sports.yahoo.com - 12/1/2008
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With a gutty goal-line stand and one big heave by Gus Frerotte, the Minnesota Vikings grabbed control of the NFC North and sent Kyle Orton and the Chicago Bears home with a humbling defeat. Seconds after the Bears were stopped four times at the 1, Bernard Berrian pulled in a 99-yard touchdown pass from Frerotte that sent the Vikings to a 34-14 victory and sole possession of the division lead...
A 99-yard cushion —
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert MINNEAPOLIS -- Please, just be in the right spot. That thought looped through Gus Frerotte 's head Sunday night during that seemingly interminable period in the second quarter. Frerotte was waiting to find out if a once-in-a-career pass would succeed or fall ...
Trailing Clouds of Heaven: Vikings 34, Bears 14 —
Pacifist Viking
Viking-Bear Box Score There was the obvious five play sequence that turned the game entirely. The Bears had 1st and goal at the one, and the Vikings stopped them on four straight plays. Then Gus Frerotte dropped back behind perfect pass protection and found Bernard Berrian on busted ...
Bernard Berrian Takes It 99 Yards!! —
The Love of Sports
Ladies and gentlemen, we have one for the record books! After the Bears were stuffed on fourth-and-goal at the 1-yard-line Sunday night, the Vikings struck quick with a 99-yard bomb from Gus Frerotte to Bernard Berrian, tying the all-time NFL mark.
Gus Frerotte, Bernard Berrian Go 99 Yards Against Bears —
FanHouse
by JJ Cooper Many years ago, Tony Dorsett ran his way into the NFL record books by running 99-yards for a touchdown in prime time during a 1977 Monday Night Football game against the Vikings. It took 31 years, but the Vikings got their revenge. In another prime time game, the Vikings set a ...
CHILLY COULD BE WRITING A CHECK —
ProFootballTalk.com
NBC’s Andrea Kremer reports that Vikings coach Brad Childress was “hot” regarding a non-call on a first-half late hit against Minnesota quarterback Gus Frerotte.
“We’ve been hit by a bunch of them,” Childress told Kremer regarding roughing-the-passer calls. ...
VIKES STRIKE FOR 99 YARDS —
ProFootballTalk.com
Twenty-five years after the Vikings were burned in the Metrodome by Tony Dorsett of the Cowboys for a 99-yard run, the home team partially exorcised that demon with a 99-yard pass play from Gus Frerotte to Bernard Berrian.
The score came on the first play after the Vikings stuffed the Bears at ...
FREROTTE FLOP? —
ProFootballTalk.com
After a third-down incompletion on the doorstep of the Bears’ end zone, images of a lifeless Gus Frerotte face down on the FieldTurf reminded us of Steve Young circa 2000.
(I recall that night vividly; I called out to my wife, “Holy crap, I think Steve Young is dead.” She ...
Frerotte. Orton. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE. —
Kissing Suzy Kolber
I’ve watched Gus Frerotte for 9 games now. And there’s one thing I’ve learned about him, apart from the fact that he enjoys throwing picks in the ugliest manner possible: The man’s expression never, ever changes. You see him playing ping pong here? That’s Gus ...
SNF Live Chat: Bears vs. Vikings —
FanHouse
by Shane Bacon If these two creatures were to fight to the death, I'm assuming the Bear might take out the Viking (unless, of course, you're this guy ). Sure, Vikings are tough, but the Bear has too much power. In the NFL world, nobody really knows who will win this test. Can Kyle Orton limp ...
VIKINGS-JAGUARS ONE-LINERS —
ProFootballTalk.com
The Vikings, whose first five wins came by an average of 4.6 points, finally blew out an opponent.
Coach Brad Childress is being praised for punishing RB Adrian Peterson after he was tardy to a Saturday team meeting.
Childress called QB Gus Frerotte’s pain “self-inflicted” ...
Changes Coming After Jags Beat Bad at Home by Vikings 30-12 —
Jaguars Gab
A season that started with so much promise has turned into one of disaster and despair for the Jags, and after Sunday’s 30-12 setback to the Vikings, the team basically should start packing their bags and thinking ahead to the 2009 season.
The team played uninspired football Sunday, ...
Vikings Early Scores More Than Enough in 30-12 Win over Jags —
Vikings Gab
The Vikings were able to send the Jaguars fans home before many of them even got in their seats on Sunday afternoon, as the team scored twice in the first 1:41 to jump on the Jags as they topped Jacksonville 30-12. The victory pushes the Vikings to 6-5 on the season, while the awful Jags drop ...
Viking's Frerotte Showing His Age. —
Bleacher Report - NFL
Vikings quarterback Gus Frerotte has begun to show signs of wear and tear over the past few weeks.
Frerotte, 37, won the starting job in week 3 of the 2008 season and started off hot. His best performance came against the Houston ...
