53	7	81
Rick Hamilton	---	---	21	50	4	75
Chad Scott	---	---	20	53	1	74
William White	---	---	11	39	20	70
Louis Riddick	---	---	20	46	1	67
Trevor Pryce	---	---	20	44	1	65
John Jurkovic	---	---	18	38	8	64
Antonio Stofa	30	26	---	---	8	64
Carlos Brooks	---	---	17	44	2	63
Terry Wooden	---	---	18	39	---	57
Matt Dunigan	29	26	---	---	---	55
Willie Hennings	28	26	---	---	1	55
Jamal Duff	---	---	17	37	1	55
Mike Flynn	27	25	---	---	1	53
Chris Port	27	24	---	---	---	51
Joey Banes	27	24	---	---	---	51
Billy Shinners	19	17	---	---	15	51
Dennis Byrd	---	---	13	36	1	50
Andre Reed	21	24	---	---	---	45
Terance Mathis	22	23	---	---	---	45
Tony Dreschsler	---	---	10	27	8	45
Ashermond Singleton	---	---	5	17	21	43
Marv Cook	20	12	---	---	10	42
Tim Worley	7	3	---	---	24	34
Ron Rivers	9	10	---	---	12	31
Ray Zellars	12	6	---	---	13	31
Anderson Cooper	0	7	---	---	23	30
Eddie Brown	6	8	---	---	14	28
Karim Abdul-Jabbar	19	9	---	---	---	28
Mat Hoffman	---	---	5	19	2	26
Jeff Thomason	13	8	---	---	1	22
Kavika Pittman	---	---	5	17	---	22
Najee Mustafaa	---	---	3	9	7	19
Terry Irving	---	---	6	11	1	18
Jon Melander	4	2	---	---	10	16
Kim Herring	---	---	1	4	11	16
Deion Jordan	4	1	---	---	10	15
Juan Roque	3	2	---	---	10	15
Mike Alexander	2	3	---	---	9	14
George Thornbladh	0	0	---	---	10	10
Leo Araguz	0	0	---	---	8	8
Chip Lohmiller	0	0	---	---	7	7
Barry Rostosky	1	0	---	---	2	3
Steve Morrison	---	---	0	0	2	2
Kordell Stewart	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	9	2.3
Middle	15	55	3.7
Right	2	7	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	25	1.9
Middle	9	32	3.6
Right	7	23	3.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Erik Wilhelm	51	22	7	1	6	11	5	0	4

Cleveland	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Dunigan	25	20	5	1	1	2	0	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	1	5	1.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	26	16	178	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	5	103	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	-2	-0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	61	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	2	19	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	7	5	149	21.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Qadry Ismail	15	6	2	102	3	51
WR Charles Johnson	14	3	1	62	2	48
TE Ben Coates	9	6	1	79	2	48
RB Jamal Anderson	6	3	1	29	0	37
WR Bobby Howard	4	2	1	2	0	29
TE Ken Dilger	1	1	0	7	0	9
WR Reggie Barlow	1	0	0	0	0	3
RB Spencer George	1	1	0	5	0	16

Cleveland	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terance Mathis	9	7	0	86	2	23
WR Andre Reed	6	5	0	104	3	24
TE Billy Shinners	3	1	1	3	0	17
WR Eddie Brown	2	2	0	13	0	8
TE Marv Cook	2	2	0	5	0	12
WR Anderson Cooper	2	2	0	12	0	7
RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar	1	1	0	4	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Cleveland	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Erik Wilhelm	6	0	0	0.00	5.61

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Overall Avg
WR Qadry Ismail	4	6.80
WR Bobby Howard	1	0.50
TE Ben Coates	1	8.78

Cleveland	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Spencer George	2	1
Jamal Anderson	1	0

Cleveland	Rushes	Conversions
Ron Rivers	2	0
Matt Dunigan	1	0
Karim Abdul-Jabbar	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Erik Wilhelm	12	5	3

Cleveland	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Dunigan	9	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Jamal Anderson	4	3	2
WR Qadry Ismail	3	2	1
WR Charles Johnson	2	0	0
WR Bobby Howard	1	0	0
TE Ben Coates	1	0	0
WR Reggie Barlow	1	0	0

Cleveland	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Andre Reed	3	3	2
TE Billy Shinners	3	1	0
WR Anderson Cooper	2	2	1
WR Terance Mathis	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 66,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,100 (21,400)
End Zone 13,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	66,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,100 (21,400)
End Zone	13,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)