| New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 28, 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 63761 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 48 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adrian Peterson 67 run (Ryan Longwell kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | John Carney 51 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | John Carney 30 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | John Carney 42 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Domenik Hixon 23 pass from David Carr (John Carney kick) | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | John Carney 20 FG | 19 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bernard Berrian 54 pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick) | 19 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 50 FG | 19 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Domenik Hixon |
| 12 | WR | Steve Smith |
| 66 | LOT | David Diehl |
| 69 | LOG | Rich Seubert |
| 60 | C | Shaun O'Hara |
| 76 | ROG | Chris Snee |
| 67 | ROT | Kareem McKenzie |
| 84 | TE | Darcy Johnson |
| 88 | TE | Michael Matthews |
| 10 | QB | Eli Manning |
| 34 | RB | Derrick Ward |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Justin Tuck |
| 98 | DT | Fred Robbins |
| 93 | NT | Jay Alford |
| 97 | RDE | Mathias Kiwanuka |
| 55 | SLB | Danny Clark |
| 58 | MLB | Antonio Pierce |
| 57 | WLB | Chase Blackburn |
| 35 | LCB | Kevin Dockery |
| 37 | SS | James Butler |
| 20 | FS | Michael Johnson |
| 23 | RCB | Corey Webster |
| 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 |
| 83 | TE | Jeff Dugan |
| 40 | TE | Jimmy Kleinsasser |
| 81 | TE | Visanthe Shiancoe |
| 7 | QB | Tarvaris Jackson |
| 28 | HB | Adrian Peterson |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Derrick Ward | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| David Carr | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| D.J. Ware | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Adrian Peterson | 21 | 103 | 4.9 | 67t | 1 |
| Chester Taylor | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jeff Dugan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Eli Manning | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 0 | 119 | 6.3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 76.4 |
| David Carr | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 0 | 110 | 10.0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 134.7 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tarvaris Jackson | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 1 | 239 | 9.2 | 54t | 1 | 2 | 21 | 88.5 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Domenik Hixon | 8 | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 23t | 1 |
| Darcy Johnson | 3 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Sinorice Moss | 2 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Mario Manningham | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Amani Toomer | 6 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Derrick Ward | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Madison Hedgecock | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Wade | 6 | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 6 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 54t | 1 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Sidney Rice | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Dugan | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| James Butler | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jeff Feagles | 4 | 193 | 48.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 4 | 190 | 47.5 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| R.W. McQuarters | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bernard Berrian | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Wade | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||
| John Carney | 5 | 291 | 58.2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Ryan Longwell | 4 | 274 | 68.5 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 58 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Maurice Hicks | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 38 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Michael Johnson | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| Bryan Kehl | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Ben Leber | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Chad Greenway | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Ellis Wyms | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bryan Kehl | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Dockery | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Blackburn | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Clark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Antonio Pierce | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Phillips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Robbins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathias Kiwanuka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Johnson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Tuck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Madison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Manningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Tollefson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome McDougle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renaldo Wynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Miles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Webster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Madieu Williams | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Greenway | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Robison | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Napoleon Harris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinny Ciurciu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cullen Loeffler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Wyms | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Husain Abdullah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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