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Minnesota Vikings 23 at Atlanta Falcons 17

Sunday, September 8, 1996

Minnesota Vikings 23, Atlanta Falcons 17

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (2-0-0)3701323
Atlanta Falcons (0-2-0)3014017

Scoring

MINATL
1stMINScott Sisson 26 yard field goal30
ATLMorten Andersen 20 yard field goal33
2ndMINCris Carter 7 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Scott Sisson kick)103
3rdATLTerance Mathis 3 yard pass from Jeff George (Morten Andersen kick)1010
ATLTerance Mathis 10 yard pass from Jeff George (Morten Andersen kick)1017
4thMINScott Sisson 30 yard field goal1317
MINDavid Frisch 3 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Scott Sisson kick)2017
MINScott Sisson 21 yard field goal2317

Team Stats

MINATL
First downs1821
Rush-yards-TDs33-99-019-79-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-26-275-2-124-41-266-2-1
Sacked-yards1-93-21
Net pass yards266245
Total yards365324
Fumbles-lost3-13-1
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards10-779-75

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jake Reed MIN 4 148 0 71
Brad Johnson MIN 15 26 275 2 1 71
Robert Smith MIN 30 90 0 12 1 3 0 3
Cris Carter MIN 4 75 1 40
Amp Lee MIN 3 9 0 10 2 19 0 13
Andrew Jordan MIN 2 17 0 13
Charles Evans MIN 1 10 0 10
David Frisch MIN 1 3 1 3
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jeff George ATL 24 41 266 2 1 27 3 6 0 5
Bert Emanuel ATL 9 116 0 21
Jamal Anderson ATL 16 73 0 16 4 37 0 17
Eric Metcalf ATL 5 52 0 20
Freddie Scott ATL 1 27 0 27
J.J. Birden ATL 3 21 0 9
Terance Mathis ATL 2 13 2 10

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Martin Harrison MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Qadry Ismail MIN 0 0 0 0 2 36 18.0 0 0
David Palmer MIN 0 0 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0
Fernando Smith MIN 1.5 0 0 0 0
Orlando Thomas MIN 1 0 0 0
Esera Tuaolo MIN 0.5 0 0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Cornelius Bennett ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Eric Metcalf ATL 0 0 0 0 2 65 32.5 0 0 4 57 14.3 0 0
Roell Preston ATL 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 0 0
Darnell Walker ATL 1 0 0 0