National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 31, Houston 13
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
Minnesota Vikings (5-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
S. Bradford 22/30 271 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Blue 6 39 6.5 0 13
L. Miller 8 20 2.5 0 4
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
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
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
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Sendejo 1 2 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 1.5 12.5
A. Smith 0.5 3.5
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Robison 2.0 8.0
D. Hunter 1.0 12.0
T. Johnson 1.0 9.0
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
B. Scarlett 0 1
D. Reader 0 1
A. Smith 0 1
E. Pleasant 0 1
Q. Demps 0 2
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
E. Griffen 0 2
L. Joseph 0 4
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Clowney 4.0
C. Covington 1.0
W. Mercilus 1.0
J. Simon 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
T. Johnson 1.0
B. Robison 1.0
D. Hunter 1.0
C. Munnerlyn 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Osweiler 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles