Sunday, October 12, 1997
Carolina Panthers 14, Minnesota Vikings 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers (2-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Minnesota Vikings (5-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| CAR | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | MIN | Cris Carter 6 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CAR | Wesley Walls 16 yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 4th | MIN | Brad Johnson 3 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 14 |
| CAR | Rae Carruth 5 yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Kasay kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| MIN | Robert Smith 4 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 14 | 21 |
| CAR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-80-0 | 29-158-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-35-227-2-0 | 17-34-203-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-30 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 197 | 203 |
| Total yards | 277 | 361 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-70 | 10-92 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Beuerlein | CAR | 19 | 35 | 227 | 2 | 0 | 52 | ||||||||
| Rae Carruth | CAR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 107 | 1 | 52 | ||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 5 | 55 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Tim Biakabutuka | CAR | 12 | 50 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 4 | 36 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 6 | 27 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Scott Greene | CAR | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 17 | 34 | 203 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Smith | MIN | 23 | 120 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 2 | 65 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Matthew Hatchette | MIN | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 2 | 18 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Andrew Glover | MIN | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Hunter Goodwin | MIN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Moe Williams | MIN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Chris Walsh | MIN | 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 | |||
| Michael Bates | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Greene | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lamar Lathon | CAR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernie Mills | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 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 | |||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Randle | MIN | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dwayne Rudd | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leonard Wheeler | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Moe Williams | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||