Week 6, 2026

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Minnesota Vikings	0	14	7	0	-	21
Atlanta Falcons	3	6	0	7	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:44 ATL - Jack Kemnitzer 47 field goal
2Q: 15:00 MIN - Marc Scott 4 run (David Buehler extra point)
2Q: 10:40 ATL - Jack Kemnitzer 29 field goal
2Q: 01:24 MIN - Marc Scott 10 run (David Buehler extra point)
2Q: 00:26 ATL - Jack Kemnitzer 47 field goal
3Q: 00:05 MIN - Thomas Kelly 37 pass from Matt Ryan (David Buehler extra point)
4Q: 11:46 ATL - Butch Dawson 24 interception return (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:44 ATL - Jack Kemnitzer 47 field goal
2Q: 15:00 MIN - Marc Scott 4 run (David Buehler extra point)
2Q: 10:40 ATL - Jack Kemnitzer 29 field goal
2Q: 01:24 MIN - Marc Scott 10 run (David Buehler extra point)
2Q: 00:26 ATL - Jack Kemnitzer 47 field goal
3Q: 00:05 MIN - Thomas Kelly 37 pass from Matt Ryan (David Buehler extra point)
4Q: 11:46 ATL - Butch Dawson 24 interception return (Jack Kemnitzer extra point)

Team Statistics MIN ATL
Record 3-3 5-1
First Downs 25 12
- by Rushing 9 3
- by Passing 14 9
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 386 297
- Offensive Plays 66 51
- Yards per Play 5.85 5.82
Net Rushing Yards 146 55
- Rushing Attempts 32 18
- Yards per Rush 4.56 3.06
Net Passing Yards 240 242
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 21 - 1 31 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 249 256
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/9 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 7.06 7.33
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 6/12 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 4.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/39 3/25
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 1/13
Kick Returns/Yards 2/39 3/105
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/24
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 19 OWN 35
Time of Possession 31:35 28:25

Team Statistics	MIN	ATL
Record	3-3	5-1
First Downs	25	12
- by Rushing	9	3
- by Passing	14	9
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	386	297
- Offensive Plays	66	51
- Yards per Play	5.85	5.82
Net Rushing Yards	146	55
- Rushing Attempts	32	18
- Yards per Rush	4.56	3.06
Net Passing Yards	240	242
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 21 - 1	31 - 24 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	249	256
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/9	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	7.06	7.33
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	6/12	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	4.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/39	3/25
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	1/13
Kick Returns/Yards	2/39	3/105
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/24
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 19	OWN 35
Time of Possession	31:35	28:25

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:13	OWN 19	3	-6	Punt
1	10:50	1:27	OWN 14	3	1	Punt
1	5:37	5:46	OWN 11	9	89	Touchdown
2	10:33	3:29	OWN 20	9	26	Punt
2	4:58	3:41	OWN 3	10	97	Touchdown
2	0:20	0:20	OWN 32	1	13	Half
3	10:45	3:06	OWN 48	6	8	Punt
3	2:17	2:17	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
4	12:33	0:58	OWN 14	2	4	Interception
4	11:35	4:02	OWN 20	8	45	Punt
4	4:37	4:17	OWN 11	10	20	Punt

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:47	1:57	OWN 41	3	7	Punt
1	9:23	3:46	OPP 49	6	19	Field Goal
2	14:51	4:18	OWN 20	7	68	Field Goal
2	7:04	2:06	OWN 6	4	36	Punt
2	1:17	0:57	OPP 49	4	19	Field Goal
3	15:00	4:15	OWN 49	7	19	Fumble
3	7:39	5:22	OWN 20	9	79	Missed FG
4	15:00	2:27	OWN 44	3	9	Punt
4	7:33	2:56	OWN 20	6	22	Punt
4	0:20	0:20	OWN 48	2	14	Game

Game MVP: Marc Scott, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Marc Scott	24	124	5.17	28	4	2
Lance Radecki	6	13	2.17	6	0	0
Rich Hampton	2	9	4.50	6	0	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Knowshon Moreno	13	38	2.92	19	1
Darrin Strickland	2	1	0.50	1	0
Gabe Kaplan	2	9	4.50	5	0
Myron Herrlich	1	7	7.00	7	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Ryan	32	21	249	2/9	1	37	1	86.6

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Myron Herrlich	31	24	256	2/14	0	40	0	101.0

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Joey Sadler	6	8	74	12.33	16	19	0
WR Darnell Mathis	6	7	66	11.00	31	21	0
WR Thomas Kelly	4	4	84	21.00	35	37	1
WR Louis Murphy	2	4	13	6.50	1	9	0
TE Aaron Hernandez	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Marc Scott	1	3	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Rich Hampton	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
TE Frankie Sanford	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Lance Radecki	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jamie Marx	6	8	81	13.50	30	28
WR Dez Bryant	5	5	73	14.60	35	40
RB Knowshon Moreno	3	3	15	5.00	4	7
WR Jonathan Snyder	3	5	39	13.00	17	20
TE Billy Duffy	2	4	10	5.00	0	7
FB Darrin Strickland	2	3	10	5.00	0	6
WR Marco Brock	2	2	21	10.50	0	16
WR Frank Schneider	1	1	7	7.00	6	7

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Butch Dawson	1	24	24.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Tracy Sherry	0	1	0	0
Deron Rice	0	0	1	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Myron Herrlich	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kevin Huber	6	241	40.2	31.3	48	1

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Corey Seder	4	173	43.3	43.3	55	4

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Buehler	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jack Kemnitzer	3/4	2/2	0/0	47	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jamie Marx	1	13	13.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marc Scott	1	21	21.0	0
Ray Karau	1	18	18.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Owens	3	105	35.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Billy Joe Easter	6	0	0.0	13	27
CB T.J. Ward	5	4	0.0	15	29
S J.C. Blackwell	5	2	0.0	17	30
OLB Keith Rivers	5	1	0.0	10	16
DE Deron Rice	4	0	1.0	14	23
OLB Fernando Sanford	4	0	0.0	13	28
DE Jerome Daughtry	3	0	0.0	15	29
DT Ernie Downs	2	0	0.5	15	21
DT Darryl Ortmeier	2	1	0.0	11	19
CB Alex Banks	2	0	0.0	7	17
DT Randal Tanner	1	2	0.5	12	20
S Tracy Sherry	1	3	0.0	16	26
ILB Leo Foulke	1	1	0.0	14	21
ILB Clifton Coppola	1	1	0.0	4	11
CB Neil Lucky	1	0	0.0	9	25
DE Cornell Kaczmarek	1	0	0.0	6	16

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Shaun Zeier	11	3	0.0	31	28
S Ronnie White	9	2	0.0	23	27
CB Leonard Moriarty	7	2	0.0	28	29
ILB Scott McKillop	3	0	1.0	18	25
DE Jason Lynch	3	2	0.0	19	20
DE Chris Long	3	1	0.0	18	22
CB Adam Potts	3	0	0.0	24	27
DE Wayne Maher	2	3	0.5	22	23
ILB Mike Stepnoski	2	3	0.5	25	20
S Broderick Stephenson	2	2	0.0	21	26
S Butch Dawson	2	2	0.0	29	29
OLB Lamar Penarroya	1	1	0.0	21	14
DE Byron Davison	1	1	0.0	21	22
ILB Robert Henson	1	0	0.0	1	6
S Desmond Hampton	1	0	0.0	8	16
TE Alvin Glover	1	0	---	---	---
DT Marty Reilly	0	2	0.0	16	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	PPlay
DE Deron Rice	1.0	23
DT Randal Tanner	0.5	20
DT Ernie Downs	0.5	21

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Scott McKillop	1.0	0	0	0	25
DE Wayne Maher	0.5	0	0	0	23
ILB Mike Stepnoski	0.5	0	0	0	20
DT Marty Reilly	0.0	1	1	0	15
ILB Shaun Zeier	0.0	0	1	0	28
DE Jason Lynch	0.0	0	0	1	20

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Keith Rivers	5	1	16
CB Billy Joe Easter	4	1	27
CB T.J. Ward	3	1	29
S J.C. Blackwell	3	0	30
OLB Fernando Sanford	3	0	28
CB Alex Banks	2	0	17
DE Jerome Daughtry	1	0	29
ILB Leo Foulke	1	0	21
ILB Clifton Coppola	1	0	11
DT Darryl Ortmeier	1	0	19
S Tracy Sherry	0	1	26

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Leonard Moriarty	6	0	0	29
ILB Shaun Zeier	3	0	0	28
CB Adam Potts	2	1	0	27
S Ronnie White	2	0	0	27
S Butch Dawson	1	2	1	29
ILB Robert Henson	1	0	0	6
ILB Scott McKillop	1	0	0	25
OLB Lamar Penarroya	1	0	0	14
S Desmond Hampton	1	0	0	16
S Broderick Stephenson	1	0	0	26
DE Byron Davison	1	0	0	22
CB Kennedy Jacquet	1	0	0	9

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tito Greer	4	8	0	24	0	30
Casey Heath	2	7	0	26	0	31
Vladimir Ducasse	2	4	0	22	0	21
Sam Young	1	4	1	22	2	28
Jimmy Concepcion	1	3	0	16	0	16
Frankie Sanford	1	1	0	24	0	22
Damon Butterfield	0	4	0	30	0	30
Benjamin Colman	0	1	0	10	0	6

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Sam Kovarik	1	4	17	1	29
Deion Collier	1	4	13	0	28
Zane Beadles	1	2	18	0	28
Harvey Ancheta	1	1	3	0	7
Keith DiMillo	0	3	18	0	33
Eddie Di Pardo	0	2	15	1	26
Darrin Strickland	0	1	9	0	21

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Alex Banks	2	13
T.J. Ward	1	13
Casey Heath	1	2

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Darrin Strickland	1	22
Robert Henson	1	13

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Matt Ryan	32	34	---	---	---	66
Damon Butterfield	30	30	---	---	6	66
Aaron Hernandez	25	23	---	---	15	63
Joey Sadler	20	22	---	---	18	60
Casey Heath	26	31	---	---	2	59
Neil Lucky	---	---	9	25	24	58
T.J. Ward	---	---	15	29	13	57
Frankie Sanford	24	22	---	---	10	56
Tito Greer	24	30	---	---	---	54
J.C. Blackwell	---	---	17	30	6	53
Jerome Daughtry	---	---	15	29	8	52
Sam Young	22	28	---	---	---	50
Vladimir Ducasse	22	21	---	---	5	48
Lance Radecki	7	22	---	---	18	47
Louis Murphy	19	18	---	---	9	46
Fernando Sanford	---	---	13	28	4	45
Tracy Sherry	---	---	16	26	2	44
Billy Joe Easter	---	---	13	27	4	44
Ernie Downs	---	---	15	21	6	42
Marc Scott	24	12	---	---	5	41
Deron Rice	---	---	14	23	3	40
Rich Hampton	11	15	---	---	14	40
Alex Banks	---	---	7	17	13	37
Keith Rivers	---	---	10	16	10	36
Leo Foulke	---	---	14	21	1	36
Randal Tanner	---	---	12	20	2	34
Darnell Mathis	15	18	---	---	---	33
Jimmy Concepcion	16	16	---	---	---	32
Darryl Ortmeier	---	---	11	19	2	32
Thomas Kelly	12	13	---	---	1	26
Clifton Coppola	---	---	4	11	8	23
Cornell Kaczmarek	---	---	6	16	1	23
Phil Gaylor	---	---	5	5	8	18
Ray Karau	3	5	---	---	10	18
Jessie Hoitink	8	4	---	---	6	18
Benjamin Colman	10	6	---	---	---	16
Peter Jennings	2	4	---	---	---	6
Kevin Huber	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ty Poston	0	0	---	---	6	6
Andre Poston	---	---	2	0	3	5
David Buehler	0	0	---	---	4	4
David Abrams	0	0	---	---	---	0
Scottie Kirk	0	0	---	---	---	0
Walt Causey	---	---	0	0	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Adam Potts	---	---	24	27	17	68
Leonard Moriarty	---	---	28	29	9	66
Jamie Marx	15	28	---	---	19	62
Mike Stepnoski	---	---	25	20	17	62
Shaun Zeier	---	---	31	28	2	61
Butch Dawson	---	---	29	29	1	59
Knowshon Moreno	14	21	---	---	19	54
Keith DiMillo	18	33	---	---	2	53
Zane Beadles	18	28	---	---	6	52
Darrin Strickland	9	21	---	---	22	52
Myron Herrlich	18	33	---	---	---	51
Ronnie White	---	---	23	27	---	50
Deion Collier	13	28	---	---	8	49
Broderick Stephenson	---	---	21	26	1	48
Sam Kovarik	17	29	---	---	---	46
Jason Lynch	---	---	19	20	6	45
Wayne Maher	---	---	22	23	---	45
Alvin Glover	14	15	---	---	16	45
Scott McKillop	---	---	18	25	1	44
Byron Davison	---	---	21	22	---	43
Eddie Di Pardo	15	26	---	---	---	41
Chris Long	---	---	18	22	---	40
Jonathan Snyder	8	21	---	---	9	38
Lamar Penarroya	---	---	21	14	---	35
Kendrick Rison	---	---	20	15	---	35
Billy Duffy	11	15	---	---	8	34
Marty Reilly	---	---	16	15	---	31
Dez Bryant	10	18	---	---	---	28
Desmond Hampton	---	---	8	16	---	24
Renaldo Becker	5	10	---	---	8	23
Robert Henson	---	---	1	6	13	20
Harvey Ancheta	3	7	---	---	8	18
Marco Brock	5	11	---	---	---	16
Gabe Kaplan	4	12	---	---	---	16
Frank Schneider	0	3	---	---	10	13
Teddy Reeve	1	4	---	---	8	13
Kennedy Jacquet	---	---	4	9	---	13
Anthony Oland	---	---	0	0	8	8
Don Owens	0	0	---	---	8	8
Earnest Humphrey	---	---	3	1	4	8
Jake Givens	---	---	0	0	6	6
T.J. Greenberg	0	0	---	---	5	5
Corey Seder	0	0	---	---	4	4
Andrew Ward	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jack Kemnitzer	0	0	---	---	4	4
J.C. Kelly	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	44	5.5
Middle	15	77	5.1
Right	9	25	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	2	0.5
Middle	8	20	2.5
Right	6	33	5.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Ryan	32	21	3	0	4	3	2	1	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Myron Herrlich	31	24	4	1	2	4	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	4	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	13	142	10.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	7	103	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	45	11.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	15	130	7.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	57	9.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	24	8.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Joey Sadler	8	6	1	74	0	22
WR Darnell Mathis	7	6	0	66	1	18
WR Louis Murphy	4	2	1	13	0	18
WR Thomas Kelly	4	4	0	84	2	13
TE Aaron Hernandez	3	1	0	3	0	23
RB Marc Scott	3	1	2	4	0	12
TE Frankie Sanford	1	0	0	0	0	22
RB Rich Hampton	1	1	0	5	0	15
RB Lance Radecki	1	0	0	0	0	22

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jamie Marx	8	6	1	81	2	28
WR Dez Bryant	5	5	0	73	1	18
WR Jonathan Snyder	5	3	1	39	1	21
TE Billy Duffy	4	2	0	10	0	15
RB Knowshon Moreno	3	3	0	15	0	21
FB Darrin Strickland	3	2	0	10	0	21
WR Marco Brock	2	2	0	21	0	11
WR Frank Schneider	1	1	0	7	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marc Scott	6	27	4.50	5.17

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Knowshon Moreno	1	2	2.00	2.92

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Myron Herrlich	5	3	8	1.60	8.26

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jonathan Snyder	2	1	1	0.50	7.80
RB Knowshon Moreno	1	1	4	4.00	5.00
WR Jamie Marx	1	1	3	3.00	10.13
FB Darrin Strickland	1	0	0	0.00	3.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Marc Scott	3	3
Rich Hampton	1	0
Lance Radecki	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Knowshon Moreno	4	2
Myron Herrlich	1	0
Darrin Strickland	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Ryan	6	2	2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Myron Herrlich	6	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Louis Murphy	2	1	1
WR Joey Sadler	1	0	0
TE Aaron Hernandez	1	0	0
WR Thomas Kelly	1	1	1
WR Darnell Mathis	1	0	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamie Marx	2	2	1
WR Jonathan Snyder	2	0	0
FB Darrin Strickland	1	0	0
WR Marco Brock	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,500 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,700 (22,200)
End Zone 15,300 (16,000)
Mezzanine 8,800 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 12,100 (14,100)
Club Seats 3,800 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 3,800 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,500 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,700 (22,200)
End Zone	15,300 (16,000)
Mezzanine	8,800 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	12,100 (14,100)
Club Seats	3,800 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	3,800 (5,000)