2004 Patriots 33 - 1998 Vikings 30

Two high powered offenses locked up and went at it hammer and tongs. Both Tom Brady and Randall Cunningham threw for well over 300 yards, as the two team exchanged leads five times. The Vikes took a 17 - 16 lead into the locker room at half, after Randy Moss had set up a go ahead TD late off of a 51 yard catch and run. The Vikings received the 2nd half kickoff, and disaster struck, in the form of Randall Cunningham's two worst passes of the day. back to back interceptions led to ten New England points. The Vikes defense was stout for much of the second half, and they battled back to within three, before Corey Dillon took an off tackle 36 yards late in the 4th to set up a Brady TD pass and reestablish a ten point lead. Cunningham took the Vikes back downfield for another TD, but they failed to recover the onside kick and the Pats go home the winners.

1998 Minnesota 30, 2004 New England 33
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1998 Minnesota	0	17	3	10	0	30
2004 New England	6	10	10	7	0	33

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	11:24	2004 New England	A.Vinatieri 23 yd. field goal	3-0 NEA
1	0:49	2004 New England	A.Vinatieri 27 yd. field goal	6-0 NEA
2	14:10	1998 Minnesota	L.Hoard 1 yd. run (G.Anderson kick)	7-6 MNN
2	8:56	2004 New England	T.Brady 1 yd. run (A.Vinatieri kick)	13-7 NEA
2	4:36	1998 Minnesota	G.Anderson 40 yd. field goal	13-10 NEA
2	1:00	2004 New England	A.Vinatieri 38 yd. field goal	16-10 NEA
2	0:08	1998 Minnesota	C.Carter 8 yd. pass from R.Cunningham (G.Anderson kick)	17-16 MNN
3	10:58	2004 New England	A.Vinatieri 36 yd. field goal	19-17 NEA
3	9:11	2004 New England	C.Dillon 3 yd. run (A.Vinatieri kick)	26-17 NEA
3	3:46	1998 Minnesota	G.Anderson 24 yd. field goal	26-20 NEA
4	10:02	1998 Minnesota	G.Anderson 26 yd. field goal	26-23 NEA
4	2:43	2004 New England	D.Graham 8 yd. pass from T.Brady (A.Vinatieri kick)	33-23 NEA
4	0:22	1998 Minnesota	A.Glover 2 yd. pass from R.Cunningham (G.Anderson kick)	33-30 NEA

Team Statistics
	1998 Minnesota	2004 New England
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	4-19-2-25	8-16-2-26
Third Down Efficiency	4-11-36%	7-14-50%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	27-35-77%	30-42-71%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	404-64-6.3	491-68-7.2
Total Net Yards Rushing	58	155
Total Rushes	21	25
Average Per Rush	2.8	6.2
Passes Completed/Attempted	24/43 (55.8%)	26/43 (60.5%)
Net Yards Passing	346	336
Avg Yards Per Pass	8.0	7.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
Punts/Average	4/40.8	3/50.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/23	0/0
Kickoffs/Returns	7/155	5/105
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	2/21
Penalties/Yards	7/85	12/65
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/0	1/1
Time of Possession	28 mins 23 secs	31 mins 37 secs
Average Drive Start	MNN 32	NEA 24

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1998 Minnesota
Randall Cunningham	43	24	346	55.8	8.0	2	4.7	2	4.7	51	0/0	78.2
2004 New England
Tom Brady	43	26	336	60.5	7.8	1	2.3	0	0	39	0/0	92.8

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1998 Minnesota
Robert Smith	10	27	2.7	16	0	0	1/0
Leroy Hoard	8	26	3.3	11	1	0	1/0
Randall Cunningham	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0/0
Charles Evans	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
David Palmer	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
2004 New England
Corey Dillon	18	144	8.0	36	1	0	1/1
Kevin Faulk	5	11	2.2	13	0	0	0/0
Tom Brady	2	0	0.0	1	1	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1998 Minnesota
Cris Carter	7	95	13.6	23	1	0
Randy Moss	5	129	25.8	51	0	0
Andrew Glover	4	40	10.0	14	1	0
Jake Reed	3	40	13.3	14	0	0
Leroy Hoard	2	13	6.5	10	0	0
Robert Smith	2	21	10.5	16	0	0
Charles Evans	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
2004 New England
Deion Branch	7	135	19.3	39	0	0
Daniel Graham	5	42	8.4	13	1	0
Kevin Faulk	5	56	11.2	16	0	0
David Givens	2	18	9.0	12	0	0
David Patten	2	20	10.0	13	0	0
Patrick Pass	2	19	9.5	13	0	0
Bethel Johnson	1	35	35.0	35	0	0
Corey Dillon	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Troy Brown	1	4	4.0	4	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1998 Minnesota
Gary Anderson	0/0	2/2	0/0	1/1	0/0	3/3	100
2004 New England
Adam Vinatieri	0/0	2/2	2/2	0/0	0/0	4/4	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1998 Minnesota
Mitch Berger	4	40.8	40.8	0	3	52	0
2004 New England
Josh Miller	3	50.3	36.0	1	0	61	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1998 Minnesota
David Palmer	7	155	22.1	28	0
2004 New England
Patrick Pass	3	59	19.7	21	0
Bethel Johnson	2	46	23.0	23	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1998 Minnesota
David Palmer	2	0	23	11.5	12	0
2004 New England

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1998 Minnesota
Robert Griffith	9	0	0
Ed McDaniel	7	0	0
Jimmy Hitchcock	6	0	0
Dixon Edwards	6	0	1
Corey Fuller	5	0	0
Derrick Alexander	3	0	0
Ramos McDonald	3	0	0
Orlando Thomas	3	0	0
John Randle	2	0	0
Dwayne Rudd	2	0	0
Tony Williams	1	0	0
Randall McDaniel	0	0	1
Randall Cunningham	0	0	1
2004 New England
Randall Gay	7	0	0
Mike Vrabel	5	0	0
Eugene Wilson	4	0	0
Rodney Harrison	4	0	0
Willie McGinest	3	0	0
Ted Johnson	3	0	0
Tedy Bruschi	3	0	0
Earthwind Moreland	3	0	0
Asante Samuel	2	0	0
Keith Traylor	2	0	0
Troy Brown	2	0	0
Richard Seymour	2	0	0
Vince Wilfork	1	0	0
Ty Warren	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1998 Minnesota
2004 New England
Randall Gay	1	0	0.0	0	0
Eugene Wilson	1	21	21.0	21	0

Game Story

In a back-and-forth affair New England defeated Minnesota by the score of 33 to 30. Corey Dillon carried the ball 18 times for 144 yards and added a touchdown. New England controlled the ground game, out-rushing Minnesota 155 to 58 yards. Minnesota took the lead into the locker room at the half 17 to 16. New England led after three quarters 26 to 20. Randall Cunningham passed 43 times for 346 yards and 2 touchdowns for Minnesota.

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