National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 42, Minnesota 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 18, 2011
Where: Mall of America Field at H.H.H. Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Walt Anderson
Attendance: 62623
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 71414742
Minnesota 3100720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:20
Minnesota FG Minnesota 3 - New Orleans 0
Ryan Longwell 44 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:51
New Orleans TD Minnesota 3 - New Orleans 7
Lance Moore 5 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:13
Minnesota FG Minnesota 6 - New Orleans 7
Ryan Longwell 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 10:04
New Orleans TD Minnesota 6 - New Orleans 14
Jimmy Graham 1 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:59
Minnesota TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 14
Toby Gerhart 10 yd. pass from Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:33
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 21
Darren Sproles 13 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:15
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 28
John Gilmore 2 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:18
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 35
Lance Moore 47 yd. pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 12:50
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 42
Pierre Thomas 1 yd. run (John Kasay kick)
4th Quarter - 5:12
Minnesota TD Minnesota 20 - New Orleans 42
Toby Gerhart 16 yd. pass from Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Minnesota
1st Downs 36 12
Rushing 9 4
Passing 23 7
Penalty 4 1
3rd Down Conversions 8-11 4-14
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 1-51.0 7-48.1
Return Yards 135 28
Punts-Returns 3-45 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 4-90 1-28
Int-Returns 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-65 8-84
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0
Time of Possession 38:49 21:11
Total Net Yards 573 207
Total Plays 79 54
Average Gain 7.3 3.8
Net Yards Rushing 161 105
Rushes 38 18
Average/Rush 4.2 5.8
Net Yards Passing 412 102
Comp-Att 32-41 14-32
Yards/Pass 10.0 2.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 4-18
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 6 2
Rushing 1 0
Passing 5 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 6-6 2-2
Field Goals 0-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 5-5-100% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 4-4-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (11-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 32/40 412 5 0
C. Daniel 0/1 0 0 0
Minnesota Vikings (2-12)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Ponder 14/31 120 2 1
J. Webb 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Ivory 18 74 4.1 0 12
P. Thomas 8 44 5.5 1 10
D. Sproles 8 33 4.1 0 14
R. Meachem 1 4 4.0 0 4
D. Brees 2 4 2.0 0 4
J. Collins 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 10 60 6.0 0 39
C. Ponder 3 34 11.3 0 15
T. Gerhart 2 12 6.0 0 9
J. Webb 2 0 0.0 0 3
P. Harvin 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 9 8 91 11.4 0 25
L. Moore 6 5 91 18.2 2 47
D. Sproles 6 5 79 15.8 1 39
J. Graham 10 7 70 10.0 1 18
P. Thomas 2 2 41 20.5 0 25
R. Meachem 4 2 22 11.0 0 13
J. Collins 1 1 12 12.0 0 12
D. Henderson 2 1 4 4.0 0 4
J. Gilmore 1 1 2 2.0 1 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Gerhart 4 4 46 11.5 2 16
D. Aromashodu 7 2 29 14.5 0 15
K. Rudolph 2 2 15 7.5 0 8
E. Arceneaux 2 1 10 10.0 0 10
P. Harvin 7 3 8 2.7 0 5
L. Booker 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
G. Camarillo 3 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Kleinsasser 1 0 0 0 0 0
A. Peterson 1 0 0 0 0 0
V. Shiancoe 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Webb 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. Robinson 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Galette 1.0 7.0
T. Johnson 1.0 6.0
J. Charleston 1.0 4.0
R. Harper 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
R. Harper 3 0
J. Greer 3 1
J. Galette 2 0
M. Jenkins 2 0
T. Johnson 2 0
J. Dunbar 2 0
J. Vilma 2 1
C. Jordan 1 0
M. Wilson 1 0
S. Shanle 1 0
J. Charleston 1 0
W. Smith 1 0
S. Rogers 1 0
W. Herring 1 0
R. Humber 1 0
J. Amaya 1 0
J. Patrick 1 1
P. Robinson 1 1
S. Ellis 1 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
E. Henderson 9 2
J. Sanford 7 1
C. Greenway 5 7
M. Sherels 4 1
E. Henderson 4 5
B. Burton 3 0
B. Sapp 3 1
A. Allen 2 0
L. Guion 2 1
M. Raymond 2 1
B. Robison 2 4
E. Griffen 1 0
F. Evans 1 1
J. Allen 1 1
C. Ballard 0 1
K. Williams 0 1
R. Ayodele 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Jordan 1.0
J. Galette 1.0
J. Charleston 1.0
W. Smith 1.0
R. Harper 1.0
P. Robinson 1.0
T. Johnson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
E. Henderson 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1
J. Graham 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles