National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 30, Minnesota 7
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 14, 2014
Where: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 58°
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 52350
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 10143330
Minnesota 70007
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:54
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - New England 0
Matt Asiata 25 yd. pass from Matt Cassel (Blair Walsh kick)
1st Quarter - 6:14
New England TD Minnesota 7 - New England 7
Stevan Ridley 1 yd. run (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
1st Quarter - 0:32
New England FG Minnesota 7 - New England 10
Stephen Gostkowski 48 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:30
New England TD Minnesota 7 - New England 17
Julian Edelman 9 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:09
New England TD Minnesota 7 - New England 24
Chandler Jones 58 yd. blocked field goal return (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:32
New England FG Minnesota 7 - New England 27
Stephen Gostkowski 47 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:57
New England FG Minnesota 7 - New England 30
Stephen Gostkowski 27 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Minnesota
1st Downs 16 17
Rushing 5 3
Passing 9 9
Penalty 2 5
3rd Down Conversions 5-14 4-11
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 5-42.2 5-45.6
Return Yards 126 60
Punts-Returns 4-66 1-11
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 3-49
Int - Returns 4-60 0-0
Penalties-Yards 15-163 7-58
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
Time of Possession 31:34 28:26
Total Net Yards 292 217
Total Plays 59 61
Average Gain 4.9 3.6
Net Yards Rushing 150 54
Rushes 37 19
Average/Rush 4.1 2.8
Net Yards Passing 142 163
Comp-Att 14-21 19-36
Yards/Pass 6.5 3.9
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 6-39
Had Intercepted 0 4
Touchdowns 3 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Other 1 0
Extra Points 3-3 1-1
Field Goals 3-3 0-1
Red Zone Efficiency 2-4-50% 0-1-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Brady 14/21 149 1 0
Minnesota Vikings (1-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Cassel 19/36 202 1 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Ridley 25 101 4.0 1 16
S. Vereen 6 40 6.7 0 12
J. Edelman 1 9 9.0 0 9
B. Bolden 4 0 0.0 0 2
T. Brady 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Asiata 13 36 2.8 0 7
M. Cassel 3 16 5.3 0 13
J. McKinnon 2 7 3.5 0 4
J. Wright 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Edelman 7 6 81 13.5 1 44
R. Gronkowski 6 4 32 8.0 0 11
J. Develin 2 2 17 8.5 0 13
A. Dobson 2 1 13 13.0 0 13
M. Hoomanawanui 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Amendola 1 0 0 0 0 0
T. Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0
S. Vereen 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. Patterson 7 4 56 14.0 0 26
K. Rudolph 8 5 53 10.6 0 17
M. Asiata 7 5 48 9.6 1 25
R. Ellison 1 1 24 24.0 0 24
J. Wright 3 1 12 12.0 0 12
J. McKinnon 3 2 5 2.5 0 3
G. Jennings 4 1 4 4.0 0 4
A. Thielen 3 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. McCourty 1 60 0
L. Ryan 1 0 0
D. Revis 1 0 0
D. Easley 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Hightower 2.0 22.0
C. Jones 2.0 7.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0 10.0
K. Arrington 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Johnson 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Hightower 7 1
C. Jones 6 2
J. Mayo 5 2
K. Arrington 3 0
R. Ninkovich 3 0
D. Revis 3 0
P. Chung 2 0
L. Ryan 2 0
M. Butler 1 0
B. LaFell 1 0
D. Easley 1 0
C. Jones 0 1
D. Harmon 0 1
D. Skinner 0 2
V. Wilfork 0 2
S. Siliga 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Brinkley 8 3
H. Smith 7 1
A. Barr 5 0
C. Greenway 5 3
X. Rhodes 4 1
C. Munnerlyn 3 0
S. Stephen 2 1
R. Blanton 2 4
G. Hodges 1 0
S. Floyd 1 0
T. Johnson 1 0
E. Griffen 1 0
C. Wootton 0 1
L. Joseph 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Jones 3.0
D. Hightower 2.0
J. Mayo 2.0
R. Ninkovich 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Greenway 1.0
X. Rhodes 1.0
T. Johnson 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Edelman 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Cassel 1