Vikings 31-13 Texans (9 Oct, 2016) Box Score

Houston Texans

3-2, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	0	6	0	7	13
MIN	14	10	0	7	31

Minnesota Vikings

5-0, 3-0 home

Houston Passing


Brock Osweiler#17
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
19/42	184	4.4	1	1	4-29	14.7	56.1
19/42	155	4.4	1	1	4-29	--	56.1

Minnesota Passing


Sam Bradford#8
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
22/30	271	9.0	2	0	2-16	88.9	123.1
22/30	255	9.0	2	0	2-16	--	123.1

Houston Rushing


Alfred Blue#28
Lamar Miller#26
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	39	6.5	13
8	20	2.5	4
14	59	4.2	13

Minnesota Rushing


Matt Asiata#44
Jerick McKinnon#21
Cordarrelle Patterson#84
Sam Bradford#8
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	55	3.9	1	8
20	36	1.8	0	8
1	7	7.0	0	7
2	-2	-1.0	0	-1
37	96	2.6	1	8

Houston Receiving


C.J. Fiedorowicz#87
DeAndre Hopkins#10
Jaelen Strong#11
Braxton Miller#13
Ryan Griffin#84
Lamar Miller#26
William Fuller V#15
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
4	61	15.3	0	22	8
5	56	11.2	1	25	9
5	39	7.8	0	16	9
1	12	12.0	0	12	1
2	8	4.0	0	5	6
1	4	4.0	0	4	3
1	4	4.0	0	4	6
19	184	9.7	1	25	42

Minnesota Receiving


Adam Thielen#19
Matt Asiata#44
Cordarrelle Patterson#84
Jarius Wright#17
Kyle Rudolph#82
Jerick McKinnon#21
Charles Johnson#12
Zach Line#48
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7	127	18.1	1	36	8
3	46	15.3	0	23	3
4	39	9.8	1	15	6
4	32	8.0	0	11	4
2	15	7.5	0	14	4
1	10	10.0	0	10	3
1	2	2.0	0	2	1
0	0	0.0	0	0	1
22	271	12.3	2	36	29

Houston Fumbles


Brock Osweiler#17
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

Minnesota Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Minnesota Fumbles

Houston Defense



Benardrick McKinney#55
Jadeveon Clowney#90
Charles James II#31
Kevin Johnson#30
John Simon#51
Christian Covington#95
Brian Cushing#56
Johnathan Joseph#24
K.J. Dillon#36
Whitney Mercilus#59
Brennan Scarlett#57
A.J. Bouye#21
Vince Wilfork#75
Corey Moore#43
Quintin Demps#27
Akeem Dent#50
Ryan Griffin#84
Max Bullough#53
Tyler Ervin#34
Joel Heath#93
Antonio Smith#94
Eddie Pleasant#35
DJ Reader#98
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	0	4	0	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	3	0	1	1	0	0
5	3	0	1	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1.5	1.5	0	5	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	1	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	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0.5	0.5	0	2	0
1	0	0	0	2	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	49	2	8	4	8	0

Minnesota Defense



Captain Munnerlyn#24
Andrew Sendejo#34
Harrison Smith#22
Eric Kendricks#54
Linval Joseph#98
Danielle Hunter#99
Brian Robison#96
Tom Johnson#92
Chad Greenway#52
Xavier Rhodes#29
Shamar Stephen#93
Emmanuel Lamur#59
Anthony Barr#55
Everson Griffen#97
Audie Cole#57
Cordarrelle Patterson#84
Trae Waynes#26
Terence Newman#23
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	2	0
3	1	1	1	1	1	0
2	2	2	2	0	3	0
2	2	1	1	0	6	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
2	1	0	0	0	2	0
2	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0
49	33	4	4	8	15	1

Houston Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Houston Interceptions

Minnesota Interceptions


Andrew Sendejo#34
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	2	0
1	2	0

Houston Kick Returns


Tyler Ervin#34
Braxton Miller#13
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	53	26.5	33
1	15	15.0	15
3	68	22.7	33

Minnesota Kick Returns


Marcus Sherels#35
Cordarrelle Patterson#84
Charles Johnson#12
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	17	17.0	17
1	17	17.0	17
1	16	16.0	16
3	50	16.7	17

Houston Punt Returns


Tyler Ervin#34
William Fuller V#15
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	33	16.5	18
1	14	14.0	14
3	47	15.7	18

Minnesota Punt Returns


Marcus Sherels#35
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	100	25.0	79	1
4	100	25.0	79	1

Houston Kicking


Nick Novak#8
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/3	66.7	38	1/1	7
2/3	66.7	38	1/1	7

Minnesota Kicking


Blair Walsh#3
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	19	4/4	7
1/1	100.0	19	4/4	7

Houston Punting


Shane Lechler#9
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	257	51.4	0	2	57
5	257	51.4	0	2	57

Minnesota Punting


Jeff Locke#18
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	231	46.2	0	1	55
5	231	46.2	0	1	55

U.S. Bank Stadium

6:00 PM, 9 October 2016

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 66,683

Referees:
Jeff Bergman
Steve Freeman
Dyrol Prioleau
Scott Edwards
Jeff Triplette
Sarah Thomas
Shawn Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	9	6	.600	347	327
Indianapolis	7	8	.467	318	359
Jacksonville	3	11	.214	263	377
Tennessee	3	12	.200	284	417

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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