OCTOBER 15, 1998 (Pontiac Silverdome)

PACKERS 44, LIONS 27

It was over when…Roell Preston returned a punt 69 yards for a TD to put the Packers up by 10

with 9:30 left in the game.

Game Ball Brett Favre completed 74.4% of his pass attempts for 357 yards and 3 TDs resulting in a QB

rating of 127.8.

Key Stat Each team had a special teams TD.

Noteworthy Antonio Freeman had 5 catches for 115 yards and 1 TD…Brett Favre completed a pass to 10

different receivers including himself…Travis Jervey carried the ball 22 times for 146 yards and 1

TD…Both team punters averaged over 50.0 yards per punt…Terry Fair returned a kick 94 yards

for a TD…Roell Preston averaged 28.3 per punt return…Terry Fair averaged 37.4 per kick

return.

Injuries Detroit Lions: DT Dan Owens (out). Green Bay Packers: G Marco Rivera (questionable), WR

Robert Brooks (questionable), HB Travis Jervey (effectiveness reduced by 2 for 1/5 quarters).

Scoring Summary

Detroit (1-5-0) 14 10 3 0 - 27

Green Bay (5-1-0) 14 3 13 14 - 44

First Quarter GB – Freeman 20 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), 11:00

GB – Jervey 9 run (Longwell kick), 7:00

DET – Morton 20 pass from Batch (Hanson kick), 4:30

DET – Boyd 22 fumble return (Hanson kick), 1:06

Second Quarter

DET – FG Hanson 39, 7:10

GB – FG Longwell 19, 1:30

DET – Fair 94 kick return (Hanson kick), 1:16

Third Quarter GB – FG Longwell 27, 12:30

GB – Brooks 30 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), 10:00

DET – FG Hanson 27, 6:00

GB – FG Longwell 51, 1:48

Fourth Quarter GB – Preston 69 punt return (Longwell kick), 9:30

GB – Henderson 42 pass from Favre (Longwell kick), 5:50

A—77,932

DET GBP First Downs…… 11 26

Rushed - Yards….. 31-94 28-155

Passing Yards…… 150 357

Sacked- Yards Lost…… 1-13 3-19

Return Yards………. 290 219

Passes……………… 7-19-2 29-39-0

Punts ……… 6-52.7 3-53.3

Fumbles-Lost……….. 2-1 5-1

Penalties- Yards…….. 7-67 7-55

Time of Possession….. 26:13 33:47

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING-- DET: Batch 7-19-2-150

GBP: Favre 29-39-0-357

RUSHING-- DET: Sanders 25-83, Rivers 2-7. Vardell 2-(-2), Schlesinger 1-2, Batch 1-4

GBP: Jervey 22-146, Harris 3-3, Favre 3-6

RECEIVING-- DET: Moore 2-53, Sanders 1-1, Morton 3-64, Vardell 1-32

GBP: Brooks 3-53, Chmura 3-17, Jervey 1-(-4), Freeman 5-115, Henderson 7-86,

Mayes 2-(-2), Davis 3-48, Schlesinger 2-48, Schroeder 2-48, Holmes 2-7,

Favre 1-(-11)

MISSED FIELD GOALS— DET: None

GBP: Longwell 48

OCTOBER 18, 1998 (Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome)

VIKINGS 42, REDSKINS 3

It was over when…Robert Smith hit a crease on an inside trap, reached the second level and

broke a tackle for a 60-yard TD to put the Vikings up 28-0 with 3:52 left in the third quarter.

Game Ball Robert Smith ran 23 times for 226 yards and 3 TDs.

Key Stat The Vikings generated 29 first downs and 514 net yards of offense.

Noteworthy Randy Moss had 8 catches for 105 yards and 1 TD…The Vikings were 0-7 on third down

conversions…Robert Smith averaged 9.8 yards per carry.

Injuries Minnesota Vikings: LB Dwayne Rudd (probable). Washington Redskins: G Tre’ Johnson

(probable), HB Terry Allen (questionable).

Scoring Summary

Minnesota (6-0-0) 7 14 7 14 - 42

Washington (0-7-0) 0 0 0 3 - 3

First Quarter MIN – Smith 2 run (Anderson kick), 10:51

Second Quarter

MIN – Hoard 1 run (Anderson kick), 12:00

MIN – Evans 1 run (Anderson kick), 5:50

Third Quarter MIN – Smith 60 run (Anderson kick), 3:52

Fourth Quarter MIN – Moss 3 pass from Cunningham (Anderson kick), 12:30

WAS – FG Blanchard 37, 10:30

MIN – Smith 6 run (Anderson kick0, 3:30

A—64,004

MIN WAS First Downs…… 29 17

Rushed - Yards….. 37-291 25-119

Passing Yards…… 225 175

Sacked- Yards Lost…… 1-2 4-32

Return Yards………. 10 124

Passes……………… 17-28-0 16-34-1

Punts ……… 6-44.3 8-41.3

Fumbles-Lost……….. 1-0 0-0

Penalties- Yards…….. 7-53 3-15

Time of Possession….. 31:37 28:23

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING-- MIN: Cunningham 17-28-0-225

WAS: Frerotte 16-34-1-175

RUSHING-- MIN: Smith 23-226, Hoard 10-52, Evans 2-1, Palmer 1-8, Cunningham 1-4

WAS: Allen 13-85, Hicks 10-20, Mitchell 2-14

RECEIVING-- MIN: Carter 3-35, Smith 1-9, Moss 8-105, Palmer 1-45, Hoard 3-24,

Hatchette 1-7

WAS: Asher 2-9, Allen 1-5, Westbrook 4-76, Alexander 6-54, Mitchell 1-0,

Trash 2-31

MISSED FIELD GOALS-- MIN: None

WAS: Blanchard 40, 49

OCTOBER 18, 1998 (Georgia Dome)

FALCONS 33, SAINTS 10

It was over when…the Falcons defense forced 7 three and outs on 8 of the Saints second half

possessions.

Game Ball Jamal Anderson ran 31 times for 159 yards and 2 TDs.

Key Stat Steve DeBerg replaced an injured Chris Chandler and threw for 192 yards.

Noteworthy Chris Chandler will miss next week’s game against the New York Jets…Terance Mathis had 5

receptions for 108 yards…Mark Royals pinned the Falcons twice inside the -3 with pin point

punts…The Falcons defensive front only allowed 0.8 yards per rushing attempt…The Falcons

defense forced 6 fumbles and recovered 5.

Injuries Atlanta Falcons: DT Wayne Martin (probable), QB Chris Chandler (out), ST (LB) Ruffin

Hamilton (probable), T Bob Whitfield (probable), WR Terance Mathis (probable), WR Tony

Martin (probable). New Orleans Saints: ST (WR) Eric Guiliford (probable), ST (LB) Ink Aleaga

(out), DE Joe Johnson (probable).

Scoring Summary

Atlanta (4-2-0) 3 10 14 6 - 33

New Orleans (3-3-0) 0 7 3 0 - 10

First Quarter ATL – FG Anderson 24, 10:00

Second Quarter ATL – FG Anderson 47, 4:00

NOS – Dawkins 56 pass from Tolliver (Brien kick), 1:06

ATL – Christian 76 pass from DeBerg (Anderson kick), 0:30

Third Quarter ATL – Anderson 1 (run (Anderson kick), 13:30

NOS – FG Brien 44, 3:30

ATL – Anderson 3 run (Anderson kick), );)4

Fourth Quarter ATL – FG Anderson 19, 11:59

ATL – FG Anderson 42, 8:30

A—60,774

ATL NOS First Downs…… 22 10

Rushed - Yards….. 40-201 23-18

Passing Yards…… 247 260

Sacked- Yards Lost…… 5-26 1-6

Return Yards………. 112 163

Passes……………… 14-26-1 15-32-0

Punts ……… 6-39.2 9-38.2

Fumbles-Lost……….. 5-1 6-5

Penalties- Yards…….. 8-65 9-83

Time of Possession….. 32:37 27:23

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING-- ATL: Chandler 5-10-0-55, DeBerg 9-16-1-192

NOS: Tolliver 15-32-0-260

RUSHING-- ATL: Anderson 31-159, Christian 5-1, Dwight 3-36, Chandler 1-5

NOS: L. Smith 19-7, Zellars 4-11,

RECEIVING-- ATL: Martin 1-9, Anderson 3-32, Mathis 5-108, Christian 4-97, Kinchen 1-1

NOS: Dawkins 4-95, Cleeland 2-19, L. Smith 3-73, Hastings 2-30, Craver 1-9,

Guliford 1-13, Davis 2-21

MISSED FIELD GOALS— ATL: Anderson 53

NOS: None

OCTOBER 18, 1998 (Pro Player Stadium)

DOLPHINS 26, RAMS 9

It was over when…Robert Holcombe was thrown for a 1-yard loss on a 4th and 1 from the 12

with 4:30 left in the fourth quarter.

Game Ball In a losing effort, Amp Lee had 6 receptions for 134 yards.

Key Stat The Dolphins converted 58.3% of their third downs compared to the Rams 13.3%.

Noteworthy On the final play of the first half, Dan Marino launched a bomb and Lamar Thomas out leaped

the defenders to snag a 45-yard TD pass…The Dolphins defensive front only allowed 1.3 yards

per carry…Dan Marino completed 69% of his pass attempts.

Injuries Miami Dolphins: ST (LB) Dwight Hollier (probable-injured twice), LB Robert Jones (probable),

SS Calvin Jackson (probable), DT Daryl Gardenr (probable). St Louis Rams ST (TE) Ernie

Conwell (questionable).

Scoring Summary

Miami (4-2-0) 0 17 3 6 - 26

St Louis (1-5-0) 6 3 0 0 - 9

First Quarter STL – FG Wilkins 51, 10:52

STL – FG Wilkins 40, 4:00

Second Quarter

MIA – Thomas 18 pass from Marino (Mare kick), 14:30

MIA – FG Mare 19, 3:00

STL – FG Wilkins 43, 1:00

MIA – Thomas 45 pass from Marino (Mare kick), 0:01

Third Quarter MIA – FG Mare 22, 0:03

Fourth Quarter MIA – FG Mare 31, 11:00

MIA – FG Mare 25, 2:30

A—65,418

MIA STL First Downs…… 17 10

Rushed - Yards….. 31-130 18-29

Passing Yards…… 210 201

Sacked- Yards Lost…… 3-22 2-14

Return Yards………. 196 166

Passes……………… 20-29-1 14-33-3

Punts ……… 3-46.0 3-45.0

Fumbles-Lost……….. 4-2 2-0

Penalties- Yards…….. 9-65 5-40

Time of Possession….. 33:48 26:12

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING-- MIA: Marino 20-29-1-210

STL: Banks 14-33-3-210

RUSHING-- MIA: Jabbar 17-91, Avery 11-31, Parmalee 1-6, Marino 2-2

STL: Holcombe 15-18, Lee 7-6, Banks 1-5

RECEIVING-- MIA: McDuffie 4-44, Jabbar 2-(-5), Gadsden 8-74, Pritchett 1-7, Thomas 3-75,

Avery 1-10, Parmalee 1-5

STL: Proehl 3-27, Williams 1-6, Bruce 2-21, Conwell 1-2, Lee 6-134,

Henley 1-11

MISSED FIELD GOALS— MIA: None

STL: Wilkins 52

OCTOBER 18, 1998 (Soldier Field)

COWBOYS 44, BEARS 3

It was over when…Deion Sanders picked off a pass and high stepped his way into the end zone

making it 31-0 with 5:00 left in the second quarter.

Game Ball Michael Irvin had 8 catches for 132 yards.

Key Stat Jason Garrett completed 68.8% of his pass attempts for 237 yards and 2 TDs to earn a QB rating

of 111.1.

Noteworthy Jason Garrett completed passes to 9 different receivers…Emmitt Smith carried the ball 22 times

for 122 yards and 1 TD…The Cowboys scored on 7 out of 9 offensive series…The Cowboys

defensive front only allowed 1.6 yards per carry.

Injuries Chicago Bears: None. Dallas Cowboys: FB Daryl “Moose” Johnston (probable), CB Kevin

Smith (probable).

Scoring Summary

Chicago (1-6-0) 0 0 0 3 - 3

Dallas (5-2-0) 14 17 6 7 - 44

First Quarter DAL – E. Smith 1 run (Cunningham kick), 9:00

DAL – Davis 4 pass from Garrett (Cunningham kick), 2:48

Second Quarter DAL – Mils 18 pass from Garrett (Cunningham kick), 12:02

DAL – FG Cunningham 27, 6:46

DAL – Sanders 40 interception return (Cunningham kick), 5:00

Third Quarter DAL – FG Cunningham 33, 11:05

DAL – FG Cunningham 28, 1:00

Fourth Quarter CHI – FG Jaeger 31, 10:30

DAL – Johnston 1 run (Cunningham kick0, 6:30

A—59,201

CHI DAL First Downs…… 12 29

Rushed - Yards….. 27-43 35-186

Passing Yards…… 160 237

Sacked- Yards Lost…… 0-0 0-0

Return Yards………. 107 121

Passes……………… 14-30-2 22-32-0

Punts ……… 6-45.2 1-42.0

Fumbles-Lost……….. 0-0 3-0

Penalties- Yards…….. 8-97 6-50

Time of Possession….. 27:44 32:16

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING-- CHI: Kramer 14-30-2-160

DAL: Garrett 22-32-0-237

RUSHING-- CHI: Enis 12-15, Bennett 12-27, Chancey 2-(-3), Kramer 1-4

DAL: E. Smith 22-122, Warren 5-46, Johnston 5-22, Mils 1-2, Garrett 2-(-6)

RECEIVING-- CHI: Conway 7-87, Mayes 1-20, Engram 3-46, Hallock 1-5, Allen 1-8,

Enis 1-(-6)

DAL: Irvin 8-132, LaFluer 1-12, E. Smith 1-(-1), Davis 2-32, Johnston 1-(-9),

Mils 3-40, Bjornson 2-31, Williams 2-8, Warren 2-(-8)

MISSED FIELD GOALS— CHI: None

DAL: None

OCTOBER 18, 1998 (3Com Park)

49ERS 55, COLTS 17

It was over when…the 49ers opened the game with scoring drives of 78, 80, 16, 27, 18, 48, and

58-yards to enter the locker room at halftime with a 45-14 lead.

Game Ball Garrison Hearst carried the ball 16 times for 226 yards and 3 TDs.

Key Stat As a team, the 49ers averaged 11.9 yards per carry and gained 358 net yards rushing.

Noteworthy Garrison Hearst averaged 14.1 yards per carry…Marc Edwards averaged 15.8 yards per

carry…Steve Young tossed 4 TDs to earn a QB rating of 122.9…Merton Hanks intercepted

Peyton Manning twice…The 49ers scored 31 first quarter points.

Injuries San Francisco 49ers: None. Indianapolis Colts: G Tony Mandarich (questionable), LB Elijah

Alexander (probable).

Scoring Summary

San Francisco (5-1-0) 31 14 3 7 - 55

Indianapolis (0-7-0) 0 14 3 0 - 17

First Quarter SFO – Hearst 18 pass from Young (Richey kick), 9:56

SFO – Hearst 68 run (Richey kick), 6:00

SFO – Rice 16 pass from Young (Richey kick), 5:48

SFO – FG Richey 36, 1:00

SFO – Rice 18 pass from Young (Richey kick), 0:01

Second Quarter SFO – Hearst 2 run (Richey kick), 12:00

IND – Faulk 2 run (Vanderjagt kick), 7:30

SFO – Stokes 22 pass from Young (Richey kick), 5:50

IND – Pathon 11 pass from Manning (Vanderjagt kick), 2:30

Third Quarter SFO – FG Richey 24, 10:01

IND – FG Vanderjagt 35, 6:02

Fourth Quarter SFO – Hearst 13 run (Richey kick), 7:49

A—68,486

SFO IND First Downs…… 28 21

Rushed - Yards….. 30-358 25-63

Passing Yards…… 199 274

Sacked- Yards Lost…… 3-27 2-18

Return Yards………. 98 109

Passes……………… 19-31-0 22-37-3

Punts ……… 1-42.0 2-42.0

Fumbles-Lost……….. 0-0 3-2

Penalties- Yards…….. 1-10 7-67

Time of Possession….. 29:37 30:23

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING-- SFO: Young 19-31-0-199

IND: Manning 22-37-3-274

RUSHING-- SFO: Hearst 16-226, Levy 5-48, Edwards 5-79, Young 4-5

IND: Faulk 19-61, Warren 6-2

RECEIVING-- SFO: Rice 5-75, Clark 2-18, Hearst 1-18, Stokes 2-33, Owens 5-42, Smith 1-13,

Levy 2-4, Kirby 1-(-4)

IND: Harrison 2-16, Dilger 2-21, Faulk 9-96, Pathon 4-83, Small 1-31,

Green 4-27

MISSED FIELD GOALS-- SFO: Richey 30

IND: None

OCTOBER 18, 1998 (Rich Stadium)

JAGUARS 27, BILLS 10

It was over when…Mark Brunell evaded the blitz and fired a 38-yard TD pass to Keenan

McCardell to put the visiting team up by 17 with 0:04 left in the third quarter.

Game Ball Mark Brunell threw 3 TD passes to earn a QB rating of 116.6.

Key Stat The Jaguars converted 64.2% of their third down attempts.

Noteworthy Keenan McCardell had 8 catches for 122 yards and 1 TD…Eric Moulds had 7 receptions for 112

yards…Andre Reed caught a 48-yard TD within the opening 0:30 of the game…The turning

point in the game was when Andre Reed was injured in the first quarter and unable to return until

the second half.

Injuries Buffalo Bills: WR Andre Reed (questionable). Jacksonville Jaguars: None.

Scoring Summary

Buffalo (4-2-0) 7 3 0 0 - 10

Jacksonville (3-3-0) 3 7 17 0 - 27

First Quarter BUF – Reed 48 pass from Flutie (Christie kick), 14:30

JAC – FG Hollis 21, 5:00

Second Quarter JAC – Smith 20 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick), 4:00

BUF – FG Christie 26, 0:04

Third Quarter JAC – FG Hollis 20, 9:07

JAC – Smith 6 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick), 4:59

JAC – McCardell 38 pass from Brunell (Hollis kick), 0:04

Fourth Quarter None

A—77,635

BUF JAC

First Downs…… 12 22

Rushed - Yards….. 20-77 32-135

Passing Yards…… 252 267

Sacked- Yards Lost…… 2-5 3-21

Return Yards………. 143 149

Passes……………… 17-35-0 20-33-0

Punts ……… 7-47.1 5-47.0

Fumbles-Lost……….. 2-1 2-2

Penalties- Yards…….. 12-99 3-27

Time of Possession….. 26:40 33:20

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING-- BUF: Flutie 17-35-0-252

JAC: Brunell 20-33-0-267

RUSHING-- BUF: A. Smith 11-71, Thomas 5-0, Gash 1-1, Flutie 3-5

JAC: Shelton 16-55, Banks 11-62, Brunell 5-18

RECEIVING-- BUF: Moulds 7-112, Johnson 1-7, Smith 1-5, Reed 4-76, Gash 1-3, Early 1-33,

Williams 1-18, Thomas 1-(-2)

JAC: McCardelll 8-122, Mitchell 3-24, Smith 6-67, Shelton 1-9, Barlow 1-25,

Crockett 1-20

MISSED FIELD GOALS-- BUF: Christie 41, 48

JAC: None

OCTOBER 19, 1998 (Foxboro Stadium)

JETS 13, PATRIOTS 10

It was over when…Victor Green intercepted a Drew Bledsoe pass with 0:46 remaining to secure

the victory.

Game Ball Curtis Martin carried the ball 31 times for 111 hard fought yards.

Key Stat The Jets were +2 in turnovers.

Noteworthy The Jets defensive front only allowed 2.0 yards per carry for a total of 47 net rushing

yards…Drew Bledsoe was intercepted twice and sacked 4 times…Tony Carter sustained a

serious injury that will keep him sidelined for the next 2 games.

Injuries New England Patriots: T Zefross Moss (probable), FB Tony Carter (out). New York Jets: LB

Mo Lewis (probable).

Scoring Summary

New England (4-2-0) 0 3 0 7 - 10

New York (6-0-0) 7 0 3 3 - 13

First Quarter NYJ – Chrebet 17 pass from Testaverde (Hall kick), 4:00

Second Quarter NEP – FG Vinatieri 28, 8:14

Third Quarter NYJ – FG Hall 26, 11:00

Fourth Quarter NYJ – FG Hall 18, 11:00

NEP – Edwards 1 run (Vinatieri kick), 2:30

A—60,062

NEP NYJ First Downs…… 19 17

Rushed - Yards….. 23-47 36-130

Passing Yards…… 222 170

Sacked- Yards Lost…… 4-34 0-0

Return Yards………. 73 94

Passes……………… 16-33-2 17-29-0

Punts ……… 7-46.0 7-36.6

Fumbles-Lost……….. 0-0 0-0

Penalties- Yards…….. 8-84 7-44

Time of Possession….. 27:05 32:55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING-- NEP: Bledsoe 16-33-2-222

NYJ: Testaverde 17-29-0-170

RUSHING-- NEP: Edwards 20-45, Cullors 1-2, Bledsoe 2-0

NYJ: Martin 31-111, L. Johnson 4-21, Testaverde 1-(-2)

RECEIVING-- NEP: Glenn 1-14, Coates 4-29, Edwards 1-8, Jefferson 2-23, Carter 2-38,

Simmons 1-33, Purnell 2-18, Cullors 2-40, Brown 1-19

NYJ: K. Johnson 5-59, Brady 4-27, Martin 1-9, Chrebet 4-29, Byars 1-9,

Ward 2-37

MISSED FIELD GOALS— NEP: None

NYJ: Hall 45