| Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1989 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 76041 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Herschel Walker 8 pass from Tommy Kramer (Rich Karlis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Pepper Johnson 39 interception return (Raul Allegre kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Raul Allegre 39 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Lionel Manuel 11 pass from Jeff Hostetler (Raul Allegre kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ottis Anderson 2 run (Raul Allegre kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Fenney 1 run (Rich Karlis kick) | 14 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Anthony Carter |
| 84 | WR | Hassan Jones |
| 65 | LOT | Gary Zimmerman |
| 64 | LOG | Randall McDaniel |
| 63 | C | Kirk Lowdermilk |
| 69 | ROG | Todd Kalis |
| 76 | ROT | Tim Irwin |
| 83 | TE | Steve Jordan |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 34 | RB | Herschel Walker |
| 46 | FB | Alfred Anderson |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Al Noga |
| 97 | LDT | Henry Thomas |
| 75 | RDT | Keith Millard |
| 56 | RDE | Chris Doleman |
| 57 | LLB | Mike Merriweather |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Studwell |
| 50 | RLB | Ray Berry |
| 47 | SS | Joey Browner |
| 49 | FS | Travis Curtis |
| 39 | RCB | Carl Lee |
| 48 | RCB | Najee Mustafaa |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Odessa Turner |
| 75 | LOT | John Elliott |
| 66 | LOG | Bill Roberts |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 60 | ROG | Eric Moore |
| 72 | ROT | Doug Riesenberg |
| 87 | TE | Howard Cross |
| 84 | TE | Zeke Mowatt |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 24 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Maurice Carthon |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | John Washington |
| 74 | NT | Erik Howard |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 55 | LILB | Gary Reasons |
| 98 | RILB | Johnie Cooks |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 25 | LCB | Mark Collins |
| 29 | SS | Myron Guyton |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Rick Fenney | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Alfred Anderson | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| D.J. Dozier | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Lewis Tillman | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 2 | 127 | 7.1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 56.7 |
| Wade Wilson | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 59 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 59.1 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Jeff Hostetler | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 0 | 87 | 6.7 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 94.1 |
| Phil Simms | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Steve Jordan | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Anthony Carter | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Fenney | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Hassan Jones | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lionel Manuel | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Pepper Johnson | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Terry Kinard | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bucky Scribner | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 47 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 8 | 326 | 40.8 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Leo Lewis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Alfred Anderson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| D.J. Dozier | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 63 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Al Noga | 2.0 |
| Ray Berry | 1.0 |
| Keith Millard | 1.0 |
| Henry Thomas | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| Lawrence Taylor | 2.5 |
| Leonard Marshall | 2.0 |
| Carl Banks | 1.5 |
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