Vikings 12-10 Lions (12 Oct, 2008) Box Score

Detroit Lions

0-5, 0-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DET	0	3	7	0	10
MIN	2	0	7	3	12

Minnesota Vikings

3-3, 2-1 home

Detroit Passing


Dan Orlovsky
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
12/21	150	7.1	1	0	6-38	37.2	95.3
12/21	112	7.1	1	0	6-38	--	95.3

Minnesota Passing


Gus Frerotte
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
18/33	296	9.0	1	1	5-39	16.7	82.4
18/33	257	9.0	1	1	5-39	--	82.4

Detroit Rushing


Kevin Smith
Rudi Johnson
Dan Orlovsky
Jerome Felton
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	62	12.4	50
17	38	2.2	9
1	0	0.0	0
1	0	0.0	0
24	100	4.2	50

Minnesota Rushing


Adrian Peterson
Chester Taylor
Bernard Berrian
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
25	111	4.4	13
5	21	4.2	13
1	3	3.0	3
31	135	4.4	13

Detroit Receiving


Calvin Johnson
Michael Gaines
Roy Williams
Kevin Smith
Rudi Johnson
John Owens
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	85	21.3	1	37
2	24	12.0	0	17
2	23	11.5	0	17
2	11	5.5	0	8
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	3	3.0	0	3
12	150	12.5	1	37

Minnesota Receiving


Bernard Berrian
Bobby Wade
Jimmy Kleinsasser
Chester Taylor
Robert Ferguson
Visanthe Shiancoe
Adrian Peterson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	131	26.2	1	86
4	71	17.8	0	46
2	40	20.0	0	34
3	33	11.0	0	15
2	16	8.0	0	9
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	-5	-5.0	0	-5
18	296	16.4	1	86

Detroit Fumbles


Calvin Johnson
Michael Gaines
Dan Orlovsky
Dwight Smith
Leigh Bodden
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
3	1	2

Minnesota Fumbles


Adrian Peterson
Gus Frerotte
Bobby Wade
Ben Leber
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	2	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
4	2	1

Detroit Defense



Daniel Bullocks
Dewayne White
Brian Kelly
Ernie Sims
Jared DeVries
Leigh Bodden
Alex Lewis
Shaun Cody
Kalvin Pearson
Paris Lenon
Dwight Smith
Langston Moore
Keith Smith
Casey Fitzsimmons
Gerald Alexander
Ramzee Robinson
Ryan Nece
Cory Redding
Nick Harris
Corey Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	1	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0.5	0	0	0	0
6	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	1	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
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	2	0	0
2	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
76	56	5	0	5	0	0

Minnesota Defense



Kevin Williams
Cedric Griffin
Ben Leber
Ray Edwards
Chad Greenway
Pat Williams
Jared Allen
Vinny Ciurciu
Tyrell Johnson
Darren Sharper
Antoine Winfield
Husain Abdullah
Steve Hutchinson
Visanthe Shiancoe
Garrett Mills
Charles Gordon
David Herron
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	4	0	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0.5	0	1	0	0
6	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	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
57	48	6	0	1	0	0

Detroit Interceptions


Leigh Bodden
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	2	0
1	2	0

Minnesota Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Minnesota Interceptions

Detroit Kick Returns


Brandon Middleton
Casey Fitzsimmons
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	34	17.0	19
1	16	16.0	16
3	50	16.7	19

Minnesota Kick Returns


Maurice Hicks
Charles Gordon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	51	17.0	27
1	42	42.0	42
4	93	23.3	42

Detroit Punt Returns


Shaun McDonald
Mike Furrey
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	25	8.3	13
1	0	0.0	0
4	25	6.3	13

Minnesota Punt Returns


Charles Gordon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	5	1.7	5	0
3	5	1.7	5	0

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	40	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	40	1/1	4

Minnesota Kicking


Ryan Longwell
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	26	1/1	4
1/2	50.0	26	1/1	4

Detroit Punting


Nick Harris
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9	412	45.8	1	4	58
9	412	45.8	1	4	58

Minnesota Punting


Chris Kluwe
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	414	51.8	3	1	60
8	414	51.8	3	1	60

Mall of America Field

6:00 PM, 12 October 2008

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 62,867

Referees:
Tony Corrente

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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