National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
Minnesota 34,
Carolina 28
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 17, 2021
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 63°
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 72104
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 63°
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 72104
Final Scoring Summary
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 11:52 | ||
| Minnesota | FG |
Carolina 0 - Minnesota 3 Greg Joseph 25 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 8:27 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
Carolina 7 - Minnesota 3 Chuba Hubbard 2 yd. run (Zane Gonzalez kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 2:57 | ||
| Minnesota | FG |
Carolina 7 - Minnesota 6 Greg Joseph 25 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 10:59 | ||
| Minnesota | TD |
Carolina 7 - Minnesota 12 Chris Herndon 2 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (run failed) |
| 2nd Quarter - 4:20 | ||
| Carolina | FG |
Carolina 10 - Minnesota 12 Zane Gonzalez 47 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 6:49 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
Carolina 17 - Minnesota 12 Kenny Robinson 4 yd. blocked punt return (Zane Gonzalez kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 4:00 | ||
| Minnesota | TD |
Carolina 17 - Minnesota 18 Dalvin Cook 16 yd. run (pass failed) |
| 3rd Quarter - 2:24 | ||
| Minnesota | TD |
Carolina 17 - Minnesota 25 Adam Thielen 5 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 10:15 | ||
| Minnesota | FG |
Carolina 17 - Minnesota 28 Greg Joseph 38 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 4:41 | ||
| Carolina | FG |
Carolina 20 - Minnesota 28 Zane Gonzalez 23 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 0:42 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
Carolina 28 - Minnesota 28 Robby Anderson 7 yd. pass from Sam Darnold (Tommy Tremble pass from Sam Darnold) |
| Overtime - 5:48 | ||
| Minnesota | TD |
Carolina 28 - Minnesota 34 K.J. Osborn 27 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Minnesota | Carolina | |
| 1st Downs | 26 | 20 |
| Rushing | 10 | 8 |
| Passing | 16 | 8 |
| Penalty | 0 | 4 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 7-16 | 2-12 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Punts-Average | 5-37.6 | 6-40.7 |
| Return Yards | 83 | 29 |
| Punts-Returns | 3-7 | 2-5 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 2-68 | 1-24 |
| Int - Returns | 1-8 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 11-98 | 6-28 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 4-1 | 2-2 |
| Time of Possession | 37:38 | 26:34 |
| Total Net Yards | 571 | 306 |
| Total Plays | 84 | 68 |
| Average Gain | 6.8 | 4.5 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 198 | 118 |
| Rushes | 36 | 23 |
| Average/Rush | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| Net Yards Passing | 373 | 188 |
| Comp-Att | 33-48 | 17-41 |
| Yards/Pass | 7.8 | 4.2 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 0-0 | 4-19 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 1 |
| Touchdowns | 4 | 3 |
| Rushing | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | 3 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
| Extra Points | 1-3 | 3-3 |
| Field Goals | 3-5 | 2-2 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 3-5-60% | 2-3-67% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 2-2-100% | 2-3-67% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings
(3-3)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| K. Cousins | 33/48 | 373 | 3 | 0 |
Carolina Panthers
(3-3)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| S. Darnold | 17/41 | 207 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Cook | 29 | 140 | 4.8 | 1 | 23 |
| C. Ham | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 |
| K. Cousins | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 16 |
| A. Mattison | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Thielen | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| C. Hubbard | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 1 | 9 |
| S. Darnold | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 30 |
| D. Moore | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| R. Freeman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Tremble | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| A. Thielen | 13 | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 1 | 35 |
| J. Jefferson | 14 | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 0 | 26 |
| K. Osborn | 7 | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 1 | 27 |
| T. Conklin | 5 | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | 40 |
| D. Westbrook | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 |
| D. Cook | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 9 |
| C. Herndon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Moore | 13 | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | 25 |
| I. Thomas | 2 | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | 41 |
| B. Zylstra | 3 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 21 |
| S. Smith | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 16 |
| A. Erickson | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 |
| R. Anderson | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | 7 |
| T. Marshall Jr. | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| C. Hubbard | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Tremble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| B. Breeland | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| J. Lynch | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| A. Watts | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| E. Kendricks | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| D. Tomlinson | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| A. Barr | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| No sacks | ||
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| H. Smith | 8 | 1 |
| M. Alexander | 4 | 0 |
| X. Woods | 4 | 1 |
| E. Kendricks | 3 | 2 |
| D. Hunter | 3 | 3 |
| C. Dantzler | 2 | 0 |
| P. Peterson | 2 | 1 |
| S. Richardson | 1 | 0 |
| E. Griffen | 1 | 0 |
| J. Lynch | 1 | 1 |
| A. Watts | 1 | 3 |
| A. Barr | 1 | 3 |
| D. Wonnum | 0 | 3 |
| D. Tomlinson | 0 | 4 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| K. Taylor | 10 | 0 |
| J. Chinn | 7 | 2 |
| J. Carter | 7 | 3 |
| A. Bouye | 6 | 0 |
| H. Reddick | 6 | 2 |
| S. Chandler | 6 | 3 |
| D. Jackson | 5 | 0 |
| F. Luvu | 4 | 1 |
| B. Burns | 3 | 3 |
| S. Franklin | 1 | 0 |
| D. Brown | 1 | 1 |
| M. Fox | 1 | 1 |
| D. Nixon | 0 | 1 |
| B. Roy | 0 | 1 |
| J. Stanford | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| J. Lynch | 1.0 |
| P. Peterson | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| H. Reddick | 3.0 |
| F. Luvu | 2.0 |
| D. Jackson | 1.0 |
| J. Carter | 1.0 |
| B. Burns | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| K. Cousins | 1 |
| D. Cook | 1 |
| J. Jefferson | 1 |
| D. Westbrook | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| D. Moore | 1 |
| S. Darnold | 1 |