| Minnesota Vikings at Houston Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: December 23, 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Reliant Stadium Attendance: 71688 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| Houston Texans | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Texans | Shayne Graham 51 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Kyle Rudolph 3 pass from Christian Ponder (Blair Walsh kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Blair Walsh 56 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Blair Walsh 41 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Blair Walsh 39 FG | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston Texans | Shayne Graham 33 FG | 16 | 6 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Toby Gerhart 3 run (Blair Walsh kick) | 23 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Michael Jenkins |
| 81 | WR | Jerome Simpson |
| 75 | LOT | Matt Kalil |
| 74 | LOG | Charlie Johnson |
| 65 | C | John Sullivan |
| 63 | ROG | Brandon Fusco |
| 71 | ROT | Phil Loadholt |
| 82 | TE | Kyle Rudolph |
| 7 | QB | Christian Ponder |
| 28 | HB | Adrian Peterson |
| 40 | FB | Rhett Ellison |
| Defense | ||
| 97 | LDE | Everson Griffen |
| 98 | NT | Letroy Guion |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 69 | RDE | Jared Allen |
| 52 | SLB | Chad Greenway |
| 54 | MLB | Jasper Brinkley |
| 50 | WLB | Erin Henderson |
| 26 | LCB | Antoine Winfield |
| 33 | SS | Jamarca Sanford |
| 22 | FS | Harrison Smith |
| 20 | RCB | Chris Cook |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Andre Johnson |
| 83 | WR | Kevin Walter |
| 76 | LOT | Duane Brown |
| 74 | LOG | Wade Smith |
| 55 | C | Chris Myers |
| 60 | ROG | Ben Jones |
| 75 | ROT | Derek Newton |
| 81 | TE | Owen Daniels |
| 88 | TE | Garrett Graham |
| 8 | QB | Matt Schaub |
| 23 | RB | Arian Foster |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | J.J. Watt |
| 95 | NT | Shaun Cody |
| 94 | RDE | Antonio Smith |
| 58 | SLB | Brooks Reed |
| 51 | LILB | Darryl Sharpton |
| 53 | RILB | Bradie James |
| 98 | WLB | Connor Barwin |
| 25 | LCB | Kareem Jackson |
| 38 | SS | Danieal Manning |
| 29 | FS | Glover Quin |
| 24 | RCB | Johnathan Joseph |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Adrian Peterson | 25 | 86 | 3.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Christian Ponder | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Toby Gerhart | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 6 | 1 |
| Jarius Wright | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Matt Asiata | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Ben Tate | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Arian Foster | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Justin Forsett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| T.J. Yates | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Christian Ponder | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 0 | 174 | 5.8 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 81.8 |
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| Matt Schaub | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 0 | 178 | 5.6 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 72.1 |
| T.J. Yates | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jarius Wright | 9 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerome Simpson | 5 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 6 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Michael Jenkins | 3 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Toby Gerhart | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Carlson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Devin Aromashodu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Andre Johnson | 10 | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Owen Daniels | 7 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Arian Foster | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Garrett Graham | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kevin Walter | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DeVier Posey | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| James Casey | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ben Tate | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Houston Texans | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Donnie Jones | 7 | 353 | 50.4 | 65 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Marcus Sherels | 6 | 1 | 50 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Keshawn Martin | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Blair Walsh | 6 | 383 | 63.8 | 2 |
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Shayne Graham | 3 | 200 | 66.7 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Marcus Sherels | 2 | 0 | 54 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Keshawn Martin | 4 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | SK | SKY |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Jared Allen | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| Fred Evans | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| Harrison Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Houston Texans | ||
| J.J. Watt | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Harrison Smith | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad Greenway | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasper Brinkley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erin Henderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Asiata | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Raymond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Dean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhett Ellison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Sherels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Loadholt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Blanton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Glover Quin | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Smith | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Joseph | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Dobbins | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danieal Manning | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradie James | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Reed | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kareem Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Watt | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Connor Barwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Sharpton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Braman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashad Carmichael | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Nading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Crick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shiloh Keo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Pleasant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeVier Posey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Mercilus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett Ruud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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