National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 31, Houston 13
Sunday, October 9, 2016 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 9, 2016
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jeff Triplette
Attendance: 66683
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 060713
Minnesota 14100731
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:23
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Houston 0
Adam Thielen 36 yd. pass from Sam Bradford (Blair Walsh kick)
1st Quarter - 6:28
Minnesota TD Minnesota 14 - Houston 0
Matt Asiata 1 yd. run (Blair Walsh kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:58
Minnesota FG Minnesota 17 - Houston 0
Blair Walsh 19 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:46
Minnesota TD Minnesota 24 - Houston 0
Marcus Sherels 79 yd. punt return (Blair Walsh kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:42
Houston FG Minnesota 24 - Houston 3
Nick Novak 38 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:37
Houston FG Minnesota 24 - Houston 6
Nick Novak 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:09
Minnesota TD Minnesota 31 - Houston 6
Cordarrelle Patterson 9 yd. pass from Sam Bradford (Blair Walsh kick)
4th Quarter - 3:46
Houston TD Minnesota 31 - Houston 13
DeAndre Hopkins 1 yd. pass from Brock Osweiler (Nick Novak kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston Minnesota
1st Downs 16 22
Rushing 4 8
Passing 8 13
Penalty 4 1
3rd Down Conversions 1-13 7-14
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 5-51.4 5-46.2
Return Yards 115 152
Punts-Returns 3-47 4-100
Kickoffs-Returns 3-68 3-50
Int-Returns 0-0 1-2
Penalties-Yards 4-15 9-97
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 22:32 37:28
Total Net Yards 214 351
Total Plays 60 69
Average Gain 3.6 5.1
Net Yards Rushing 59 96
Rushes 14 37
Average/Rush 4.2 2.6
Net Yards Passing 155 255
Comp-Att 19-42 22-30
Yards/Pass 3.4 8.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-29 2-16
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 1 4
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 1-1 4-4
Field Goals 2-3 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-3-67%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (3-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Osweiler 19/42 184 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Blue 6 39 6.5 0 13
L. Miller 8 20 2.5 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Fiedorowicz 8 4 61 15.2 0 22
D. Hopkins 9 5 56 11.2 1 25
J. Strong 9 5 39 7.8 0 16
B. Miller 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
R. Griffin 6 2 8 4.0 0 5
L. Miller 3 1 4 4.0 0 4
W. Fuller 6 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 1.5 12.5
A. Smith 0.5 3.5
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Clowney 7 1
C. James II 6 1
B. McKinney 5 5
K. Johnson 4 1
J. Joseph 3 1
C. Covington 3 2
J. Simon 3 2
A. Bouye 2 0
W. Mercilus 2 1
B. Cushing 2 3
A. Dent 1 0
J. Heath 1 0
K. Dillon 1 1
C. Moore 1 1
V. Wilfork 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Osweiler 1
Minnesota Vikings (5-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
S. Bradford 22/30 271 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Asiata 14 55 3.9 1 8
J. McKinnon 20 36 1.8 0 8
C. Patterson 1 7 7.0 0 7
S. Bradford 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Thielen 8 7 127 18.1 1 36
M. Asiata 3 3 46 15.3 0 23
C. Patterson 6 4 39 9.8 1 15
J. Wright 4 4 32 8.0 0 11
K. Rudolph 4 2 15 7.5 0 14
J. McKinnon 3 1 10 10.0 0 10
C. Johnson 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
Z. Line 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Sendejo 1 2 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Robison 2.0 8.0
D. Hunter 1.0 12.0
T. Johnson 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Munnerlyn 5 1
E. Kendricks 4 1
H. Smith 4 2
A. Sendejo 3 1
S. Stephen 2 0
T. Johnson 2 0
B. Robison 2 0
C. Greenway 2 0
X. Rhodes 2 0
A. Barr 1 1
D. Hunter 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles