National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 38, Buffalo 14
Sunday, December 5, 2010 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 5, 2010
Where: Mall of America Field at H.H.H. Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 64012
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 700714
Minnesota 7240738
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:34
Buffalo TD Minnesota 0 - Buffalo 7
Drayton Florence 40 yd. interception return (Rian Lindell kick)
1st Quarter - 1:45
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Buffalo 7
Sidney Rice 31 yd. pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:56
Minnesota TD Minnesota 14 - Buffalo 7
Adrian Peterson 2 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:00
Minnesota TD Minnesota 21 - Buffalo 7
Adrian Peterson 3 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:00
Minnesota TD Minnesota 28 - Buffalo 7
Sidney Rice 6 yd. pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Minnesota FG Minnesota 31 - Buffalo 7
Ryan Longwell 38 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:46
Minnesota TD Minnesota 38 - Buffalo 7
Adrian Peterson 43 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
4th Quarter - 4:43
Buffalo TD Minnesota 38 - Buffalo 14
David Nelson 12 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Buffalo Minnesota
1st Downs 10 22
Rushing 3 11
Passing 7 9
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-12 4-12
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 6-44.2 4-43.8
Return Yards 164 121
Punts-Returns 2-12 3-25
Kickoffs-Returns 6-75 2-55
Int-Returns 4-77 1-41
Penalties-Yards 6-54 4-20
Fumbles-Lost 5-4 0-0
Time of Possession 26:03 33:57
Total Net Yards 239 387
Total Plays 49 64
Average Gain 4.9 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 84 210
Rushes 23 40
Average/Rush 3.7 5.2
Net Yards Passing 155 177
Comp-Att 15-25 15-23
Yards/Pass 6.0 7.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 1-10
Had Intercepted 1 4
Touchdowns 2 5
Rushing 0 3
Passing 1 2
Other 1 0
Extra Points 2-2 5-5
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Fitzpatrick 15/25 158 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
F. Jackson 11 42 3.8 0 12
C. Spiller 7 35 5.0 0 20
R. Fitzpatrick 4 5 1.2 0 4
D. Jones 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
L. Evans 6 3 72 24.0 0 26
S. Johnson 4 2 36 18.0 0 28
D. Nelson 4 4 34 8.5 1 12
C. McIntyre 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
F. Jackson 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Jones 3 1 1 1.0 0 1
C. Spiller 2 2 1 0.5 0 4
D. Martin 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Florence 2 40 1
D. Whitner 1 37 0
L. McKelvin 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
P. Posluszny 1.0 10.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
P. Posluszny 11 4
L. McKelvin 6 1
A. Ayodele 6 4
D. Whitner 5 2
S. Johnson 4 2
J. Byrd 3 0
C. Kelsay 3 0
D. Florence 2 0
G. Wilson 1 0
B. Scott 1 0
K. Williams 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
C. McIntyre 1
R. Fitzpatrick 3
L. McKelvin 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Jackson 15/22 187 2 3
B. Favre 0/1 0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 16 107 6.7 3 43
T. Gerhart 12 54 4.5 0 13
A. Young 10 27 2.7 0 6
T. Jackson 2 22 11.0 0 13
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Rice 6 5 105 21.0 2 46
G. Camarillo 5 2 27 13.5 0 20
J. Kleinsasser 3 3 25 8.3 0 12
V. Shiancoe 3 2 17 8.5 0 15
B. Berrian 3 1 14 14.0 0 14
A. Peterson 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
T. Gerhart 2 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Winfield 1 41 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Allen 1.0 3.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles