National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 42, Minnesota 20
Sunday, December 18, 2011 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 18, 2011
Where: Mall of America Field at H.H.H. Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 62623
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 71414742
Minnesota 3100720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:20
Minnesota FG Minnesota 3 - New Orleans 0
Ryan Longwell 44 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:51
New Orleans TD Minnesota 3 - New Orleans 7
Lance Moore 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:13
Minnesota FG Minnesota 6 - New Orleans 7
Ryan Longwell 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 10:04
New Orleans TD Minnesota 6 - New Orleans 14
Jimmy Graham 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:59
Minnesota TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 14
Toby Gerhart 10 yd. pass from Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:33
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 21
Darren Sproles 13 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:15
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 28
John Gilmore 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:18
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 35
Lance Moore 47 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 12:50
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 42
Pierre Thomas 1 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 5:12
Minnesota TD Minnesota 20 - New Orleans 42
Toby Gerhart 16 yd. pass from Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Minnesota
1st Downs 36 12
Rushing 9 4
Passing 23 7
Penalty 4 1
3rd Down Conversions 8-11 4-14
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 1-51.0 7-48.1
Return Yards 135 28
Punts-Returns 3-45 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 4-90 1-28
Int-Returns 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-65 8-84
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Time of Possession 38:49 21:11
Total Net Yards 573 207
Total Plays 79 54
Average Gain 7.3 3.8
Net Yards Rushing 161 105
Rushes 38 18
Average/Rush 4.2 5.8
Net Yards Passing 412 102
Comp-Att 32-41 14-32
Yards/Pass 10.0 2.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 4-18
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 6 2
Rushing 1 0
Passing 5 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 6-6 2-2
Field Goals 0-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 5-5-100% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 4-4-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (11-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 32/40 412 5 0
C. Daniel 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ivory 18 74 4.1 0 12
P. Thomas 8 44 5.5 1 10
D. Sproles 8 33 4.1 0 14
R. Meachem 1 4 4.0 0 4
D. Brees 2 4 2.0 0 4
J. Collins 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 9 8 91 11.4 0 25
L. Moore 6 5 91 18.2 2 47
D. Sproles 6 5 79 15.8 1 39
J. Graham 10 7 70 10.0 1 18
P. Thomas 2 2 41 20.5 0 25
R. Meachem 4 2 22 11.0 0 13
J. Collins 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
D. Henderson 2 1 4 4.0 0 4
J. Gilmore 1 1 2 2.0 1 2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. Robinson 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Galette 1.0 7.0
T. Johnson 1.0 6.0
J. Charleston 1.0 4.0
R. Harper 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
R. Harper 3 0
J. Greer 3 1
J. Galette 2 0
M. Jenkins 2 0
T. Johnson 2 0
J. Dunbar 2 0
J. Vilma 2 1
C. Jordan 1 0
M. Wilson 1 0
S. Shanle 1 0
J. Charleston 1 0
W. Smith 1 0
S. Rogers 1 0
W. Herring 1 0
R. Humber 1 0
J. Amaya 1 0
J. Patrick 1 1
P. Robinson 1 1
S. Ellis 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1
J. Graham 1
Minnesota Vikings (2-12)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Ponder 14/31 120 2 1
J. Webb 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 10 60 6.0 0 39
C. Ponder 3 34 11.3 0 15
T. Gerhart 2 12 6.0 0 9
J. Webb 2 0 0.0 0 3
P. Harvin 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Gerhart 4 4 46 11.5 2 16
D. Aromashodu 7 2 29 14.5 0 15
K. Rudolph 2 2 15 7.5 0 8
E. Arceneaux 2 1 10 10.0 0 10
P. Harvin 7 3 8 2.7 0 5
L. Booker 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
G. Camarillo 3 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Kleinsasser 1 0 0 0 0 0
A. Peterson 1 0 0 0 0 0
V. Shiancoe 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Webb 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
E. Henderson 9 2
J. Sanford 7 1
C. Greenway 5 7
M. Sherels 4 1
E. Henderson 4 5
B. Burton 3 0
B. Sapp 3 1
A. Allen 2 0
L. Guion 2 1
M. Raymond 2 1
B. Robison 2 4
E. Griffen 1 0
F. Evans 1 1
J. Allen 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles