Week 17, 1997

played in Minnesota, MN

23 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Detroit Lions	3	14	3	0	-	20
Minnesota Vikings	3	0	0	3	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:28 MIN - Jason Hanson 46 field goal
1Q: 02:08 DET - Matt Stover 31 field goal
2Q: 07:58 DET - Chris Warren 15 run (Matt Stover extra point)
2Q: 00:31 DET - Wesley Walls 2 pass from Bill Musgrave (Matt Stover extra point)
3Q: 04:25 DET - Matt Stover 38 field goal
4Q: 13:06 MIN - Jason Hanson 40 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:28 MIN - Jason Hanson 46 field goal
1Q: 02:08 DET - Matt Stover 31 field goal
2Q: 07:58 DET - Chris Warren 15 run (Matt Stover extra point)
2Q: 00:31 DET - Wesley Walls 2 pass from Bill Musgrave (Matt Stover extra point)
3Q: 04:25 DET - Matt Stover 38 field goal
4Q: 13:06 MIN - Jason Hanson 40 field goal

Team Statistics DET MIN
Record 9-7 4-12
First Downs 16 14
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 11 11
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 284 265
- Offensive Plays 63 59
- Yards per Play 4.51 4.49
Net Rushing Yards 101 103
- Rushing Attempts 35 18
- Yards per Rush 2.89 5.72
Net Passing Yards 183 162
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 19 - 1 35 - 20 - 5
- Gross Passing Yards 183 194
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 6/32
- Yards per Pass Play 6.54 3.95
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.7 6.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 8/64 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 3/22 6/20
Kick Returns/Yards 1/21 5/66
Interception Ret./Yards 5/47 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 21
Time of Possession 30:56 29:04

Team Statistics	DET	MIN
Record	9-7	4-12
First Downs	16	14
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	11	11
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	284	265
- Offensive Plays	63	59
- Yards per Play	4.51	4.49
Net Rushing Yards	101	103
- Rushing Attempts	35	18
- Yards per Rush	2.89	5.72
Net Passing Yards	183	162
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 19 - 1	35 - 20 - 5
- Gross Passing Yards	183	194
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	6/32
- Yards per Pass Play	6.54	3.95
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.7	6.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	8/64	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	3/22	6/20
Kick Returns/Yards	1/21	5/66
Interception Ret./Yards	5/47	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 21
Time of Possession	30:56	29:04

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:05	OWN 24	3	9	Punt
1	8:20	6:17	OWN 19	11	67	Field Goal
2	12:09	2:34	OWN 23	4	19	Punt
2	9:12	1:20	OPP 36	4	36	Touchdown
2	7:22	2:59	OWN 46	7	11	Punt
2	2:17	1:14	OPP 48	5	30	Interception
2	0:54	0:32	OPP 18	4	18	Touchdown
3	11:06	0:57	OWN 15	3	-1	Punt
3	8:25	4:08	OWN 23	8	56	Field Goal
3	2:11	1:49	OWN 40	3	4	Punt
4	13:01	1:33	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	8:17	2:00	OWN 10	3	-1	Punt
4	4:58	2:46	OWN 27	5	14	Punt
4	0:11	0:11	OWN 33	1	-1	Game

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:55	4:35	OWN 20	7	51	Field Goal
1	2:03	4:54	OWN 20	9	67	Interception
2	9:35	0:23	OWN 18	2	0	Interception
2	7:52	0:30	OWN 17	1	0	Interception
2	4:23	2:06	OWN 4	3	8	Punt
2	1:03	0:09	OWN 20	1	0	Interception
2	0:22	0:22	OWN 11	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	3:54	OWN 16	6	69	Fumble
3	10:09	1:44	OPP 49	3	4	Punt
3	4:17	2:06	OWN 18	3	-5	Punt
3	0:22	2:21	OWN 20	6	57	Field Goal
4	11:28	3:11	OWN 30	7	15	Punt
4	6:17	1:19	OWN 32	3	-1	Punt
4	2:12	2:01	OWN 24	7	12	Interception

Game MVP: Marco Coleman, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Chris Warren	29	89	3.07	15	3	1
Rodney Hampton	3	10	3.33	8	0	0
Ickey Woods	2	3	1.50	2	0	0
Bill Musgrave	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Chad Graham	12	88	7.33	32	4
Lorenzo White	4	13	3.25	5	0
Harry Patterson	2	2	1.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Musgrave	28	19	183	0/0	1	26	1	82.8

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Harry Patterson	35	20	194	6/32	0	38	5	33.2

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Willie Mays Hayes	4	4	47	11.75	32	26	0
WR Eddie Kennison	4	9	20	5.00	6	8	0
TE Wesley Walls	3	5	13	4.33	0	10	1
RB Chris Warren	3	4	41	13.67	21	26	0
WR Nigea Carter	2	2	21	10.50	17	19	0
TE Carwell Gardner	1	1	16	16.00	6	16	0
TE Eric Green	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Michael Jackson	1	2	14	14.00	2	14	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR O.J. McDuffie	6	8	69	11.50	2	24
RB Lorenzo White	4	4	1	0.25	1	4
TE Ben Coates	3	6	25	8.33	0	13
WR Terry Glenn	3	11	33	11.00	0	18
WR Reggie Barlow	2	3	26	13.00	0	14
WR Qadry Ismail	1	1	2	2.00	0	2
WR Charles Johnson	1	2	38	38.00	12	38

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg
S Danny Copeland	2	22	11.00
S Greg Jackson	2	13	6.50
OLB Bryan Cox	1	12	12.00

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Eric Allen	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Recov	Force
Raymond Austin	1	0
Ickey Woods	0	1
Ray Farmer	0	1
Denard Walker	0	1

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov
Lorenzo White	2	0
O.J. McDuffie	1	0
Terry Glenn	0	1
James Darling	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Gardocki	8	378	47.3	42.3	56	4

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	5	215	43.0	38.6	55	2

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Matt Stover	2/2	0/0	0/0	38	2/2

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Hanson	2/2	2/2	0/0	46	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eddie Kennison	3	22	7.3	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lorenzo White	6	20	3.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Raymond Austin	1	21	21.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lorenzo White	4	50	12.5	0
George McCullough	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Danny Copeland	6	2	0.0	13	37
CB Denard Walker	5	1	0.0	14	36
CB Raymond Austin	5	0	0.0	7	30
DT Tim Dennis	4	0	2.0	12	26
OLB Bryan Cox	4	1	0.5	15	34
DE Marco Coleman	3	1	2.5	15	27
S Greg Jackson	3	2	0.0	16	39
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	3	0	0.0	15	27
CB Terry McDaniel	2	1	0.0	13	37
OLB Ray Farmer	2	0	0.0	6	5
DT Jon Hand	1	0	0.0	4	2
ILB Chris Spielman	1	0	0.0	2	13
QB Bill Musgrave	1	0	---	---	---
DE Simeon Rice	1	0	0.0	8	4
DT Tony Williams	1	0	0.0	6	15
S Jamel Williams	1	0	0.0	8	10
DE Karl Dunbar	0	1	0.5	10	37
DE Jalen Guido	0	1	0.5	3	14
DT Lionel Callicutt	0	1	0.0	12	30

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB James Darling	8	4	0.0	35	28
S John Lynch	8	2	0.0	35	28
S Devin Bush	5	1	0.0	35	28
CB Walt Harris	5	1	0.0	35	28
CB George McCullough	5	1	0.0	18	21
OLB Henri Crockett	4	2	0.0	27	20
CB Eric Allen	4	0	0.0	34	28
DE Robert Porcher	3	2	0.0	16	17
OLB Terry Crews	2	1	0.0	25	21
DT Dan Wilkinson	2	1	0.0	27	16
TE Ben Coates	2	0	---	---	---
DE La'roi Glover	2	0	0.0	24	18
ILB Keith Goganious	1	2	0.0	15	6
ILB Shannon Briggs	1	2	0.0	10	6
CB Darren Anderson	1	1	0.0	4	2
WR Charles Johnson	1	0	---	---	---
FB Derrick Harris	1	0	---	---	---
TE Scott Slutzker	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Marco Coleman	2.5	1	27
DT Tim Dennis	2.0	0	26
DE Jalen Guido	0.5	2	14
DE Karl Dunbar	0.5	1	37
OLB Bryan Cox	0.5	0	34
S Danny Copeland	0.0	1	37

Minnesota	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Henri Crockett	1	0	2	20
OLB Terry Crews	0	1	0	21
DT Dan Wilkinson	0	1	0	16
DE Robert Porcher	0	0	1	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Danny Copeland	4	1	2	37
CB Raymond Austin	4	0	0	30
OLB Bryan Cox	3	1	1	34
CB Terry McDaniel	2	1	0	37
S Greg Jackson	2	0	2	39
CB Denard Walker	2	0	0	36
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	1	0	0	27
ILB Chris Spielman	1	0	0	13
DT Tim Dennis	1	0	0	26
CB Terrell Buckley	0	1	0	12

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Walt Harris	5	0	0	28
CB George McCullough	4	0	0	21
CB Eric Allen	3	2	1	28
ILB James Darling	3	0	0	28
S John Lynch	2	0	0	28
OLB Terry Crews	1	0	0	21
ILB Keith Goganious	1	0	0	6

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Todd Kalis	3	5	35	28
Kirk Scrafford	2	8	35	28
Keith Miller	1	6	35	28
Ickey Woods	1	3	21	16
Wesley Walls	1	2	26	20
Nathan Parks	0	7	35	28
Colton Gordon	0	3	35	28

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tony Boselli	2	6	18	0	41
Antone Davis	1	2	18	2	41
Anthony Redmon	1	2	18	2	41
Derrick Harris	1	2	8	0	19
Cory Raymer	0	3	18	1	41
Chris Dishman	0	1	18	1	41
Ben Coates	0	1	18	0	37

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Eric Green	3	12
Chris Spielman	2	17
Nigea Carter	2	13
Ickey Woods	1	19
Chris Warren	1	18
Carwell Gardner	1	18
Colton Gordon	1	10

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Derrick Harris	1	21
Lorenzo White	1	17
George McCullough	1	14
Chuck Belin	1	7

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Chris Warren	32	25	---	---	18	75
Todd Kalis	35	28	---	---	10	73
Colton Gordon	35	28	---	---	10	73
Denard Walker	---	---	14	36	15	65
Nathan Parks	35	28	---	---	1	64
Kirk Scrafford	35	28	---	---	---	63
Bill Musgrave	35	28	---	---	---	63
Keith Miller	35	28	---	---	---	63
Greg Jackson	---	---	16	39	2	57
Willie Mays Hayes	21	22	---	---	14	57
Ickey Woods	21	16	---	---	19	56
Danny Copeland	---	---	13	37	5	55
Eddie Kennison	26	22	---	---	6	54
Terry McDaniel	---	---	13	37	2	52
Bryan Cox	---	---	15	34	2	51
Karl Dunbar	---	---	10	37	3	50
Wesley Walls	26	20	---	---	---	46
Raymond Austin	---	---	7	30	9	46
Marco Coleman	---	---	15	27	3	45
Lionel Callicutt	---	---	12	30	3	45
Ken Norton Jr.	---	---	15	27	2	44
Eric Green	22	10	---	---	12	44
Tim Dennis	---	---	12	26	---	38
Chris Spielman	---	---	2	13	17	32
Tony Williams	---	---	6	15	7	28
Jamel Williams	---	---	8	10	8	26
Terrell Buckley	---	---	12	12	1	25
Nigea Carter	6	6	---	---	13	25
Michael Jackson	9	12	---	---	---	21
Carwell Gardner	0	1	---	---	18	19
Jalen Guido	---	---	3	14	2	19
Ray Farmer	---	---	6	5	7	18
David Fulcher	---	---	4	9	4	17
Tomur Barnes	9	3	---	---	5	17
Peter Boulware	---	---	3	7	7	17
Simeon Rice	---	---	8	4	4	16
Walter Reeves	0	0	---	---	10	10
Chris Gardocki	0	0	---	---	10	10
Victor Flowers	0	0	---	---	10	10
Chester Karinen	0	0	---	---	9	9
Matt Stover	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jon Hand	---	---	4	2	---	6
Rodney Hampton	3	3	---	---	---	6
Roman Fortin	0	0	---	---	---	0
Johnny Utah	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leroy Wickert	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
James Darling	---	---	35	28	16	79
Chris Dishman	18	41	---	---	7	66
John Lynch	---	---	35	28	2	65
Devin Bush	---	---	35	28	2	65
Walt Harris	---	---	35	28	2	65
Eric Allen	---	---	34	28	1	63
Antone Davis	18	41	---	---	---	59
Anthony Redmon	18	41	---	---	---	59
Tony Boselli	18	41	---	---	---	59
Cory Raymer	18	41	---	---	---	59
Harry Patterson	18	41	---	---	---	59
Ben Coates	18	37	---	---	1	56
Donte Rocco	---	---	30	21	5	56
Terry Glenn	16	38	---	---	---	54
Chad Graham	13	25	---	---	15	53
George McCullough	---	---	18	21	14	53
O.J. McDuffie	16	33	---	---	2	51
Henri Crockett	---	---	27	20	2	49
Terry Crews	---	---	25	21	2	48
Derrick Harris	8	19	---	---	21	48
Dan Wilkinson	---	---	27	16	4	47
La'roi Glover	---	---	24	18	4	46
Robert Porcher	---	---	16	17	8	41
Lorenzo White	5	16	---	---	17	38
Keith Goganious	---	---	15	6	8	29
Reggie Barlow	8	21	---	---	---	29
Darren Anderson	---	---	4	2	17	23
Qadry Ismail	1	5	---	---	14	20
Ken Dilger	1	4	---	---	15	20
Matt Keneley	---	---	8	12	---	20
Darion Conner	---	---	4	6	8	18
Charles Johnson	1	3	---	---	14	18
Shannon Briggs	---	---	10	6	---	16
Scott Slutzker	3	4	---	---	9	16
Tony Brown	---	---	3	1	9	13
Willie Kramer	---	---	0	1	8	9
James Palmer	0	0	---	---	7	7
Chuck Belin	0	0	---	---	7	7
Erik Baerg	0	0	---	---	7	7
Chester Hallen	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ian Cortez	---	---	0	0	6	6
Jason Hanson	0	0	---	---	5	5
Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	5	5
Erik Kramer	0	0	---	---	2	2
Chidi Ahanotu	---	---	0	0	2	2
Aaron Hastings	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	48	4.8
Middle	17	24	1.4
Right	7	30	4.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	44	6.3
Middle	8	47	5.9
Right	2	14	7.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Musgrave	28	19	2	2	1	2	2	3	1

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Harry Patterson	35	20	2	0	1	4	5	0	5

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	87	14.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	45	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	4	51	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	1	0.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	21	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	9	92	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	10	3	80	8.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Eddie Kennison	9	4	1	20	0	22
TE Wesley Walls	5	3	0	13	0	20
WR Willie Mays Hayes	4	4	0	47	1	22
RB Chris Warren	4	3	0	41	1	25
WR Michael Jackson	2	1	0	14	0	12
WR Nigea Carter	2	2	0	21	0	6
TE Carwell Gardner	1	1	0	16	0	1
TE Eric Green	1	1	0	11	0	10

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terry Glenn	11	3	0	33	0	38
WR O.J. McDuffie	8	6	0	69	1	33
TE Ben Coates	6	3	1	25	0	37
RB Lorenzo White	4	4	0	1	0	16
WR Reggie Barlow	3	2	0	26	0	21
WR Charles Johnson	2	1	0	38	1	3
WR Qadry Ismail	1	1	0	2	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Chris Warren	4	21	5.25	3.07

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Musgrave	6	3	18	3.00	6.54

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Harry Patterson	1	0	0	0.00	5.54

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Wesley Walls	3	1	2	0.67	2.60
WR Eddie Kennison	2	1	2	1.00	2.22
WR Michael Jackson	1	1	14	14.00	7.00

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ben Coates	1	0	0	0.00	4.17

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Chris Warren	5	0
Rodney Hampton	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Chad Graham	2	1
Harry Patterson	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Musgrave	9	8	5

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Harry Patterson	4	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Willie Mays Hayes	2	2	1
RB Chris Warren	2	2	1
WR Eddie Kennison	2	2	2
TE Wesley Walls	1	1	1
WR Michael Jackson	1	0	0
WR Nigea Carter	1	1	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terry Glenn	2	0	0
TE Ben Coates	1	1	1
WR Reggie Barlow	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 62,400 (72,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,200 (15,200)
End Zone 7,900 (11,000)
Mezzanine 5,700 (6,300)
Sideline Seats 9,400 (9,700)
Club Seats 16,700 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 7,500 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	62,400 (72,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,200 (15,200)
End Zone	7,900 (11,000)
Mezzanine	5,700 (6,300)
Sideline Seats	9,400 (9,700)
Club Seats	16,700 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	7,500 (9,900)