| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 2008 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Ford Field Attendance: 50444 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 25 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 23 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 35 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chester Taylor 17 run (Ryan Longwell kick) | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Calvin Johnson 70 pass from Daunte Culpepper (Jason Hanson kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Visanthe Shiancoe 11 pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 39 FG | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 50 FG | 20 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Bernard Berrian |
| 18 | WR | Sidney Rice |
| 19 | WR | Bobby Wade |
| 74 | LOT | Bryant McKinnie |
| 76 | LOG | Steve Hutchinson |
| 78 | C | Matt Birk |
| 64 | ROG | Anthony Herrera |
| 79 | ROT | Artis Hicks |
| 81 | TE | Visanthe Shiancoe |
| 12 | QB | Gus Frerotte |
| 28 | HB | Adrian Peterson |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Ray Edwards |
| 94 | NT | Pat Williams |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 69 | RDE | Jared Allen |
| 52 | SLB | Chad Greenway |
| 51 | WLB | Ben Leber |
| 26 | LCB | Antoine Winfield |
| 42 | SS | Darren Sharper |
| 20 | FS | Madieu Williams |
| 23 | RCB | Cedric Griffin |
| 22 | DB | Benny Sapp |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Keary Colbert |
| 81 | WR | Calvin Johnson |
| 16 | WR | John Standeford |
| 76 | LOT | Jeff Backus |
| 64 | LOG | Edwin Mulitalo |
| 51 | C | Dominic Raiola |
| 66 | ROG | Stephen Peterman |
| 77 | ROT | Gosder Cherilus |
| 11 | QB | Daunte Culpepper |
| 34 | RB | Kevin Smith |
| 44 | FB | Moran Norris |
| Defense | ||
| 97 | LDE | Ikaika Alama-Francis |
| 91 | NT | Chartric Darby |
| 78 | UT | Cory Redding |
| 92 | RDE | Cliff Avril |
| 53 | MLB | Paris Lenon |
| 50 | WLB | Ernie Sims |
| 28 | LCB | Leigh Bodden |
| 27 | SS | Daniel Bullocks |
| 24 | FS | Kalvin Pearson |
| 21 | RCB | Travis Fisher |
| 26 | DB | Dwight Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Adrian Peterson | 22 | 105 | 4.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 17t | 1 |
| Jeff Dugan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Kevin Smith | 21 | 64 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Daunte Culpepper | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Aveion Cason | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rudi Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tarvaris Jackson | 10 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 105 | 10.5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 143.8 |
| Gus Frerotte | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 2 | 70 | 7.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 50.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Daunte Culpepper | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 0 | 220 | 9.2 | 70t | 1 | 3 | 23 | 102.8 |
| Drew Henson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 5 | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Bernard Berrian | 6 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Sidney Rice | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Wade | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Calvin Johnson | 5 | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Keary Colbert | 2 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| John Owens | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jerome Felton | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Michael Gaines | 2 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| John Standeford | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rudi Johnson | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Casey Fitzsimmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ryan Nece | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Corey Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 2 | 114 | 57.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Harris | 2 | 119 | 59.5 | 66 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bernard Berrian | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Aundrae Allison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Aveion Cason | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Ryan Longwell | 5 | 334 | 66.8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 5 | 350 | 70.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Darius Reynaud | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 43 | 0 | |
| Aundrae Allison | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Aveion Cason | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Jared Allen | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| Ellis Wyms | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Ray Edwards | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Cliff Avril | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Chartric Darby | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Paris Lenon | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Darren Sharper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Greenway | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Madieu Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Napoleon Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Wyms | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinny Ciurciu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Herron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Frerotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Husain Abdullah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Grigsby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Paris Lenon | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dwight Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Sims | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Cody | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Fisher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Nece | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chartric Darby | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Bullocks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Avril | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordon Dizon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Bodden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Schweigert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramzee Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Standeford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ikaika Alama-Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Fluellen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hanson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| In Memoriam |
| NFL Boxscores |
| NFL Game Officials |
| NFL Training Camps |
| NFL Roster Limits |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Super Bowl |
| Privacy Policy |
| ©2006-2025 Pro Football Archives. All Rights Reserved. |
| Last Updated: August 26, 2025 |