Vikings 27-13 Lions (20 Sep, 2009) Box Score

Minnesota Vikings

2-0, 2-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	0	7	10	10	27
DET	3	7	0	3	13

Detroit Lions

0-2, 0-1 home

Minnesota Passing


Brett Favre
Tarvaris Jackson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	QBR	RTG
23/27	155	5.7	2	3-16	64.4	115.3
1/1	14	14.0	0	0-0	100.0	118.8
24/28	153	6.0	2	3-16	--	115.6

Detroit Passing


Matthew Stafford
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
18/30	152	5.1	1	2	2-16	2.3	56.5
18/30	136	5.1	1	2	2-16	--	56.5

Minnesota Rushing


Adrian Peterson
Percy Harvin
Chester Taylor
Naufahu Tahi
Tarvaris Jackson
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	92	6.1	1	27
2	14	7.0	0	13
4	8	2.0	0	4
1	1	1.0	0	1
3	-3	-1.0	0	-1
25	112	4.5	1	27

Detroit Rushing


Kevin Smith
Calvin Johnson
Maurice Morris
Aaron Brown
Matthew Stafford
Yamon Figurs
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
24	83	3.5	13
2	16	8.0	11
2	15	7.5	8
4	10	2.5	7
1	7	7.0	7
1	-2	-2.0	-2
34	129	3.8	13

Minnesota Receiving


Bernard Berrian
Percy Harvin
Sidney Rice
Adrian Peterson
Chester Taylor
Jimmy Kleinsasser
Visanthe Shiancoe
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
6	46	7.7	0	11	6
5	41	8.2	1	11	5
3	29	9.7	0	13	5
4	24	6.0	0	11	4
3	20	6.7	0	14	3
2	8	4.0	0	6	2
1	1	1.0	1	1	3
24	169	7.0	2	14	28

Detroit Receiving


Calvin Johnson
Brandon Pettigrew
Jerome Felton
Dennis Northcutt
Will Heller
Kevin Smith
Aaron Brown
Casey Fitzsimmons
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
5	51	10.2	1	22	7
4	40	10.0	0	14	5
1	21	21.0	0	21	1
2	15	7.5	0	12	6
2	10	5.0	0	8	3
2	10	5.0	0	6	3
1	3	3.0	0	3	2
1	2	2.0	0	2	1
18	152	8.4	1	22	28

Minnesota Fumbles


Adrian Peterson
Chester Taylor
Chad Greenway
team

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

Detroit Fumbles


Kevin Smith
Matthew Stafford
Ernie Sims
team

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

Minnesota Defense



Antoine Winfield
Ray Edwards
E.J. Henderson
Tyrell Johnson
Ben Leber
Madieu Williams
Jared Allen
Cedric Griffin
Chad Greenway
Pat Williams
Benny Sapp
Heath Farwell
Anthony Herrera
Fred Evans
Eric Frampton
Letroy Guion
Jasper Brinkley
Kenny Onatolu
Jayme Mitchell
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	1	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	60	2	0	3	0	0

Detroit Defense



Larry Foote
Ernie Sims
Marquand Manuel
Louis Delmas
Phillip Buchanon
Anthony Henry
Kalvin Pearson
Julian Peterson
Dewayne White
Jason Hunter
Andre Fluellen
Eric King
Grady Jackson
William James
Kevin Hobbs
Manny Ramirez
Jordon Dizon
Jerome Felton
Matthew Stafford
Landon Cohen
Brandon Pettigrew
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	5	1	0	0	0	0
9	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	1	0	0
2	2	1	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	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	44	3	0	2	0	0

Minnesota Interceptions


Chad Greenway
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	49	0
2	49	0

Detroit Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Detroit Interceptions

Minnesota Kick Returns


Percy Harvin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	79	26.3	30	0
3	79	26.3	30	0

Detroit Kick Returns


Aaron Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	96	16.0	23	0
6	96	16.0	23	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


Darius Reynaud
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	22	11.0	13	0
2	22	11.0	13	0

Detroit Punt Returns


Dennis Northcutt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	7	7.0	7	0
1	7	7.0	7	0

Minnesota Kicking


Ryan Longwell
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	46	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	46	3/3	9

Detroit Kicking


Jason Hanson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	48	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	48	1/1	7

Minnesota Punting


Chris Kluwe
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	168	42.0	0	1	48
4	168	42.0	0	1	48

Detroit Punting


Nick Harris
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	150	37.5	0	1	44
4	150	37.5	0	1	44

Ford Field

6:00 PM, 20 September 2009

Detroit, MI

Attendance: 56,269

Referees:
Carl Cheffers

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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REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
6	46	7.7	0	11	6
5	41	8.2	1	11	5
3	29	9.7	0	13	5
4	24	6.0	0	11	4
3	20	6.7	0	14	3
2	8	4.0	0	6	2
1	1	1.0	1	1	3
24	169	7.0	2	14	28

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
6	46	7.7	0	11	6
5	41	8.2	1	11	5
3	29	9.7	0	13	5
4	24	6.0	0	11	4
3	20	6.7	0	14	3
2	8	4.0	0	6	2
1	1	1.0	1	1	3
24	169	7.0	2	14	28

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
6	46	7.7	0	11	6
5	41	8.2	1	11	5
3	29	9.7	0	13	5
4	24	6.0	0	11	4
3	20	6.7	0	14	3
2	8	4.0	0	6	2
1	1	1.0	1	1	3
24	169	7.0	2	14	28