National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 29, New Orleans 24
When: 4:40 PM ET, Sunday, January 14, 2018
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 66612
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 0071724
Minnesota 10701229
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:45
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - New Orleans 0
Jerick McKinnon 14 yd. run (Kai Forbath kick)
1st Quarter - 4:42
Minnesota FG Minnesota 10 - New Orleans 0
Kai Forbath 20 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:58
Minnesota TD Minnesota 17 - New Orleans 0
Latavius Murray 1 yd. run (Kai Forbath kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:18
New Orleans TD Minnesota 17 - New Orleans 7
Michael Thomas 14 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 13:09
New Orleans TD Minnesota 17 - New Orleans 14
Michael Thomas 3 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 10:12
Minnesota FG Minnesota 20 - New Orleans 14
Kai Forbath 49 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:01
New Orleans TD Minnesota 20 - New Orleans 21
Alvin Kamara 14 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 1:29
Minnesota FG Minnesota 23 - New Orleans 21
Kai Forbath 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:25
New Orleans FG Minnesota 23 - New Orleans 24
Wil Lutz 43 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:00
Minnesota TD Minnesota 29 - New Orleans 24
Stefon Diggs 61 yd. pass from Case Keenum (run failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Minnesota
1st Downs 23 24
Rushing 5 7
Passing 18 12
Penalty 0 5
3rd Down Conversions 2-9 10-17
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 4-48.0 4-31.8
Return Yards 63 37
Punts-Returns 1-1 1-19
Kickoffs-Returns 2-50 0-0
Int - Returns 1-12 2-18
Penalties-Yards 7-97 4-30
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 26:43 33:17
Total Net Yards 358 403
Total Plays 67 71
Average Gain 5.3 5.7
Net Yards Rushing 80 95
Rushes 24 29
Average/Rush 3.3 3.3
Net Yards Passing 278 308
Comp-Att 25-41 25-40
Yards/Pass 6.5 7.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 2-10
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 3 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 2-3
Field Goals 1-2 3-4
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (12-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 25/40 294 3 2
W. Snead IV 0/1 0 0 0
Minnesota Vikings (14-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Keenum 25/40 318 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Kamara 11 43 3.9 0 10
M. Ingram 10 25 2.5 0 9
T. Ginn Jr. 1 11 11.0 0 11
D. Brees 2 1 0.5 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Murray 19 50 2.6 1 14
J. McKinnon 8 34 4.2 1 14
C. Ham 1 7 7.0 0 7
C. Keenum 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 13 7 85 12.1 2 23
T. Ginn Jr. 11 8 72 9.0 0 15
A. Kamara 7 4 62 15.5 1 23
J. Hill 6 3 54 18.0 0 22
W. Snead IV 3 2 18 9.0 0 13
M. Ingram 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Diggs 10 6 137 22.8 1 61
A. Thielen 9 6 74 12.3 0 24
J. Wright 6 3 56 18.7 0 27
K. Rudolph 8 5 28 5.6 0 8
L. Murray 2 2 17 8.5 0 13
J. McKinnon 4 3 6 2.0 0 3
M. Floyd 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Williams 1 12 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Barr 1 18 0
A. Sendejo 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Rankins 1.0 10.0
M. Te'o 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
H. Smith 1.0 10.0
E. Griffen 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Te'o 6 4
V. Bell 5 3
C. Robertson 5 4
M. Lattimore 4 0
K. Crawley 4 2
P. Williams 3 1
M. Williams 3 2
S. Rankins 3 2
W. Hamilton 2 1
T. Hendrickson 2 1
R. Bush 1 0
D. Onyemata 1 1
J. Freeny 1 1
C. Jordan 0 1
T. Davison 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
E. Kendricks 7 3
H. Smith 6 1
A. Sendejo 4 0
T. Waynes 4 0
L. Joseph 3 1
A. Barr 3 1
X. Rhodes 2 0
E. Griffen 2 0
A. Harris 2 1
E. Lamur 1 0
T. Newman 1 0
M. Alexander 1 0
B. Robison 1 1
D. Hunter 1 2
T. Johnson 1 3
B. Gedeon 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
S. Rankins 1.0
T. Hendrickson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
H. Smith 1.0
L. Joseph 1.0
A. Barr 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles