National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 17, Houston 10
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, August 31, 2009
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Carl Cheffers
Attendance: 70191
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 7100017
Houston 0100010
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 14:42
Minnesota TD Houston 0 - Minnesota 7
Adrian Peterson 75 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:38
Minnesota FG Houston 0 - Minnesota 10
Ryan Longwell 36 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:38
Houston TD Houston 7 - Minnesota 10
Steve Slaton 4 yd. run (Kris Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:27
Minnesota TD Houston 7 - Minnesota 17
Chester Taylor 28 yd. pass from Brett Favre (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Houston FG Houston 10 - Minnesota 17
Kris Brown 46 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota Houston
1st Downs 14 15
Rushing 5 5
Passing 7 9
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 6-14 3-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-3
Punts-Average 6-34.7 5-48.4
Return Yards 90 98
Punts-Returns 3-38 2-4
Kickoffs-Returns 2-52 4-94
Int-Returns 2-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 13-85 5-35
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 32:07 27:53
Total Net Yards 352 268
Total Plays 57 54
Average Gain 6.2 5.0
Net Yards Rushing 180 61
Rushes 30 23
Average/Rush 6.0 2.7
Net Yards Passing 172 207
Comp-Att 17-23 19-30
Yards/Pass 6.4 6.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-18 1-0
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 2 1
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 1-1
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 0-1-0% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (3-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Favre 13/18 142 1 0
S. Rosenfels 2/3 26 0 0
T. Jackson 2/2 22 0 0
Houston Texans (1-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 10/14 108 0 1
D. Orlovsky 7/11 74 0 1
A. Brink 2/5 25 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 11 117 10.6 1 75
C. Taylor 7 30 4.3 0 9
A. Smith 4 25 6.2 0 22
A. Young 2 11 5.5 0 6
P. Harvin 2 6 3.0 0 4
I. Johnson 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3
S. Rosenfels 3 -6 -2.0 0 -2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Slaton 12 27 2.2 1 7
C. Brown 4 11 2.8 0 6
M. Schaub 2 10 5.0 0 5
A. Foster 3 9 3.0 0 9
D. Orlovsky 2 4 2.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Taylor 4 3 41 13.7 1 28
G. Mills 2 2 33 16.5 0 19
P. Harvin 4 3 31 10.3 0 13
V. Shiancoe 2 2 30 15.0 0 19
S. Rice 2 2 18 9.0 0 10
A. Peterson 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
D. Reynaud 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
N. Tahi 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
A. Young 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
A. Smith 2 1 7 7.0 0 7
J. Dugan 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 6 3 61 20.3 0 46
O. Daniels 7 4 49 12.2 0 16
D. Anderson 6 3 31 10.3 0 20
S. Slaton 3 3 20 6.7 0 9
G. Martinez 1 1 13 13.0 0 13
A. Foster 2 1 12 12.0 0 12
V. Leach 2 2 9 4.5 0 7
A. Davis 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
C. Brown 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Casey 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Leber 1 0 0
M. Williams 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Allen 1.0 0.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
M. Williams 1.0 6.0
D. Ryans 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Greenway 5 1
J. Allen 5 2
H. Abdullah 3 0
M. Williams 3 0
R. Edwards 3 1
E. Henderson 3 1
B. Leber 3 2
P. Williams 2 1
A. Winfield 2 2
C. Griffin 1 0
T. Johnson 1 0
K. Williams 1 0
D. Roberson 1 0
E. Henderson 1 0
K. Paymah 1 0
C. Anderson (Mon) 1 0
J. Brinkley 1 1
M. McCauley 1 1
K. Onatolu 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Ryans 12 4
Z. Diles 4 0
B. Davis 2 0
T. Bulman 2 0
F. Bennett 2 0
D. Barber 2 0
J. Zgonina 2 0
B. Harrison 2 1
B. McCain 2 1
E. Wilson 2 1
X. Adibi 2 3
A. Okoye 1 0
G. Quin 1 0
M. Williams 1 0
F. Okam 1 0
J. Busing 1 0
D. O'Neal 1 0
D. Robinson 1 1
A. Molden 1 1
C. Barwin 1 1
S. Cody 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles