| Minnesota Vikings at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Heinz Field Attendance: 62661 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 48 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gary Anderson 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Jerome Bettis 1 run (Kris Brown kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Troy Edwards 12 run (Kris Brown kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Amos Zereoue 4 run (Kris Brown kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Michael Bennett 80 pass from Todd Bouman (Gary Anderson kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Randy Moss 12 pass from Todd Bouman (Todd Bouman pass failed) | 16 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Cris Carter |
| 84 | WR | Randy Moss |
| 62 | LOT | Everett Lindsay |
| 63 | LOG | Corbin Lacina |
| 78 | C | Matt Birk |
| 60 | ROG | Cory Withrow |
| 76 | ROT | Chris Liwienski |
| 87 | TE | Byron Chamberlain |
| 85 | TE | Andrew Jordan |
| 11 | QB | Daunte Culpepper |
| 23 | RB | Michael Bennett |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Stalin Colinet |
| 98 | NT | Fred Robbins |
| 99 | UT | Chris Hovan |
| 97 | RDE | Talance Sawyer |
| 55 | SLB | Lemanski Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Kailee Wong |
| 58 | WLB | Ed McDaniel |
| 21 | LCB | Dale Carter |
| 24 | SS | Robert Griffith |
| 22 | FS | Tyrone Carter |
| 25 | RCB | Eric Kelly |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Plaxico Burress |
| 86 | WR | Hines Ward |
| 72 | LOT | Wayne Gandy |
| 66 | LOG | Alan Faneca |
| 64 | C | Jeff Hartings |
| 79 | ROG | Oliver Ross |
| 77 | ROT | Marvel Smith |
| 84 | TE | Jerame Tuman |
| 10 | QB | Kordell Stewart |
| 36 | HB | Jerome Bettis |
| 38 | FB | Jon Witman |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Aaron Smith |
| 98 | NT | Casey Hampton |
| 67 | RDE | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 92 | LOLB | Jason Gildon |
| 50 | LILB | Earl Holmes |
| 97 | RILB | Kendrell Bell |
| 55 | ROLB | Joey Porter |
| 30 | LCB | Chad Scott |
| 41 | SS | Lee Flowers |
| 27 | FS | Brent Alexander |
| 20 | RCB | DeWayne Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Michael Bennett | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Doug Chapman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Todd Bouman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Travis Prentice | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Jerome Bettis | 19 | 81 | 4.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Kordell Stewart | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 21 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Daunte Culpepper | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 1 | 140 | 8.2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 |
| Todd Bouman | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 1 | 200 | 13.3 | 80t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127.1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Kordell Stewart | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 157 | 8.3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Randy Moss | 13 | 8 | 144 | 18.0 | 62 | 1 |
| Cris Carter | 5 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 2 | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Jake Reed | 2 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Harold Morrow | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chris Walsh | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Doug Chapman | 1 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Plaxico Burress | 8 | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 6 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Shaw | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Robert Griffith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Brent Alexander | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mitch Berger | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Josh Miller | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Nate Jacquet | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Hank Poteat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Mitch Berger | 4 | 234 | 58.5 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||
| Kris Brown | 4 | 249 | 62.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Nate Jacquet | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Hank Poteat | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Troy Edwards | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Robert Griffith | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kailee Wong | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemanski Hall | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Carter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Talance Sawyer | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Howard | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Carter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Kelly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hovan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lance Johnstone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Prentice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Monty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stalin Colinet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed McDaniel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Morrow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wasswa Serwanga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Robbins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Chad Scott | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Holmes | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Alexander | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Logan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshea Townsend | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeWayne Washington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Flowers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gildon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimo Von Oelhoffen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Porter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenzie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Faneca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Witman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fiala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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