Week 15, 2034

played in Detroit, MI

68 degrees, fair, calm

Minnesota Vikings	0	7	0	14	-	21
Detroit Lions	0	10	10	7	-	27

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:12 MIN - Dan Herron 11 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)
2Q: 09:30 DET - Justin Branch 43 field goal
2Q: 02:39 DET - Dwayne George 23 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
3Q: 09:55 DET - Justin Branch 28 field goal
3Q: 02:35 DET - Tracy Schrader 1 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
4Q: 12:01 DET - Austin Tomei 47 fumble return (Justin Branch extra point)
4Q: 08:03 MIN - Jake Locker 8 run (Cornelius Morris extra point)
4Q: 02:40 MIN - Julio Jones 14 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 13:12 MIN - Dan Herron 11 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)
2Q: 09:30 DET - Justin Branch 43 field goal
2Q: 02:39 DET - Dwayne George 23 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
3Q: 09:55 DET - Justin Branch 28 field goal
3Q: 02:35 DET - Tracy Schrader 1 pass from J.J. Sutton (Justin Branch extra point)
4Q: 12:01 DET - Austin Tomei 47 fumble return (Justin Branch extra point)
4Q: 08:03 MIN - Jake Locker 8 run (Cornelius Morris extra point)
4Q: 02:40 MIN - Julio Jones 14 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)

Team Statistics MIN DET
Record 9-5 4-10
First Downs 20 16
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 14 12
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 404 330
- Offensive Plays 67 59
- Yards per Play 6.03 5.59
Net Rushing Yards 116 114
- Rushing Attempts 28 26
- Yards per Rush 4.14 4.38
Net Passing Yards 288 216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 23 - 0 30 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 312 234
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/24 3/18
- Yards per Pass Play 7.38 6.55
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 5.9
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/42 0/0
Punt Returns/Yards 6/52 3/18
Kick Returns/Yards 4/90 4/71
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 33
Time of Possession 28:41 31:19

Team Statistics	MIN	DET
Record	9-5	4-10
First Downs	20	16
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	14	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	404	330
- Offensive Plays	67	59
- Yards per Play	6.03	5.59
Net Rushing Yards	116	114
- Rushing Attempts	28	26
- Yards per Rush	4.14	4.38
Net Passing Yards	288	216
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 23 - 0	30 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	312	234
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/24	3/18
- Yards per Pass Play	7.38	6.55
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	5.9
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/42	0/0
Punt Returns/Yards	6/52	3/18
Kick Returns/Yards	4/90	4/71
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 33
Time of Possession	28:41	31:19

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:36	OWN 33	3	7	Punt
1	11:36	3:46	OWN 47	8	30	Missed FG
1	1:35	3:34	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
2	9:25	2:46	OWN 40	5	-2	Punt
2	5:44	1:52	OWN 28	4	22	Punt
2	2:19	1:46	OWN 7	4	21	Punt
3	13:36	2:33	OWN 23	6	13	Punt
3	9:47	2:00	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
3	2:25	2:25	OWN 25	4	28	Punt
4	13:30	1:41	OWN 40	4	7	Fumble
4	11:49	0:31	OWN 20	4	8	Downs
4	9:25	1:30	OWN 19	5	81	Touchdown
4	5:13	2:40	OWN 16	9	84	Touchdown
4	0:04	0:04	OWN 16	1	0	Game

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:24	0:48	OWN 5	3	7	Punt
1	7:50	6:15	OWN 30	11	67	Interception
2	13:01	3:36	OWN 23	5	51	Field Goal
2	6:39	0:55	OWN 35	3	0	Punt
2	3:52	1:33	OWN 20	4	80	Touchdown
2	0:33	0:33	OWN 35	3	17	Half
3	15:00	1:24	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	11:03	1:16	OPP 12	3	1	Field Goal
3	7:47	5:22	OWN 38	9	62	Touchdown
4	15:00	1:30	OWN 6	3	9	Punt
4	11:18	1:53	OPP 28	3	-9	Punt
4	7:55	2:42	OWN 44	3	9	Punt
4	2:33	2:29	OWN 15	6	33	Punt

Game MVP: Jake Locker, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Dean Macklin	17	63	3.71	16	2	0
Butch Medsker	8	39	4.88	8	0	0
Jake Locker	3	14	4.67	8	0	1

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Travis Payton	18	95	5.28	29	3
Dwayne George	4	12	3.00	4	0
J.J. Sutton	2	7	3.50	8	0
Brock Ingraham	2	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jake Locker	36	23	312	3/24	2	51	0	109.9

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Sutton	30	19	234	3/18	2	30	1	95.7

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Julio Jones	7	10	124	17.71	49	51	1
WR Dan Herron	6	10	67	11.17	16	25	1
RB Dean Macklin	4	4	32	8.00	8	10	0
FB Deron Golding	2	2	12	6.00	0	10	0
WR Leon Dillow	2	5	42	21.00	20	30	0
WR Jermaine Morris	1	3	21	21.00	6	21	0
TE Leonard Fleming	1	1	14	14.00	3	14	0
RB Butch Medsker	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bruce Brizzolara	5	8	66	13.20	15	25	0
WR AJ Green	5	6	82	16.40	44	30	0
FB Dwayne George	3	4	32	10.67	0	23	1
WR Cedric Allison	2	2	22	11.00	4	18	0
WR Tracy Schrader	2	3	20	10.00	6	19	1
RB Travis Payton	1	5	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Roger Losman	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Ross Samuels	1	0	0.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov
Jake Locker	1	0
Dean Macklin	1	0
Julio Jones	0	1

Detroit	Recov	Force	TD
Austin Tomei	1	0	1
Bill Batchelder	0	1	0
Neal Wolfe	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rod Francis	7	262	37.4	32.0	55	2

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
R.J. Lyons	7	309	44.1	36.7	53	4

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cornelius Morris	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	3/3

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Justin Branch	2/2	1/1	0/0	43	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Van Dyke	5	42	8.4	0
Butch Medsker	1	10	10.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tracy Schrader	3	18	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Trevor Simms	4	90	22.5	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brock Ingraham	3	40	13.3	0
J.T. Forbes	1	31	31.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dan Beckam	10	2	0.0	23	27
S Perry Coffin	5	3	0.0	18	21
OLB Ross Samuels	5	3	0.0	26	25
DT Mike Daniels	4	2	2.0	23	26
DT Benjamin Lane	4	0	0.0	14	19
DT Lester Guthrie	3	0	0.0	16	22
CB Ike Clark	3	0	0.0	22	25
DE Kevin Shapiro	2	0	1.0	13	19
CB Don Van Dyke	2	0	0.0	14	17
S Kris Linnebur	2	0	0.0	7	13
CB Shaun Kennedy	1	1	0.0	14	24
S DaNorris Searcy	1	0	0.0	11	14
S Mark LeGree	1	0	0.0	10	15
DE Jeremy Ballard	1	0	0.0	18	16
ILB Eddie Farr	1	0	0.0	3	7
OLB Jack Marsh	0	1	0.0	21	20
CB Mariano Dragon	0	1	0.0	13	18

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Zach May	8	2	0.0	27	37
S Kevin Delgado	6	1	0.0	28	38
OLB William Backstrom	4	3	1.0	21	36
ILB Kelvin Baker	4	1	1.0	15	13
DE Austin Tomei	3	1	0.5	15	27
CB Dennis Meidinger	3	1	0.0	11	20
S Sammy Foster	3	0	0.0	8	18
OLB Renaldo Sims	3	0	0.0	21	26
DT Neal Wolfe	3	0	0.0	7	2
DE Bill Batchelder	2	0	0.5	16	24
ILB Moe Mason	2	3	0.0	12	15
CB Dustin Blake	2	2	0.0	22	28
CB Lonnie Denyer	2	1	0.0	19	25
ILB K.C. Dodge	2	1	0.0	18	18
OLB Leo Stallings	2	0	0.0	6	8
DT Lance Evans	2	0	0.0	21	37
QB J.J. Sutton	1	0	---	---	---
CB Bryant McNeil	1	0	0.0	14	22
DE Omar Fields	0	3	0.0	12	15
S Robert Blanton	0	1	0.0	2	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Mike Daniels	2.0	0	1	26
DE Kevin Shapiro	1.0	1	0	19
DE Leo Durham	0.0	0	1	27
DT Benjamin Lane	0.0	0	1	19
DE Jeremy Ballard	0.0	0	1	16
DT Lester Guthrie	0.0	0	1	22

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB William Backstrom	1.0	1	0	2	36
ILB Kelvin Baker	1.0	0	0	0	13
DE Bill Batchelder	0.5	0	2	0	24
DE Austin Tomei	0.5	0	1	0	27
DT Lance Evans	0.0	0	2	0	37

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Dan Beckam	6	0	0	27
CB Ike Clark	3	1	0	25
S Perry Coffin	2	0	0	21
CB Don Van Dyke	2	0	0	17
ILB Eddie Farr	1	1	0	7
OLB Ross Samuels	1	0	1	25
S DaNorris Searcy	1	0	0	14
S Mark LeGree	1	0	0	15
CB Shaun Kennedy	1	0	0	24
DT Lester Guthrie	1	0	0	22

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Zach May	4	1	37
S Sammy Foster	3	1	18
CB Dennis Meidinger	2	1	20
OLB William Backstrom	2	0	36
S Kevin Delgado	2	0	38
CB Dustin Blake	2	0	28
CB Lonnie Denyer	1	2	25
ILB Moe Mason	1	0	15
ILB Kelvin Baker	1	0	13
CB Bryant McNeil	1	0	22
OLB Renaldo Sims	1	0	26
OLB Leo Stallings	1	0	8
DT Neal Wolfe	1	0	2
DT Lance Evans	1	0	37

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Pete McWilliams	2	6	25	2	29
Artie Spivey	2	6	20	0	32
Curtis Price	2	5	21	0	35
Marcus Ashe	1	4	27	1	36
John Moffitt	1	2	7	0	4
Preston Pickens	1	1	7	0	18
Marcus Sheldon	0	1	21	0	21

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Travis Corbett	2	3	1	21	0	27
Julio Koepke	1	7	0	26	1	30
Wendell Gaylor	1	5	0	26	1	33
Dwayne George	1	2	0	22	0	23
Ricky Carpenter	0	2	0	18	0	26
Johnnie Troutman	0	2	0	8	0	7
Zachary Williams	0	1	0	23	1	32
Bruce Brizzolara	0	1	0	24	0	30
Mike Cochrane	0	1	0	5	0	6

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Butch Medsker	3	24
Austin Meek	1	30
Don Van Dyke	1	18
Deron Golding	1	15
Norm Armistead	1	9

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Robert Blanton	6	17
Roger Losman	2	24
Walter Jelinek	1	9
Mike Cochrane	1	9

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jake Locker	28	39	---	---	---	67
Marcus Ashe	27	36	---	---	---	63
Dan Herron	14	30	---	---	17	61
Artie Spivey	20	32	---	---	8	60
Mike Daniels	---	---	23	26	9	58
Curtis Price	21	35	---	---	---	56
Ike Clark	---	---	22	25	8	55
Pete McWilliams	25	29	---	---	---	54
Dan Beckam	---	---	23	27	3	53
Ross Samuels	---	---	26	25	2	53
Butch Medsker	8	18	---	---	24	50
Don Van Dyke	---	---	14	17	18	49
Leo Durham	---	---	20	27	1	48
Marcus Sheldon	21	21	---	---	6	48
Deron Golding	13	19	---	---	15	47
Kris Linnebur	---	---	7	13	25	45
Jack Marsh	---	---	21	20	3	44
Julio Jones	21	23	---	---	---	44
Perry Coffin	---	---	18	21	2	41
Dean Macklin	20	21	---	---	---	41
Kevin Shapiro	---	---	13	19	9	41
Shaun Kennedy	---	---	14	24	2	40
Lester Guthrie	---	---	16	22	---	38
Austin Meek	---	---	0	8	30	38
Leonard Fleming	13	15	---	---	9	37
Jeremy Ballard	---	---	18	16	2	36
Mariano Dragon	---	---	13	18	4	35
Jermaine Morris	14	14	---	---	6	34
Benjamin Lane	---	---	14	19	1	34
Joseph Sweeney	16	16	---	---	1	33
Leon Dillow	10	20	---	---	---	30
DaNorris Searcy	---	---	11	14	2	27
Preston Pickens	7	18	---	---	2	27
Norm Armistead	7	10	---	---	9	26
Mark LeGree	---	---	10	15	---	25
Norbert Kelso	2	5	---	---	18	25
Ty McGregor	8	7	---	---	7	22
Lamar Cogdell	3	10	---	---	8	21
Trevor Simms	2	4	---	---	15	21
Eddie Farr	---	---	3	7	9	19
John Moffitt	7	4	---	---	1	12
Reggie Higdon	1	3	---	---	8	12
Rod Francis	0	0	---	---	8	8
Cornelius Morris	0	0	---	---	5	5
Reuben Lercius	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kevin Delgado	---	---	28	38	2	68
Dwayne George	22	23	---	---	20	65
Zach May	---	---	27	37	1	65
Bruce Brizzolara	24	30	---	---	6	60
Bryant McNeil	---	---	14	22	24	60
J.J. Sutton	26	33	---	---	---	59
Wendell Gaylor	26	33	---	---	---	59
Lance Evans	---	---	21	37	1	59
Tracy Schrader	22	30	---	---	7	59
William Backstrom	---	---	21	36	1	58
Zachary Williams	23	32	---	---	1	56
Julio Koepke	26	30	---	---	---	56
Ricky Carpenter	18	26	---	---	9	53
Dustin Blake	---	---	22	28	2	52
AJ Green	22	27	---	---	1	50
Travis Corbett	21	27	---	---	---	48
Renaldo Sims	---	---	21	26	1	48
K.C. Dodge	---	---	18	18	11	47
Lonnie Denyer	---	---	19	25	1	45
Travis Payton	20	21	---	---	4	45
Austin Tomei	---	---	15	27	2	44
Bill Batchelder	---	---	16	24	4	44
Dennis Meidinger	---	---	11	20	6	37
Omar Fields	---	---	12	15	9	36
Gino Collier	9	8	---	---	19	36
Brock Ingraham	2	8	---	---	24	34
Moe Mason	---	---	12	15	4	31
Sammy Foster	---	---	8	18	5	31
Roger Losman	2	5	---	---	24	31
Kelvin Baker	---	---	15	13	2	30
Leo Stallings	---	---	6	8	13	27
Robert Blanton	---	---	2	8	17	27
Christian Lindsay	---	---	13	12	1	26
Cedric Allison	6	10	---	---	10	26
Mike Cochrane	5	6	---	---	9	20
Johnnie Troutman	8	7	---	---	1	16
J.T. Forbes	1	3	---	---	12	16
Shannon Weinke	3	1	---	---	9	13
Kennedy Cunningham	0	3	---	---	7	10
Walter Jelinek	0	0	---	---	9	9
Neal Wolfe	---	---	7	2	---	9
Justin Branch	0	0	---	---	8	8
R.J. Lyons	0	0	---	---	7	7
Norman Cote	0	0	---	---	2	2
Curtis Mason	---	---	0	0	1	1
Bill Thomason	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	42	3.8
Middle	5	20	4.0
Right	12	54	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	63	9.0
Middle	14	43	3.1
Right	4	9	2.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jake Locker	36	23	5	0	2	5	5	2	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Sutton	30	19	4	1	1	2	5	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	31	5.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	65	7.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	9	166	10.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	50	10.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	4	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	10	104	6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	103	9.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	23	23.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Julio Jones	10	7	0	124	2	23
WR Dan Herron	10	6	2	67	1	30
WR Leon Dillow	5	2	0	42	1	20
RB Dean Macklin	4	4	0	32	0	21
WR Jermaine Morris	3	1	0	21	1	14
FB Deron Golding	2	2	0	12	0	19
RB Butch Medsker	1	0	0	0	0	18
TE Leonard Fleming	1	1	0	14	0	15

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Bruce Brizzolara	8	5	1	66	1	30
WR AJ Green	6	5	0	82	2	27
RB Travis Payton	5	1	0	3	0	21
FB Dwayne George	4	3	0	32	1	23
WR Tracy Schrader	3	2	0	20	0	30
WR Roger Losman	2	1	0	9	0	5
WR Cedric Allison	2	2	0	22	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jake Locker	2	10	5.00	4.67
Butch Medsker	2	7	3.50	4.88

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Travis Payton	3	0	0.00	5.28
J.J. Sutton	1	8	8.00	3.50
Dwayne George	1	4	4.00	3.00
Brock Ingraham	1	0	0.00	0.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jake Locker	4	4	37	9.25	8.67

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	4	1	1	0.25	7.80

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Deron Golding	2	2	12	6.00	6.00
WR Julio Jones	1	1	14	14.00	12.40
WR Dan Herron	1	1	11	11.00	6.70

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Travis Payton	3	0	0	0.00	0.60
WR Tracy Schrader	1	1	1	1.00	6.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Dean Macklin	4	0
Butch Medsker	1	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	1	0
Travis Payton	1	1
Brock Ingraham	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jake Locker	9	6	4

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	10	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Julio Jones	4	2	2
RB Dean Macklin	2	2	0
WR Dan Herron	2	2	2
WR Jermaine Morris	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Bruce Brizzolara	4	2	1
RB Travis Payton	2	0	0
FB Dwayne George	1	0	0
WR AJ Green	1	1	0
WR Roger Losman	1	1	1
WR Cedric Allison	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 35,300 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 11,900 (19,600)
End Zone 7,600 (14,200)
Mezzanine 4,200 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 6,800 (12,500)
Club Seats 3,100 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,700 (3,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	35,300 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	11,900 (19,600)
End Zone	7,600 (14,200)
Mezzanine	4,200 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	6,800 (12,500)
Club Seats	3,100 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,700 (3,500)