National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 28, Houston 21
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 2, 2008
Where: Hubert Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Coleman
Attendance: 62839
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 707721
Minnesota 7140728
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:48
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Houston 0
Adrian Peterson 1 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
1st Quarter - 8:38
Houston TD Minnesota 7 - Houston 7
Jacques Reeves 44 yd. interception return (Kris Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:07
Minnesota TD Minnesota 14 - Houston 7
Sidney Rice 8 yd. pass from Gus Frerotte (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:09
Minnesota TD Minnesota 21 - Houston 7
Bernard Berrian 49 yd. pass from Gus Frerotte (Ryan Longwell kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:28
Houston TD Minnesota 21 - Houston 14
David Anderson 3 yd. pass from Sage Rosenfels (Kris Brown kick)
4th Quarter - 6:26
Minnesota TD Minnesota 28 - Houston 14
Visanthe Shiancoe 25 yd. pass from Gus Frerotte (Ryan Longwell kick)
4th Quarter - 2:58
Houston TD Minnesota 28 - Houston 21
Andre Johnson 14 yd. pass from Sage Rosenfels (Kris Brown kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston Minnesota
1st Downs 20 15
Rushing 3 10
Passing 17 5
Penalty 0 0
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 6-13
4th Down Conversions 1-2 1-1
Punts-Average 4-40.3 6-44.0
Return Yards 144 62
Punts-Returns 2--1 2-5
Kickoffs-Returns 5-101 3-53
Int-Returns 1-44 2-4
Penalties-Yards 5-35 3-20
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Time of Possession 32:22 27:38
Total Net Yards 389 345
Total Plays 66 56
Average Gain 5.9 6.2
Net Yards Rushing 62 177
Rushes 16 35
Average/Rush 3.9 5.1
Net Yards Passing 327 168
Comp-Att 32-45 11-18
Yards/Pass 6.5 8.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-36 3-14
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 0 1
Passing 2 3
Other 1 0
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
S. Rosenfels 21/29 224 2 1
M. Schaub 11/16 139 0 1
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. Frerotte 11/18 182 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Slaton 16 62 3.9 0 14
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 25 139 5.6 1 40
C. Taylor 7 38 5.4 0 12
G. Frerotte 3 0 0.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
O. Daniels 11 133 12.1 0 21
A. Johnson 4 62 15.5 1 23
S. Slaton 8 56 7.0 0 22
K. Walter 4 47 11.8 0 28
J. Jones 1 31 31.0 0 31
J. Dreessen 1 13 13.0 0 13
D. Anderson 2 12 6.0 1 9
V. Leach 1 9 9.0 0 9
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Berrian 2 104 52.0 1 55
V. Shiancoe 1 25 25.0 1 25
C. Taylor 3 25 8.3 0 12
B. Wade 3 16 5.3 0 8
S. Rice 1 8 8.0 1 8
N. Tahi 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Reeves 1 44 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Winfield 1 4 0
M. Williams 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
E. Cochran 1.0 8.0
M. Williams 1.0 6.0
T. Bulman 1.0 0.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Allen 2.0 18.0
C. Greenway 1.0 9.0
K. Williams 1.0 8.0
R. Edwards 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  TK AST
Z. Diles 5 4
E. Cochran 4 0
A. Weaver 4 2
T. Johnson 3 0
M. Williams 3 0
D. Ryans 3 1
N. Ferguson 3 1
F. Bennett 2 0
J. Reeves 2 1
M. Greenwood 2 2
E. Wilson 2 3
T. Bulman 1 0
D. Robinson 1 0
A. Okoye 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
M. Williams 8 0
C. Greenway 6 3
R. Edwards 6 3
A. Winfield 5 0
J. Allen 3 0
D. Sharper 3 0
N. Harris 3 1
C. Griffin 3 1
K. Williams 2 0
B. Robison 2 0
C. Gordon 2 0
B. Leber 2 1
P. Williams 2 1
T. Johnson 1 0
E. Wyms 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Schaub 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles