Week 13, 2057

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Minnesota Vikings3607-16
Atlanta Falcons76313-29

Scoring Summary
1Q: 12:20 ATL - Britt Tubbs 43 run (Phil Conley extra point)
1Q: 05:55 MIN - Darrin Duncan 23 field goal
2Q: 11:21 MIN - Darrin Duncan 24 field goal
2Q: 02:53 ATL - Phil Conley 54 field goal
2Q: 00:41 ATL - Phil Conley 21 field goal
2Q: 00:03 MIN - Darrin Duncan 31 field goal
3Q: 02:15 ATL - Phil Conley 47 field goal
4Q: 10:58 MIN - Clifton Sipher 23 interception return (Darrin Duncan extra point)
4Q: 03:44 ATL - Phil Conley 18 field goal
4Q: 02:25 ATL - Brett Neel 90 run (Phil Conley extra point)
4Q: 00:27 ATL - Phil Conley 43 field goal

Team StatisticsMINATL
Record2-104-8
First Downs1118
- by Rushing29
- by Passing89
- by Penalty10
Total Net Yards271419
- Offensive Plays5471
- Yards per Play5.025.90
Net Rushing Yards39257
- Rushing Attempts1037
- Yards per Rush3.906.95
Net Passing Yards232162
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt43 - 21 - 233 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards239168
- Sacks/Yards Lost1/71/6
- Yards per Pass Play5.274.76
Fumbles/Lost1/01/1
3rd Down Conversions3/145/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down8.69.2
4th Down Conversions0/00/0
Penalties/Yards4/306/45
Punt Returns/Yards3/94/41
Kick Returns/Yards5/924/118
Interception Ret./Yards1/232/10
2pt Conversions0/00/0
Red Zone Visits32
- Red Zone TDs/FGs0/30/2
Avg. Drive StartOWN 30OWN 33
Time of Possession23:0636:54

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
111:584:30OWN 13742Punt
16:370:47OPP 933Field Goal
11:371:15OWN 413-3Punt
214:373:21OWN 24869Field Goal
27:071:39OWN 3138Punt
22:470:51OWN 2710Interception
20:330:33OWN 45241Field Goal
315:003:34OWN 21614Punt
39:291:30OWN 2133Punt
32:092:08OWN 11534Punt
413:311:47OWN 32412Punt
43:391:05OWN 25420Punt
42:040:21OWN 253-7Interception
40:210:21OWN 25210Game
Atlanta Falcons
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
115:003:02OWN 41459Touchdown
17:280:51OWN 524Fumble
15:504:13OWN 44822Missed FG
10:220:45OWN 303-4Punt
211:164:09OWN 40736Missed FG
25:282:41OWN 31632Field Goal
21:561:23OPP 28524Field Goal
311:261:57OWN 2933Punt
37:595:50OWN 271243Field Goal
30:011:30OWN 203-1Punt
411:440:57OWN 1530Interception
410:477:08OWN 321167Field Goal
42:340:30OWN 7293Touchdown
41:431:22OPP 2731Field Goal

Game MVP: Phil Conley, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

MinnesotaAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
QB Jason Matthews5387.601410
RB Kendrick Thornton231.50200
RB Johnnie Boyd2-2-1.00000
WR Bernard Underhill100.00000
AtlantaAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
RB Brett Neel161227.639031
RB Britt Tubbs14956.794321
QB Charles Peppers5438.601020
RB Ernest Kanyuh2-3-1.50100

Passing Statistics

MinnesotaAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Jason Matthews43212391/7034246.5
AtlantaAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Charles Peppers33231681/6036168.7

Receiving Statistics

MinnesotaCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
TE Santiago Lane81112615.7557340
WR Bernard Underhill613488.006160
WR Lester Hanson512418.2019240
FB DeAndre Boyd12-2-2.000-20
WR Mo Burnside112626.000260
WR Marty Freeman0400.00000
AtlantaCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Kai Lindsay56295.800120
RB Brett Neel55153.00380
TE Roderick Banks35248.005100
RB Britt Tubbs3482.67350
FB Cedric Murray36206.67090
WR Brandon Campbell113636.0030360
TE Ricky Martins1299.00090
WR Lonnie Hawkins1266.00060
WR Jeremy Wright122121.0015210

Interception Statistics

MinnesotaIntsYardsAvgTD
CB Clifton Sipher12323.001
AtlantaIntsYardsAvgTD
S Freddie Nance11010.000
DE Emmanuel Winters100.000

Fumble Statistics

MinnesotaFumbRecovForceTD
WR Kent Nutile1000
CB Travis Westbrook0100
CB Snake Eyes White0100
CB Clifton Sipher0010
AtlantaFumbRecovForceTD
RB Britt Tubbs1000
FB Cedric Murray0010

Punting Statistics

MinnesotaPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Lance Tyler837246.538.9615
AtlantaPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Edwin Wayne315551.748.7531

Kicking Statistics

MinnesotaFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Darrin Duncan3/30/00/0311/1
AtlantaFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Phil Conley5/73/51/2542/2

Punt Return Statistics

MinnesotaRetYardsAvgTD
Clifton Sipher393.00
AtlantaRetYardsAvgTD
Charlie Wheeler44110.30

Kick Return Statistics

MinnesotaRetYardsAvgTD
Snake Eyes White35016.70
Kent Nutile24221.00
AtlantaRetYardsAvgTD
Norm Council411829.50

Defensive Statistics

MinnesotaTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
S Lionel Ellard810.03523
DT Tyrone Coglan711.02930
CB Eddie Watts620.03634
CB Clifton Sipher530.03634
OLB Will Joseph520.03523
DE Cameron Edwards510.03734
OLB Antoine McNally410.03734
OLB Cornell Cockburn400.0211
DT Anthony Hopkins320.03531
ILB Joel Galloway310.01824
ILB Wesley Hassell300.03526
S Dave Flannery220.03734
CB Snake Eyes White110.0311
CB Travis Westbrook100.02220
RB Kendrick Thornton10---------
TE Santiago Lane10---------
DE Shaquille Acuna100.095
AtlantaTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
OLB Manuel Venable510.0531
S Marty Gillespie400.0835
S Kelvin Jenner400.0618
CB Taylor Shapiro310.0938
CB Everett Cade310.01042
ILB Ronald Mathews300.0632
ILB Marlon Crichlow200.0412
DT Ezra Jackson111.0731
DT Taylor Linquist100.0727
S Freddie Nance100.0631
DE Van Riley100.0628
OLB Caden Steele100.025
CB Rufus Buehrig100.0318
CB Norm Council100.014
CB Rickey Hawkins100.0526
DT Myron Snyder020.0514

Pass Rush Statistics

MinnesotaSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
DT Tyrone Coglan1.000030
DT Anthony Hopkins0.002031
AtlantaSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
DT Ezra Jackson1.000031
DE Van Riley0.010028
DE Emmanuel Winters0.010010
DT Taylor Linquist0.002027
DE Braden Dawson0.001140

Pass Defense Statistics

MinnesotaCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
S Lionel Ellard51023
CB Clifton Sipher40134
OLB Cornell Cockburn30011
CB Eddie Watts22034
ILB Joel Galloway21024
OLB Will Joseph11023
ILB Wesley Hassell10026
CB Travis Westbrook10020
CB Snake Eyes White10011
S Dave Flannery10034
DE Cameron Edwards10034
DT Tyrone Coglan10030
AtlantaCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
OLB Manuel Venable42031
CB Taylor Shapiro30038
S Marty Gillespie23035
ILB Ronald Mathews22032
ILB Marlon Crichlow20012
CB Everett Cade20042
S Freddie Nance12131
CB Rufus Buehrig12018
CB Rickey Hawkins11026
DE Van Riley10028
OLB Caden Steele1005
S Kelvin Jenner10018
DE Emmanuel Winters00110

Blocking Statistics

MinnesotaKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
C Hunter Grunow04010144
T Gene Valdez01010044
G Rickey Lovelace01010044
AtlantaKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
G Dean Whiteford410037034
T Howard Husak35037134
C Craig Bush16037034
T Ivan Braden14037034
G Elias Kelley05037034
TE Ricky Martins01037032
FB Cedric Murray01011013

Special Teams Tackles

MinnesotaTacklesSTPlays
Anthony Hopkins217
Wesley Hassell117
Kent Nutile117
Jason Riley111
Wendell Burroughs111
Mo Burnside110
Johnnie Boyd12
AtlantaTacklesSTPlays
Cedric Murray530
Kai Lindsay230
Roderick Banks130

Participation

MinnesotaRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
DT Anthony Hopkins------35311783
CB Clifton Sipher------3634979
S Dave Flannery------3734879
OLB Antoine McNally------3734879
ILB Wesley Hassell------35261778
DE Cameron Edwards------3734778
TE Santiago Lane1041------2677
CB Eddie Watts------3634676
DT Tyrone Coglan------2930766
T Gene Valdez1044------1165
G Rickey Lovelace1044------1165
G Edward Marchion1044------1165
T Wendell Burroughs1044------1165
ILB Joel Galloway------18241860
OLB Will Joseph------3523260
S Lionel Ellard------3523260
WR Lester Hanson939------957
QB Jason Matthews1044---------54
C Hunter Grunow1044---------54
WR Bernard Underhill1041---------51
CB Travis Westbrook------2220749
WR Harry Dauber834------244
OLB Cornell Cockburn------2112740
CB Snake Eyes White------3112034
RB Kendrick Thornton524---------29
FB DeAndre Boyd05------1823
RB Johnnie Boyd417------223
RB Brant Fife01------2122
WR Kent Nutile00------1717
DE Shaquille Acuna------95115
S Kim Hoffman------001414
TE Hayden Morton210---------12
P Lance Tyler00------1111
C Jason Riley00------1111
WR Mo Burnside01------1011
CB Marquis Palmer------001111
WR Marty Freeman27---------9
K Darrin Duncan00------77
DE Asher Thao------1045
G Eric Tubbs00---------0
QB Francisco Posavec00---------0
T Sammy Logan00---------0
TE T.J. O'Neill00---------0
C Vernon Lanford00---------0
DT Donald Rhodes------00---0
CB Gerald Mills------00---0
AtlantaRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
WR Kai Lindsay2926------3085
G Elias Kelley3734------1081
G Dean Whiteford3734------1081
T Howard Husak3734------1081
WR Lonnie Hawkins3228------1272
QB Charles Peppers3734---------71
C Craig Bush3734---------71
T Ivan Braden3734---------71
TE Ricky Martins3732---------69
CB Everett Cade------10421163
RB Brett Neel2023------1255
FB Cedric Murray1113------3054
S Freddie Nance------6311552
CB Taylor Shapiro------938350
DE Braden Dawson------840250
S Marty Gillespie------835245
RB Britt Tubbs157------2244
WR Jeremy Wright2618---------44
S Kelvin Jenner------6182044
CB Rickey Hawkins------5261243
TE Roderick Banks47------3041
ILB Ronald Mathews------632240
DT Ezra Jackson------731139
OLB Manuel Venable------531137
DE Emmanuel Winters------3102437
DE Van Riley------628236
DT Taylor Linquist------727135
OLB Mason Sturgell------622230
DT Myron Snyder------5141029
DT Shawn Dewey------319325
CB Norm Council------142025
CB Rufus Buehrig------318324
WR Brandon Campbell810---------18
ILB Marlon Crichlow------412117
K Phil Conley00------1515
RB Ernest Kanyuh22------812
C Ezra Walker00------1010
C Emmanuel Powell00------1010
P Edwin Wayne00------1010
RB Charlie Wheeler02------810
OLB Caden Steele------2518
TE Dale Horner11---------2
CB Kenny Bruce------01---1
WR Wes Johnstone01---------1
QB Gregory Eppright00---------0
G Mercury Waddell00---------0

Directional Rushing Statistics

DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left122.0
Middle7375.3
Right200.0
None000.0
DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left7-3-0.4
Middle2224311.0
Right8172.1
None000.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

MinnesotaAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Jason Matthews432151212312
AtlantaAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Charles Peppers33232025201

Directional Passing Statistics

DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen33268.7
Short (0-8 Yds)2111964.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)155573.8
Long (19+ Yds)426015.0
DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen5471.4
Short (0-8 Yds)22151235.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)64386.3
Long (19+ Yds)0000.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

MinnesotaTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Bernard Underhill136048041
WR Lester Hanson125241139
TE Santiago Lane1180126341
WR Marty Freeman400007
FB DeAndre Boyd210-205
WR Mo Burnside1102611
AtlantaTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Kai Lindsay65129026
FB Cedric Murray63020013
TE Roderick Banks5302407
RB Brett Neel55015023
RB Britt Tubbs430807
TE Ricky Martins2119032
WR Lonnie Hawkins2106028
WR Jeremy Wright21021118
WR Brandon Campbell11036110

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

MinnesotaAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
AtlantaAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
RB Britt Tubbs273.506.79
RB Brett Neel122.007.63

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

MinnesotaAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Jason Matthews62122.005.56
AtlantaAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Charles Peppers42123.005.09

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

MinnesotaTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Lester Hanson3131.003.42
WR Marty Freeman2000.000.00
WR Bernard Underhill1199.003.69
AtlantaTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Kai Lindsay111111.004.83
TE Roderick Banks1000.004.80
WR Lonnie Hawkins1000.003.00
RB Brett Neel1111.003.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

MinnesotaRushesConversions
RB Johnnie Boyd20
QB Jason Matthews11
AtlantaRushesConversions
RB Brett Neel31
QB Charles Peppers10

Third Down Passing Statistics

MinnesotaAttCompConversions
Jason Matthews1152
AtlantaAttCompConversions
Charles Peppers1194

Third Down Receiving Statistics

MinnesotaTargCatchConversions
TE Santiago Lane421
WR Lester Hanson310
WR Bernard Underhill221
WR Marty Freeman200
AtlantaTargCatchConversions
RB Brett Neel441
WR Kai Lindsay320
TE Roderick Banks111
WR Brandon Campbell111
FB Cedric Murray100
WR Jeremy Wright111

SectionAttendance
Stadium48,000 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck13,700 (22,200)
End Zone11,000 (16,000)
Mezzanine6,400 (9,200)
Sideline Seats9,700 (14,100)
Club Seats3,200 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes4,000 (5,000)