* AFC Championship * 03-05-2002 Temp:43 Wind:Calm MVP:Griese 2000 Minnesota Battle Axe (11-6) 7 14 7 7 35 2000 Baltimore Stallions (15-2) 3 13 21 0 37 1 Minnesota TD Culpepper 6 pass to Thomason (Carney) (8-72-4:12) 10:40 7-0 1 Baltimore FG Stover 48 (5-36-3:00) 7:30 7-3 2 Minnesota TD Anderson 61 run (Carney) (1-61-0:09) 13:07 14-3 2 Baltimore FG Stover 39 (6-21-2:08) 5:48 14-6 2 Baltimore FG Stover 19 (8-49-3:16) 1:53 14-9 2 Minnesota TD Pederson 2 pass to Carter,C (Carney) (7-78-1:29) 0:13 21-9 2 Baltimore TD Griese 76 pass to Watters (Stover) (2-76-0:09) 0:00 21-16 3 Minnesota TD Kennison 27 run (Carney) (3-55-1:31) 12:19 28-16 3 Baltimore TD Griese 7 pass to Schroeder (Stover) (8-71-3:26) 8:44 28-23 3 Baltimore TD Griese 9 pass to Schroeder (Stover) (9-63-4:38) 2:15 28-30 3 Baltimore TD Allen 45 interception return (Stover) (0-0-0:00) 1:47 28-37 4 Minnesota TD Culpepper 22 pass to Moore (Carney) (2-59-0:19) 2:02 35-37 Min Bal First Downs 21 21 Rushes 24-193 27-97 Passes 35-17-291 41-22-348 Sacked 3-19 2-20 Fumble 0 1 Penalties 4-41 10-105 Turnovers 3 1 Time 24:24 35:36 Third Down 5-12 3-15 Fourth Down 0-0 0-0 Net Offense 465 425 Injuries: 2000 Minnesota Battle Axes Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Anderson 15 139 9.3 5 5 61 1 Kennison 4 0 83 20.8 2 2 34 0 Culpepper 6 28 4.7 1 2 18 0 Chamberlai 3 0 51 17.0 1 2 28 0 Kennison 1 27 27.0 1 1 27 1 Crockett 3 0 46 15.3 1 2 28 0 Crockett 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 0 0 Moore 2 0 59 29.5 1 2 37 1 24 193 8.0 7 8 61 2 Thomason 1 0 6 6.0 0 1 6 1 Carter,C 1 0 2 2.0 0 1 2 1 Jenkins 1 0 37 37.0 1 1 37 0 Anderson 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Strong 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 17 0 291 17.1 6 11 37 3 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Pederson 6 4 66.7 63 15.8 28 0 2 1 16.7 0 1 16.7 101.4 Culpepper 29 13 44.8 228 17.5 37 6 4 2 6.9 3 2 6.9 66.5 35 17 48.6 291 17.1 37 6 6 3 8.6 3 3 8.6 70.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Carney 5 5 100.0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Rouen 5 208 47 0 0 4 3 47 32.2 41.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jenkins 3 59 19.7 26 0 Poteat 5 1 56 11.2 20 0 Tucker 3 31 10.3 15 0 5 1 56 11.2 20 0 Brown,R 1 0 0.0 0 0 7 90 12.9 26 0 Fumbles Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Buckner 1 Douglas 3 Spikes 2 Cota 3 Cowart 1 Cota 1 Douglas 1 Rice 1 Cowart 1 Douglas 2 Spearman 1 Williams 2 Posey 1 Posey 1 Douglas 1 Abraham 1 Schulz 1 Tackles Cowart 9 Williams 5 Douglas 4 Posey 3 Carty 1 Supern Cota 7 Schulz 4 Abraham 4 Buckner 2 Shaw 1 Rice Spearman 6 Spikes 4 Killings 4 Monty 2 Wright,K 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 2000 Baltimore Stallions Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Watters 18 57 3.2 0 0 9 0 Schroeder 6 0 51 8.5 0 5 12 2 Griese 5 33 6.6 1 2 12 0 Watters 5 0 103 20.6 1 2 76 1 Coleman 4 7 1.8 0 0 3 0 Ismail 3 0 53 17.7 0 3 23 0 27 97 3.6 1 2 12 0 Rice 3 0 56 18.7 1 2 37 0 Kelly 2 0 35 17.5 0 2 24 0 Taylor 2 0 32 16.0 1 2 25 0 McCrary 1 0 18 18.0 0 1 18 0 22 1 348 15.8 3 17 76 3 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Griese 41 22 53.7 348 15.8 76 5 3 0 0.0 2 3 7.3 106.6 41 22 53.7 348 15.8 76 5 3 0 0.0 2 3 7.3 106.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Stover 4 4 100.0 3 3 100.0 100.0 0.0 48 13 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Hentrich 7 278 45 0 0 4 5 56 31.7 39.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Stith 5 117 23.4 32 0 Lewis,J 3 0 47 15.7 17 0 McCrary 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 47 15.7 17 0 5 117 23.4 32 0 Fumbles Watters 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Burnett 2 Washingt 2 Burnett 2 Woodson 3 Fields 1 Burnett 2 McDaniel 1 Sharper 1 Hunt 2 Towns 1 McNeil 1 Fields 1 Green 1 Zgonina 1 Zgonina 1 Tackles McNeil 7 Towns 5 Woodson 4 Hunt 2 Tanuvasa 1 Washin McDaniel 5 Gold 5 Green 3 Polk 2 Zgonina 1 Burrou 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Min Jenkins return of 26 KO-deep 1 10 own28 14:52 Min Culpepper 1 B-fly dou-M 2 9 own29 14:15 Min Anderson 1 offtackleL run-M dlR 3 8 own30 13:39 Min Culpepper to Chamberlai 13 M-hitch Bz1-tM agg 1 10 own43 12:52 Min Culpepper to Strong 0 S- key-M 2 10 own43 12:09 Min Pen-Bal35 L-out pas-tZ agg 1 10 opp22 12:04 Min Culpepper to Crockett 17 S- dou-M 1 5 opp5 11:29 Min Crockett -1 dive run-M 2 6 opp6 10:45 Min Culpepper to Thomason 6 TD M-fade run-M 7-0 KO 10:40 Bal Stith return of 28 KO-deep 1 10 own33 10:30 Bal Watters 8 offtackleL bas-tZ 2 2 own41 9:45 Bal Griese to Kelly 24 S-out Bz4-Z dlI 1 10 opp35 8:59 Bal Watters 5 offtackleL bas-Z 2 5 opp30 8:20 Bal Watters -1 trapR key-Z 3 6 opp31 7:38 Bal Griese to Ismail X M-slant pas-sZ 4 6 opp31 7:30 Bal FG Stover 48 good FG 7-3 KO 7:26 Min Tucker return of 7 KO-angle 1 10 own18 7:22 Min Anderson 14 sweepL run-Z dlR 1 10 own32 6:38 Min Anderson 0 offtackleL dou-M 2 10 own32 5:51 Min Culpepper to Moore X M-out Bz1-tZ agg 3 10 own32 5:45 Min Culpepper to Chamberlai 28 M-hitch Bz1-tZ agg 1 10 opp40 5:05 Min Culpepper to Crockett 1 S- run-Z 2 9 opp39 4:22 Min Anderson 5 pitchL dou-M 3 4 opp34 3:42 Min Culpepper sacked by Burnett B-post key-M 4 15 opp45 2:56 Min Punt Rouen 37,Lewis,J 0 Pt-side 1 10 own8 2:51 Bal Griese to Watters 6 M-slant key-Z 2 4 own14 2:05 Bal Griese to Watters X M-slant Bz2-Z 3 4 own14 1:58 Bal Watters 3 offtackleL Bz2-sM 4 1 own17 1:09 Bal Punt Hentrich 38,Poteat 7 Pt-deep 1 10 opp48 1:04 Min Culpepper to Sanders X M-hitch run-Z 2 10 opp48 0:58 Min Anderson 4 sweepL dou-M 3 6 opp44 0:14 Min Pen-Bal5 draw Bz1-tM agg 3 1 opp39 0:09 Min Culpepper 1 M-out run-M 2nd Quarter 1 10 opp38 15:00 Min Culpepper to Kennison X L-out dou-M 2 10 opp38 14:55 Min Culpepper to Carter,C X M-out key-M 3 10 opp38 14:49 Min Culpepper sacked by Fields S-slant Bz1-tM agg 4 14 opp42 14:10 Min FG Carney 59 no good FG 1 10 own49 14:06 Bal Griese to Rice X M-slant pas-dZ 2 10 own49 14:00 Bal Griese to Watters 10 D-hitch key-Z 1 10 opp41 13:21 Bal Watters 2 Fmb offtackleL key-Z 1 10 own39 13:16 Min Anderson 61 TD sweepL dou-M 14-3 KO 13:07 Bal Stith return of 32 KO-deep 1 10 own39 12:56 Bal Griese to Watters X M-slant pas-M 2 10 own39 12:51 Bal Griese to McCrary 18 M-hitch Bz2-M dlI 1 10 opp43 12:16 Bal Griese sacked by Douglas M-slant key-M 2 19 own48 11:38 Bal Griese to Rice 7 M-seam Bz1-M 3 12 opp45 10:59 Bal Pen-Bal5 M-seam pas-Z dlI 3 17 50 10:59 Bal Griese to Watters X L-slant pas-dM dlI 4 17 50 10:54 Bal Punt Hentrich 35,Poteat 18 Pt-side 1 10 own33 10:49 Min Anderson -3 draw run-Z 2 13 own30 10:43 Min Pen-Min10 S- dou-M 2 23 own20 10:39 Min Culpepper to Kennison 12 S-slant Bz1-tZ agg 3 11 own32 10:03 Min Culpepper to Moore 37 L-hitch Bz1-tM agg 1 10 opp31 9:22 Min Culpepper to Carter,C X B-fly run-M 2 10 opp31 9:15 Min Culpepper to Carter,C X L-out dou-M 3 10 opp31 9:08 Min Culpepper to Anderson X M-out pas-tZ agg 4 10 opp31 9:04 Min FG Carney 48 no good FG 1 10 own38 8:57 Bal Watters 3 offtackleL bas-Z 2 7 own41 8:22 Bal Griese to Rice X M-slant dou-M 3 17 own31 8:15 Bal Griese to Ismail X M-isolate pas-M 4 17 own31 8:11 Bal Punt Hentrich 42,Poteat 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own27 8:07 Min Culpepper to Carter,C X S-out dou-M 2 10 own27 8:01 Min Culpepper to Chamberlai INT M-hitch dou-M 1 10 opp43 7:56 Bal Griese to Kelly 11 M-hitch key-M 1 10 opp32 7:21 Bal Griese to Ismail 13 M-slant key-M 1 10 opp19 6:48 Bal Watters 7 offtackleL pas-M 2 3 opp12 6:05 Bal Griese to Schroeder X M-hitch Bz2-M 3 3 opp12 5:57 Bal Griese to Kelly X M-seam key-tM 4 3 opp12 5:52 Bal Pen:Bal FG 4 13 opp22 5:48 Bal FG Stover 39 good FG 14-6 KO 5:42 Min Jenkins return of 10 KO-angle 1 10 own9 5:35 Min Culpepper to Carter,C X S-slant dou-M 2 10 own9 5:27 Min Culpepper to Carter,C X M-out Bz1-tZ agg 3 10 own9 5:20 Min Anderson 8 draw Bz1-tZ agg 4 2 own17 5:14 Min Punt Rouen 47,Lewis,J 13 Pt-deep 1 10 own49 5:09 Bal Griese 12 M-out Bz2-Z 1 10 opp39 4:28 Bal Griese to McCrary X M-cross key-Z 2 10 opp39 4:21 Bal Griese to Schroeder X M-seam pas-M dlI 3 10 opp39 4:16 Bal Griese to Ismail 17 M-slant Bz3-M 1 10 opp22 3:29 Bal Griese to Schroeder 12 M-out key-M 1 10 opp10 2:46 Bal Pen-Bal5 offtackleL pas-M 1 15 opp15 2:46 Bal Watters 5 offtackleL pas-M 2 10 opp10 2:22 Bal Griese 6 M-slant Bz2-sM 3 4 opp4 2:00 Bal Griese to Schroeder 2 S-out pas-sZ 4 2 opp2 1:53 Bal FG Stover 19 good FG 14-9 KO 1:48 Min Brown,R return of 0 KO-squib 1 10 own22 1:42 Min Pederson to Kennison 26 L-out Bz1-tZ agg 1 10 own48 1:35 Min Anderson 11 pitchL dou-M 1 10 opp41 1:08 Min Pederson to Anderson 7 S- Bz1-tM agg 2 3 opp34 0:41 Min Pederson to Chamberlai X M-hitch Bz2-tZ agg 3 3 opp34 0:36 Min Pen-Bal5 M-hitch Bz2-tZ agg 1 10 opp29 0:36 Min Anderson 23 sweepL Bz2-tZ agg 1 6 opp6 0:22 Min Anderson 4 pitchL dou-M 2 2 opp2 0:18 Min Pederson to Carter,C 2 TD M-fade dou-M 21-9 KO 0:13 Bal Stith return of 7 KO-squib 1 10 own24 0:09 Bal Griese to Watters X H-fade pre-vZ 2 10 own24 0:04 Bal Griese to Watters 76 TD H-fade pre-vZ 21-16 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Bal Stith return of 24 KO-deep 1 10 own27 14:50 Bal Griese to Schroeder X M-slant key-Z 2 10 own27 14:42 Bal Griese 3 M-slant bas-sZ 3 7 own30 14:01 Bal Griese to Ismail X M-seam pas-M dlI 4 7 own30 13:55 Bal Punt Hentrich 45,Poteat 20 Pt-deep 1 10 own45 13:50 Min Crockett 0 offtackleR dou-M 2 10 own45 13:09 Min Pederson to Crockett 28 S- dou-M 1 10 opp27 12:28 Min Kennison 27 TD doublerev run-M 28-16 KO 12:19 Bal Stith return of 26 KO-deep 1 10 own29 12:10 Bal Watters 7 offtackleL bas-sZ 2 3 own36 11:31 Bal Griese 6 M-hitch key-sZ 1 10 own42 10:52 Bal Griese to Rice 37 B-fly pas-M 1 10 opp21 10:06 Bal Coleman 3 trapR key-M 2 7 opp18 9:31 Bal Watters 0 offtackleL Bz2-sM 3 7 opp18 8:58 Bal Griese to Watters 4 M-seam pas-M dlI 1 7 opp7 8:51 Bal Griese to Schroeder 7 TD M-slant Bz2-M agg 28-23 KO 8:44 Min Tucker return of 15 KO-angle 1 10 own31 8:36 Min Culpepper 5 S- dou-M 2 5 own36 7:49 Min Culpepper to Strong X S- run-M 3 5 own36 7:43 Min Anderson -2 draw Bz1-tM agg 4 7 own34 6:57 Min Punt Rouen 46,Lewis,J 17 Pt-deep 1 10 own37 6:53 Bal Griese to Rice 12 M-slant bas-Z 1 10 own49 6:06 Bal Coleman 2 trapR pas-Z 2 8 opp49 5:22 Bal Griese to Schroeder 11 M-straight pas-M 1 10 opp38 4:41 Bal Griese to Coleman X M-hitch key-tM 2 10 opp38 4:34 Bal Griese to Watters 7 M-slant Bz1-sM dlI 3 3 opp31 3:47 Bal Griese to Ismail 23 M-out Bz2-M agg 1 8 opp8 3:08 Bal Griese to Taylor X M-slant key-M 2 8 opp8 3:01 Bal Watters -1 offtackleL key-tM 3 9 opp9 2:22 Bal Griese to Schroeder 9 TD M-hitch pas-M 28-30 KO 2:15 Min Jenkins return of 23 KO-angle 1 10 own32 2:06 Min Culpepper 2 M-hitch dou-M 2 8 own34 1:59 Min Pederson to Kennison INT Al L-out key-M 28-37 KO 1:47 Min Tucker return of 9 KO-angle 1 10 own21 1:43 Min Anderson 17 sweepL dou-M 1 10 own38 1:07 Min Anderson -4 pitchL run-M 2 14 own34 1:01 Min Anderson 0 trapL Bz1-tZ agg 3 14 own34 0:19 Min Culpepper sacked by Burnett M-seam Bz2-tZ agg 4th Quarter 4 18 own30 15:00 Min Punt Rouen 42,Lewis,J 17 Pt-deep 1 10 own45 14:53 Bal Coleman 3 trapR key-Z 2 7 own48 14:01 Bal Griese to Taylor 7 M-slant key-tZ 1 10 opp45 13:02 Bal Griese to Schroeder 10 M-slant key-Z 1 10 opp35 12:11 Bal Watters 3 offtackleL bas-Z 2 7 opp32 11:21 Bal Pen-Bal5 M-seam key-Z 2 12 opp37 11:21 Bal Griese sacked by Buckner M-seam pas-Z 3 23 opp48 10:22 Bal Griese 6 M-slant pas-Z dlI 4 17 opp42 9:27 Bal Punt Hentrich 29,Poteat 0 Pt-side 1 10 own13 9:23 Min Culpepper to Anderson X S- Bz1-tZ agg 2 10 own13 9:16 Min Culpepper to Kennison 34 L-out Bz1-tM agg 1 10 own47 8:38 Min Pen-Min10 B-fly key-M 1 20 own37 8:33 Min Culpepper to Jenkins X B-post Bz1-tZ agg 2 20 own37 8:26 Min Culpepper to Kennison X B-fly Bz2-tZ agg 3 20 own37 8:20 Min Culpepper to Kennison 11 L-out Bz2-tZ agg 4 9 own48 7:35 Min Punt Rouen 36,Lewis,J 0 Pt-side 1 10 own16 7:29 Bal Griese to Schroeder X M-slant bas-tZ 2 10 own16 7:25 Bal Watters 5 offtackleL bas-Z 3 5 own21 6:29 Bal Griese to McCrary X M-out Bz2-Z 4 5 own21 6:24 Bal Punt Hentrich 45,Poteat 3 Pt-deep 1 10 own37 6:19 Min Culpepper to Chamberlai 10 M-out dou-M 2 0 own47 6:13 Min Culpepper 18 B-fly key-M 1 10 opp35 5:32 Min Culpepper 1 L-out dou-M 2 9 opp34 4:53 Min Culpepper to Carter,C INT W L-out dou-M 1 10 own19 4:38 Bal Pen-Bal10 trapR key-M 1 20 own9 4:33 Bal Watters 9 offtackleL key-tM 2 11 own18 3:32 Bal Watters 5 trapR dou-M 3 6 own23 2:34 Bal Griese to Schroeder X M-slant bas-M dlR 4 6 own23 2:27 Bal Punt Hentrich 44,Poteat 8 Pt-deep 1 10 own41 2:21 Min Culpepper to Jenkins 37 L-out Bz1-tZ agg 1 10 opp22 2:12 Min Culpepper to Moore 22 TD L-hitch Bz1-tM agg 35-37 KO 2:02 Bal McCrary return of 0 KO-onside 1 10 opp49 1:40 Bal Watters -1 offtackleR run-Z 2 11 50 1:29 Bal Griese to Taylor 25 M-slant goa-tZ 1 10 opp25 1:18 Bal Watters -1 offtackleL run-Z 2 11 opp26 1:05 Bal Coleman -1 trapR run-Z agg 3 12 opp27 0:17 Bal Watters -1 offtackleL run-Z