| New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 2006 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 63819 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | Reche Caldwell 6 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Stephen Gostkowski 23 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Ben Watson 9 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Mewelde Moore 71 punt return (Ryan Longwell kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Troy Brown 7 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Chad Jackson 10 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 31 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Troy Brown |
| 87 | WR | Reche Caldwell |
| 85 | WR | Doug Gabriel |
| 10 | WR | Jabar Gaffney |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 67 | C | Dan Koppen |
| 74 | ROG | Billy Yates |
| 68 | ROT | Ryan O'Callaghan |
| 84 | TE | Ben Watson |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Ty Warren |
| 75 | NT | Vince Wilfork |
| 97 | RDE | Jarvis Green |
| 59 | LOLB | Rosevelt Colvin |
| 54 | LILB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 55 | RILB | Junior Seau |
| 50 | ROLB | Mike Vrabel |
| 30 | LCB | Chad Scott |
| 37 | SS | Rodney Harrison |
| 25 | FS | Artrell Hawkins |
| 22 | RCB | Asante Samuel |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Travis Taylor |
| 82 | WR | Troy Williamson |
| 74 | LOT | Bryant McKinnie |
| 76 | LOG | Steve Hutchinson |
| 78 | C | Matt Birk |
| 79 | ROG | Artis Hicks |
| 72 | ROT | Marcus Johnson |
| 85 | TE | Jermaine Wiggins |
| 14 | QB | Brad Johnson |
| 29 | RB | Chester Taylor |
| 49 | FB | Tony Richardson |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Darrion Scott |
| 94 | NT | Pat Williams |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 95 | RDE | Kenechi Udeze |
| 58 | MLB | Napoleon Harris |
| 56 | WLB | E.J. Henderson |
| 26 | LCB | Antoine Winfield |
| 42 | SS | Darren Sharper |
| 24 | FS | Dwight Smith |
| 21 | RCB | Fred Smoot |
| 27 | DB | Ronyell Whitaker |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Heath Evans | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Cassel | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chester Taylor | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Brad Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Artose Pinner | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 43 | 29 | 67.4 | 1 | 372 | 8.7 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 115.6 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Brad Johnson | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 3 | 185 | 5.6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38.1 |
| Brooks Bollinger | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 76 | 8.4 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 53.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ben Watson | 13 | 7 | 95 | 13.6 | 40 | 1 |
| Reche Caldwell | 8 | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Doug Gabriel | 7 | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 2 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Dave Thomas | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chad Jackson | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Troy Williamson | 9 | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 7 | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 6 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Travis Taylor | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bethel Johnson | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Billy McMullen | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Richardson | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Richard Owens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ellis Hobbs | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Darren Sharper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Josh Miller | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 5 | 249 | 49.8 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 0 | 33 | 16.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Chad Jackson | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 0 | 81 | 40.5 | 71t | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 6 | 374 | 62.3 | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Ryan Longwell | 2 | 128 | 64.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Laurence Maroney | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 77 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bethel Johnson | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Richard Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Tully Banta-Cain | 2.5 | 15.5 |
| Jarvis Green | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| Richard Seymour | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Jayme Mitchell | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| E.J. Henderson | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mike Vrabel | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artrell Hawkins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Seau | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Mankins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| E.J. Henderson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Smith | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Smoot | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayme Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenechi Udeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronyell Whitaker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Napoleon Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrion Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Farwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artose Pinner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Bollinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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