Week 9, 2002

played in New Orleans, LA

81 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	0	7	3	3	-	13
New Orleans Saints	0	6	0	10	-	16

Scoring Summary
2Q: 14:03 MIN - Fred Taylor 5 run (Phil Dawson extra point)
2Q: 04:25 NOS - Laveranues Coles 19 pass from Matt Hassebeck (Michele Akers extra point failed)
3Q: 10:54 MIN - Phil Dawson 54 field goal
4Q: 14:01 MIN - Phil Dawson 28 field goal
4Q: 09:24 NOS - Joe Horn 10 pass from Matt Hassebeck (Michele Akers extra point)
4Q: 00:04 NOS - Michele Akers 47 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 14:03 MIN - Fred Taylor 5 run (Phil Dawson extra point)
2Q: 04:25 NOS - Laveranues Coles 19 pass from Matt Hassebeck (Michele Akers extra point failed)
3Q: 10:54 MIN - Phil Dawson 54 field goal
4Q: 14:01 MIN - Phil Dawson 28 field goal
4Q: 09:24 NOS - Joe Horn 10 pass from Matt Hassebeck (Michele Akers extra point)
4Q: 00:04 NOS - Michele Akers 47 field goal

Team Statistics MIN NOS
Record 7-2 6-3
First Downs 22 14
- by Rushing 11 4
- by Passing 11 10
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 368 281
- Offensive Plays 67 51
- Yards per Play 5.49 5.51
Net Rushing Yards 161 65
- Rushing Attempts 36 23
- Yards per Rush 4.47 2.83
Net Passing Yards 207 216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 19 - 0 26 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 219 226
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/12 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 6.68 7.71
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.4 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/25 3/15
Punt Returns/Yards 5/34 2/0
Kick Returns/Yards 2/68 1/17
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:18 25:42

Team Statistics	MIN	NOS
Record	7-2	6-3
First Downs	22	14
- by Rushing	11	4
- by Passing	11	10
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	368	281
- Offensive Plays	67	51
- Yards per Play	5.49	5.51
Net Rushing Yards	161	65
- Rushing Attempts	36	23
- Yards per Rush	4.47	2.83
Net Passing Yards	207	216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 19 - 0	26 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	219	226
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/12	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	6.68	7.71
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.4	7.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/25	3/15
Punt Returns/Yards	5/34	2/0
Kick Returns/Yards	2/68	1/17
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 24
Time of Possession	34:18	25:42

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:51	OWN 37	9	56	Missed FG
1	7:46	1:51	OWN 38	3	2	Punt
1	2:37	3:42	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
2	12:33	3:47	OWN 37	6	23	Punt
2	4:19	2:30	OWN 42	8	36	Missed FG
2	0:26	0:26	OWN 21	2	14	Half
3	13:21	2:35	OWN 47	6	16	Field Goal
3	8:57	1:48	OWN 18	3	7	Punt
3	5:39	6:44	OWN 23	12	66	Field Goal
4	9:18	3:07	OWN 20	6	52	Missed FG
4	3:12	2:35	OWN 19	4	1	Punt

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:09	1:23	OWN 22	3	9	Punt
1	5:55	3:18	OWN 12	6	40	Punt
2	13:55	1:22	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	8:46	4:27	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
2	1:49	1:23	OWN 29	5	9	Punt
3	15:00	1:39	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	10:46	1:49	OWN 28	3	1	Punt
3	7:09	1:30	OWN 24	4	6	Punt
4	13:55	4:37	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
4	6:11	2:59	OWN 35	5	12	Punt
4	0:37	0:37	OWN 41	1	29	Field Goal

Game MVP: Matt Hassebeck, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Fred Taylor	20	50	2.50	14	1	1
Brian Griese	9	93	10.33	17	6	0
Shaun Ozment	7	18	2.57	12	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
LaMont Jordan	13	47	3.62	11	1
Abraham Marschalk	9	2	0.22	7	0
Matt Hassebeck	1	16	16.00	16	1

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brian Griese	30	19	219	1/12	0	28	0	85.3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Hassebeck	26	17	226	2/10	2	32	0	118.4

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Fred Taylor	7	8	75	10.71	56	24
WR Terry Glenn	5	5	81	16.20	39	28
WR Darnerien McCants	3	8	51	17.00	14	26
TE Jason McKie	2	3	2	1.00	0	3
FB Kevin McLeod	1	1	7	7.00	4	7
FB Patrick Pass	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR Scotty Anderson	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Joe Horn	5	11	48	9.60	19	29	1
WR Laveranues Coles	4	5	67	16.75	28	22	1
RB LaMont Jordan	3	5	34	11.33	26	29	0
WR Jeff Graham	1	1	32	32.00	22	32	0
TE John Davis	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
TE Marcus Pollard	1	1	10	10.00	5	10	0
WR Karl Williams	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Abraham Marschalk	1	1	22	22.00	22	22	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ryan Clark	0	0	1	0

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Karl Williams	1	0	0	0
LaMont Jordan	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	4	178	44.5	39.5	50	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Will Bryce	8	354	44.3	37.5	54	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Dawson	2/5	1/2	1/1	54	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Michele Akers	1/1	1/1	0/0	47	1/2

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
MarTay Jenkins	4	25	6.3	0
Scotty Anderson	1	9	9.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vinny Sutherland	2	0	0.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
MarTay Jenkins	2	68	34.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Graham	1	17	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB James Darling	9	2	0.0	21	20
S Ryan Clark	6	2	0.0	22	28
OLB Henri Crockett	4	0	1.0	12	20
DE Mike Rucker	4	0	1.0	22	24
CB Lenny Walls	4	1	0.0	16	25
CB Walt Harris	3	2	0.0	23	27
S Brock Williams	3	0	0.0	6	9
OLB Jay Foreman	2	3	0.0	23	27
DE Jay Williams	2	0	0.0	10	12
S Paul Miranda	1	1	0.0	22	28
DT Dan Wilkinson	1	0	0.0	15	13
CB Artrell Hawkins	1	0	0.0	20	26
ILB Kailey Wong	0	1	0.0	12	9
DE Courtney Brown	0	1	0.0	14	20
DT Delbert Cowsette	0	1	0.0	9	15

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Buddy Love	8	1	0.0	32	28
ILB Brian Simmons	7	3	0.0	35	25
S Dwight Smith	7	1	0.0	34	30
CB Kelly Herndon	6	0	0.0	31	31
OLB Jessie Armstead	5	2	1.0	28	25
OLB Dexter Coakley	3	2	0.0	31	29
OLB Steve Foley	3	2	0.0	15	16
CB Scott McGarrahan	3	1	0.0	36	28
DE Gary Ferguson	2	2	0.0	22	21
ILB Sam Rogers	2	0	0.0	6	5
CB Bobby Taylor	2	0	0.0	17	14
DE Donte Rocco	1	1	0.0	13	15
DT William Carr	1	1	0.0	23	17
DT Darrell Russell	1	1	0.0	13	14
DE Lamar King	1	1	0.0	23	16
OLB Jamal Brooks	1	0	0.0	5	2
ILB Ernest Dixon	1	0	0.0	3	7
DE Noel Scarlett	1	0	0.0	14	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Henri Crockett	1.0	0	2	3	20
DE Mike Rucker	1.0	0	1	0	24
OLB Jay Foreman	0.0	1	0	0	27
DE Courtney Brown	0.0	0	1	0	20
ILB James Darling	0.0	0	0	2	20

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Jessie Armstead	1.0	1	0	0	25
OLB Dexter Coakley	0.0	2	0	0	29
DT Darrell Russell	0.0	1	0	0	14
DE Gary Ferguson	0.0	0	1	0	21
OLB Jamal Brooks	0.0	0	0	1	2

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Lenny Walls	4	0	25
S Ryan Clark	4	0	28
CB Walt Harris	3	1	27
CB Artrell Hawkins	2	0	26
ILB James Darling	1	0	20
OLB Henri Crockett	1	0	20
S Paul Miranda	1	0	28
S Brock Williams	1	0	9
OLB Jay Foreman	0	1	27

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Kelly Herndon	6	1	31
ILB Brian Simmons	5	0	25
S Buddy Love	3	1	28
S Dwight Smith	2	1	30
ILB Ernest Dixon	1	0	7
CB Bobby Taylor	1	0	14
OLB Dexter Coakley	1	0	29
OLB Jessie Armstead	0	1	25

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Wilford Brown	4	6	36	0	31
Cory Raymer	2	10	36	0	31
Chris Dishman	1	6	36	0	31
Tony Boselli	1	1	36	0	31
Kevin McLeod	0	2	21	0	16
Manuia Savea	0	1	36	1	31
Patrick Pass	0	1	6	0	2
Jason McKie	0	1	30	0	25

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Damion McIntosh	2	5	23	1	28
Travis Scott	2	3	23	0	28
Ike Davis	1	3	23	0	28
Steve McKinney	0	7	23	0	28
Ephraim Salaam	0	4	23	1	28

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Kailey Wong	1	11
Wilford Brown	1	9
Patrick Pass	1	6

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
LaMont Jordan	2	20
Ernest Dixon	2	15
Vinny Sutherland	1	20
Jason Anderson	1	9
Travis Scott	1	9

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Wilford Brown	36	31	---	---	9	76
Darnerien McCants	32	27	---	---	11	70
Tony Boselli	36	31	---	---	---	67
Cory Raymer	36	31	---	---	---	67
Chris Dishman	36	31	---	---	---	67
Brian Griese	36	31	---	---	---	67
Manuia Savea	36	31	---	---	---	67
Terry Glenn	35	31	---	---	---	66
Jason McKie	30	25	---	---	11	66
Lenny Walls	---	---	16	25	24	65
Ryan Clark	---	---	22	28	8	58
Mike Rucker	---	---	22	24	10	56
Fred Taylor	28	26	---	---	---	54
Paul Miranda	---	---	22	28	2	52
Walt Harris	---	---	23	27	1	51
Jay Foreman	---	---	23	27	1	51
Artrell Hawkins	---	---	20	26	1	47
Kevin McLeod	21	16	---	---	7	44
James Darling	---	---	21	20	1	42
Courtney Brown	---	---	14	20	2	36
Henri Crockett	---	---	12	20	1	33
Kailey Wong	---	---	12	9	11	32
Dan Wilkinson	---	---	15	13	3	31
Scotty Anderson	13	17	---	---	1	31
Delbert Cowsette	---	---	9	15	2	26
Jay Williams	---	---	10	12	---	22
Brock Williams	---	---	6	9	7	22
Sheldon Jackson	3	3	---	---	14	20
George Layne	0	0	---	---	19	19
David Kleinfeld	3	3	---	---	12	18
Lawrence Sellers	---	---	1	1	16	18
Jay Graham	1	0	---	---	16	17
Shaun Ozment	8	5	---	---	2	15
MarTay Jenkins	0	0	---	---	14	14
Patrick Pass	6	2	---	---	6	14
Brad Lewis	---	---	5	1	7	13
Troy Sadowski	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dino Smith	0	0	---	---	9	9
Phil Dawson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Grey Ruegamer	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ron Frederick	0	0	---	---	9	9
Curtis Perkins	0	0	---	---	5	5
Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kris Richard	---	---	0	3	---	3
Michael Caston	---	---	0	0	2	2
Chad Hutchison	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Scott McGarrahan	---	---	36	28	12	76
Dwight Smith	---	---	34	30	7	71
Kelly Herndon	---	---	31	31	5	67
Buddy Love	---	---	32	28	5	65
Dexter Coakley	---	---	31	29	5	65
Brian Simmons	---	---	35	25	5	65
Travis Scott	23	28	---	---	9	60
Jessie Armstead	---	---	28	25	6	59
Joe Horn	20	27	---	---	11	58
Ike Davis	23	28	---	---	---	51
Matt Hassebeck	23	28	---	---	---	51
Steve McKinney	23	28	---	---	---	51
Ephraim Salaam	23	28	---	---	---	51
Damion McIntosh	23	28	---	---	---	51
LaMont Jordan	14	17	---	---	20	51
Gary Ferguson	---	---	22	21	5	48
Laveranues Coles	22	25	---	---	---	47
William Carr	---	---	23	17	5	45
Lamar King	---	---	23	16	4	43
John Davis	11	14	---	---	16	41
Marcus Pollard	16	16	---	---	9	41
Bobby Taylor	---	---	17	14	8	39
Jeff Graham	10	20	---	---	7	37
Donte Rocco	---	---	13	15	6	34
Abraham Marschalk	16	15	---	---	3	34
Steve Foley	---	---	15	16	---	31
Darrell Russell	---	---	13	14	2	29
Noel Scarlett	---	---	14	10	2	26
Ernest Dixon	---	---	3	7	15	25
Sam Rogers	---	---	6	5	11	22
Vinny Sutherland	0	0	---	---	20	20
Keith Lyle	---	---	8	3	8	19
J.J. Johnson	5	3	---	---	4	12
Jamal Brooks	---	---	5	2	4	11
Frank Jordan	0	0	---	---	9	9
Deke McQuay	---	---	5	4	---	9
Jason Anderson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Joe Wong	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ruben Torres	---	---	2	1	6	9
Tyson Walter	0	0	---	---	9	9
Karl Williams	1	3	---	---	4	8
Will Bryce	0	0	---	---	8	8
Michele Akers	0	0	---	---	4	4
Cedric Woodard	---	---	0	0	2	2
Charlie Ward	0	0	---	---	1	1
Danny Wuerffel	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	0	0.0
Middle	29	141	4.9
Right	4	20	5.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	23	4.6
Middle	15	27	1.8
Right	3	15	5.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brian Griese	30	19	4	1	1	4	1	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Hassebeck	26	17	5	0	2	2	4	5	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	50	10.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	95	7.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	48	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	26	5.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	18	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	133	11.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	4	56	11.2
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	19	3.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Fred Taylor	8	7	0	75	1	26
WR Darnerien McCants	8	3	0	51	1	27
WR Terry Glenn	5	5	0	81	2	31
WR Scotty Anderson	4	0	1	0	0	17
TE Jason McKie	3	2	0	2	0	25
FB Kevin McLeod	1	1	0	7	0	16
FB Patrick Pass	1	1	0	3	0	2

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Joe Horn	11	5	1	48	1	27
WR Laveranues Coles	5	4	1	67	1	25
RB LaMont Jordan	5	3	0	34	1	17
WR Jeff Graham	1	1	0	32	1	20
TE John Davis	1	1	0	10	0	14
TE Marcus Pollard	1	1	0	10	0	16
WR Karl Williams	1	1	0	3	0	3
RB Abraham Marschalk	1	1	0	22	1	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Fred Taylor	3	4	1.33	2.50
Shaun Ozment	2	6	3.00	2.57
Brian Griese	1	11	11.00	10.33

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
LaMont Jordan	1	-4	-4.00	3.62

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brian Griese	3	0	0	0.00	7.30

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Hassebeck	3	3	38	12.67	8.69

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Scotty Anderson	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Darnerien McCants	1	0	0	0.00	6.38

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Joe Horn	1	1	10	10.00	4.36
WR Laveranues Coles	1	1	19	19.00	13.40
RB LaMont Jordan	1	1	9	9.00	6.80

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Griese	2	2
Fred Taylor	2	0
Shaun Ozment	2	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Abraham Marschalk	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brian Griese	9	7	3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Hassebeck	10	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terry Glenn	2	2	1
RB Fred Taylor	2	2	1
WR Darnerien McCants	2	0	0
FB Kevin McLeod	1	1	1
FB Patrick Pass	1	1	0
TE Jason McKie	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Joe Horn	4	1	0
RB LaMont Jordan	2	1	1
WR Jeff Graham	1	1	1
TE John Davis	1	1	0
RB Abraham Marschalk	1	1	1
WR Laveranues Coles	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,500 (21,400)
End Zone 12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,500 (21,400)
End Zone	12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)