2008 NFC Statistics -- Minnesota Vikings

Record	Wins	Losses
	2	3

Date	Opponent	W/L	Score	Attendance
September 08, 2008	at Green Bay	L	19 - 24	71,004
September 14, 2008	Indianapolis	L	15 - 18	63,585
September 21, 2008	Carolina	W	20 - 10	62,628
September 28, 2008	at Tennessee	L	17 - 30	69,143
October 06, 2008	at New Orleans	W	30 - 27	70,015

	TEAM	OPPONENT
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS	88	79
Rushing	28	21
Passing	51	55
Penalty	9	3
3rd Downs	25/71 - 35.2%	26/68 - 38.2%
4th Downs	2/3 - 66.7%	2/3 - 66.7%
POSSESSION AVG.	31:8	28:52
TOTAL NET YARDS	1562	1492
Avg. Yards Per Game	312.4	298.4
Total Plays	326	304
Avg. Yards Per Play	4.8	4.9
NET YARDS RUSHING	609	342
Avg. Yards Per Game	121.8	68.4
Total Rushes	147	122
NET YARDS PASSING	953	1150
Completions/Attempts - Pct	92/168 - 54.8%	105/174 - 60.3%
Avg. Yards Per Game	190.6	230.0
Gross Yards	1012	1209
Times Sacked	11	8
Passes Intercepted	3	4
PUNTS/AVERAGE	29/47.1	25/43.2
NET PUNTING AVERAGE	31.7	40.2
PENALTIES/YARDS	34/257	44/350
FUMBLES/BALL LOST	7/4	13/5
TOUCHDOWNS	9	12
Rushing	3	6
Passing	4	3
Returns	2	3

SCORE BY QUARTERS	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	PTS
TEAM	16	36	16	33	0	101
OPPONENT	23	27	24	35	0	109

SCORING	TD	Ru	Pa	Rt	PAT	FG	S	Pts
Ryan Longwell	0	0	0	0	8/8	13/15	0	47
Adrian Peterson	3	3	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	18
Visanthe Shiancoe	2	0	2	0	0/0	0/0	0	12
Antoine Winfield	2	0	0	2	0/0	0/0	0	12
Bernard Berrian	1	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
Sidney Rice	1	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
TEAM	9	3	4	2	8/8	13/15	0	101
OPPONENT	12	6	3	3	11/11	8/12	0	107

2-PT. CONVERSIONS	TEAM	OPPONENT
	0/1	1/1

SACKS	NO.
Antoine Winfield	2.0
Kevin Williams	2.0
Jared Allen	2.0
Chad Greenway	1.0
E.J. Henderson	1.0

RUSHING	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Adrian Peterson	104	452	4.3	34	3
Chester Taylor	24	89	3.7	10	0
Tarvaris Jackson	11	65	5.9	19	0
Gus Frerotte	7	2	0.3	5	0
Aundrae Allison	1	1	1.0	1	0
TEAM	147	609	4.1	34	3
OPPPONENT	122	342	2.8	57	6

RECEIVING	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Visanthe Shiancoe	12	145	12.1	34	2
Bernard Berrian	17	305	17.9	48	1
Sidney Rice	3	37	12.3	23	1
Bobby Wade	21	216	10.3	23	0
Aundrae Allison	6	78	13.0	21	0
Adrian Peterson	10	61	6.1	13	0
Garrett Mills	4	59	14.8	23	0
Chester Taylor	9	55	6.1	14	0
Jim Kleinsasser	2	27	13.5	15	0
Naufahu Tahi	6	13	2.2	7	0
Robert Ferguson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Thomas Tapeh	1	7	7.0	7	0
TEAM	92	1012	11.0	48	4
OPPPONENT	105	1209	11.5	75	3

INTERCEPTIONS	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Ben Leber	1	1	1.0	1	0
Antoine Winfield	1	1	1.0	1	0
Charles Gordon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tyrell Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0
TEAM	4	2	0.5	1	0
OPPPONENT	3	37	12.3	19	0

PUNTING	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	In	Lg
Chris Kluwe	29	1367	47.1	3	9	57
TEAM	29	1367	47.1	3	9	57
OPPPONENT	25	1080	43.2	0	9	55

PUNT RETURNS	Ret	Yds	Avg	Long	Fc	Td
Aundrae Allison	6	40	6.7	27	3	0
Charles Gordon	6	34	5.7	10	5	0
TEAM	12	74	6.2	27	8	0
OPPPONENT	19	389	20.5	76	3	3

KICKOFF RETURNS	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Chester Taylor	8	205	25.6	37	0
Maurice Hicks	8	203	25.4	34	0
TEAM
OPPPONENT	24	620	25.8	56	0

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ryan Longwell	0/0	4/4	4/4	3/5	2/2
TEAM	0/0	4/4	4/4	3/5	2/2
OPPPONENT	0/0	1/1	2/4	4/6	1/1

PASSING	Att	Cmp	Yds	Cmp%	Yds/Att	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Long	Sack	Lost	Rating
Gus Frerotte	107	60	692	56.1	6.5	2	1.9	2	1.9	48	6	27	74.2
Tarvaris Jackson	60	31	316	51.7	5.3	1	1.7	1	1.7	24	5	32	65.7
Chester Taylor	1	1	4	100.0	4.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	4	0	0	122.9
TEAM	168	92	1012	54.8	6.0	4	2.4	3	1.8	48	11	59	73.3
OPPPONENT	174	105	1150	60.3	6.6	3	1.7	4	2.3	75	8	59	76.1

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