| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (8-8-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Minnesota Vikings (10-6-0) | 6 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (dome) |
| Start Time | 8:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 72 degrees, no wind |
| Vegas Line | Minnesota Vikings -5.0 |
| Over/Under | 43.0 (over) |
| CIN | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Rich Karlis 31 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Vikings | Rich Karlis 37 yard field goal | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Rich Karlis 22 yard field goal | 0 | 9 |
| Vikings | Rick Fenney 11 yard pass from Wade Wilson (Rich Karlis kick) | 0 | 16 | |
| Vikings | Rich Karlis 42 yard field goal | 0 | 19 | |
| Bengals | Eddie Brown 34 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 19 | |
| Vikings | Rich Karlis 24 yard field goal | 7 | 22 | |
| 3rd | Bengals | Rodney Holman 65 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 14 | 22 |
| 4th | Bengals | Craig Taylor 18 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 21 | 22 |
| Vikings | Brent Novoselsky 1 yard pass from Wade Wilson (Rich Karlis kick) | 21 | 29 |
| CIN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-120-0 | 34-119-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 31-54-367-3-3 | 19-35-303-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-58 | 4-29 |
| Net pass yards | 309 | 274 |
| Total yards | 429 | 393 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-84 | 7-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Boomer Esiason | CIN | 31 | 54 | 367 | 3 | 3 | 65 | ||||||||
| James Brooks | CIN | 15 | 93 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 66 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | CIN | 6 | 109 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Holman | CIN | 3 | 84 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Tim McGee | CIN | 4 | 56 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Craig Taylor | CIN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| Stanford Jennings | CIN | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Eric Kattus | CIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Eric Ball | CIN | 5 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Kendal Smith | CIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wade Wilson | MIN | 19 | 35 | 303 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Carter | MIN | 7 | 118 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Rick Fenney | MIN | 17 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| Hassan Jones | MIN | 4 | 90 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Herschel Walker | MIN | 12 | 43 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Jim Gustafson | MIN | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Anderson | MIN | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Brent Novoselsky | MIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Richard Carey | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Holifield | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Skip McClendon | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Natu Tuatagaloa | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Williams | CIN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Anthony Carter | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Doleman | MIN | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Dusbabek | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Darrell Fullington | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Scott Studwell | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry Thomas | MIN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Herschel Walker | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Lee Johnson | CIN | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Rich Karlis | MIN | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bucky Scribner | MIN | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 | ||||