National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 24, Minnesota 17
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2008
Where: Hubert Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Scott Green
Attendance: 62889
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Atlanta 7107024
Minnesota 7001017
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:52
Atlanta TD Minnesota 0 - Atlanta 7
Michael Turner 1 yd. run (Jason Elam kick)
1st Quarter - 2:11
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Atlanta 7
Visanthe Shiancoe 21 yd. pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:11
Atlanta TD Minnesota 7 - Atlanta 14
Jerious Norwood 8 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:07
Atlanta FG Minnesota 7 - Atlanta 17
Jason Elam 22 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:49
Atlanta TD Minnesota 7 - Atlanta 24
Justin Blalock fumble recovery in end zone (Jason Elam kick)
4th Quarter - 11:36
Minnesota FG Minnesota 10 - Atlanta 24
Ryan Longwell 29 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:15
Minnesota TD Minnesota 17 - Atlanta 24
Visanthe Shiancoe 17 yd. pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Atlanta Minnesota
1st Downs 18 24
Rushing 9 11
Passing 7 11
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 6-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-4
Punts-Average 6-42.2 1-44.0
Return Yards 84 47
Punts-Returns 1-4 2-7
Kickoffs-Returns 3-80 3-40
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-70 3-15
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 7-4
Time of Possession 27:05 32:55
Total Net Yards 222 356
Total Plays 58 70
Average Gain 3.8 5.1
Net Yards Rushing 98 161
Rushes 32 31
Average/Rush 3.1 5.2
Net Yards Passing 124 195
Comp-Att 13-24 22-36
Yards/Pass 4.8 5.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-10 3-38
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 2
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 2
Other 1 0
Extra Points 3-3 2-2
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 1-3-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-4-75% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Atlanta Falcons (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 13/24 134 1 0
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Jackson 22/36 233 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Turner 19 70 3.7 1 13
J. Snelling 3 12 4.0 0 8
J. Norwood 6 10 1.7 0 8
H. Douglas 1 4 4.0 0 4
M. Ryan 3 2 0.7 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
T. Jackson 8 82 10.2 0 29
A. Peterson 22 76 3.5 0 17
C. Taylor 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Jenkins 4 61 15.2 0 22
R. White 3 24 8.0 0 12
B. Finneran 1 13 13.0 0 13
J. Snelling 1 13 13.0 0 13
J. Norwood 2 11 5.5 1 8
J. Peelle 1 8 8.0 0 8
H. Douglas 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
V. Shiancoe 7 136 19.4 2 31
B. Wade 5 38 7.6 0 20
C. Taylor 5 26 5.2 0 11
B. Berrian 2 18 9.0 0 10
A. Peterson 2 16 8.0 0 11
N. Tahi 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
K. Moorehead 1.0 29.0
J. Abraham 1.0 5.0
C. Davis 1.0 4.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
R. Edwards 2.0 10.0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Wire 7 1
L. Milloy 6 1
D. Foxworth 5 0
J. Abraham 4 0
E. Coleman 4 2
C. Houston 3 0
C. Lofton 3 2
K. Brooking 3 4
J. Jefferson 2 0
C. Jackson 2 0
M. Boley 2 2
K. Moorehead 2 3
J. Anderson 1 0
C. Davis 1 0
J. Babineaux 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
A. Winfield 8 0
D. Sharper 4 1
C. Griffin 4 1
B. Leber 4 2
R. Edwards 4 3
C. Greenway 4 4
M. Williams 2 0
K. Williams 2 1
B. Robison 1 0
B. Sapp 1 0
J. Allen 1 1
N. Harris 1 2
F. Evans 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Ryan 1
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Jackson 3
A. Peterson 2
M. Birk 1
B. Berrian 1