Sunday, November 8, 1998
New Orleans Saints 24, Minnesota Vikings 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (4-5-0) | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Minnesota Vikings (8-1-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| NOR | MIN | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | Cris Carter 14 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | Gary Anderson 28 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| MIN | Leroy Hoard 4 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 17 |
| NOR | Aaron Craver 100 yard kickoff return (Doug Brien kick) | 7 | 17 |
| NOR | Doug Brien 20 yard field goal | 10 | 17 |
| MIN | Robert Smith 61 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 24 |
| NOR | Aaron Craver 9 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (Doug Brien kick) | 17 | 24 |
| NOR | Sammy Knight 91 yard interception return (Doug Brien kick) | 24 | 24 |
| MIN | Leroy Hoard 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 24 | 31 |
| NOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-52-0 | 32-162-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-16-168-1-0 | 28-40-316-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-30 | 2-13 |
| Net pass yards | 138 | 303 |
| Total yards | 190 | 465 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-50 | 6-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Aaron Craver | NOR | 1 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 1 | ||||||
| Lamar Smith | NOR | 11 | 21 | 1 | 18 | |||||||
| NOR | 9 | 3 | 23 | |||||||||
| Keith Poole | NOR | 1 | 14 | |||||||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
| Brett Bech | NOR | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 28 | 38 | 316 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Smith | MIN | 20 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Andrew Glover | MIN | 9 | 93 | |||||||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 5 | 90 | |||||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 6 | 71 | 1 | ||||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 19 | ||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | |||||||
| Randy Moss | MIN | 1 | 6 | |||||||||