05-21-2005 Metropolitan Stadium Temp:39 Wind:5-15 MVP:White,S 1981 New Orleans Saints (2-9) 3 3 0 7 13 1981 Minnesota Vikings (3-8) 6 7 7 0 20 1 Minnesota FG Danmeier 31 (11-69-4:29) 10:23 0-3 1 New Orleans FG Ricardo 23 (9-62-3:31) 6:41 3-3 1 Minnesota FG Danmeier 28 (6-41-1:58) 1:48 3-6 2 New Orleans FG Ricardo 20 (6-79-3:57) 3:15 6-6 2 Minnesota TD Kramer 38 pass to White,S (Danmeier) (7-84-2:15) 0:46 6-13 3 Minnesota TD Galbreath 4 run (Danmeier) (10-78-4:19) 6:27 6-20 4 New Orleans TD Manning 13 pass to Merkens (Ricardo) (6-24-1:19) 5:31 13-20 NO Min First Downs 17 22 Rushes 30-208 32-132 Passes 31-17-169 43-25-305 Sacked 2-13 2-10 Fumble 3 3 Penalties 7-58 4-31 Turnovers 5 2 Time 24:33 35:27 Third Down 5-12 3-15 Fourth Down 1-1 3-3 Net Offense 364 427 Injuries:Gary(NO- 0) 1981 New Orleans Saints Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Rogers,G 24 187 7.8 4 5 63 0 Holmes 5 0 32 6.4 0 2 11 0 Holmes 6 21 3.5 0 2 8 0 Hardy 4 0 37 9.3 0 1 13 0 30 208 6.9 4 7 63 0 Groth 2 0 46 23.0 1 2 36 0 Martini 2 0 17 8.5 0 1 12 0 Merkens 2 1 25 12.5 0 1 13 1 Rogers,G 2 0 12 6.0 0 0 10 0 17 1 169 9.9 1 7 36 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Manning 31 17 54.8 169 9.9 36 5 1 3 9.7 2 1 3.2 41.7 31 17 54.8 169 9.9 36 5 1 3 9.7 2 1 3.2 41.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Ricardo 1 1 100.0 2 2 100.0 0.0 0.0 23 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Erxleben 4 145 46 0 0 0 2 13 33.0 36.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Rogers,J 5 163 32.6 52 0 Groth 2 1 41 20.5 26 0 5 163 32.6 52 0 2 1 41 20.5 26 0 Fumbles Rogers,G 2 Rogers,J 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Kovach 1 Grooms 1 Kovach 2 Myers 4 Kovach 1 Brock 1 Redd 1 Jackson 1 Jackson 1 Gary 1 Nairne 1 Jackson 1 Moore 1 Wattelet 1 Wilks 1 Nairne 1 Tackles Kovach 8 Wattelet 6 Waymer 4 Banks 2 Evans 1 Nairne 7 Gary 5 Boyarsky 3 Redd 1 Wilks 1 Jackson 6 Myers 4 Moore 2 Thompson 1 Bennett, 1 Poe 6 Grooms 4 Bordelon 2 Pelleur 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Waymer 1 6 6.0 6 0 1 6 6.0 6 0 1981 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Brown,T 19 95 5.0 4 4 18 0 Senser 7 0 61 8.7 0 3 18 0 Young,R 8 19 2.4 1 1 12 0 White,S 6 0 112 18.7 2 3 38 1 Galbreath 4 18 4.5 0 1 7 1 LeCount 4 0 45 11.3 0 3 14 0 Redwine 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Rashad 4 0 31 7.8 0 3 12 0 32 132 4.1 5 6 18 1 Young,R 3 0 31 10.3 0 2 17 0 Galbreath 1 0 25 25.0 1 1 25 0 25 1 305 12.2 3 15 38 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Kramer 43 25 58.1 305 12.2 38 5 3 1 2.3 2 1 2.3 78.1 43 25 58.1 305 12.2 38 5 3 1 2.3 2 1 2.3 78.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Danmeier 2 2 100.0 3 2 66.7 0.0 0.0 31 8 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Coleman 5 201 49 1 0 1 2 41 28.0 40.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Nord 4 60 15.0 21 0 Payton 2 0 13 6.5 8 0 4 60 15.0 21 0 2 0 13 6.5 8 0 Fumbles Brown,T 1 Kramer 1 Nord 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Holloway 1 Holloway 2 Holloway 1 Hannon 2 Siemon 1 Hamilton 1 White,J 1 Mullaney 2 Mullaney 1 Martin 1 White,J 1 Siemon 1 Martin 1 Siemon 1 Yakavoni 1 Swiley 1 White,J 1 Teal 1 Tackles Blair 8 Teal 5 Holloway 4 Siemon 2 Yakavoni 2 White,J 8 Knoff 5 Lewis 4 Turner,J 2 Johnson, 1 Hannon 7 Swain 4 Mullaney 3 Sendlein 2 Martin 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Knoff 2 12 6.0 9 0 Blair 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 12 4.0 9 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Min Nord return of 14 Fmb KO-deep 1 10 own17 14:52 Min Kramer to Senser 9 M-hitch pas-Z 2 1 own26 14:22 Min Brown,T -3 pitchR run-M 3 4 own23 13:46 Min Kramer to Senser 11 M-cross bas-Z 1 10 own34 13:10 Min Kramer to White,S X M-slant pas-dZ 2 10 own34 13:03 Min Brown,T 16 trapL pas-dZ/Bz1 1 10 50 12:26 Min Kramer to Senser X M-hitch key-M/Bz1 2 10 50 12:14 Min Kramer to LeCount 8 M-slant pas-M 3 2 opp42 11:42 Min Kramer to White,S 27 L-hitch bas-M 1 10 opp15 11:12 Min Kramer to Brown,T X M-hitch pas-Z dlI 2 10 opp15 11:05 Min Brown,T 1 dive bas-M dlI 3 9 opp14 10:32 Min Kramer to White,S X M-out pas-dZ 4 9 opp14 10:23 Min FG Danmeier 31 good FG 0-3 KO 10:19 NO Rogers,J return of 27 KO-deep 1 10 own32 10:12 NO Manning to Merkens 12 M-cross bas-M 1 10 own44 10:03 NO Rogers,G 27 sweepR pas-M dlL 1 10 opp29 9:21 NO Manning to Holmes 5 M-straight bas-M 2 5 opp24 8:48 NO Rogers,G 6 dive pas-M 1 10 opp18 8:07 NO Rogers,G 6 offtackleR bas-dZ agg 1 6 opp6 8:00 NO Manning to Merkens X M-cross bas-M 2 6 opp6 7:53 NO Rogers,G 2 draw dou-Z 3 4 opp4 7:19 NO Rogers,G -2 trapL goa-tM 4 6 opp6 6:41 NO FG Ricardo 23 good FG 3-3 KO 6:37 Min Nord return of 21 KO-deep 1 10 own25 6:27 Min Brown,T 3 trapL bas-M 2 7 own28 5:54 Min Kramer to Senser 1 S-cross pas-M 3 6 own29 5:26 Min Brown,T 5 offtackleR bas-Z/Bz1 ag 4 1 own34 4:47 Min Punt Coleman 41,Groth 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own25 4:41 NO Rogers,G 3 offtackleR bas-M con 2 7 own28 4:02 NO Rogers,G 4 pitchL run-M 1 10 own47 3:53 NO Rogers,G 5 Fmb dive bas-M/Bz1 1 10 own48 3:46 Min Brown,T 4 dive bas-dM 1 10 opp33 3:38 Min Kramer to Senser 18 M-slant run-Z 1 10 opp15 3:00 Min Kramer to Senser X M-cross bas-M 2 10 opp15 2:51 Min Brown,T 3 dive pas-dM 3 7 opp12 2:21 Min Young,R 1 pitchL pas-Z/Bz2 4 6 opp11 1:48 Min FG Danmeier 28 good FG 3-6 KO 1:44 Min Rogers,J return of 52 Fmb KO-deep 1 10 own47 1:29 Min Kramer to White,S 7 S-cross bas-M 2 3 opp46 1:01 Min Young,R -2 offtackleL run-Z 3 5 opp48 0:26 Min Kramer to Senser 2 Screen bas-M 2nd Quarter 4 3 opp46 15:00 Min Kramer to Rashad 5 S-cross dou-Z 1 10 opp41 14:31 Min Young,R 12 sweepR bas-Z/Bz3 1 10 opp29 13:55 Min Brown,T 0 dive pas-Z/Bz2 2 10 opp29 13:19 Min Brown,T 7 offtackleR pas-dM 3 3 opp22 12:45 Min Kramer sacked by Kovach Fmb M-slant bas-Z/Bz2 4 10 opp29 12:14 Min Kramer to LeCount 11 M-hitch pas-dZ 1 10 opp18 11:36 Min Young,R 2 trapL pas-M 2 8 opp16 11:06 Min Pen-NO5 M-hitch pas-Z 2 3 opp11 11:06 Min Young,R 2 pitchL bas-M 3 1 opp9 10:28 Min Brown,T -2 Fmb sweepR goa-tZ 1 10 own15 10:20 NO Pen-NO8 Screen dou-Z/Bz1 dl 1 18 own7 10:16 NO Rogers,G 8 draw pas-M 2 10 own15 9:44 NO Manning to Holmes X L-cross pas-dM/Bz1 d 3 10 own15 9:39 NO Manning to Hardy 7 M-out pas-Z 4 3 own22 9:03 NO Punt Erxleben 36,Payton 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own42 8:58 Min Brown,T 1 offtackleR run-M 2 9 own43 8:24 Min Brown,T -1 offtackleR pas-Z/Bz1 3 10 own42 7:47 Min Kramer to Rashad 7 M-straight pas-M 4 3 own49 7:17 Min Punt Coleman 35,Groth 0 Pt-side 1 10 own16 7:12 NO Rogers,G -3 Fmb sweepR dou-vZ agg 2 11 own15 6:38 NO Rogers,G 16 pitchR dou-vZ 1 10 own31 5:57 NO Rogers,G 63 offtackleL run-Z 1 6 opp6 5:09 NO Rogers,G 1 dive run-sM dlR 2 5 opp5 4:34 NO Rogers,G 4 sweepL run-Z 3 1 opp1 3:53 NO Rogers,G -2 offtackleL goa-tZ 4 3 opp3 3:15 NO FG Ricardo 20 good FG 6-6 KO 3:09 Min Nord return of 12 KO-deep 1 10 own16 3:01 Min Galbreath 7 offtackleR bas-dZ 2 3 own23 2:26 Min Kramer to Young,R 12 S-out pas-M/Bz2 1 10 own35 2:00 Min Kramer to Galbreath 25 S-out bas-M 1 10 opp40 1:25 Min Kramer to Young,R 2 Screen pas-Z/Bz1 dl 2 8 opp38 1:19 Min Kramer to White,S X B-out bas-Z 3 8 opp38 1:11 Min Kramer to Senser X M-out pas-M 4 8 opp38 1:03 Min Kramer to White,S 38 TD L-out pas-Z/Bz1 dl 6-13 KO 0:46 NO Rogers,J return of 28 KO-deep 1 10 own32 0:39 NO Manning to Groth INT Knoff L-straight pas-M/Bz1 1 10 own48 0:23 Min Kramer to Senser 7 M-out pas-M/Bz1 2 3 opp45 0:18 Min Kramer sacked by Redd L-out pas-M dlI 3 6 opp48 0:10 Min Kramer to White,S 6 B-post pas-M/Bz1 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 NO Rogers,J return of 27 KO-deep 1 10 own28 14:49 NO Rogers,G 2 pitchL run-M 2 8 own30 14:13 NO Rogers,G 7 draw pas-Z/Bz1 dl 3 1 own37 13:39 NO Rogers,G 1 overtop run-M 2 9 own38 12:59 NO Manning to Holmes X M-out dou-vZ/Bz1 3 9 own38 12:56 NO Pen-Min5 M-cross pas-vZ/Bz2 3 4 own43 12:56 NO Rogers,G 16 pitchL bas-Z/Bz2 1 10 opp41 12:12 NO Manning sacked by White,J M-slant run-Z/Bz1 2 18 opp49 11:33 NO Rogers,G 8 dive pas-dZ 3 10 opp41 10:58 NO Manning to Merkens X M-cross pas-M 4 10 opp41 10:51 NO PenNO5 Pt-side 4 15 opp46 10:51 NO Punt Erxleben 24,Payton 0 Pt-side 1 10 own22 10:46 Min Brown,T 6 sweepR bas-Z dlL 2 4 own28 10:11 Min Kramer to Rashad 12 M-cross run-Z dlL 1 10 own40 9:35 Min Kramer to Rashad X M-hitch bas-M 2 10 own40 9:27 Min Brown,T 13 trapR dou-Z agg 1 10 opp47 8:49 Min Kramer to Brown,T X M-cross bas-Z 2 10 opp47 8:40 Min Kramer to LeCount 14 M-hitch dou-Z con 1 10 opp33 8:04 Min Brown,T 18 pitchL pas-M/Bz1 1 10 opp15 7:19 Min Brown,T 11 dive run-M/Bz2 dl 1 4 opp4 6:38 Min Kramer to Brown,T X S-out bas-M 2 4 opp4 6:35 Min Galbreath 4 TD pitchL pas-Z 6-20 KO 6:27 NO Rogers,J return of 29 KO-deep 1 10 own32 6:18 NO Rogers,G 2 offtackleR pas-Z 2 8 own34 5:35 NO Holmes -1 dive run-M con 3 9 own33 5:04 NO Manning to Holmes 5 M-hitch pas-Z 4 4 own38 4:32 NO Punt Erxleben 39,Payton 5 Pt-deep 1 10 own28 4:27 Min Galbreath 3 trapR pas-M 2 7 own31 3:44 Min Brown,T 5 dive dou-Z 3 2 own36 3:03 Min Kramer to Rashad 7 M-cross bas-M dlO 1 10 own43 2:29 Min Brown,T 2 dive pas-M/Bz1 2 8 own45 1:45 Min Kramer to Brown,T X S-cross pas-M 3 8 own45 1:41 Min Brown,T 6 trapL pas-M 4 2 opp49 0:56 Min Punt Coleman 49,Groth 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 0:52 NO Pen-NO10 pitchR dou-Z 1 20 own10 0:45 NO Pen-Min5 M-cross pas-Z 1 15 own15 0:45 NO Holmes 3 offtackleR bas-M 2 12 own18 0:07 NO Rogers,G 3 trapL dou-vZ 4th Quarter 3 9 own21 15:00 NO Manning to Hardy 13 M-hitch pas-M 1 10 own34 14:30 NO Rogers,G 4 offtackleL run-M 2 6 own38 14:03 NO Manning to Holmes X M-slant pas-Z 3 6 own38 13:56 NO Manning to Holmes 6 S-hitch bas-M/Bz1 2 4 own44 13:33 NO Holmes 1 sweepL run-vM 3 3 own45 12:57 NO Manning to Holmes 5 L-hitch bas-Z 1 10 50 12:33 NO Manning to Holmes 11 L-slant run-Z dlO 1 10 opp39 12:03 NO Manning to Merkens INT Blai M-straight bas-Z 1 10 own27 11:53 Min Kramer to White,S 10 M-hitch bas-M 2 0 own37 11:11 Min Kramer to Senser X B-post bas-M 3 0 own37 11:01 Min Redwine 0 overtop run-M 2 10 own37 10:19 Min Young,R 5 offtackleR pas-Z 3 5 own42 9:37 Min Kramer to Bruer X Screen dou-Z 4 5 own42 9:30 Min Punt Coleman 39,Groth 26 Pt-deep 1 10 own45 9:25 NO Manning to Groth INT Knoff M-cross dou-dZ 1 10 own49 9:10 Min Young,R -2 sweepR run-M dlO 2 12 own47 8:27 Min Kramer to Young,R X L-slant bas-dM 3 12 own47 8:21 Min Kramer to LeCount X M-straight pas-dZ 4 12 own47 8:15 Min Punt Coleman 37,Groth 15 Pt-deep 1 10 own31 8:10 NO Manning to Holmes X S-slant dou-Z 2 10 own31 8:07 NO Rogers,G 6 sweepR dou-dZ dlL 3 4 own37 7:48 NO Holmes 5 draw pas-M 1 10 own42 7:34 NO Manning to Merkens X L-hitch bas-M 2 10 own42 7:27 NO Manning to Rogers,G 2 Screen pas-dZ 3 8 own44 7:18 NO Manning sacked by Holloway S-flat pas-M/Bz2 dl 4 13 own39 7:07 NO Punt Erxleben 46,Payton 8 Pt-deep 1 10 own23 7:03 Min Kramer to Rashad INT Waymer M-cross pas-M 1 10 opp24 6:50 NO Pen-NO10 dive run-dZ 1 20 opp34 6:41 NO Holmes 5 offtackleL pas-dZ 2 15 opp29 6:20 NO Manning to Hardy 8 Screen pas-vM 3 7 opp21 6:06 NO Holmes 8 draw pas-M/Bz2 1 10 opp13 5:51 NO Manning to Hardy X M-cross bas-M con 2 10 opp13 5:42 NO Manning to Merkens 13 TD M-hitch bas-dM con d 13-20 KO 5:31 Min Nord return of 13 KO-deep 1 10 own18 5:23 Min Kramer to Rashad X S-cross key-Z 2 10 own18 5:18 Min Kramer to LeCount 12 S-hitch dou-dZ 1 10 own30 4:39 Min Kramer to Young,R 17 S-slant pas-Z/Bz2 1 10 own47 3:58 Min Kramer to White,S 24 M-hitch run-dZ 1 10 opp29 3:15 Min Kramer to Senser 13 M-slant bas-dM 1 10 opp16 2:32 Min Young,R 1 pitchR run-dM/Bz1 2 9 opp15 2:00 Min Galbreath 4 offtackleL dou-Z/Bz1 3 5 opp11 1:52 Min Kramer to Senser X M-hitch pas-Zi 4 5 opp11 1:45 Min FG Danmeier 28 no good FG 1 10 own20 1:41 NO Manning to Groth 36 L-out run-Z 1 10 opp44 1:25 NO Pen-NO5 B-post key-dZ 1 15 opp49 1:17 NO Manning to Rogers,G 10 Screen pas-Z 2 5 opp39 1:09 NO Manning to Martini 12 M-out bas-M 1 10 opp27 0:40 NO Manning to Hardy 9 M-out key-Mo/Bz2 opp27 0:31 Manning spikes the ball! Spike Ball 3 1 opp18 0:31 NO Manning to Groth X M-out pas-Z 4 1 opp18 0:26 NO Manning to Groth 10 M-out bas-Mo opp18 0:13 Manning spikes the ball! Spike Ball 2 8 opp8 0:13 NO Manning to Martini 5 M-out pas-sMo