| NFC Wild Card Playoff - Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: January 3, 1988 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 68127 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 44 |
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Eric Martin 10 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Nelson 42 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Anthony Carter 84 punt return (Chuck Nelson kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Steve Jordan 5 pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Anthony Carter 10 pass from Allen Rice (Chuck Nelson kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Morten Andersen 40 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Hassan Jones 44 pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Nelson 32 FG | 34 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Nelson 19 FG | 37 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | D.J. Dozier 8 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 44 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Darrin Nelson | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 |
| D.J. Dozier | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Rick Fenney | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Allen Rice | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Wade Wilson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Rich Gannon | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Rueben Mayes | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Hebert | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Buford Jordan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Wade Wilson | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 0 | 189 | 9.5 | 44 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 120.6 |
| Tommy Kramer | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 50 | 5.6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 71.5 |
| Allen Rice | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 147.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 2 | 84 | 4.4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 37.9 |
| Dave Wilson | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 20 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Anthony Carter | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Darrin Nelson | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Steve Jordan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Allen Rice | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Hassan Jones | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 |
| Jim Gustafson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Hoby Brenner | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Mark Pattison | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lonzell Hill | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| John Tice | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Steve Freeman | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| John Harris | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Issiac Holt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Najee Mustafaa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bucky Scribner | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 39 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 6 | 265 | 44.2 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Anthony Carter | 6 | 0 | 143 | 23.8 | 84t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Barry Word | 4 | 0 | 53 | 13.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Adams | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Stan Brock | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Chris Doleman | 1.0 |
| Keith Millard | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Rickey Jackson | 1.0 |
| Pat Swilling | 1.0 |
| Frank Warren | 1.0 |
| Tony Elliott | 1.0 |
| Bruce Clark | 0.5 |
| Jim Wilks | 0.5 |
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