Week 12, 2000

played in Jacksonville, FL

66 degrees, rain, 5 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	3	14	14	6	-	37
Jacksonville Jaguars	0	0	11	0	-	11

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:50 MIN - Phil Dawson 36 field goal
2Q: 06:57 MIN - Fred Taylor 15 pass from Brian Griese (Phil Dawson extra point)
2Q: 00:35 MIN - Charles Johnson 13 pass from Brian Griese (Phil Dawson extra point)
3Q: 10:39 MIN - Artrell Hawkins 17 interception return (Phil Dawson extra point)
3Q: 10:29 JAX - Michael Schumacher 98 kickoff return (Jeff Blake pass to Muhsin Muhammad for conversion)
3Q: 09:03 MIN - Fred Taylor 13 run (Phil Dawson extra point)
3Q: 03:22 JAX - Doug Pelfrey 32 field goal
4Q: 07:53 MIN - Phil Dawson 47 field goal
4Q: 03:20 MIN - Phil Dawson 39 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:50 MIN - Phil Dawson 36 field goal
2Q: 06:57 MIN - Fred Taylor 15 pass from Brian Griese (Phil Dawson extra point)
2Q: 00:35 MIN - Charles Johnson 13 pass from Brian Griese (Phil Dawson extra point)
3Q: 10:39 MIN - Artrell Hawkins 17 interception return (Phil Dawson extra point)
3Q: 10:29 JAX - Michael Schumacher 98 kickoff return (Jeff Blake pass to Muhsin Muhammad for conversion)
3Q: 09:03 MIN - Fred Taylor 13 run (Phil Dawson extra point)
3Q: 03:22 JAX - Doug Pelfrey 32 field goal
4Q: 07:53 MIN - Phil Dawson 47 field goal
4Q: 03:20 MIN - Phil Dawson 39 field goal

Team Statistics MIN JAX
Record 11-0 4-7
First Downs 19 11
- by Rushing 9 4
- by Passing 9 7
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 345 192
- Offensive Plays 64 55
- Yards per Play 5.39 3.49
Net Rushing Yards 137 42
- Rushing Attempts 37 18
- Yards per Rush 3.70 2.33
Net Passing Yards 208 150
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 20 - 0 34 - 18 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 214 173
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/6 3/23
- Yards per Pass Play 7.70 4.05
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/16 1/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.9 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 1/5 7/39
Punt Returns/Yards 5/52 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 3/134
Interception Ret./Yards 3/32 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/1
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 21
Time of Possession 36:41 23:19

Team Statistics	MIN	JAX
Record	11-0	4-7
First Downs	19	11
- by Rushing	9	4
- by Passing	9	7
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	345	192
- Offensive Plays	64	55
- Yards per Play	5.39	3.49
Net Rushing Yards	137	42
- Rushing Attempts	37	18
- Yards per Rush	3.70	2.33
Net Passing Yards	208	150
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 20 - 0	34 - 18 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	214	173
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/6	3/23
- Yards per Pass Play	7.70	4.05
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/16	1/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.9	8.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	1/5	7/39
Punt Returns/Yards	5/52	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	3/134
Interception Ret./Yards	3/32	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 21
Time of Possession	36:41	23:19

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:05	2:09	OWN 7	3	6	Punt
1	7:50	6:07	OWN 29	12	52	Field Goal
2	13:37	1:40	OWN 47	3	0	Punt
2	10:02	3:11	OWN 49	7	51	Touchdown
2	4:13	3:47	OWN 44	9	56	Touchdown
3	15:00	3:17	OWN 20	6	24	Punt
3	10:15	1:18	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
3	3:16	2:54	OWN 20	5	16	Punt
4	13:28	5:41	OWN 16	10	54	Field Goal
4	5:34	2:19	OPP 28	3	6	Field Goal
4	2:44	2:23	OWN 47	3	5	Punt

Jacksonville Jaguars
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:40	OWN 15	4	16	Punt
1	12:20	1:15	OPP 41	3	-3	Punt
1	8:56	1:06	OWN 45	3	-2	Interception
1	1:43	3:06	OWN 8	5	18	Punt
2	11:57	1:55	OWN 10	3	5	Punt
2	6:51	2:38	OWN 20	7	39	Interception
2	0:26	0:26	OWN 7	1	8	Half
3	11:43	1:14	OWN 6	3	3	Interception
3	8:57	5:41	OWN 20	11	65	Field Goal
3	0:22	1:54	OWN 30	5	20	Punt
4	7:47	2:13	OWN 24	6	4	Downs
4	3:15	0:31	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	0:21	0:21	OWN 20	1	0	Game

Game MVP: Brian Griese, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Fred Taylor	23	104	4.52	20	4	1
Miles Walker	9	17	1.89	12	1	0
Brian Griese	5	16	3.20	12	1	0

Jacksonville	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Robert Edwards	16	41	2.56	13	2	0
Natrone Means	2	1	0.50	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brian Griese	25	20	214	2/6	2	61	0	129.0

Jacksonville	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jeff Blake	34	18	173	3/23	0	22	3	30.6

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Fred Taylor	8	8	64	8.00	55	27	1
WR Charles Johnson	4	5	35	8.75	9	17	1
WR O.J. McDuffie	3	5	28	9.33	3	17	0
WR Qadry Ismail	2	3	14	7.00	2	14	0
TE Anthony Becht	2	2	12	6.00	0	6	0
TE Ken Dilger	1	2	61	61.00	60	61	0

Jacksonville	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Michael Schumacher	4	9	66	16.50	8	22
RB Robert Edwards	3	7	8	2.67	2	6
WR Antonio Nicas	3	4	30	10.00	0	16
WR Muhsin Muhammad	2	6	28	14.00	13	22
TE Tony Gonzalez	2	3	14	7.00	2	12
WR Dez White	2	3	21	10.50	0	18
RB Natrone Means	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
FB Charles Way	1	1	2	2.00	0	2

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Artrell Hawkins	2	26	13.00	1
OLB Jay Foreman	1	6	6.00	0

Jacksonville	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Miles Walker	1	0	0
MarTay Jenkins	1	0	0
George Irwin	0	1	0
Dan Wilkinson	0	0	1

Jacksonville	Fumb	Recov	Force
Robert Edwards	1	0	0
Steve Wisniewski	0	1	0
Tony Gonzalez	0	1	0
Vonnie Holliday	0	0	1
Matt Stinchcomb	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	5	217	43.4	39.4	50	2

Jacksonville	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gary Linker	6	237	39.5	30.8	52	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Dawson	3/3	1/1	0/0	47	4/4

Jacksonville	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Doug Pelfrey	1/1	0/0	0/0	32	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
MarTay Jenkins	5	52	10.4	0

Jacksonville	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Jacksonville	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Michael Schumacher	3	134	44.7	1

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Henri Crockett	9	0	1.5	16	32
CB Walt Harris	6	1	0.0	17	37
ILB James Darling	4	3	0.0	17	28
OLB Jay Foreman	4	2	0.0	18	36
S Devin Bush	4	1	0.0	18	37
DT Dan Wilkinson	3	1	0.5	15	18
DE Donte Rocco	2	1	1.0	16	25
CB Eric Warfield	2	0	0.0	12	34
S John Lynch	1	2	0.0	16	37
DE Courtney Brown	1	1	0.0	15	26
DE Jeremy Staat	1	0	0.0	5	23
OLB Wyatt Ashworth	1	0	0.0	2	1
CB Roy Koehn	1	0	0.0	3	8
ILB Tracy Simien	0	1	0.0	4	3

Jacksonville	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Keith Mitchell	8	1	1.0	31	23
OLB Al Wilson	7	0	0.0	19	10
ILB Derek Smith	6	4	0.0	31	27
CB Bryant Westbrook	5	3	0.0	33	24
DE Shaun Ellis	4	1	0.0	30	26
DT Tim Bowens	4	0	0.0	22	15
DT Brandon Noble	3	3	0.0	15	9
S Dedrick Dodge	3	0	0.0	35	26
S Toby Wright	3	0	0.0	32	26
CB Anthony Parker	3	0	0.0	11	7
DE Vonnie Holliday	2	0	1.0	24	23
CB Marcus Coleman	2	2	0.0	32	26
RB Robert Edwards	2	0	---	---	---
DT Sean Gilbert	1	1	0.0	11	8
ILB Damon Jordan	1	0	0.0	6	0
DT Luther Elliss	1	0	0.0	20	15
OLB Jared Washington	1	0	0.0	6	4
OLB Aaron Rice	1	0	0.0	7	1
CB Mario Edwards	1	0	0.0	13	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Henri Crockett	1.5	0	0	2	32
DE Donte Rocco	1.0	0	1	0	25
DT Dan Wilkinson	0.5	0	0	0	18
DT Cletidus Hunt	0.0	1	1	0	19
OLB Jay Foreman	0.0	1	0	0	36
DE Courtney Brown	0.0	1	0	0	26
ILB James Darling	0.0	0	0	1	28

Jacksonville	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Keith Mitchell	1.0	0	1	23
DE Vonnie Holliday	1.0	0	0	23
DT Tim Bowens	0.0	1	1	15
DT Brandon Noble	0.0	1	0	9
ILB Derek Smith	0.0	1	0	27

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Walt Harris	6	1	0	37
OLB Henri Crockett	5	0	0	32
CB Eric Warfield	2	1	0	34
OLB Jay Foreman	1	0	1	36
S John Lynch	1	0	0	37
ILB James Darling	1	0	0	28
DE Jeremy Staat	1	0	0	23
OLB Wyatt Ashworth	1	0	0	1
CB Artrell Hawkins	0	2	2	35
S Devin Bush	0	1	0	37

Jacksonville	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Derek Smith	4	0	27
OLB Al Wilson	4	0	10
OLB Keith Mitchell	3	0	23
CB Bryant Westbrook	3	0	24
CB Anthony Parker	2	0	7
S Toby Wright	1	1	26
S Dedrick Dodge	1	0	26
CB Marcus Coleman	1	0	26
CB Mario Edwards	1	0	18

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Cory Raymer	3	6	0	37	2	27
George Irwin	3	5	0	22	0	9
Chris Dishman	2	9	1	37	0	27
Tony Boselli	2	4	0	37	0	27
Anthony Redmon	0	5	0	37	0	27
Antone Davis	0	4	0	37	0	27
Ken Dilger	0	1	0	31	0	22

Jacksonville	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Matt Joyce	2	5	17	2	35
Steve Wisniewski	2	4	18	0	36
Stockar McDougle	1	4	17	0	34
Ben Fricke	0	1	17	1	35
Charles Way	0	1	11	0	11
Willie Anderson	0	1	17	0	36
Tony Gonzalez	0	1	17	0	28
Brad Bedell	0	1	1	0	3

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
O.J. McDuffie	2	17
Wyatt Ashworth	1	12

Jacksonville	Tackles	STPlays
Marcus Robertson	2	18
Charles Evans	1	18
Tavares Tillman	1	10
Matt Stinchcomb	1	7

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Anthony Redmon	37	27	---	---	8	72
Devin Bush	---	---	18	37	17	72
Eric Warfield	---	---	12	34	23	69
O.J. McDuffie	30	18	---	---	17	65
Antone Davis	37	27	---	---	---	64
Charles Johnson	35	25	---	---	4	64
Tony Boselli	37	27	---	---	---	64
Cory Raymer	37	27	---	---	---	64
Chris Dishman	37	27	---	---	---	64
Brian Griese	37	27	---	---	---	64
Ken Dilger	31	22	---	---	4	57
Walt Harris	---	---	17	37	1	55
Jay Foreman	---	---	18	36	1	55
John Lynch	---	---	16	37	1	54
Artrell Hawkins	---	---	16	35	1	52
Qadry Ismail	18	19	---	---	14	51
Fred Taylor	28	23	---	---	---	51
Henri Crockett	---	---	16	32	1	49
James Darling	---	---	17	28	1	46
Courtney Brown	---	---	15	26	2	43
Donte Rocco	---	---	16	25	1	42
Dan Wilkinson	---	---	15	18	3	36
Jeremy Staat	---	---	5	23	7	35
George Irwin	22	9	---	---	1	32
Anthony Becht	5	4	---	---	19	28
Aaron Hayden	0	0	---	---	25	25
Cletidus Hunt	---	---	4	19	2	25
Kailey Wong	---	---	2	6	16	24
MarTay Jenkins	3	4	---	---	16	23
Pete Russell	4	7	---	---	7	18
Roy Koehn	---	---	3	8	5	16
Wyatt Ashworth	---	---	2	1	12	15
Junior Suliven	---	---	1	2	10	13
Miles Walker	9	4	---	---	---	13
Phil Dawson	0	0	---	---	11	11
Tracy Simien	---	---	4	3	3	10
James Palmer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Erik Baerg	0	0	---	---	8	8
Chester Hallen	0	0	---	---	8	8
Troy Diminnie	0	0	---	---	8	8
Spencer George	0	0	---	---	7	7
Sheldon Jackson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	5	5
Hayden Woodson	0	0	---	---	3	3
Delbert Cowsette	---	---	1	0	---	1
Justics Main	0	0	---	---	---	0

Jacksonville	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bryant Westbrook	---	---	33	24	9	66
Dedrick Dodge	---	---	35	26	3	64
Toby Wright	---	---	32	26	4	62
Marcus Coleman	---	---	32	26	3	61
Derek Smith	---	---	31	27	3	61
Shaun Ellis	---	---	30	26	3	59
Matt Joyce	17	35	---	---	6	58
Keith Mitchell	---	---	31	23	3	57
Jeff Blake	18	37	---	---	---	55
Tony Gonzalez	17	28	---	---	10	55
Steve Wisniewski	18	36	---	---	---	54
Willie Anderson	17	36	---	---	---	53
Ben Fricke	17	35	---	---	---	52
Stockar McDougle	17	34	---	---	---	51
Muhsin Muhammad	13	28	---	---	8	49
Vonnie Holliday	---	---	24	23	2	49
Mario Edwards	---	---	13	18	18	49
Michael Schumacher	5	28	---	---	12	45
Dez White	16	29	---	---	---	45
Robert Edwards	16	25	---	---	---	41
Luther Elliss	---	---	20	15	5	40
Antonio Nicas	6	18	---	---	16	40
Tim Bowens	---	---	22	15	2	39
Charles Way	11	11	---	---	13	35
Natrone Means	2	9	---	---	23	34
Al Wilson	---	---	19	10	3	32
Charles Evans	4	9	---	---	18	31
Anthony Parker	---	---	11	7	12	30
Jared Washington	---	---	6	4	20	30
Brandon Noble	---	---	15	9	3	27
Marcus Robertson	---	---	4	3	18	25
Ebenezer Ekuban	---	---	13	4	5	22
Sean Gilbert	---	---	11	8	2	21
Tavares Tillman	---	---	5	1	10	16
Aaron Rice	---	---	7	1	7	15
Matt Stinchcomb	1	3	---	---	7	11
Damon Jordan	---	---	6	0	4	10
Orlando Haygood	1	2	---	---	7	10
Earl Dotson	1	1	---	---	7	9
Chad Bratzke	---	---	7	1	1	9
Walter Reeves	0	0	---	---	7	7
Gary Linker	0	0	---	---	7	7
Brad Bedell	1	3	---	---	1	5
Doug Pelfrey	0	0	---	---	4	4
Steve Beuerlein	0	0	---	---	---	0
Spergon Wynn	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	49	5.4
Middle	25	84	3.4
Right	3	4	1.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	-4	-4.0
Middle	12	33	2.8
Right	5	13	2.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brian Griese	25	20	2	1	0	1	3	2	0

Jacksonville	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jeff Blake	34	18	3	2	1	5	2	3	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	47	9.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	105	8.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	62	8.9
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	5	1.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	11	75	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	53	10.6
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	40	5.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Fred Taylor	8	8	64	1	23
WR O.J. McDuffie	5	3	28	0	18
WR Charles Johnson	5	4	35	0	25
WR Qadry Ismail	3	2	14	0	19
TE Ken Dilger	2	1	61	1	22
TE Anthony Becht	2	2	12	0	4

Jacksonville	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Michael Schumacher	9	4	0	66	2	28
RB Robert Edwards	7	3	0	8	0	25
WR Muhsin Muhammad	6	2	0	28	1	28
WR Antonio Nicas	4	3	1	30	0	18
TE Tony Gonzalez	3	2	0	14	0	28
WR Dez White	3	2	0	21	0	29
RB Natrone Means	1	1	0	4	0	9
FB Charles Way	1	1	0	2	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Fred Taylor	3	15	5.00	4.52
Miles Walker	1	-2	-2.00	1.89

Jacksonville	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brian Griese	3	3	32	10.67	8.56

Jacksonville	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jeff Blake	3	1	2	0.67	5.09

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Fred Taylor	2	2	19	9.50	8.00
WR Charles Johnson	1	1	13	13.00	7.00

Jacksonville	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Michael Schumacher	1	0	0	0.00	7.33
WR Muhsin Muhammad	1	0	0	0.00	4.67
TE Tony Gonzalez	1	1	2	2.00	4.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Griese	2	1
Fred Taylor	2	1
Miles Walker	2	1

Jacksonville	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Edwards	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brian Griese	9	7	5

Jacksonville	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jeff Blake	9	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR O.J. McDuffie	3	2	1
RB Fred Taylor	3	3	2
WR Charles Johnson	2	1	1
WR Qadry Ismail	1	1	1

Jacksonville	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Michael Schumacher	4	1	1
RB Robert Edwards	2	1	0
WR Muhsin Muhammad	1	0	0
WR Antonio Nicas	1	0	0
WR Dez White	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,900 (21,400)
End Zone 14,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,900 (21,400)
End Zone	14,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)