Conference Semifinals, 2067

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

New Orleans Saints	3	6	0	0	-	9
Minnesota Vikings	0	0	0	3	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:53 NOS - Jamie Manning 34 field goal
2Q: 05:06 NOS - Galloping Gene Vallet 4 run (Jamie Manning extra point failed)
4Q: 09:31 MIN - Raul Borders 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:53 NOS - Jamie Manning 34 field goal
2Q: 05:06 NOS - Galloping Gene Vallet 4 run (Jamie Manning extra point failed)
4Q: 09:31 MIN - Raul Borders 36 field goal

Team Statistics NOS MIN
Record 13-5 12-5
First Downs 16 17
- by Rushing 10 3
- by Passing 6 11
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 291 291
- Offensive Plays 62 71
- Yards per Play 4.69 4.10
Net Rushing Yards 174 44
- Rushing Attempts 37 21
- Yards per Rush 4.70 2.10
Net Passing Yards 117 247
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 15 - 0 47 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 133 263
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/16 3/16
- Yards per Pass Play 4.68 4.94
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/3
Penalties/Yards 6/30 8/60
Punt Returns/Yards 2/14 3/22
Kick Returns/Yards 2/58 1/14
Interception Ret./Yards 1/5 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 28
Time of Possession 31:51 28:09

Team Statistics	NOS	MIN
Record	13-5	12-5
First Downs	16	17
- by Rushing	10	3
- by Passing	6	11
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	291	291
- Offensive Plays	62	71
- Yards per Play	4.69	4.10
Net Rushing Yards	174	44
- Rushing Attempts	37	21
- Yards per Rush	4.70	2.10
Net Passing Yards	117	247
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 15 - 0	47 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	133	263
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/16	3/16
- Yards per Pass Play	4.68	4.94
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	6/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	9.5
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/3
Penalties/Yards	6/30	8/60
Punt Returns/Yards	2/14	3/22
Kick Returns/Yards	2/58	1/14
Interception Ret./Yards	1/5	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 28
Time of Possession	31:51	28:09

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:14	OWN 29	7	54	Field Goal
1	7:50	3:08	OWN 38	7	30	Downs
1	3:50	1:21	OWN 3	3	2	Punt
1	0:25	1:14	OWN 37	3	5	Punt
2	12:54	2:43	OWN 29	5	16	Punt
2	7:14	2:14	OWN 22	6	78	Touchdown
2	3:11	2:17	OWN 12	6	25	Punt
3	9:39	7:09	OWN 20	13	54	Missed FG
4	14:49	1:41	OWN 18	3	5	Punt
4	9:25	4:11	OWN 41	5	21	Punt
4	4:17	1:49	OWN 31	3	7	Punt
4	0:18	0:18	OWN 12	1	-1	Game

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:46	2:56	OWN 24	6	29	Interception
1	4:42	0:52	OWN 32	3	6	Punt
1	2:29	2:04	OPP 43	4	6	Downs
2	14:11	1:17	OWN 22	2	0	Punt
2	10:11	2:57	OWN 22	5	10	Punt
2	5:00	1:49	OWN 25	7	63	Fumble
2	0:54	0:54	OWN 18	2	-3	Half
3	15:00	5:21	OWN 25	10	37	Punt
3	2:30	2:41	OWN 33	5	18	Punt
4	13:08	3:43	OWN 31	10	50	Field Goal
4	5:14	0:57	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	2:28	2:10	OWN 32	14	56	Downs

Game MVP: Galloping Gene Vallet, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	26	137	5.27	46	6	1
QB Louie Kemp	7	35	5.00	13	1	0
RB Thurman Devenny	2	3	1.50	3	0	0
WR Taylor Martin	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0
TE Lamont Atkins	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Korey Conley	11	17	1.55	11	1
RB Evan Pape	6	14	2.33	5	0
WR Edgar Wheeler	2	9	4.50	6	0
QB Les Stoner	1	4	4.00	4	0
RB Glenn Martins	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Louie Kemp	24	15	133	1/16	0	39	0	77.3

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Les Stoner	47	24	263	3/16	0	30	1	59.1

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Taylor Martin	4	7	26	6.50	10	20
WR Leonardo Seder	3	3	36	12.00	14	39
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	3	3	26	8.67	14	11
TE Gregory Wolfe	2	6	9	4.50	5	6
WR Antonio Palumbo	2	2	20	10.00	1	11
WR Randal Richardson	1	1	16	16.00	0	16
WR J.B. Eddy	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Reuben Cundiff	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Edgar Wheeler	8	12	102	12.75	18	30
TE Zachary Goguen	4	9	59	14.75	11	29
WR Darrin Walczak	4	9	26	6.50	5	17
RB Evan Pape	2	3	29	14.50	2	16
RB Glenn Martins	2	3	4	2.00	4	6
WR Cooper Bagley	1	3	9	9.00	2	9
WR Melvin Mills	1	3	11	11.00	7	11
TE Edward Escobedo	1	3	22	22.00	0	22
RB Korey Conley	1	2	1	1.00	0	1

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Rod Fuller	1	5	5.00	0

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
S Richard Pozy	0	1	0	0
OLB Ezra Daschle	0	0	1	0

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
WR Darrin Walczak	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Alonzo Johnson	7	278	39.7	33.7	49	2

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Junior Reeves	6	282	47.0	41.3	59	2

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jamie Manning	1/2	0/1	0/0	34	0/1

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Raul Borders	1/1	0/0	0/0	36	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Antonio Palumbo	2	14	7.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cooper Bagley	3	22	7.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Reggie Stedman	2	58	29.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Amari Samuels	1	14	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Reggie Stedman	8	2	0.0	21	50
OLB Ezra Daschle	5	2	0.5	20	30
DT Angel Bronson	5	0	0.5	11	26
S Richard Pozy	5	3	0.0	21	50
OLB Aaron Stagg	4	1	0.0	8	28
CB Gene Cochrane	4	1	0.0	21	49
S Mason Rutledge	3	1	0.0	18	28
DE Logan Lorenz	2	0	1.5	11	35
DT Mitch Forsyth	2	1	0.5	11	33
OLB Shaquille Grider	2	2	0.0	8	29
ILB Nicolas Stevenson	2	0	0.0	11	17
DE Herb Coffey	1	2	0.0	20	41
DE Terry Winslett	1	0	0.0	13	40
DE Rodolfo Scheungrab	1	0	0.0	20	27
CB Clifton Talley	1	0	0.0	3	22
CB Deron Graham	1	0	0.0	13	40

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Francisco Sandberg	10	1	0.0	36	14
CB Amari Samuels	6	1	0.0	35	23
CB Duane Tate	5	2	0.5	36	23
OLB Thomas Kerr	5	2	0.0	35	24
ILB Patrick Cote	5	1	0.0	16	21
S Donny Garner	4	0	0.0	31	13
OLB Gus Kight	3	4	0.0	36	15
DE Silas Robbins	2	0	0.5	21	15
CB Clifton Robertson	2	1	0.0	21	13
S Brody Page	2	0	0.0	8	12
S Timothy Washington	2	0	0.0	16	21
DT Noah Hemingway	1	2	0.0	32	14
DE Alexis Ackerman	1	1	0.0	32	21
S Walter Owens	1	1	0.0	19	5
CB Grant Groza	1	1	0.0	4	6
WR Cooper Bagley	1	0	---	---	---
DT Rusty Fuller	1	0	0.0	3	2
DE Harold Lester	0	2	0.0	21	13
OLB Toby Howard	0	1	0.0	3	11

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Logan Lorenz	1.5	0	0	35
OLB Ezra Daschle	0.5	0	1	30
DT Angel Bronson	0.5	0	1	26
DT Mitch Forsyth	0.5	0	1	33
CB Reggie Stedman	0.0	1	0	50
DE Terry Winslett	0.0	0	2	40
DE Herb Coffey	0.0	0	1	41
DE Rodolfo Scheungrab	0.0	0	1	27

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Silas Robbins	0.5	0	2	15
CB Duane Tate	0.5	0	0	23
OLB Gus Kight	0.0	1	0	15
DT Drake Larkin	0.0	0	1	9
CB Clifton Robertson	0.0	0	1	13

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Reggie Stedman	7	0	0	50
S Richard Pozy	3	2	0	50
OLB Ezra Daschle	3	2	0	30
OLB Aaron Stagg	3	0	0	28
CB Gene Cochrane	3	0	0	49
OLB Shaquille Grider	1	2	0	29
DE Terry Winslett	1	1	0	40
S Mason Rutledge	1	0	0	28
DT Mitch Forsyth	1	0	0	33
CB Clifton Talley	1	0	0	22
ILB Nicolas Stevenson	0	1	0	17
CB Rod Fuller	0	0	1	5

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Patrick Cote	3	0	21
CB Duane Tate	3	0	23
CB Clifton Robertson	2	0	13
S Brody Page	1	1	12
S Timothy Washington	1	0	21
S Donny Garner	1	0	13
ILB Francisco Sandberg	1	0	14
OLB Thomas Kerr	1	0	24
OLB Gus Kight	1	0	15
CB Grant Groza	1	0	6
OLB Toby Howard	0	1	11
CB Amari Samuels	0	1	23

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Tommy McElroy	5	10	37	0	25
C Morris Hildreth	2	9	37	0	25
C Luke Givens	2	4	37	1	25
TE Gregory Wolfe	1	2	36	0	24
C Chad Gonzalez	1	2	37	0	25
TE Reuben Cundiff	1	1	10	0	10
G Leland Gerhardt	0	3	37	0	25
TE Lamont Atkins	0	2	6	0	5

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Denzel Duffy	3	5	21	1	50
G Bernard Fisher	1	4	21	1	50
C Jessie Bouton	0	5	21	0	50
G Roy O'Dauer	0	4	21	1	50
T Phillip Marsh	0	2	21	0	50

Special Teams Tackles

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Gregory Wolfe	3	11
Tommy McElroy	1	12

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Korey Conley	3	11
Donald Roberson	1	9

Participation

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Reggie Stedman	---	---	21	50	12	83
CB Gene Cochrane	---	---	21	49	9	79
S Richard Pozy	---	---	21	50	3	74
T Tommy McElroy	37	25	---	---	12	74
TE Gregory Wolfe	36	24	---	---	11	71
C Morris Hildreth	37	25	---	---	9	71
G Leland Gerhardt	37	25	---	---	9	71
C Chad Gonzalez	37	25	---	---	9	71
QB Louie Kemp	37	25	---	---	---	62
C Luke Givens	37	25	---	---	---	62
DE Herb Coffey	---	---	20	41	---	61
DE Terry Winslett	---	---	13	40	7	60
WR Taylor Martin	35	23	---	---	1	59
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	32	23	---	---	1	56
OLB Aaron Stagg	---	---	8	28	19	55
CB Deron Graham	---	---	13	40	1	54
DT Mitch Forsyth	---	---	11	33	7	51
OLB Ezra Daschle	---	---	20	30	---	50
DE Rodolfo Scheungrab	---	---	20	27	1	48
S Mason Rutledge	---	---	18	28	---	46
DE Logan Lorenz	---	---	11	35	---	46
OLB Shaquille Grider	---	---	8	29	8	45
WR Leonardo Seder	26	13	---	---	2	41
WR J.B. Eddy	27	14	---	---	---	41
TE Reuben Cundiff	10	10	---	---	19	39
DT Angel Bronson	---	---	11	26	1	38
CB Clifton Talley	---	---	3	22	10	35
ILB Nicolas Stevenson	---	---	11	17	1	29
TE Lamont Atkins	6	5	---	---	13	24
WR Antonio Palumbo	6	8	---	---	10	24
RB Thurman Devenny	5	2	---	---	13	20
WR Randal Richardson	0	1	---	---	13	14
P Alonzo Johnson	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Corwin Butcher	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Luis Hall	0	0	---	---	7	7
CB Rod Fuller	---	---	1	5	---	6
K Jamie Manning	0	0	---	---	5	5
TE Jorge Davis	2	2	---	---	---	4
QB Broderick Fleming	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Brendan Geib	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Britt Wolf	---	---	0	0	---	0
OLB Andy Washington	---	---	0	0	---	0
C Jamie Kirk	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Rick Friday	---	---	0	0	---	0
RB Willie Kuebrich	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Spencer Freitag	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Phillip Marsh	21	50	---	---	7	78
C Jessie Bouton	21	50	---	---	---	71
T Denzel Duffy	21	50	---	---	---	71
QB Les Stoner	21	50	---	---	---	71
G Roy O'Dauer	21	50	---	---	---	71
G Bernard Fisher	21	50	---	---	---	71
OLB Thomas Kerr	---	---	35	24	12	71
TE Zachary Goguen	20	45	---	---	---	65
CB Amari Samuels	---	---	35	23	5	63
RB Evan Pape	10	33	---	---	19	62
CB Duane Tate	---	---	36	23	2	61
WR Edgar Wheeler	18	43	---	---	---	61
WR Melvin Mills	19	37	---	---	---	56
DE Alexis Ackerman	---	---	32	21	2	55
OLB Gus Kight	---	---	36	15	---	51
ILB Francisco Sandberg	---	---	36	14	---	50
DT Noah Hemingway	---	---	32	14	---	46
CB Clifton Robertson	---	---	21	13	10	44
S Donny Garner	---	---	31	13	---	44
DE Harold Lester	---	---	21	13	9	43
TE Edward Escobedo	5	19	---	---	19	43
S Timothy Washington	---	---	16	21	2	39
ILB Patrick Cote	---	---	16	21	2	39
WR Darrin Walczak	12	23	---	---	2	37
RB Korey Conley	11	15	---	---	11	37
DE Silas Robbins	---	---	21	15	---	36
WR Cooper Bagley	5	16	---	---	13	34
OLB Toby Howard	---	---	3	11	20	34
S Brody Page	---	---	8	12	14	34
S Walter Owens	---	---	19	5	---	24
RB Glenn Martins	4	11	---	---	6	21
CB Grant Groza	---	---	4	6	11	21
DT Drake Larkin	---	---	2	9	8	19
WR Jamie Stargell	0	0	---	---	10	10
G Donald Roberson	0	0	---	---	9	9
TE Gabriel Armstrong	1	8	---	---	---	9
T Jace Raymond	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Noah Neumeyer	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Jumbo Weaver	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Junior Reeves	0	0	---	---	7	7
DT Rusty Fuller	---	---	3	2	1	6
C Rico Van Pelt	0	0	---	---	6	6
K Raul Borders	0	0	---	---	3	3
QB Leonardo Hudrlik	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Clifton Nixon	---	---	0	0	---	0
DT Ed Brandenburg	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	76	6.9
Middle	19	70	3.7
Right	6	29	4.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	10	2.0
Middle	8	25	3.1
Right	8	9	1.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Louie Kemp	24	15	2	1	0	3	4	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Les Stoner	47	24	3	1	5	8	7	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	10	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	28	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	4	56	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	39	19.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	15	7	36	2.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	9	74	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	72	10.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	81	16.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Taylor Martin	7	4	26	1	23
TE Gregory Wolfe	6	2	9	0	24
WR Leonardo Seder	3	3	36	1	13
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	3	3	26	0	23
WR Antonio Palumbo	2	2	20	0	8
WR Randal Richardson	1	1	16	0	1
WR J.B. Eddy	1	0	0	0	14
TE Reuben Cundiff	1	0	0	0	10

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Edgar Wheeler	12	8	1	102	1	43
TE Zachary Goguen	9	4	1	59	1	45
WR Darrin Walczak	9	4	0	26	0	23
WR Cooper Bagley	3	1	1	9	0	16
RB Evan Pape	3	2	0	29	0	33
RB Glenn Martins	3	2	0	4	0	11
WR Melvin Mills	3	1	2	11	0	37
TE Edward Escobedo	3	1	0	22	1	19
RB Korey Conley	2	1	0	1	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	2	4	2.00	5.27
QB Louie Kemp	1	6	6.00	5.00
WR Taylor Martin	1	-2	-2.00	-2.00

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Korey Conley	1	-2	-2.00	1.55

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Louie Kemp	2	1	-4	-2.00	5.54

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Les Stoner	8	3	11	1.38	5.60

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Leonardo Seder	1	1	-4	-4.00	12.00
TE Gregory Wolfe	1	0	0	0.00	1.50

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Edgar Wheeler	2	1	8	4.00	8.50
TE Zachary Goguen	1	0	0	0.00	6.56
WR Cooper Bagley	1	0	0	0.00	3.00
WR Darrin Walczak	1	1	2	2.00	2.89
RB Evan Pape	1	0	0	0.00	9.67
WR Melvin Mills	1	0	0	0.00	3.67
RB Korey Conley	1	1	1	1.00	0.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	3	1

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
QB Les Stoner	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Louie Kemp	10	6	3

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Les Stoner	14	10	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Taylor Martin	4	3	1
TE Gregory Wolfe	3	1	0
WR Randal Richardson	1	1	1
WR J.B. Eddy	1	0	0
RB Galloping Gene Vallet	1	1	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Edgar Wheeler	4	3	1
TE Zachary Goguen	3	1	1
WR Darrin Walczak	2	2	1
RB Evan Pape	2	2	2
WR Cooper Bagley	1	0	0
RB Glenn Martins	1	1	0
WR Melvin Mills	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 83,900 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 25,900 (26,800)
End Zone 18,700 (19,300)
Mezzanine 10,700 (11,100)
Sideline Seats 16,800 (17,000)
Club Seats 1,900 (1,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	83,900 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	25,900 (26,800)
End Zone	18,700 (19,300)
Mezzanine	10,700 (11,100)
Sideline Seats	16,800 (17,000)
Club Seats	1,900 (1,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)