| Houston Texans at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 2016 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: US Bank Stadium Attendance: 66683 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston TexansHOU | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 14 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adam Thielen 36 pass from Sam Bradford (Blair Walsh kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Matt Asiata 1 run (Blair Walsh kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Blair Walsh 19 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Marcus Sherels 79 punt return (Blair Walsh kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Nick Novak 38 FG | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Nick Novak 30 FG | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Cordarrelle Patterson 9 pass from Sam Bradford (Blair Walsh kick) | 6 | 31 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | DeAndre Hopkins 1 pass from Brock Osweiler (Nick Novak kick) | 13 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Will Fuller |
| 10 | WR | DeAndre Hopkins |
| 76 | LOT | Duane Brown |
| 71 | LOG | Xavier Su'a-Filo |
| 65 | C | Greg Mancz |
| 79 | ROG | Jeff Allen |
| 72 | ROT | Derek Newton |
| 87 | TE | C.J. Fiedorowicz |
| 84 | TE | Ryan Griffin |
| 17 | QB | Brock Osweiler |
| 25 | RB | Lamar Miller |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Christian Covington |
| 75 | NT | Vince Wilfork |
| 90 | RDE | Jadeveon Clowney |
| 59 | SLB | Whitney Mercilus |
| 56 | MLB | Brian Cushing |
| 55 | WLB | Bernardrick McKinney |
| 24 | LCB | Johnathan Joseph |
| 27 | SS | Quintin Demps |
| 29 | FS | Andre Hal |
| 21 | RCB | A.J. Bouye |
| 30 | DB | Kevin Johnson |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Cordarrelle Patterson |
| 19 | WR | Adam Thielen |
| 17 | WR | Jarius Wright |
| 68 | LOT | T.J. Clemmings |
| 76 | LOG | Alex Boone |
| 61 | C | Joe Berger |
| 63 | ROG | Brandon Fusco |
| 78 | ROT | Jeremiah Sirles |
| 82 | TE | Kyle Rudolph |
| 8 | QB | Sam Bradford |
| 21 | HB | Jerick McKinnon |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Brian Robison |
| 93 | DT | Shamar Stephen |
| 98 | NT | Linval Joseph |
| 97 | RDE | Everson Griffen |
| 55 | SLB | Anthony Barr |
| 54 | MLB | Eric Kendricks |
| 52 | WLB | Chad Greenway |
| 23 | LCB | Terence Newman |
| 34 | SS | Andrew Sendejo |
| 22 | FS | Harrison Smith |
| 29 | RCB | Xavier Rhodes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Alfred Blue | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Lamar Miller | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Matt Asiata | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 8 | 1 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Sam Bradford | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| Brock Osweiler | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 1 | 184 | 4.4 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 56.1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Sam Bradford | 30 | 22 | 73.3 | 0 | 271 | 9.0 | 36t | 2 | 2 | 16 | 123.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| DeAndre Hopkins | 9 | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Jaelen Strong | 9 | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
| C.J. Fiedorowicz | 8 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Ryan Griffin | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Braxton Miller | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Will Fuller | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lamar Miller | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Adam Thielen | 8 | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 36t | 1 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 6 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Jarius Wright | 4 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Matt Asiata | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Zach Line | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Andrew Sendejo | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Shane Lechler | 5 | 257 | 51.4 | 57 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jeff Locke | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Tyler Ervin | 2 | 1 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Will Fuller | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Marcus Sherels | 4 | 1 | 100 | 25.0 | 79t | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Brian Peters | 2 | 123 | 61.5 | 0 |
| Nick Novak | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Blair Walsh | 6 | 389 | 64.8 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Tyler Ervin | 2 | 0 | 53 | 26.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Braxton Miller | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Marcus Sherels | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||
| Whitney Mercilus | 1.5 | 12.5 |
| Antonio Smith | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Brian Robison | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Tom Johnson | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Bernardrick McKinney | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jadeveon Clowney | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles James | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Simon | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Covington | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Cushing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Joseph | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K.J. Dillon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Mercilus | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brennan Scarlett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Bouye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quintin Demps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akeem Dent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Heath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Bullough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Ervin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Pleasant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Reader | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Captain Munnerlyn | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Sendejo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Kendricks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Linval Joseph | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Robison | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Greenway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Rhodes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shamar Stephen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Barr | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Lamur | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Audie Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trae Waynes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terence Newman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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