GOLDEN GOPHER FOOTBALL

Houston 45, Minnesota 43

HHH Metrodome - Minneapolis, Minnesota
September 27, 1997

Scoreboard 1 2 3 4 Final
Houston 6 22 14 3 45
Minnesota 0 14 14 15 43

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter
HOU 9:31 Villarreal 26 FG
HOU 5:47 Villarreal 43 FG
 
Second Quarter
HOU 14:09 Malone 55 fumble recovery (Iglesias pass from McKinley)
MN 11:56 Nelson 38 pass from Sauter (Bailey kick)
HOU 10:08 Burton 59 pass from McKinley (Villarreal kick)
HOU 1:58 McGuire 2 run (Villarreal kick)
MN 1:01 Atwell 28 pass from Sauter (Bailey kick)
 
Third Quarter
MN 14:24 Sauter 13 run (Bailey kick)
HOU 7:55 Burton 8 pass from McKinley (Villarreal kick)
HOU 4:31 McGuire 1 run (Villarreal kick)
MN 2:01 Henderson 31 run (Bailey kick)
 
Fourth Quarter
MN 10:32 Sauter 6 run (Bailey kick)
HOU 2:48 Villarreal 27 FG
MN 0:03 Atwell 9 pass from Sauter (Henderson run)

 

 

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Minnesota Houston
First Downs 23 17
Rushing Yards 163 176
Passing Yards 368 310
Net Yards 531 486
Comp/Att/Int 23/35/0 17/26/0
Punts/Avg 3/46.3 4/42.8
Fumbles/Lost 4/3 1/0
Penalties/Yds 3/11 6/56
Time of Possession 26:14 33:46
Attendance 36,447

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING Att Yds TD
Minnesota
Antoine Henderson 16 88 1
Cory Sauter 19 57 2
Greg Nelson 1 11 0
Thomas Hamner 3 7 0
Houston
Vaughn Inniss 29 129 0
Jay McGuire 12 28 2
Jason McKinley 3 14 0
Wheeler 1 5 0

PASSING Cmp Att Yds TD Int
Minnesota
Cory Sauter 23 35 368 3 0
Houston
Jason McKinley 17 26 310 2 0

RECEIVING No. Yds TD
Minnesota
Tutu Atwell 11 177 2
Luke Leverson 5 81 0
Greg Nelson 3 52 1
Justin Hall 1 40 0
Antoine Henderson 3 18 0
Houston
Orlando Iglesias 8 171 0
Ryan Burton 2 67 2
Wheeler 3 47 0
Vaughn Inniss 1 16 0
Scott Regimbald 1 9 0
B. Henderson 1 3 0
Jay McGuire 1 -3 0