Vikings 28-27 Lions (19 Dec, 2004) Box Score

Minnesota Vikings

8-6, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	7	7	0	14	28
DET	3	10	0	14	27

Detroit Lions

5-9, 2-5 home

Minnesota Passing


Daunte Culpepper
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
25/35	404	11.5	3	1	5-34	126.4
25/35	370	11.5	3	1	5-34	126.4

Detroit Passing


Joey Harrington
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
25/44	361	8.2	2	2	2-11	79.8
25/44	350	8.2	2	2	2-11	79.8

Minnesota Rushing


Michael Bennett
Daunte Culpepper
Moe Williams
Onterrio Smith
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	51	3.9	0	14
4	22	5.5	0	14
2	12	6.0	1	11
4	6	1.5	0	3
23	91	4.0	1	14

Detroit Rushing


Kevin Jones
Shawn Bryson
Joey Harrington
Cory Schlesinger
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	79	4.2	1	16
2	19	9.5	0	11
3	13	4.3	0	7
1	2	2.0	0	2
25	113	4.5	1	16

Minnesota Receiving


Nate Burleson
Randy Moss
Michael Bennett
Jermaine Wiggins
Moe Williams
Sean Berton
Onterrio Smith
Marcus Robinson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	134	26.8	2	37
4	102	25.5	1	82
3	51	17.0	0	30
6	39	6.5	0	9
1	28	28.0	0	28
3	23	7.7	0	10
2	18	9.0	0	14
1	9	9.0	0	9
25	404	16.2	3	82

Detroit Receiving


Az-Zahir Hakim
Roy Williams
Shawn Bryson
Kevin Jones
Tai Streets
Stephen Alexander
Cory Schlesinger
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	108	27.0	0	37
7	104	14.9	2	37
3	51	17.0	0	25
4	35	8.8	0	16
4	30	7.5	0	15
2	26	13.0	0	15
1	7	7.0	0	7
25	361	14.4	2	37

Minnesota Fumbles


Michael Bennett
Chris Claiborne
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
1	0	1

Detroit Fumbles


Kevin Jones
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Minnesota Defense



Brian Russell
Corey Chavous
Brian Williams
Dontarrious Thomas
Chris Claiborne
E.J. Henderson
Terrance Shaw
Kevin Williams
Kenechi Udeze
Keith Newman
Rod Davis
Spencer Johnson
Steve Martin
Chris Liwienski
Willie Offord
Larry Ned
Michael Nattiel
Darrion Scott
Cullen Loeffler
Kenny Mixon
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	2	0	0
7	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	3	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	1	1	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	46	2	0	9	0	0

Detroit Defense



Teddy Lehman
James Davis
Terrence Holt
Brock Marion
Andre' Goodman
Dre' Bly
Vernon Fox
Kalimba Edwards
Earl Holmes
Jared DeVries
Keith Smith
Bracy Walker
James Hall
Cory Redding
Kevin Jones
Shaun Rogers
Marcus Bell
Kelvin Pritchett
Dan Wilkinson
Donte' Curry
Roy Williams
Wali Rainer
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	6	1	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	2	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	49	5	0	6	0	0

Minnesota Interceptions


Brian Williams
Corey Chavous
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	14	0
1	0	0
2	14	0

Detroit Interceptions


Brock Marion
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	24	0
1	24	0

Minnesota Kick Returns


Mewelde Moore
Kelly Campbell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	59	19.7	25
2	35	17.5	24
5	94	18.8	25

Detroit Kick Returns


Reggie Swinton
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	83	20.8	27	0
4	83	20.8	27	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


Mewelde Moore
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	27	9.0	17	0
3	27	9.0	17	0

Detroit Punt Returns


Reggie Swinton
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	15	7.5	8	0
2	15	7.5	8	0

Minnesota Kicking


Morten Andersen
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	32	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	32	1/1	7

Minnesota Punting


Darren Bennett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	203	40.6	1	2	54
5	203	40.6	1	2	54

Detroit Punting


Nick Harris
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	135	45.0	0	0	49
3	135	45.0	0	0	49

6:00 PM, 19 December 2004

Attendance: 62,337

Referees:
Bernie Kukar

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	13	2	.867	493	299
Minnesota	13	2	.867	396	276
Green Bay	10	4	.714	379	287
Chicago	4	11	.267	283	342

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