Vikings 28-21 Texans (2 Nov, 2008) Box Score

Houston Texans

3-5, 0-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	7	0	7	7	21
MIN	7	14	0	7	28

Minnesota Vikings

4-4, 3-1 home

Houston Passing


Sage Rosenfels
Matt Schaub
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
21/29	224	7.7	2	1	2-16	80.3	103.2
11/16	139	8.7	0	1	3-20	10.3	69.5
32/45	327	8.1	2	2	5-36	--	91.3

Minnesota Passing


Gus Frerotte
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
11/18	182	10.1	3	1	3-14	24.0	111.6
11/18	168	10.1	3	1	3-14	--	111.6

Houston Rushing


Steve Slaton
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	62	3.9	0	14
16	62	3.9	0	14

Minnesota Rushing


Adrian Peterson
Chester Taylor
Gus Frerotte
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25	139	5.6	1	40
7	38	5.4	0	12
3	0	0.0	0	2
35	177	5.1	1	40

Houston Receiving


Owen Daniels
Andre Johnson
Steve Slaton
Kevin Walter
Jacoby Jones
Joel Dreessen
David Anderson
Vonta Leach
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
11	133	12.1	0	21
4	62	15.5	1	23
8	56	7.0	0	22
4	47	11.8	0	28
1	31	31.0	0	31
1	13	13.0	0	13
2	12	6.0	1	9
1	9	9.0	0	9
32	363	11.3	2	31

Minnesota Receiving


Bernard Berrian
Visanthe Shiancoe
Chester Taylor
Bobby Wade
Sidney Rice
Naufahu Tahi
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	104	52.0	1	55
1	25	25.0	1	25
3	25	8.3	0	12
3	16	5.3	0	8
1	8	8.0	1	8
1	4	4.0	0	4
11	182	16.5	3	55

Houston Fumbles


Matt Schaub
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
2	1	0

Minnesota Fumbles


Ben Leber
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Houston Defense



Zac Diles
Anthony Weaver
Eugene Wilson
Earl Cochran
Nick Ferguson
DeMeco Ryans
Morlon Greenwood
Mario Williams
Travis Johnson
Jacques Reeves
Demarcus Faggins
Fred Bennett
Brandon Harris
Amobi Okoye
Tim Bulman
Dunta Robinson
Vonta Leach
Eric Winston
Will Demps
Ryan Moats
DelJuan Robinson
Dominique Barber
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	1
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	0	0	0
1	1	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	42	3	0	1	0	2

Minnesota Defense



Chad Greenway
Ray Edwards
Madieu Williams
Antoine Winfield
Napoleon Harris
Cedric Griffin
Jared Allen
Darren Sharper
Charles Gordon
Pat Williams
Ben Leber
Kevin Williams
Brian Robison
Benny Sapp
Ellis Wyms
Maurice Hicks
Eric Frampton
Tyrell Johnson
Dontarrious Thomas
Husain Abdullah
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	6	1	0	0	0	0
9	6	1	0	1	0	0
8	8	0	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	2	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	54	5	0	6	0	0

Houston Interceptions


Jacques Reeves
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	44	1
1	44	1

Minnesota Interceptions


Antoine Winfield
Madieu Williams
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	4	0
1	0	0
2	4	0

Houston Kick Returns


Jacoby Jones
Ryan Moats
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	70	17.5	23
1	31	31.0	31
5	101	20.2	31

Minnesota Kick Returns


Maurice Hicks
Jimmy Kleinsasser
Aundrae Allison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	30	30.0	30
1	14	14.0	14
1	9	9.0	9
3	53	17.7	30

Houston Punt Returns


Jacoby Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	-1	-0.5	1	0
2	-1	-0.5	1	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


Charles Gordon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	5	2.5	6	0
2	5	2.5	6	0

Houston Kicking


Kris Brown
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Minnesota Kicking


Ryan Longwell
team

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

Houston Punting


Matt Turk
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	161	40.3	1	1	55
4	161	40.3	1	1	55

Minnesota Punting


Chris Kluwe
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	264	44.0	0	4	57
6	264	44.0	0	4	57

Mall of America Field

6:00 PM, 2 November 2008

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 62,839

Referees:
Walt Coleman

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	9	6	.600	347	327
Indianapolis	7	8	.467	318	359
Jacksonville	3	12	.200	277	396
Tennessee	3	12	.200	284	417

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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