Week 15, 2034

played in Detroit, MI

40 degrees, rain, 4 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	9	3	7	3	-	22
Detroit Lions	6	0	0	8	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:24 MIN - Earl Wheeler 41 field goal
1Q: 04:50 DET - Preston Meier 9 run (Malik Gallagher extra point failed)
1Q: 00:24 MIN - Raul Gilliam 13 pass from Moises Hathaway (Earl Wheeler extra point failed)
2Q: 02:09 MIN - Earl Wheeler 29 field goal
3Q: 09:25 MIN - Buddy Berns 24 run (Earl Wheeler extra point)
4Q: 06:19 MIN - Earl Wheeler 39 field goal
4Q: 04:26 DET - Paul Tucker 5 pass from Joel Myers (Joel Myers pass to Isaiah Corbett for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:24 MIN - Earl Wheeler 41 field goal
1Q: 04:50 DET - Preston Meier 9 run (Malik Gallagher extra point failed)
1Q: 00:24 MIN - Raul Gilliam 13 pass from Moises Hathaway (Earl Wheeler extra point failed)
2Q: 02:09 MIN - Earl Wheeler 29 field goal
3Q: 09:25 MIN - Buddy Berns 24 run (Earl Wheeler extra point)
4Q: 06:19 MIN - Earl Wheeler 39 field goal
4Q: 04:26 DET - Paul Tucker 5 pass from Joel Myers (Joel Myers pass to Isaiah Corbett for conversion)

Team Statistics MIN DET
Record 9-5 6-8
First Downs 19 21
- by Rushing 10 5
- by Passing 9 15
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 320 284
- Offensive Plays 65 63
- Yards per Play 4.92 4.51
Net Rushing Yards 166 72
- Rushing Attempts 37 20
- Yards per Rush 4.49 3.60
Net Passing Yards 154 212
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 12 - 1 40 - 24 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 165 228
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 3/16
- Yards per Pass Play 5.50 4.93
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 9.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/25 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 1/0 5/18
Kick Returns/Yards 1/27 5/94
Interception Ret./Yards 2/9 1/11
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/1
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 31
Time of Possession 33:02 26:58

Team Statistics	MIN	DET
Record	9-5	6-8
First Downs	19	21
- by Rushing	10	5
- by Passing	9	15
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	320	284
- Offensive Plays	65	63
- Yards per Play	4.92	4.51
Net Rushing Yards	166	72
- Rushing Attempts	37	20
- Yards per Rush	4.49	3.60
Net Passing Yards	154	212
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 12 - 1	40 - 24 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	165	228
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	3/16
- Yards per Pass Play	5.50	4.93
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	9.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/25	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	1/0	5/18
Kick Returns/Yards	1/27	5/94
Interception Ret./Yards	2/9	1/11
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 31
Time of Possession	33:02	26:58

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:42	OWN 25	13	51	Field Goal
1	4:44	4:26	OWN 29	9	71	Touchdown
2	12:37	2:58	OWN 20	6	2	Punt
2	5:35	3:33	OWN 36	7	52	Field Goal
2	0:56	0:36	OWN 37	3	-8	Punt
3	10:38	1:27	OWN 35	3	65	Touchdown
3	7:07	2:05	OWN 14	3	8	Punt
3	3:22	2:13	OWN 9	5	10	Punt
4	12:28	0:55	OWN 38	2	0	Interception
4	10:25	4:12	OWN 42	6	36	Field Goal
4	4:18	2:28	OWN 25	6	8	Punt
4	1:01	1:01	OPP 19	2	5	Game

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:18	4:34	OWN 26	8	74	Touchdown
1	0:18	2:41	OWN 35	8	24	Punt
2	9:39	4:04	OWN 38	7	33	Missed FG
2	2:02	1:06	OWN 10	3	5	Punt
2	0:20	0:20	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	4:22	OWN 24	8	35	Interception
3	9:11	2:04	OWN 33	3	-3	Punt
3	5:02	1:40	OPP 47	3	-1	Punt
3	1:09	3:41	OWN 35	9	34	Missed FG
4	11:33	1:08	OPP 37	3	-14	Interception
4	6:13	1:55	OWN 25	6	75	Touchdown
4	1:50	0:49	OWN 10	4	9	Downs

Game MVP: Buddy Berns, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Buddy Berns	24	126	5.25	24	5	1
RB Shawn Schwartz	7	14	2.00	11	1	0
QB Moises Hathaway	3	14	4.67	10	1	0
TE Heath Benaroya	1	7	7.00	7	0	0
RB Casey Reeves	1	5	5.00	5	0	0
WR Kenyon Richmond	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Justice McCann	12	48	4.00	11	1	0
QB Joel Myers	3	10	3.33	9	0	0
RB Preston Meier	3	11	3.67	9	0	1
RB Buddy LaPlace	2	3	1.50	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Moises Hathaway	26	12	165	2/11	1	31	1	63.8

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joel Myers	40	24	228	3/16	1	35	2	63.3

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kenyon Richmond	5	10	88	17.60	40	31	0
WR Raul Gilliam	3	6	45	15.00	19	20	1
TE Donny May	2	2	13	6.50	0	7	0
TE Nolan Harrison	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
TE Heath Benaroya	1	1	9	9.00	5	9	0
WR Gage Ashe	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Jalen Soltis	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Paul Tucker	7	13	53	7.57	11	15	1
WR Erick Money	3	5	44	14.67	12	15	0
RB Buddy LaPlace	3	3	2	0.67	0	3	0
WR Johnathan Swaine	3	6	33	11.00	0	12	0
TE Isaiah Corbett	2	3	18	9.00	1	10	0
TE Kelvin Cagle	2	4	16	8.00	9	18	0
WR Frankie Hutchinson	2	3	50	25.00	1	35	0
RB Preston Meier	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Conrad Kramer	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Damien Prior	1	0	0.00	0
CB Dominique Morton	1	9	9.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Jared Martinez	1	11	11.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
WR Gage Ashe	0	0	1	0

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
WR Frankie Hutchinson	1	0	0	0
FB Bert Bradford	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rodolfo Clayton	5	237	47.4	43.8	59	2

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Junior Greene	4	184	46.0	41.0	56	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Earl Wheeler	3/3	1/1	0/0	41	1/2

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Malik Gallagher	0/2	0/2	0/0	0	0/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Casey Reeves	1	0	0.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frankie Hutchinson	5	18	3.6	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gilbert Osborne	1	27	27.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rich Albritton	4	86	21.5	0
Frankie Hutchinson	1	8	8.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Elijah Dennis	7	0	0.0	19	33
DT Cameron Hanson	7	0	0.0	20	39
CB Damien Prior	6	3	0.0	19	43
S Jermaine Henry	5	4	0.0	20	43
DE Brett Cunningham	4	1	1.5	18	32
OLB Lewis Vilnit	4	1	0.0	18	27
DE Cooper Craig	2	1	1.0	12	25
OLB Gary Scancella	2	1	0.5	3	12
CB Grayson Donhoff	2	1	0.0	15	28
OLB Damon Bronson	2	1	0.0	10	28
S Chester Webb	2	0	0.0	19	28
DT Tracy Heinz	1	1	0.0	14	18
WR Kenyon Richmond	1	0	---	---	---
S Deon Ciarleglio	0	1	0.0	1	15
CB Dominique Morton	0	1	0.0	6	32
DE Kevin Fleming	0	1	0.0	5	20
DT Deron Morrison	0	1	0.0	5	20

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Burt Terry	8	3	0.0	37	27
ILB Jared Martinez	7	3	0.0	37	28
OLB Kelly Bernard	6	1	0.0	33	26
DT Lee Ellis	5	0	0.0	31	25
DE Clyde Krosney	4	2	0.5	32	26
CB Clyde Guerino	4	1	0.0	37	28
CB Mo Chism	4	0	0.0	23	13
CB Mason Bialo	2	3	0.0	37	26
OLB Brock Dotson	2	1	0.0	18	17
WR Paul Tucker	2	0	---	---	---
OLB Wes Spann	1	1	0.5	6	2
DE Sherman Ballard	1	1	0.5	33	25
DE Darryl Riti	1	1	0.5	3	3
DT Hector Farrell	1	3	0.0	20	9
DT Damon Van Valkenberg	1	1	0.0	23	22
S Abraham Shelton	1	1	0.0	18	18
S Jerry Payton	0	1	0.0	19	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Brett Cunningham	1.5	1	1	32
DE Cooper Craig	1.0	0	1	25
OLB Gary Scancella	0.5	0	0	12
DT Cameron Hanson	0.0	0	2	39
DE Kevin Fleming	0.0	0	1	20
DT Deron Morrison	0.0	0	1	20
OLB Damon Bronson	0.0	0	1	28

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Sherman Ballard	0.5	1	4	1	25
DE Clyde Krosney	0.5	0	1	0	26
OLB Wes Spann	0.5	0	0	0	2
DE Darryl Riti	0.5	0	0	0	3

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Damien Prior	5	0	1	43
ILB Elijah Dennis	5	0	0	33
S Jermaine Henry	4	0	0	43
CB Grayson Donhoff	2	2	0	28
DE Brett Cunningham	2	0	0	32
OLB Lewis Vilnit	2	0	0	27
OLB Gary Scancella	1	0	0	12
DT Cameron Hanson	1	0	0	39
S Chester Webb	1	0	0	28
OLB Damon Bronson	1	0	0	28
CB Dominique Morton	0	1	1	32

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Clyde Guerino	3	0	0	28
OLB Kelly Bernard	3	0	0	26
S Burt Terry	2	1	0	27
ILB Jared Martinez	1	1	1	28
CB Mo Chism	1	1	0	13
OLB Brock Dotson	1	0	0	17
CB Mason Bialo	1	0	0	26

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Conrad Borders	5	6	0	37	0	28
C Kristopher Kelley	4	6	1	37	0	28
G Rex Bradford	3	11	0	37	0	28
T Dakota Castaneda	1	3	0	37	2	28
T Chase Winslett	0	5	0	37	0	28
TE Nolan Harrison	0	1	0	2	0	6
TE Heath Benaroya	0	1	0	17	0	16
TE Donny May	0	1	0	33	0	28

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Jessie Corral	2	4	20	0	43
T Roderick Urbina	2	3	20	2	43
T Branden Richmond	2	3	20	0	42
T Pedro Jeffries	1	5	20	1	43
FB Bert Bradford	0	1	5	0	11
G Carlton Hodges	0	1	11	0	14
T Reginald Robbins	0	1	9	0	29

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Gage Ashe	5	21
Rex Bradford	2	14
Casey Reeves	1	21
Rick Guthrie	1	18
Wayne Thomason	1	9

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Douglas Benton	1	12
Branden Richmond	1	3

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Rex Bradford	37	28	---	---	14	79
T Dakota Castaneda	37	28	---	---	8	73
T Chase Winslett	37	28	---	---	---	65
G Conrad Borders	37	28	---	---	---	65
S Jermaine Henry	---	---	20	43	2	65
C Kristopher Kelley	37	28	---	---	---	65
QB Moises Hathaway	37	28	---	---	---	65
CB Damien Prior	---	---	19	43	2	64
DT Cameron Hanson	---	---	20	39	2	61
TE Donny May	33	28	---	---	---	61
WR Kenyon Richmond	33	24	---	---	---	57
ILB Elijah Dennis	---	---	19	33	2	54
WR Raul Gilliam	33	20	---	---	---	53
DE Brett Cunningham	---	---	18	32	2	52
S Chester Webb	---	---	19	28	4	51
RB Buddy Berns	29	21	---	---	---	50
OLB Lewis Vilnit	---	---	18	27	1	46
CB Grayson Donhoff	---	---	15	28	1	44
CB Dominique Morton	---	---	6	32	6	44
OLB Damon Bronson	---	---	10	28	2	40
DE Cooper Craig	---	---	12	25	1	38
TE Heath Benaroya	17	16	---	---	5	38
WR Gage Ashe	7	6	---	---	21	34
CB Pat Meadows	---	---	14	20	---	34
DT Tracy Heinz	---	---	14	18	1	33
WR Jalen Soltis	21	12	---	---	---	33
S Deon Ciarleglio	---	---	1	15	14	30
TE Nolan Harrison	2	6	---	---	21	29
DT Deron Morrison	---	---	5	20	4	29
RB Shawn Schwartz	7	5	---	---	16	28
DE Kevin Fleming	---	---	5	20	1	26
RB Casey Reeves	1	1	---	---	21	23
OLB Rick Guthrie	---	---	1	0	18	19
ILB Donnell Santana	---	---	1	9	7	17
OLB Gary Scancella	---	---	3	12	1	16
CB Brandon Carlisle	---	---	0	1	13	14
WR Wayne Thomason	1	1	---	---	9	11
WR Gilbert Osborne	1	0	---	---	9	10
K Earl Wheeler	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Mack Chandler	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Rodolfo Clayton	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Mark Sanford	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Rob Edens	0	0	---	---	8	8
DE Malcolm Wiggins	---	---	0	0	4	4
QB Jaylen Turnbull	0	0	---	---	---	0
T B.J. Roth	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Jessie Corral	20	43	---	---	9	72
T Pedro Jeffries	20	43	---	---	6	69
CB Clyde Guerino	---	---	37	28	4	69
T Roderick Urbina	20	43	---	---	6	69
ILB Jared Martinez	---	---	37	28	3	68
S Burt Terry	---	---	37	27	2	66
T Branden Richmond	20	42	---	---	3	65
CB Mason Bialo	---	---	37	26	2	65
QB Joel Myers	20	43	---	---	---	63
OLB Kelly Bernard	---	---	33	26	3	62
WR Paul Tucker	20	41	---	---	---	61
DE Clyde Krosney	---	---	32	26	3	61
DE Sherman Ballard	---	---	33	25	2	60
DT Lee Ellis	---	---	31	25	3	59
TE Kelvin Cagle	18	36	---	---	---	54
WR Johnathan Swaine	16	33	---	---	2	51
DT Damon Van Valkenberg	---	---	23	22	3	48
CB Mo Chism	---	---	23	13	12	48
WR Erick Money	13	26	---	---	8	47
TE Isaiah Corbett	6	14	---	---	20	40
S Abraham Shelton	---	---	18	18	3	39
T Reginald Robbins	9	29	---	---	---	38
OLB Brock Dotson	---	---	18	17	2	37
DT Hector Farrell	---	---	20	9	5	34
FB Bert Bradford	5	11	---	---	16	32
RB Buddy LaPlace	4	12	---	---	15	31
S Jerry Payton	---	---	19	10	1	30
WR Frankie Hutchinson	0	12	---	---	16	28
G Carlton Hodges	11	14	---	---	2	27
OLB Wes Spann	---	---	6	2	18	26
RB Justice McCann	12	10	---	---	---	22
RB Preston Meier	4	14	---	---	---	18
CB Rich Albritton	---	---	0	2	14	16
S Luther Ioja	---	---	0	1	14	15
WR Douglas Benton	0	0	---	---	12	12
DE Darryl Riti	---	---	3	3	6	12
ILB Raymond Gibson	---	---	0	0	11	11
WR Les Rios	0	3	---	---	5	8
P Junior Greene	0	0	---	---	6	6
C Silas Huie	0	0	---	---	6	6
K Malik Gallagher	0	0	---	---	5	5
TE Conrad Kramer	2	3	---	---	---	5
G Dwight Brooks	0	0	---	---	5	5
C Dwayne Parker	0	1	---	---	---	1
QB Bryan Underwood	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Shaun Blackwell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	7	0.7
Middle	23	164	7.1
Right	3	-4	-1.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	9	2.3
Middle	9	26	2.9
Right	6	39	6.5
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Moises Hathaway	26	12	4	3	1	3	5	1	1

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joel Myers	40	24	1	2	1	3	7	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	27	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	4	65	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	73	8.1
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	4	4	0.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	89	5.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	8	100	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	35	11.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kenyon Richmond	10	5	1	88	3	24
WR Raul Gilliam	6	3	0	45	1	20
WR Jalen Soltis	4	0	0	0	0	12
WR Gage Ashe	2	0	0	0	0	6
TE Donny May	2	2	0	13	0	28
TE Nolan Harrison	1	1	0	10	0	6
TE Heath Benaroya	1	1	0	9	0	16

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Paul Tucker	13	7	0	53	0	41
WR Johnathan Swaine	6	3	1	33	0	33
WR Erick Money	5	3	0	44	0	26
TE Kelvin Cagle	4	2	0	16	0	36
TE Isaiah Corbett	3	2	0	18	0	14
RB Buddy LaPlace	3	3	0	2	0	12
WR Frankie Hutchinson	3	2	0	50	1	12
RB Preston Meier	2	1	0	6	0	14
TE Conrad Kramer	1	1	0	6	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Buddy Berns	2	4	2.00	5.25
QB Moises Hathaway	1	-1	-1.00	4.67

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Preston Meier	1	9	9.00	3.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Moises Hathaway	3	1	13	4.33	6.35

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joel Myers	3	3	34	11.33	5.70

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Gage Ashe	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Raul Gilliam	1	1	13	13.00	7.50
WR Jalen Soltis	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Paul Tucker	1	1	5	5.00	4.08
WR Erick Money	1	1	14	14.00	8.80
WR Frankie Hutchinson	1	1	15	15.00	16.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
RB Buddy Berns	3	1
TE Heath Benaroya	1	1
QB Moises Hathaway	1	0

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
RB Preston Meier	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Moises Hathaway	7	5	4

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joel Myers	11	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kenyon Richmond	3	2	2
TE Nolan Harrison	1	1	0
WR Raul Gilliam	1	0	0
TE Heath Benaroya	1	1	1
TE Donny May	1	1	1

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Paul Tucker	5	2	1
TE Isaiah Corbett	2	1	1
RB Preston Meier	2	1	0
TE Kelvin Cagle	1	1	1
WR Johnathan Swaine	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,600 (64,600 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,900 (16,900)
End Zone 12,100 (12,100)
Mezzanine 7,000 (7,000)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (10,700)
Club Seats 15,400 (15,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (2,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,600 (64,600 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,900 (16,900)
End Zone	12,100 (12,100)
Mezzanine	7,000 (7,000)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (10,700)
Club Seats	15,400 (15,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (2,500)