National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 23, Houston 6
Sunday, December 23, 2012 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 23, 2012
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 71688
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 763723
Houston 30306
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:50
Houston FG Houston 3 - Minnesota 0
Shayne Graham 51 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 6:19
Minnesota TD Houston 3 - Minnesota 7
Kyle Rudolph 3 yd. pass from Christian Ponder (Blair Walsh kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:15
Minnesota FG Houston 3 - Minnesota 10
Blair Walsh 56 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:37
Minnesota FG Houston 3 - Minnesota 13
Blair Walsh 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:31
Minnesota FG Houston 3 - Minnesota 16
Blair Walsh 39 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:26
Houston FG Houston 6 - Minnesota 16
Shayne Graham 33 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 4:44
Minnesota TD Houston 6 - Minnesota 23
Toby Gerhart 3 yd. run (Blair Walsh kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota Houston
1st Downs 22 11
Rushing 11 1
Passing 8 8
Penalty 3 2
3rd Down Conversions 9-18 1-11
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 4-45.5 7-50.4
Return Yards 104 100
Punts-Returns 6-50 2-16
Kickoffs-Returns 2-54 4-84
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-52 9-60
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2
Time of Possession 34:46 25:14
Total Net Yards 345 187
Total Plays 73 53
Average Gain 4.7 3.5
Net Yards Rushing 174 34
Rushes 42 16
Average/Rush 4.1 2.1
Net Yards Passing 171 153
Comp-Att 16-30 18-33
Yards/Pass 5.5 4.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 4-25
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 2 0
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 0-0
Field Goals 3-3 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 0-1-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Ponder 16/30 174 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 25 86 3.4 0 21
C. Ponder 7 48 6.9 0 29
T. Gerhart 8 31 3.9 1 6
J. Wright 1 8 8.0 0 8
M. Asiata 1 1 1.0 0 1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Wright 9 5 53 10.6 0 21
M. Jenkins 3 2 41 20.5 0 32
K. Rudolph 6 3 39 13.0 1 27
J. Simpson 5 4 32 8.0 0 17
T. Gerhart 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
A. Peterson 2 1 4 4.0 0 4
D. Aromashodu 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Carlson 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Allen 2.0 11.0
F. Evans 1.0 14.0
H. Smith 1.0 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Ponder 1
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Schaub 18/32 178 0 0
T. Yates 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Tate 4 17 4.2 0 13
A. Foster 10 15 1.5 0 8
J. Forsett 1 4 4.0 0 4
T. Yates 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Johnson 10 7 97 13.9 0 19
O. Daniels 7 3 27 9.0 0 14
A. Foster 3 2 14 7.0 0 11
G. Graham 2 2 14 7.0 0 12
K. Walter 3 1 12 12.0 0 12
J. Casey 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Posey 6 1 6 6.0 0 6
B. Tate 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Watt 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
G. Quin 9 1
A. Smith 5 0
J. Joseph 5 0
B. Reed 4 0
T. Dobbins 4 1
D. Manning 4 1
J. Watt 3 0
K. Jackson 3 1
B. James 3 2
D. Sharpton 2 0
B. Harris 2 1
C. Barwin 2 1
J. Crick 1 0
S. Keo 1 0
E. Mitchell 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Yates 2
A. Foster 1