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Minnesota Vikings 34 at Buffalo Bills 13
Sunday, August 31, 1997
Minnesota Vikings 34, Buffalo Bills 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0) | 0 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 34 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| MIN | BUF | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | Greg Davis 21 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Jay Riemersma 19 yard pass from Todd Collins (Steve Christie kick) | 3 | 7 |
| MIN | Cris Carter 6 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Greg Davis kick) | 10 | 7 |
| MIN | Greg Davis 43 yard field goal | 13 | 7 |
| BUF | Steve Christie 28 yard field goal | 13 | 10 |
| MIN | Robert Smith 78 yard rush (Greg Davis kick) | 20 | 10 |
| MIN | Jeff Brady 30 yard fumble return (Greg Davis kick) | 27 | 10 |
| BUF | Steve Christie 46 yard field goal | 27 | 13 |
| MIN | Cris Carter 35 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Greg Davis kick) | 34 | 13 |
| MIN | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-185-1 | 24-147-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-30-218-2-1 | 25-39-299-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-18 | 3-20 |
| Net pass yards | 200 | 279 |
| Total yards | 385 | 426 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-15 | 7-59 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Robert Smith | MIN | 16 | 169 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 8 | 121 | 2 | ||||||||
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 17 | 30 | 218 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | ||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 7 | 16 | 1 | 30 | |||||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 1 | 19 | |||||||||
| Hunter Goodwin | MIN | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
| Greg DeLong | MIN | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 1 | -2 | 2 | 13 | |||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Todd Collins | BUF | 25 | 39 | 299 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Andre Reed | BUF | 7 | 142 | |||||||||
| Thurman Thomas | BUF | 14 | 63 | 6 | 40 | |||||||
| Antowain Smith | BUF | 7 | 55 | 5 | 44 | |||||||
| Jay Riemersma | BUF | 4 | 54 | 1 | ||||||||
| Eric Moulds | BUF | 27 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Lonnie Johnson | BUF | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Darick Holmes | BUF | 1 | 7 | |||||||||