| Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 2008 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 70015 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 10 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Devery Henderson 17 pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Antoine Winfield 59 blocked field goal recovery (Ryan Longwell kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Antoine Winfield 59 return of blocked (Longwell kick) FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Martin Gramatica 35 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 53 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Visanthe Shiancoe 4 pass from Chester Taylor (Ryan Longwell kick) | 16 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 33 FG | 19 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 71 punt return (Martin Gramatica kick) | 19 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Martin Gramatica 53 FG | 19 | 20 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 64 punt return (Martin Gramatica kick) | 19 | 27 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bernard Berrian 33 pass from Gus Frerotte (Ryan Longwell kick) | 26 | 27 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 30 FG | 29 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Bobby Wade |
| 74 | LOT | Bryant McKinnie |
| 76 | LOG | Steve Hutchinson |
| 78 | C | Matt Birk |
| 64 | ROG | Anthony Herrera |
| 62 | ROT | Ryan Cook |
| 40 | TE | Jimmy Kleinsasser |
| 81 | TE | Visanthe Shiancoe |
| 12 | QB | Gus Frerotte |
| 28 | HB | Adrian Peterson |
| 38 | FB | Naufahu Tahi |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ray Edwards |
| 94 | NT | Pat Williams |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 69 | RDE | Jared Allen |
| 52 | SLB | Chad Greenway |
| 58 | MLB | David Herron |
| 51 | WLB | Ben Leber |
| 26 | LCB | Antoine Winfield |
| 42 | SS | Darren Sharper |
| 25 | FS | Tyrell Johnson |
| 23 | RCB | Cedric Griffin |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 16 | WR | Lance Moore |
| 70 | LOT | Jammal Brown |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 76 | C | Jonathan Goodwin |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb |
| 80 | TE | Mark Campbell |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 25 | RB | Reggie Bush |
| 44 | FB | Mike Karney |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Charles Grant |
| 66 | DT | Brian Young |
| 71 | NT | Kendrick Clancy |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 55 | SLB | Scott Fujita |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 34 | LCB | Mike McKenzie |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 43 | FS | Kevin Kaesviharn |
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Adrian Peterson | 21 | 32 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Gus Frerotte | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Reggie Bush | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gus Frerotte | 36 | 19 | 52.8 | 0 | 222 | 6.2 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 |
| Chester Taylor | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 46 | 26 | 56.5 | 2 | 330 | 7.2 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 68.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Wade | 11 | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 13 | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 36 | 1 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Chester Taylor | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Aundrae Allison | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Garrett Mills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 9 | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 9 | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 10 | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 52 | 1 |
| Billy Miller | 6 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Mark Campbell | 4 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Copper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ben Leber | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 7 | 303 | 43.3 | 52 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve Weatherford | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charles Gordon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 5 | 0 | 176 | 35.2 | 71t | 2 |
| Lance Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Ryan Longwell | 7 | 446 | 63.7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Steve Weatherford | 6 | 344 | 57.3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Maurice Hicks | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Chester Taylor | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pierre Thomas | 5 | 168 | 33.6 | 56 | 0 | |
| Aaron Stecker | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Antoine Winfield | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Brian Young | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Cedric Griffin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Greenway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Gordon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Herron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Husain Abdullah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erin Henderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cullen Loeffler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jonathan Vilma | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Kaesviharn | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McKenzie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Young | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Grant | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tracy Porter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Fujita | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick Clancy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Gay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Nicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bullocks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby McCray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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