Sunday, September 7, 1997
Minnesota Vikings 27, Chicago Bears 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (2-0-0) | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| Chicago Bears (0-2-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| MIN | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Greg Davis 33 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | CHI | Jeff Jaeger 39 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| CHI | Ricky Proehl 25 yard pass from Erik Kramer (Jeff Jaeger kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Greg Davis 28 yard field goal | 6 | 10 |
| MIN | Orlando Thomas 22 yard fumble return (Greg Davis kick) | 13 | 10 | |
| CHI | Bobby Engram 10 yard pass from Erik Kramer (Jeff Jaeger kick) | 13 | 17 | |
| 4th | MIN | Jake Reed 21 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Greg Davis kick) | 20 | 17 |
| CHI | Raymont Harris 59 yard rush (Jeff Jaeger kick) | 20 | 24 | |
| MIN | Chris Walsh 9 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Greg Davis kick) | 27 | 24 |
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-117-0 | 23-147-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 33-44-285-2-1 | 21-36-174-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 261 | 158 |
| Total yards | 378 | 305 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-20 | 3-15 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 33 | 44 | 285 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 12 | 118 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 9 | 107 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Robert Smith | MIN | 13 | 85 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 5 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 4 | 18 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Hunter Goodwin | MIN | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Chris Walsh | MIN | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Raymont Harris | CHI | 8 | 77 | 1 | 59 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Erik Kramer | CHI | 21 | 36 | 174 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Rashaan Salaam | CHI | 13 | 64 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Engram | CHI | 6 | 63 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Proehl | CHI | 4 | 51 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | CHI | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Ryan Wetnight | CHI | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Chris Penn | CHI | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Keith Jennings | CHI | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Derrick L. Alexander | MIN | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Harold Morrow | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Tate | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 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 | |||
| Fabien Bownes | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bryan Cox | CHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Flanigan | CHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Walt Harris | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tyrone Hughes | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Marshall | CHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||