| New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 2011 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Mall of America Field Attendance: 62623 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 44 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Lance Moore 5 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ryan Longwell 49 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Jimmy Graham 1 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Toby Gerhart 10 pass from Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Darren Sproles 13 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Gilmore 2 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 28 | 13 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Lance Moore 47 pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick) | 35 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Pierre Thomas 1 run (John Kasay kick) | 42 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Toby Gerhart 16 pass from Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell kick) | 42 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 19 | WR | Devery Henderson |
| 17 | WR | Robert Meachem |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Nicks |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 64 | ROT | Zach Strief |
| 80 | TE | Jimmy Graham |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 23 | HB | Pierre Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 99 | NT | Aubrayo Franklin |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 56 | SLB | Jo-Lonn Dunbar |
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 27 | FS | Malcolm Jenkins |
| 21 | RCB | Patrick Robinson |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Percy Harvin |
| 74 | LOT | Charlie Johnson |
| 76 | LOG | Steve Hutchinson |
| 65 | C | John Sullivan |
| 64 | ROG | Anthony Herrera |
| 71 | ROT | Phil Loadholt |
| 40 | TE | Jimmy Kleinsasser |
| 81 | TE | Visanthe Shiancoe |
| 7 | QB | Christian Ponder |
| 28 | HB | Adrian Peterson |
| 44 | FB | Ryan DŐImperio |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Brian Robison |
| 92 | NT | Remi Ayodele |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 69 | RDE | Jared Allen |
| 52 | SLB | Chad Greenway |
| 56 | MLB | E.J. Henderson |
| 21 | LCB | Asher Allen |
| 35 | LCB | Marcus Sherels |
| 33 | SS | Jamarca Sanford |
| 41 | FS | Mistral Raymond |
| 36 | RCB | Brandon Burton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chris Ivory | 18 | 74 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Adrian Peterson | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Christian Ponder | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Toby Gerhart | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Webb | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 40 | 32 | 80.0 | 0 | 412 | 10.3 | 47t | 5 | 0 | 0 | 149.2 |
| Chase Daniel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Christian Ponder | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 1 | 120 | 3.9 | 16t | 2 | 4 | 18 | 63.9 |
| Joe Webb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Marques Colston | 9 | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 10 | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Lance Moore | 6 | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 47t | 2 |
| Darren Sproles | 6 | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 39 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Toby Gerhart | 4 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 16t | 2 |
| Percy Harvin | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Devin Aromashodu | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Arceneaux | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Booker | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Camarillo | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Webb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Patrick Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 7 | 337 | 48.1 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 2 | 45 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Marcus Sherels | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 7 | 406 | 57.9 | 5 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Ryan Longwell | 5 | 279 | 55.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 0 | 75 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Percy Harvin | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Junior Galette | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Tom Johnson | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Jeff Charleston | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Roman Harper | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jabari Greer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Patrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Charleston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martez Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathon Amaya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Herring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtney Roby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quiddus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Chad Greenway | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Henderson | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamarca Sanford | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erin Henderson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Robison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Sherels | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Burton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Raymond | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Letroy Guion | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Remi Ayodele | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asher Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Onatolu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Booker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Katula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Ballard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan DŐImperio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrad Page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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