| Minnesota Vikings at Houston Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 2020 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: NRG Stadium Attendance: 12102 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Houston TexansHOU | 0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dalvin Cook 5 run (Dan Bailey kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dan Bailey 31 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Ka'imi Fairbairn 50 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dalvin Cook 7 run (Dan Bailey kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Ka'imi Fairbairn 28 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 3 | Houston TexansHOU | Will Fuller 24 pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 3 | Houston TexansHOU | Ka'imi Fairbairn 25 FG | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adam Thielen 9 pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick) | 24 | 16 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Alexander Mattison 4 run (Dan Bailey kick) | 31 | 16 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | Kenny Stills 24 pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick) | 31 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Adam Thielen |
| 18 | WR | Justin Jefferson |
| 71 | LOT | Riley Reiff |
| 78 | LOG | Dakota Dozier |
| 56 | C | Garrett Bradbury |
| 73 | ROG | Dru Samia |
| 75 | ROT | Brian O'Neill |
| 82 | TE | Kyle Rudolph |
| 8 | QB | Kirk Cousins |
| 33 | HB | Dalvin Cook |
| 30 | FB | C.J. Ham |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Ifeadi Odenigbo |
| 94 | DT | Jaleel Johnson |
| 93 | NT | Shamar Stephen |
| 91 | RDE | Yannick Ngakoue |
| 47 | SLB | Hardy Nickerson |
| 54 | MLB | Eric Kendricks |
| 50 | WLB | Eric Wilson |
| 27 | LCB | Cameron Dantzler |
| 22 | SS | Harrison Smith |
| 41 | FS | Anthony Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Jeff Gladney |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Brandin Cooks |
| 15 | WR | Will Fuller |
| 78 | LOT | Laremy Tunsil |
| 64 | LOG | Senio Kelemete |
| 66 | C | Nick Martin |
| 73 | ROG | Zach Fulton |
| 71 | ROT | Tytus Howard |
| 87 | TE | Darren Fells |
| 85 | TE | Pharaoh Brown |
| 4 | QB | Deshaun Watson |
| 31 | RB | David Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | J.J. Watt |
| 92 | NT | Brandon Dunn |
| 96 | RDE | P.J. Hall |
| 57 | SLB | Brennan Scarlett |
| 41 | LILB | Zach Cunningham |
| 55 | RILB | Bernardrick McKinney |
| 59 | WLB | Whitney Mercilus |
| 21 | LCB | Bradley Roby |
| 23 | SS | Eric Murray |
| 20 | FS | Justin Reid |
| 26 | RCB | Vernon Hargreaves |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dalvin Cook | 27 | 130 | 4.8 | 15 | 2 |
| Alexander Mattison | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 4t | 1 |
| Adam Thielen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kirk Cousins | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| C.J. Ham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| David Johnson | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Duke Johnson | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Deshaun Watson | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Kirk Cousins | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 0 | 260 | 11.8 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 127.1 |
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| Deshaun Watson | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 0 | 300 | 9.1 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 110.7 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Adam Thielen | 10 | 8 | 114 | 14.3 | 39 | 1 |
| Justin Jefferson | 5 | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dalvin Cook | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bisi Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irv Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Will Fuller | 7 | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 43 | 1 |
| Jordan Akins | 3 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Duke Johnson | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Kenny Stills | 4 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24t | 1 |
| Randall Cobb | 5 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| David Johnson | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Darren Fells | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Houston Texans | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Britton Colquitt | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Bryan Anger | 4 | 201 | 50.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| K.J. Osborn | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| DeAndre Carter | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Dan Bailey | 6 | 386 | 64.3 | 4 |
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Ka'imi Fairbairn | 6 | 384 | 64.0 | 4 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| K.J. Osborn | 2 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| DeAndre Carter | 2 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 | 29 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Yannick Ngakoue | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| D.J. Wonnum | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Whitney Mercilus | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Andrew Brown | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| P.J. Hall | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eric Kendricks | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Wilson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yannick Ngakoue | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Gladney | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Iloka | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Harris | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Dantzler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holton Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shamar Stephen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Metellus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaleel Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalyn Holmes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Wonnum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ifeadi Odenigbo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Boone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Ham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Armon Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Zach Cunningham | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernardrick McKinney | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Roby | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Hall | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brennan Scarlett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Reid | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Hargreaves | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Mercilus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Dunn | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Gaines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Watt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrell Adams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Murray | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Watkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Brown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pharaoh Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keion Crossen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Blacklock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Omenihu | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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