| Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 21, 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN Venue: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 62889 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Michael Turner 1 run (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Visanthe Shiancoe 21 pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jerious Norwood 8 pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Jason Elam 22 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Justin Blalock own fumble recovery in end zone (Jason Elam kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 29 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Visanthe Shiancoe 17 pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Michael Jenkins |
| 84 | WR | Roddy White |
| 74 | LOT | Todd Weiner |
| 63 | LOG | Justin Blalock |
| 62 | C | Todd McClure |
| 73 | ROG | Harvey Dahl |
| 77 | ROT | Tyson Clabo |
| 87 | TE | Justin Peelle |
| 2 | QB | Matt Ryan |
| 33 | RB | Michael Turner |
| 34 | FB | Ovie Mughelli |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Jamaal Anderson |
| 95 | LDT | Jonathan Babineaux |
| 90 | RDT | Grady Jackson |
| 55 | RDE | John Abraham |
| 56 | LLB | Keith Brooking |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 52 | RLB | Coy Wire |
| 24 | LCB | Domonique Foxworth |
| 36 | SS | Lawyer Milloy |
| 26 | FS | Erik Coleman |
| 23 | RCB | Chris Houston |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Bernard Berrian |
| 19 | WR | Bobby Wade |
| 74 | LOT | Bryant McKinnie |
| 76 | LOG | Steve Hutchinson |
| 78 | C | Matt Birk |
| 64 | ROG | Anthony Herrera |
| 62 | ROT | Ryan Cook |
| 81 | TE | Visanthe Shiancoe |
| 7 | QB | Tarvaris Jackson |
| 28 | HB | Adrian Peterson |
| 38 | FB | Naufahu Tahi |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ray Edwards |
| 90 | NT | Fred Evans |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 69 | RDE | Jared Allen |
| 52 | SLB | Chad Greenway |
| 99 | MLB | Napoleon Harris |
| 51 | WLB | Ben Leber |
| 26 | LCB | Antoine Winfield |
| 42 | SS | Darren Sharper |
| 20 | FS | Madieu Williams |
| 23 | RCB | Cedric Griffin |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | 27:05 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5/12 | 0/0 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 0 |
| MIN | 32:55 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6/13 | 2/4 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Michael Turner | 19 | 70 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Jason Snelling | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerious Norwood | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Matt Ryan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 98 | 3.1 | 13 | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tarvaris Jackson | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 22 | 76 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 161 | 5.2 | 29 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Matt Ryan | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 134 | 5.6 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 84.4 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 134 | 5.6 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 84.4 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tarvaris Jackson | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 0 | 233 | 6.5 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 98.5 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 0 | 233 | 6.5 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 98.5 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Michael Jenkins | 8 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Roddy White | 7 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerious Norwood | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8t | 1 |
| Brian Finneran | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Justin Peelle | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Harry Douglas | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 134 | 10.3 | 22 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 7 | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 31 | 2 |
| Bobby Wade | 7 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 5 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 6 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Sidney Rice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 233 | 10.6 | 31 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||
| Michael Koenen | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||
| Chris Kluwe | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Harry Douglas | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Wade | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||
| Michael Koenen | 5 | 318 | 63.6 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 2 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Ryan Longwell | 4 | 274 | 68.5 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jerious Norwood | 3 | 0 | 80 | 26.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Chester Taylor | 2 | 0 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Kindal Moorehead | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| John Abraham | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Chauncey Davis | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 | 38.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Ray Edwards | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Coy Wire | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawyer Milloy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keith Brooking | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Coleman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domonique Foxworth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kindal Moorehead | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Abraham | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Boley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Houston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chevis Jackson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Jefferson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kroy Biermann | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Babineaux | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamaal Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas DeCoud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Finneran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamaal Fudge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Nicholas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Snelling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Antoine Winfield | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Greenway | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Napoleon Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madieu Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Robison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erin Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Birk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |