Vikings 20-16 Lions (7 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Minnesota Vikings

8-5, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	0	3	7	10	20
DET	3	3	7	3	16

Detroit Lions

0-13, 0-7 home

Minnesota Passing


Tarvaris Jackson
Gus Frerotte
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
8/10	105	10.5	1	0	1-0	85.8	143.8
7/10	70	7.0	0	2	1-7	7.0	50.0
15/20	168	8.8	1	2	2-7	--	78.1

Detroit Passing


Daunte Culpepper
Drew Henson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	QBR	RTG
14/24	220	9.2	1	3-23	49.2	102.8
0/0	0	0.0	0	1-6	27.5	0.0
14/24	191	9.2	1	4-29	--	102.8

Minnesota Rushing


Adrian Peterson
Chester Taylor
Jeff Dugan
Tarvaris Jackson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
22	105	4.8	0	25
6	27	4.5	1	17
1	2	2.0	0	2
3	-1	-0.3	0	0
32	133	4.2	1	25

Detroit Rushing


Kevin Smith
Daunte Culpepper
Aveion Cason
Rudi Johnson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
21	64	3.0	14
4	7	1.8	5
1	4	4.0	4
1	2	2.0	2
27	77	2.9	14

Minnesota Receiving


Visanthe Shiancoe
Bernard Berrian
Chester Taylor
Sidney Rice
Bobby Wade
Adrian Peterson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	65	13.0	1	25
3	29	9.7	0	16
2	26	13.0	0	14
2	21	10.5	0	15
2	19	9.5	0	13
1	15	15.0	0	15
15	175	11.7	1	25

Detroit Receiving


Calvin Johnson
Keary Colbert
John Owens
Michael Gaines
Kevin Smith
Jerome Felton
John Standeford
Rudi Johnson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	84	28.0	1	70
2	32	16.0	0	28
2	29	14.5	0	19
1	27	27.0	0	27
2	27	13.5	0	22
2	17	8.5	0	12
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
14	220	15.7	1	70

Minnesota Fumbles


Adrian Peterson
Tarvaris Jackson
team

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

Detroit Fumbles


Daunte Culpepper
team

FUM	LOST	REC
3	0	0
3	0	0

Minnesota Defense



Darren Sharper
Antoine Winfield
Jared Allen
Kevin Williams
Cedric Griffin
Pat Williams
Chad Greenway
Ray Edwards
Napoleon Harris
Madieu Williams
Ben Leber
Fred Evans
Ellis Wyms
Gus Frerotte
Vinny Ciurciu
Benny Sapp
Naufahu Tahi
Adrian Peterson
David Herron
Eric Frampton
Husain Abdullah
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	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	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
60	50	4	0	3	0	0

Detroit Defense



Paris Lenon
Dwight Smith
Ernie Sims
Corey Smith
Kalvin Pearson
Shaun Cody
Travis Fisher
Ryan Nece
Chartric Darby
Daniel Bullocks
Cliff Avril
Leigh Bodden
Stuart Schweigert
Jordon Dizon
Ramzee Robinson
John Standeford
Jason Hanson
Ikaika Alama-Francis
Andre Fluellen
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	6	0.5	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	1	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	0.5	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	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	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
64	40	2	0	4	0	0

Minnesota Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Minnesota Interceptions

Detroit Interceptions


Ryan Nece
Corey Smith
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	18	0
1	0	0
2	18	0

Minnesota Kick Returns


Darius Reynaud
Aundrae Allison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	103	25.8	43
1	18	18.0	18
5	121	24.2	43

Detroit Kick Returns


Aveion Cason
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	120	24.0	38	0
5	120	24.0	38	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


Bernard Berrian
Aundrae Allison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	6	6.0	6
1	1	1.0	1
2	7	3.5	6

Detroit Punt Returns


Aveion Cason
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	13	13.0	13	0
1	13	13.0	13	0

Minnesota Kicking


Ryan Longwell
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	50	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	50	2/2	8

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	39	1/1	10
3/3	100.0	39	1/1	10

Minnesota Punting


Chris Kluwe
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	114	57.0	1	0	59
2	114	57.0	1	0	59

Detroit Punting


Nick Harris
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	119	59.5	0	1	66
2	119	59.5	0	1	66

Ford Field

6:00 PM, 7 December 2008

Detroit, MI

Attendance: 50,444

Referees:
Jerome Boger

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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