Patriots 30-7 Vikings (14 Sep, 2014) Box Score

New England Patriots

1-1, 1-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE	10	14	3	3	30
MIN	7	0	0	0	7

Minnesota Vikings

1-1, 0-1 home

New England Passing


Tom Brady#12
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
14/21	149	7.1	1	0	1-7	87.3	103.1
14/21	142	7.1	1	0	1-7	--	103.1

Minnesota Passing


Matt Cassel#16
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
19/36	202	5.6	1	4	6-39	33.0	39.1
19/36	163	5.6	1	4	6-39	--	39.1

New England Rushing


Stevan Ridley#22
Shane Vereen#34
Julian Edelman#11
Tom Brady#12
Brandon Bolden#38
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25	101	4.0	1	16
6	40	6.7	0	12
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	0	0.0	0	0
4	0	0.0	0	2
37	150	4.1	1	16

Minnesota Rushing


Matt Asiata#44
Matt Cassel#16
Jerick McKinnon#31
Jarius Wright#17
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	36	2.8	7
3	16	5.3	13
2	7	3.5	4
1	-5	-5.0	-5
19	54	2.8	13

New England Receiving


Julian Edelman#11
Rob Gronkowski#87
James Develin#46
Aaron Dobson#17
Michael Hoomanawanui#47
Danny Amendola#80
Shane Vereen#34
Tim Wright#81
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
6	81	13.5	1	44	7
4	32	8.0	0	11	6
2	17	8.5	0	13	2
1	13	13.0	0	13	2
1	6	6.0	0	6	1
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
14	149	10.6	1	44	19

Minnesota Receiving


Cordarrelle Patterson#84
Kyle Rudolph#82
Matt Asiata#44
Rhett Ellison#85
Jarius Wright#17
Jerick McKinnon#31
Greg Jennings#15
Adam Thielen#19
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
4	56	14.0	0	26	7
5	53	10.6	0	17	8
5	48	9.6	1	25	7
1	24	24.0	0	24	1
1	12	12.0	0	12	3
2	5	2.5	0	3	3
1	4	4.0	0	4	5
0	0	0.0	0	0	2
19	202	10.6	1	26	33

New England Fumbles


Julian Edelman#11
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

Minnesota Fumbles


Matt Cassel#16
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

New England Defense



Dont'a Hightower#54
Chandler Jones#95
Jerod Mayo#51
Rob Ninkovich#50
Kyle Arrington#25
Darrelle Revis#24
Logan Ryan#26
Sealver Siliga#96
Patrick Chung#23
Vince Wilfork#75
Deontae Skinner#55
Brandon LaFell#19
Nate Ebner#43
Don Jones#29
Dominique Easley#74
Malcolm Butler#21
Duron Harmon#30
Chris Dwightstone Jones#94
Devin McCourty#32
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	2	2	1	2	0
8	6	2	3	0	3	0
7	5	0	2	0	1	0
3	3	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	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	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
51	37	6	8	7	8	1

Minnesota Defense



Jasper Brinkley#54
Harrison Smith#22
Chad Greenway#52
Robert Blanton#36
Anthony Barr#55
Xavier Rhodes#29
Captain Munnerlyn#24
Shamar Stephen#93
Cullen Loeffler#46
Andrew Sendejo#34
Linval Joseph#98
Tom Johnson#92
Greg Jennings#15
Brian Robison#96
Everson Griffen#97
Jarius Wright#17
Matt Kalil#75
Sharrif Floyd#73
Gerald Hodges#50
Corey Wootton#99
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	0	0	0
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	1	1	1	0
6	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	1	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	1	0	1	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	1	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
65	49	1	3	1	3	0

New England Interceptions


Devin McCourty#32
Darrelle Revis#24
Logan Ryan#26
Dominique Easley#74
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	60	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
4	60	0

Minnesota Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Minnesota Interceptions

New England Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No New England Kick Returns

Minnesota Kick Returns


Cordarrelle Patterson#84
Rhett Ellison#85
Adam Thielen#19
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	23	23.0	23
1	14	14.0	14
1	12	12.0	12
3	49	16.3	23

New England Punt Returns


Julian Edelman#11
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	66	16.5	34	0
4	66	16.5	34	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


Marcus Sherels#35
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	11	11.0	11	0
1	11	11.0	11	0

New England Kicking


Stephen Gostkowski#3
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	48	3/3	12
3/3	100.0	48	3/3	12

Minnesota Kicking


Blair Walsh#3
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/1	0.0	0	1/1	1

New England Punting


Ryan Allen#6
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	211	42.2	0	4	59
5	211	42.2	0	4	59

Minnesota Punting


Jeff Locke#18
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	228	45.6	0	0	57
5	228	45.6	0	0	57

Huntington Bank Stadium

6:00 PM, 14 September 2014

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 52,350

Referees:
Greg Wilson
George Hayward
Tony Corrente
Dan Ferrell
Darryll Lewis
Gary Cavaletto
Shawn Hochuli

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	11	3	.786	445	310
Miami	6	8	.429	276	312
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	11	.214	238	337

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	13	2	.867	493	299
Minnesota	12	2	.857	369	252
Green Bay	10	4	.714	379	287
Chicago	4	11	.267	283	342

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