League Championship: Minnesota vs. Miami

November 30, -0001
70°
Dallas Stadium (Dallas, TX) Attendance: 80,000 (100%)
Minnesota 0 3 3 7 - 13
Miami 3 7 0 9 - 19

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Miami: 4-16-MIN 22 (7:36) 1-Jeff Stark 39 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 3 MIN 0
(Qtr 2) Minnesota: 4-1-MIA 19 (13:30) 5-Brian Frost 37 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 3 MIN 3
(Qtr 2) Miami: 1-6-MIN 6 (10:24) 9-Brandon Cleaves pass complete to 4-Vern Vines for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Jeff Stark. MIA 10 MIN 3
(Qtr 3) Minnesota: 4-4-MIA 19 (9:55) 5-Brian Frost 37 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 10 MIN 6
(Qtr 4) Miami: 4-11-MIN 23 (15:00) 1-Jeff Stark 41 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 13 MIN 6
(Qtr 4) Miami: 4-8-MIN 22 (10:46) 1-Jeff Stark 40 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 16 MIN 6
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 3-2-MIA 8 (6:24) 13-Ernest Forney pass complete to 88-George Colon for 8 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Brian Frost. MIA 16 MIN 13
(Qtr 4) Miami: 4-11-MIN 11 (1:07) 1-Jeff Stark 29 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 19 MIN 13

Team Statistics

Miami Minnesota
First Downs 19 13
- Rushing 11 1
- Passing 7 12
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 341 234
- Offensive Plays 58 56
- Yards Per Play 5.88 4.18
Net Rushing Yards 160 34
- Rushing Attempts 29 15
- Yards Per Rush 5.52 2.27
Net Passing Yards 181 200
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 19 / 1 40 / 28 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 203 205
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 22 1 / 5
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.24 4.88
- Yards Per Completion 10.68 7.32
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 10 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.8 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 20 3 / 24
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 15
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 55 1 / 42
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 5 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 4 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 31
Time of Possession 32:29 27:30

Drive Charts

Miami

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 7:27 OWN 18 12 60 Field Goal
1 4:48 2:13 OWN 7 3 4 Punt
2 13:27 3:05 OWN 24 5 76 Touchdown
2 8:54 0:55 OWN 22 3 2 Punt
2 4:37 2:05 OWN 20 3 6 Punt
2 1:22 1:22 OWN 8 2 13 Half
3 13:22 0:06 OWN 24 1 0 Interception
3 9:52 2:55 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
3 4:17 4:20 OWN 19 7 58 Field Goal
4 13:30 2:48 OWN 38 6 40 Field Goal
4 6:18 5:13 OWN 25 11 64 Field Goal

Minnesota

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 7:33 2:44 OWN 25 5 32 Punt
1 2:36 4:09 OPP 49 8 30 Field Goal
2 10:21 1:27 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 8:00 3:23 OWN 29 5 12 Punt
2 2:31 1:09 OWN 29 6 12 Punt
3 15:00 1:38 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 13:17 3:25 OPP 42 6 24 Field Goal
3 6:57 2:40 OWN 14 4 23 Punt
4 14:57 1:27 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
4 10:42 4:24 OWN 37 8 63 Touchdown
4 1:04 1:04 OWN 25 5 26 Game

Rushing Stats

Miami

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
George Gonzalez 11 49 4.45 16 3 0
Vern Vines 11 46 4.18 11 2 0
William Perales 3 35 11.67 16 2 0
Brandon Cleaves 2 18 9.00 9 0 0
William Houck 2 12 6.00 7 0 0

Minnesota

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Antonio Dawson 7 17 2.43 8 0 0
Walter Ngo 8 17 2.13 9 0 0

Passing Stats

Miami

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Brandon Cleaves 26 19 203 3 / 22 1 42 1 92.31

Minnesota

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ernest Forney 40 28 205 1 / 5 1 16 0 90.10

Receiving Stats

Miami

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Andre Gatlin 4 110 27.50 42 0
William Perales 4 31 7.75 17 0
Randy Lively 4 20 5.00 9 0
Vern Vines 2 15 7.50 9 1
Sheldon Hamel 1 12 12.00 12 0
William Houck 2 6 3.00 6 0
Kenneth Varney 1 6 6.00 6 0
George Gonzalez 1 3 3.00 3 0

Minnesota

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Billy Edmonds 6 50 8.33 16 0
Robert Stroup 4 35 8.75 14 0
Gregory Cantu 4 33 8.25 16 0
Lee Branch 6 31 5.17 10 0
George Colon 2 16 8.00 8 1
Walter Ngo 2 11 5.50 6 0
Antonio Dawson 1 10 10.00 10 0
Frank Goddard 1 9 9.00 9 0
Kevin Principato 1 6 6.00 6 0
Walter Lovett 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

Miami

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Albert Todd 28 28 1 2
Tim Goldstein 40 30 1 2
Edward Scott 0 2 0 0
George Gonzalez 14 9 0 0
Timothy Waters 2 2 0 0
Joseph Garner 3 0 0 0
Randy Lively 0 12 0 0
John Reyes 0 1 0 0
Jamie Alexander 3 1 0 0
Marshall Carmichael 5 0 0 0
Andre Gatlin 0 15 0 0
Kenneth Varney 0 10 0 0
William Perales 5 5 0 0
Sheldon Hamel 11 15 0 2
William Houck 19 22 0 1
Buddy Sparks 40 28 0 1
Thomas Pineiro 6 2 0 1
Richard McGriff 7 28 0 1
Robert Murphy 38 32 0 1
Rob Tocco 39 32 0 2
Vern Vines 1 6 0 0
Kenneth Farley 0 2 0 0
Jose Ackerson 0 2 0 0
David Jamison 0 2 0 0
Kenneth Cole 0 2 0 1
Frank Watson 1 2 0 0
Jonathan Tate 1 0 0 0

Minnesota

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Colin Burnham 45 18 1 2
Kevin Principato 0 6 0 0
Lenard Wilson 5 4 0 0
David Park 0 3 0 0
Kenneth McCarty 0 3 0 1
Dewey Mitchell 3 1 0 0
Trent Jackson 3 5 0 0
John Flores 0 2 0 0
Frank Goddard 0 3 0 0
Carlos Patel 1 2 0 0
Norman Law 0 2 0 0
Johnny Ryan 0 1 0 0
Edgar Crooks 0 1 0 0
Robert Aguilar 0 1 0 0
Eduardo Dewey 0 1 0 0
James Smith 0 1 0 1
Gary Johnson 0 2 0 0
John Shire 0 4 0 1
Gary Hill 51 22 0 2
Peter Gonzales 5 1 0 0
Eric Hamlett 5 0 0 0
Jeffery Shaw 10 0 0 0
Dominick Carroll 10 0 0 0
Gregory Cantu 0 10 0 0
Antonio Dawson 1 2 0 0
Billy Edmonds 5 16 0 0
Lee Branch 22 12 0 0
George Colon 4 9 0 1
Milton Carter 41 22 0 1
Robert Stroup 0 12 0 0
Garland Vogel 51 17 0 2
Eric Graham 46 30 0 0
Walter Ngo 15 1 0 0
Bernard Chavez 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Miami

Minnesota

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Norman Law 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Miami

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kenneth Farley 0 0 1 0

Minnesota

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Antonio Dawson 1 0 0 0
Garland Vogel 0 1 0 0

Punting

Miami

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Mark Christian 4 190 47.50 44.50 49 1

Minnesota

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jesse Mendivil 7 325 46.43 43.57 59 3

Kicking

Miami

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Jeff Stark 4 / 4 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 1 / 1

Minnesota

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Brian Frost 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 37 1 / 1

Punt Return

Miami

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Principato 4 15 3.8 11 0

Kick Return

Miami

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
George Gonzalez 2 55 27.5 0

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kevin Principato 1 42 42.0 0

Defensive Stats