National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 20, Detroit 16
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 7, 2008
Where: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 50444
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 0371020
Detroit 337316
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 1:01
Detroit FG Detroit 3 - Minnesota 0
Jason Hanson 25 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 11:39
Detroit FG Detroit 6 - Minnesota 0
Jason Hanson 23 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:55
Minnesota FG Detroit 6 - Minnesota 3
Ryan Longwell 35 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:50
Minnesota TD Detroit 6 - Minnesota 10
Chester Taylor 17 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:45
Detroit TD Detroit 13 - Minnesota 10
Calvin Johnson 70 yd. pass from Daunte Culpepper (Jason Hanson kick)
4th Quarter - 11:22
Minnesota TD Detroit 13 - Minnesota 17
Visanthe Shiancoe 11 yd. pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick)
4th Quarter - 5:44
Detroit FG Detroit 16 - Minnesota 17
Jason Hanson 39 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:22
Minnesota FG Detroit 16 - Minnesota 20
Ryan Longwell 50 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota Detroit
1st Downs 20 15
Rushing 7 3
Passing 12 9
Penalty 1 3
3rd Down Conversions 5-9 3-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Punts-Average 2-57.0 2-59.5
Return Yards 128 151
Punts-Returns 2-7 1-13
Kickoffs-Returns 5-121 5-120
Int-Returns 0-0 2-18
Penalties-Yards 6-35 4-32
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-0
Time of Possession 30:20 29:40
Total Net Yards 301 268
Total Plays 54 55
Average Gain 5.6 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 133 77
Rushes 32 27
Average/Rush 4.2 2.9
Net Yards Passing 168 191
Comp-Att 15-20 14-24
Yards/Pass 7.6 6.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-7 4-29
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 2 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 1-1
Field Goals 2-2 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 0-3-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Jackson 8/10 105 1 0
G. Frerotte 7/10 70 0 2
Detroit Lions (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Culpepper 14/24 220 1 0
D. Henson 0/0 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 22 105 4.8 0 25
C. Taylor 6 27 4.5 1 17
J. Dugan 1 2 2.0 0 2
T. Jackson 3 -1 -0.3 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Smith 21 64 3.0 0 14
D. Culpepper 4 7 1.8 0 5
A. Cason 1 4 4.0 0 4
R. Johnson 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
V. Shiancoe 5 65 13.0 1 25
B. Berrian 3 29 9.7 0 16
C. Taylor 2 26 13.0 0 14
S. Rice 2 21 10.5 0 15
B. Wade 2 19 9.5 0 13
A. Peterson 1 15 15.0 0 15
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Johnson 3 84 28.0 1 70
K. Colbert 2 32 16.0 0 28
J. Owens 2 29 14.5 0 19
M. Gaines 1 27 27.0 0 27
K. Smith 2 27 13.5 0 22
J. Felton 2 17 8.5 0 12
J. Standeford 1 5 5.0 0 5
R. Johnson 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Nece 1 18 0
C. Smith 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Allen 2.0 18.0
E. Wyms 1.0 6.0
R. Edwards 1.0 5.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
C. Avril 1.0 7.0
C. Darby 0.5 0.0
P. Lenon 0.5 0.0
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Sharper 8 0
J. Allen 5 0
A. Winfield 5 2
K. Williams 4 1
R. Edwards 3 0
C. Greenway 3 1
P. Williams 3 1
B. Leber 2 0
E. Wyms 2 0
F. Evans 2 0
M. Williams 2 1
C. Griffin 2 1
N. Harris 2 1
B. Sapp 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
P. Lenon 6 4
D. Smith 5 0
E. Sims 4 1
T. Fisher 3 1
C. Smith 3 2
J. Dizon 2 0
L. Bodden 2 0
C. Avril 2 0
C. Darby 2 1
K. Pearson 2 3
R. Nece 1 2
D. Bullocks 1 2
S. Cody 1 4
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Peterson 2
T. Jackson 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Culpepper 3