| Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 12, 2021 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Paul Brown Stadium Attendance: 56525 |
| Weather: Mostly Sunny Temp: 84 F Humidity: 48%, Wind: SW 10 mph, gusts to 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adam Thielen 5 pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Tee Higgins 2 pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Ja'Marr Chase 50 pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Joe Mixon 2 run (Evan McPherson kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adam Thielen 24 pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Evan McPherson 53 FG | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dalvin Cook 1 run (Greg Joseph kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Greg Joseph 53 FG | 24 | 24 |
| 5 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Evan McPherson 33 FG | 24 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Justin Jefferson |
| 17 | WR | K.J. Osborn |
| 19 | WR | Adam Thielen |
| 69 | LOT | Rashod Hill |
| 72 | LOG | Ezra Cleveland |
| 56 | C | Garrett Bradbury |
| 74 | ROG | Oli Udoh |
| 75 | ROT | Brian O'Neill |
| 8 | QB | Kirk Cousins |
| 33 | RB | Dalvin Cook |
| 30 | FB | C.J. Ham |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | D.J. Wonnum |
| 94 | DT | Dalvin Tomlinson |
| 58 | NT | Michael Pierce |
| 99 | RDE | Danielle Hunter |
| 48 | SLB | Blake Lynch |
| 54 | MLB | Eric Kendricks |
| 59 | WLB | Nick Vigil |
| 7 | LCB | Patrick Peterson |
| 22 | SS | Harrison Smith |
| 23 | FS | Xavier Woods |
| 21 | RCB | Bashaud Breeland |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 1 | WR | Ja'Marr Chase |
| 85 | WR | Tee Higgins |
| 73 | LOT | Jonah Williams |
| 67 | LOG | Quinton Spain |
| 66 | C | Trey Hopkins |
| 72 | ROG | Xavier Su'a-Filo |
| 71 | ROT | Riley Reiff |
| 89 | TE | Drew Sample |
| 87 | TE | C.J. Uzomah |
| 9 | QB | Joe Burrow |
| 28 | HB | Joe Mixon |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Sam Hubbard |
| 98 | NT | D.J. Reader |
| 65 | RDT | Larry Ogunjobi |
| 91 | RDE | Trey Hendrickson |
| 57 | SLB | Germaine Pratt |
| 55 | WLB | Logan Wilson |
| 20 | LCB | Eli Apple |
| 24 | SS | Vonn Bell |
| 30 | FS | Jessie Bates |
| 22 | RCB | Chidobe Awuzie |
| 21 | NB | Mike Hilton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dalvin Cook | 20 | 61 | 3.1 | 17 | 1 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Alexander Mattison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Joe Mixon | 29 | 127 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Samaje Perine | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Burrow | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ja'Marr Chase | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Kirk Cousins | 49 | 36 | 73.5 | 0 | 351 | 7.2 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 106.8 |
| Justin Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Joe Burrow | 27 | 20 | 74.1 | 0 | 261 | 9.7 | 50t | 2 | 5 | 44 | 128.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Adam Thielen | 10 | 9 | 92 | 10.2 | 24t | 2 |
| K.J. Osborn | 9 | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Dalvin Cook | 7 | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Justin Jefferson | 9 | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Tyler Conklin | 4 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| C.J. Ham | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Dede Westbrook | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Alexander Mattison | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Herndon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Ja'Marr Chase | 7 | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 50t | 1 |
| Tee Higgins | 5 | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Joe Mixon | 4 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Tyler Boyd | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
| C.J. Uzomah | 2 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Samaje Perine | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Thomas | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jordan Berry | 8 | 402 | 50.3 | 63 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Kevin Huber | 7 | 332 | 47.4 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Dede Westbrook | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Darius Phillips | 5 | 2 | 53 | 10.6 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Greg Joseph | 5 | 326 | 65.2 | 4 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||
| Evan McPherson | 5 | 330 | 66.0 | 4 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Ihmir Smith-Marsette | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Brandon Wilson | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Michael Pierce | 2.0 | 14.0 |
| Nick Vigil | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Harrison Smith | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| B.J. Hill | 2.0 | 17.0 |
| Larry Ogunjobi | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eric Kendricks | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Vigil | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bashaud Breeland | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Pierce | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Smith | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Woods | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalvin Tomlinson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Weatherly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Boyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camryn Bynum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Hand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Wonnum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackensie Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Armon Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew DePaola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Dye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Jessie Bates | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germaine Pratt | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vonn Bell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Wilson | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli Apple | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Ogunjobi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hilton | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chidobe Awuzie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Allen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B.J. Hill | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Hubbard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.J. Reader | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samaje Perine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Hendrickson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Sample | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Tupou | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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