National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 20, Minnesota 9
Sunday, September 21, 2014 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 21, 2014
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 73005
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 06309
New Orleans 1300720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:36
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 0
Pierre Thomas 1 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
1st Quarter - 4:50
New Orleans TD New Orleans 13 - Minnesota 0
Josh Hill 34 yd. pass from Drew Brees (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 14:06
Minnesota FG New Orleans 13 - Minnesota 3
Blair Walsh 25 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 6:28
Minnesota FG New Orleans 13 - Minnesota 6
Blair Walsh 30 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:20
Minnesota FG New Orleans 13 - Minnesota 9
Blair Walsh 40 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:22
New Orleans TD New Orleans 20 - Minnesota 9
Marques Colston 18 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Shayne Graham kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota New Orleans
1st Downs 13 27
Rushing 3 8
Passing 8 17
Penalty 2 2
3rd Down Conversions 6-15 9-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 4-45.3 4-46.8
Return Yards 131 -3
Punts-Returns 4-11 1--3
Kickoffs-Returns 4-120 0-0
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 5-44 4-30
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 26:27 33:33
Total Net Yards 247 396
Total Plays 54 68
Average Gain 4.6 5.8
Net Yards Rushing 59 108
Rushes 22 32
Average/Rush 2.7 3.4
Net Yards Passing 188 288
Comp-Att 17-30 27-35
Yards/Pass 5.9 8.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 1-5
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 0 3
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-0 2-3
Field Goals 3-3 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 0-2-0% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (1-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Bridgewater 12/20 150 0 0
M. Cassel 5/10 53 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Asiata 12 35 2.9 0 8
T. Bridgewater 6 27 4.5 0 15
M. Cassel 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. McKinnon 2 -1 -0.5 0 1
C. Patterson 1 -7 -7.0 0 -7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Jennings 7 5 70 14.0 0 30
C. Patterson 5 4 61 15.2 0 28
M. Asiata 6 3 36 12.0 0 41
K. Rudolph 5 3 27 9.0 0 10
J. McKinnon 5 2 9 4.5 0 7
R. Ellison 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Barr 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Blanton 7 3
G. Hodges 6 1
C. Munnerlyn 5 1
J. Robinson 5 1
L. Joseph 3 1
J. Brinkley 3 2
S. Floyd 2 0
T. Johnson 2 0
E. Griffen 2 0
X. Rhodes 2 2
H. Smith 2 2
A. Barr 2 3
M. Mauti 1 0
J. Price 1 0
C. Greenway 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
New Orleans Saints (1-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 27/35 293 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Robinson 18 69 3.8 0 13
P. Thomas 8 30 3.8 1 11
T. Cadet 2 9 4.5 0 6
A. Johnson 1 2 2.0 0 2
D. Brees 3 -2 -0.7 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Cooks 10 8 74 9.2 0 19
J. Graham 8 6 54 9.0 0 15
J. Hill 2 2 48 24.0 1 34
K. Stills 5 4 38 9.5 0 15
M. Colston 5 2 25 12.5 1 18
R. Meachem 1 1 23 23.0 0 23
P. Thomas 3 3 21 7.0 0 13
B. Watson 1 1 10 10.0 0 10
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Galette 1.0 8.0
C. Jordan 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Lofton 7 1
J. Byrd 5 1
J. Galette 4 3
R. Humber 3 0
R. Bush 3 1
P. Haralson 2 0
C. White 2 0
K. Lewis 2 0
C. Jordan 2 0
K. Vaccaro 2 2
A. Hicks 1 0
T. Walker 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1