| Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 62889 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Michael Turner 1 run (Jason Elam kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Visanthe Shiancoe 21 pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Jerious Norwood 8 pass from Matt Ryan (Jason Elam kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Jason Elam 22 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Justin Blalock EZ own fumble recovery (Jason Elam kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Ryan Longwell 29 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Visanthe Shiancoe 17 pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick) | 24 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Michael Turner | 19 | 70 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 |
| ATL | Jason Snelling | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Jerious Norwood | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Harry Douglas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| ATL | Matt Ryan | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| MIN | Tarvaris Jackson | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 29 | 0 |
| MIN | Adrian Peterson | 22 | 76 | 3.5 | 17 | 0 |
| MIN | Chester Taylor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Matt Ryan | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 134 | 5.6 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 84.4 |
| MIN | Tarvaris Jackson | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 0 | 233 | 6.5 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 98.5 |
| RECEIVING | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | TAR | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Michael Jenkins | 8 | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 |
| ATL | Roddy White | 7 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Jerious Norwood | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8t | 1 |
| ATL | Brian Finneran | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| ATL | Jason Snelling | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| ATL | Justin Peelle | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| ATL | Harry Douglas | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| MIN | Visanthe Shiancoe | 7 | 7 | 136 | 19.4 | 31 | 2 |
| MIN | Bobby Wade | 7 | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
| MIN | Chester Taylor | 5 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Bernard Berrian | 6 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| MIN | Adrian Peterson | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Naufahu Tahi | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| MIN | Sidney Rice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MIN | Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Michael Koenen | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 50 | 0 |
| MIN | Chris Kluwe | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Harry Douglas | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| MIN | Bobby Wade | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Bernard Berrian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| ATL | Michael Koenen | 5 | 318 | 63.6 | 2 |
| MIN | Ryan Longwell | 4 | 274 | 68.5 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Jerious Norwood | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 35 | 0 |
| MIN | Chester Taylor | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| MIN | Naufahu Tahi | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SACKS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS |
| ATL | Kindal Moorehead | 1.0 | 29.0 |
| ATL | John Abraham | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| ATL | Chauncey Davis | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| MIN | Ray Edwards | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| DEFENSE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
| ATL | Coy Wire | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Lawyer Milloy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ATL | Keith Brooking | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Erik Coleman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Domonique Foxworth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Kindal Moorehead | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ATL | John Abraham | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ATL | Curtis Lofton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Michael Boley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Chris Houston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Chauncey Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Chevis Jackson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Jason Jefferson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Kroy Biermann | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Thomas DeCoud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Brian Finneran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Jonathan Babineaux | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Jamaal Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Stephen Nicholas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Jason Snelling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ATL | Jamaal Fudge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Antoine Winfield | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Chad Greenway | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Ray Edwards | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Ben Leber | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MIN | Cedric Griffin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Darren Sharper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Fred Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Kevin Williams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Napoleon Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Marcus McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Madieu Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Jared Allen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Eric Frampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Erin Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Maurice Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Bernard Berrian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Matt Birk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Adrian Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Brian Robison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Benny Sapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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