...we've been looking for the whole year,'' Vikings owner Red McCombs said. George threw for three touchdowns and Leroy Hoard rushed for 105 yards and a score as the Vikings sent the 49ers to their third straight loss, their worst skid since...

...week in Jeff George's first start. ''So, I think it just comes down to we ran the ball better,'' Green said. Leroy Hoard gained 105 yards on the San Francisco 49ers, who played six defensive backs most of the time to take away Randy Moss...

...Fame. A quarterback in the clutch needs guys he knows will be there. Cris has a great feel for the open area.'' Leroy Hoard ran for 84 yards, rambling 53 yards on a draw play on third-and-37 in the second quarter to set up George's 37-yard...

...absence. Moss turned three receptions into the 51-yard touchdown and both 56-yarders. Carter had the 54-yarder and Leroy Hoard rushed for a 50-yard touchdown. The only excuse Dallas had was cornerback Deion Sanders' absence with an injury...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- If not for Jeff George and Leroy Hoard, the Minnesota Vikings might find themselves in the same hole as their fellow conference championship game participants from last...

...Matt Birk (thumb); TE Carlester Crumpler (ribs); S Robert Griffith (thumb); CB Jimmy Hitchcock (knee); RB Leroy Hoard (knee); WR Randy Moss (calf); RB Robert Smith (abdomen); WR Chris Walsh (back); RB Moe Williams (quadricep...

EDEN PRAIRIE -- Leroy Hoard won't be benched over his weekend arrest on a drug possession charge...the NFL about the matter, either. ''This is something between Leroy Hoard and the state of Florida,'' Green said. ''And we're here...

...we have the right stuff to get it done.'' The Vikings' concerns don't stop with the drug arrest of running back Leroy Hoard over the weekend, either. Even though George is distributing the ball much better than Randall Cunningham, who was...

...licensing arm of the NFL Players Association, which licenses commercial fantasy football leagues. Vikings running back Leroy Hoard, an immensely popular fantasy pick because he's the team's featured goal-line runner, said he has no problem...

...the run all night and drew too many flags to sustain drives. Center Jeff Christy had a bad game snapping, fullback Leroy Hoard missed blitz pickups and receiver Randy Moss dropped two balls, including one that would have been a touchdown. Even...