Week 16, 2022

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

New England Patriots	0	10	3	7	-	20
Minnesota Vikings	0	14	3	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:49 MIN - Emmitt Palmer 4 pass from Matt Ryan (Ron Kariger extra point)
2Q: 08:35 NED - Sam Nelson 3 pass from Joe Flacco (Stephen Wheeler extra point)
2Q: 02:14 NED - Stephen Wheeler 25 field goal
2Q: 00:15 MIN - Louis Murphy 31 pass from Matt Ryan (Ron Kariger extra point)
3Q: 09:36 MIN - Ron Kariger 35 field goal
3Q: 05:30 NED - Stephen Wheeler 19 field goal
4Q: 12:20 NED - Ricky Peters 2 run (Stephen Wheeler extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 11:49 MIN - Emmitt Palmer 4 pass from Matt Ryan (Ron Kariger extra point)
2Q: 08:35 NED - Sam Nelson 3 pass from Joe Flacco (Stephen Wheeler extra point)
2Q: 02:14 NED - Stephen Wheeler 25 field goal
2Q: 00:15 MIN - Louis Murphy 31 pass from Matt Ryan (Ron Kariger extra point)
3Q: 09:36 MIN - Ron Kariger 35 field goal
3Q: 05:30 NED - Stephen Wheeler 19 field goal
4Q: 12:20 NED - Ricky Peters 2 run (Stephen Wheeler extra point)

Team Statistics NED MIN
Record 13-2 10-5
First Downs 23 16
- by Rushing 9 0
- by Passing 12 13
- by Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 385 341
- Offensive Plays 77 55
- Yards per Play 5.00 6.20
Net Rushing Yards 175 71
- Rushing Attempts 45 19
- Yards per Rush 3.89 3.74
Net Passing Yards 210 270
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 17 - 0 35 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 223 275
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 6.56 7.50
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/17 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.8 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/48 11/80
Punt Returns/Yards 5/57 1/4
Kick Returns/Yards 1/35 2/60
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 25
Time of Possession 36:51 23:09

Team Statistics	NED	MIN
Record	13-2	10-5
First Downs	23	16
- by Rushing	9	0
- by Passing	12	13
- by Penalty	2	3
Total Net Yards	385	341
- Offensive Plays	77	55
- Yards per Play	5.00	6.20
Net Rushing Yards	175	71
- Rushing Attempts	45	19
- Yards per Rush	3.89	3.74
Net Passing Yards	210	270
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 17 - 0	35 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	223	275
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	6.56	7.50
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/17	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.8	8.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/48	11/80
Punt Returns/Yards	5/57	1/4
Kick Returns/Yards	1/35	2/60
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 25
Time of Possession	36:51	23:09

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:00	3:21	OWN 24	6	38	Punt
1	7:39	1:26	OPP 42	3	-1	Punt
1	3:23	3:00	OWN 25	6	31	Punt
2	11:38	3:14	OWN 44	5	56	Touchdown
2	6:49	4:42	OWN 33	11	59	Field Goal
2	0:04	0:04	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	2:17	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
3	9:29	4:07	OWN 12	10	86	Field Goal
3	4:12	6:58	OWN 37	15	63	Touchdown
4	10:30	5:25	OWN 32	9	39	Fumble
4	2:31	2:31	OWN 20	9	32	Game

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:00	OWN 20	6	16	Punt
1	8:39	1:00	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	6:13	2:50	OWN 20	5	74	Fumble
1	0:23	3:45	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
2	8:24	1:35	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
2	2:07	2:03	OWN 29	8	71	Touchdown
3	12:43	3:14	OWN 38	9	44	Field Goal
3	5:22	1:10	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
4	12:14	1:44	OWN 34	3	-2	Punt
4	5:05	2:34	OWN 29	6	29	Punt

Game MVP: Joe Flacco, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Ricky Peters	22	94	4.27	14	2	1
Joe Flacco	13	49	3.77	9	0	0
Richie Kresser	10	32	3.20	10	1	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Nicky Winters	14	50	3.57	14	1
Gerald Clark	4	12	3.00	7	0
Matt Ryan	1	9	9.00	9	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Flacco	30	17	223	2/13	1	50	0	91.4

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Ryan	35	18	275	1/5	2	40	0	96.7

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mike Smith	5	8	102	20.40	44	50	0
TE Brandon Pettigrew	4	5	42	10.50	12	21	0
TE Erik Bishop	2	2	21	10.50	0	13	0
WR Rodney Lyons	2	5	24	12.00	3	15	0
FB Sam Nelson	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	1
WR Adam Velevis	1	4	9	9.00	0	9	0
RB Ricky Peters	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	0
WR Carleton Mitchell	1	1	13	13.00	1	13	0
WR Frank Schneider	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Emmitt Palmer	5	10	41	8.20	6	21	1
WR Louis Murphy	4	9	74	18.50	27	33	1
TE Aaron Hernandez	3	6	61	20.33	35	23	0
WR Courtney Kazadi	1	3	7	7.00	0	7	0
RB Nicky Winters	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
TE Leon Beltramini	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
WR Wayne Calixto	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	0
RB Gerald Clark	1	1	16	16.00	7	16	0
WR Gino Moser	1	2	40	40.00	0	40	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Frank Schneider	2	1	0
Ricky Peters	1	0	0
Earl Woodson	0	1	0
Corey Brilz	0	1	0
Travis Ellard	0	0	1

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Gerald Clark	1	0	0
Allen Weber	0	1	0
T.J. Ward	0	0	2
B.J. LaRiche	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Patrick Hutton	4	173	43.3	27.3	48	0

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kevin Huber	6	285	47.5	34.7	55	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Wheeler	2/2	0/0	0/0	25	2/2

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ron Kariger	1/1	0/0	0/0	35	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frank Schneider	5	57	11.4	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Allen Weber	1	4	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frank Schneider	1	35	35.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wayne Calixto	2	60	30.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Earl Woodson	6	1	0.0	18	25
ILB Charlie Gerbasi	5	1	0.0	12	20
ILB Lewis Sonneman	4	1	0.0	13	15
CB Malcolm Hardy	4	0	0.0	14	27
ILB Roosevelt Calmus	3	0	0.0	10	12
OLB Travis Ellard	3	0	0.0	16	28
OLB Curtis Zuck	2	1	0.0	14	18
DT Corey Brilz	2	1	0.0	13	20
S Rufus Francis	2	0	0.0	14	24
DE Mike McCulley	1	1	1.0	17	30
CB Chris Cook	1	2	0.0	3	20
CB Leodis McKelvin	1	0	0.0	6	18
CB Terrell Thomas	1	0	0.0	14	29
OLB Perry Riley	1	0	0.0	2	4
S Caleb Campbell	0	1	0.0	7	23
DE Andy Ellison	0	1	0.0	2	6

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Allen Weber	10	3	0.0	44	29
ILB Phil Gaylor	9	6	0.0	43	30
S Harry Anaya	6	1	0.0	23	17
OLB Fernando Sanford	5	0	0.0	32	19
CB Chad Neasman	4	2	0.0	29	22
S Andre Fields	4	0	0.0	40	27
OLB Louie Shaw	3	0	0.0	15	6
OLB Harvey Emmons	2	1	2.0	30	26
CB T.J. Ward	2	2	0.0	33	25
DE Kelly Rose	2	1	0.0	21	24
DE DeMario Pressley	2	0	0.0	25	13
ILB Andre Poston	2	0	0.0	5	3
DE Shannon Darrow	1	2	0.0	30	22
DT Scottie Benton	1	2	0.0	29	23
ILB Lester Jacobs	1	1	0.0	14	12
CB Desmond Hout	1	1	0.0	32	19
DE Ron Brace	1	1	0.0	16	11
S Tracy Sherry	1	1	0.0	4	8
T Kennedy Gaylord	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mike McCulley	1.0	1	0	1	30
DE Austin McDonald	0.0	1	2	1	27
OLB Travis Ellard	0.0	0	3	2	28
DE Andy Ellison	0.0	0	1	1	6

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Harvey Emmons	2.0	1	0	4	26
DE Shannon Darrow	0.0	0	1	2	22
DE Kelly Rose	0.0	0	1	0	24
DT Scottie Benton	0.0	0	0	1	23

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Malcolm Hardy	3	0	27
S Earl Woodson	3	0	25
ILB Roosevelt Calmus	3	0	12
ILB Charlie Gerbasi	1	2	20
CB Terrell Thomas	1	1	29
DE Austin McDonald	1	0	27
CB Leodis McKelvin	1	0	18
OLB Curtis Zuck	1	0	18
OLB Travis Ellard	1	0	28
S Rufus Francis	1	0	24
OLB Perry Riley	1	0	4
CB Chris Cook	1	0	20
ILB Lewis Sonneman	0	1	15
CB Patrick Robinson	0	1	19

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Chad Neasman	5	1	22
S Allen Weber	3	2	29
ILB Phil Gaylor	3	1	30
CB T.J. Ward	2	0	25
ILB Lester Jacobs	1	0	12
OLB Louie Shaw	1	0	6
OLB Fernando Sanford	1	0	19
S Tracy Sherry	1	0	8
CB Desmond Hout	0	1	19
S Harry Anaya	0	1	17

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jeff Otah	4	5	35	0	26
Winston Stokes	3	7	38	0	28
Jeff Thomason	3	5	35	1	28
Maurkice Pouncey	2	8	45	0	32
Lester Schokora	1	4	31	1	24
Sam Nelson	1	2	27	0	22
Deion Malloy	1	1	7	0	4
Shawn Lauvao	0	2	14	0	8
Erik Bishop	0	1	34	0	22

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Casey Heath	1	5	16	0	29
Kennedy Gaylord	1	4	19	0	31
B.J. LaRiche	1	2	15	0	30
A.J. Murray	1	1	13	0	17
Renaldo Becker	0	4	19	0	34
Roger George	0	2	14	0	33
Levon McIntyre	0	0	3	1	8

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Fendi Onobun	1	15
Erik Bishop	1	13
Perry Riley	1	8

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
T.J. Ward	3	12
Gerald Clark	1	20
Cary Torres	1	14
B.J. LaRiche	1	7

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Maurkice Pouncey	45	32	---	---	6	83
Joe Flacco	45	32	---	---	---	77
Mike Smith	44	26	---	---	---	70
Erik Bishop	34	22	---	---	13	69
Winston Stokes	38	28	---	---	---	66
Jeff Thomason	35	28	---	---	1	64
Jeff Otah	35	26	---	---	---	61
Adam Velevis	38	21	---	---	1	60
Lester Schokora	31	24	---	---	5	60
Sam Nelson	27	22	---	---	8	57
Mike McCulley	---	---	17	30	4	51
Richie Kresser	15	14	---	---	20	49
Earl Woodson	---	---	18	25	5	48
Ricky Peters	29	18	---	---	---	47
Terrell Thomas	---	---	14	29	1	44
Travis Ellard	---	---	16	28	---	44
Malcolm Hardy	---	---	14	27	1	42
Patrick Robinson	---	---	6	19	15	40
Caleb Campbell	---	---	7	23	9	39
Brandon Pettigrew	17	12	---	---	10	39
Rufus Francis	---	---	14	24	1	39
Curtis Zuck	---	---	14	18	6	38
Austin McDonald	---	---	10	27	---	37
Roosevelt Calmus	---	---	10	12	14	36
Corey Brilz	---	---	13	20	2	35
Rodney Lyons	12	15	---	---	8	35
Lewis Sonneman	---	---	13	15	5	33
Charlie Gerbasi	---	---	12	20	1	33
Shawn Lauvao	14	8	---	---	6	28
Leodis McKelvin	---	---	6	18	2	26
Deon Chandler	---	---	6	16	2	24
Frank Schneider	4	3	---	---	17	24
Chris Cook	---	---	3	20	1	24
Les Newhart	10	6	---	---	6	22
Beau Bell	---	---	3	6	13	22
Wade Numbers	10	4	---	---	6	20
Edward Connell	---	---	9	9	1	19
Fendi Onobun	3	1	---	---	15	19
Carleton Mitchell	2	6	---	---	10	18
Andy Ellison	---	---	2	6	6	14
Perry Riley	---	---	2	4	8	14
Deion Malloy	7	4	---	---	---	11
Stephen Wheeler	0	0	---	---	7	7
Patrick Hutton	0	0	---	---	4	4
Jimmy Shellhaas	0	0	---	---	2	2
Emmanuel Lynn	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Allen Weber	---	---	44	29	6	79
Phil Gaylor	---	---	43	30	2	75
T.J. Ward	---	---	33	25	12	70
Andre Fields	---	---	40	27	2	69
Chad Neasman	---	---	29	22	8	59
Harvey Emmons	---	---	30	26	2	58
Matt Ryan	19	36	---	---	---	55
Fernando Sanford	---	---	32	19	4	55
Shannon Darrow	---	---	30	22	2	54
Harry Anaya	---	---	23	17	14	54
Roger George	14	33	---	---	7	54
Scottie Benton	---	---	29	23	1	53
Renaldo Becker	19	34	---	---	---	53
B.J. LaRiche	15	30	---	---	7	52
Desmond Hout	---	---	32	19	1	52
Kennedy Gaylord	19	31	---	---	---	50
Kelly Rose	---	---	21	24	5	50
Emmitt Palmer	16	31	---	---	---	47
Aaron Hernandez	16	23	---	---	7	46
Casey Heath	16	29	---	---	---	45
Leon Beltramini	8	21	---	---	16	45
A.J. Murray	13	17	---	---	13	43
Nicky Winters	15	25	---	---	---	40
DeMario Pressley	---	---	25	13	---	38
Louis Murphy	15	23	---	---	---	38
Gerald Clark	4	11	---	---	20	35
Lester Jacobs	---	---	14	12	5	31
Courtney Kazadi	4	11	---	---	13	28
Ron Brace	---	---	16	11	1	28
Louie Shaw	---	---	15	6	4	25
Shawn Carpenter	---	---	14	5	5	24
Rufus Rasmussen	---	---	8	5	9	22
Gino Moser	3	13	---	---	5	21
Tracy Sherry	---	---	4	8	9	21
Sam Young	5	8	---	---	7	20
Burt Cavoretto	4	7	---	---	7	18
Levon McIntyre	3	8	---	---	7	18
Wayne Calixto	1	5	---	---	10	16
Cary Torres	---	---	1	0	14	15
Andre Poston	---	---	5	3	5	13
Calvin Vila	---	---	5	3	---	8
Kevin Huber	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ron Kariger	0	0	---	---	5	5
Sean Smith	---	---	2	3	---	5
Aaron Rodgers	0	0	---	---	1	1
Joe Webb	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	39	3.3
Middle	22	117	5.3
Right	8	22	2.8
None	3	-3	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	13	2.2
Middle	10	49	4.9
Right	3	9	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Flacco	30	17	3	1	3	6	2	7	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Ryan	35	18	6	0	4	5	6	5	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	10	72	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	121	11.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	30	30.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	158	9.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	86	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	31	5.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Smith	8	5	0	102	2	26
TE Brandon Pettigrew	5	4	0	42	1	12
WR Rodney Lyons	5	2	1	24	0	15
WR Adam Velevis	4	1	2	9	0	21
FB Sam Nelson	2	1	0	3	0	22
RB Ricky Peters	2	1	0	9	0	18
TE Erik Bishop	2	2	0	21	0	22
WR Frank Schneider	1	0	0	0	0	3
WR Carleton Mitchell	1	1	0	13	0	6

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Emmitt Palmer	10	5	0	41	1	31
WR Louis Murphy	9	4	1	74	2	23
TE Aaron Hernandez	6	3	1	61	2	23
WR Courtney Kazadi	3	1	1	7	0	11
RB Nicky Winters	2	1	1	8	0	25
WR Gino Moser	2	1	0	40	1	13
TE Leon Beltramini	1	1	0	14	0	21
WR Wayne Calixto	1	1	0	14	0	5
RB Gerald Clark	1	1	0	16	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ricky Peters	4	11	2.75	4.27
Joe Flacco	1	5	5.00	3.77
Richie Kresser	1	7	7.00	3.20

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Nicky Winters	1	1	1.00	3.57
Gerald Clark	1	6	6.00	3.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Flacco	8	2	12	1.50	7.43

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Ryan	2	2	7	3.50	7.86

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rodney Lyons	3	0	0	0.00	4.80
WR Adam Velevis	2	1	9	4.50	2.25
FB Sam Nelson	1	1	3	3.00	1.50
TE Brandon Pettigrew	1	0	0	0.00	8.40
RB Ricky Peters	1	0	0	0.00	4.50

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Emmitt Palmer	2	2	7	3.50	4.10

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Joe Flacco	4	2
Ricky Peters	2	1
Richie Kresser	1	1

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Flacco	9	5	4

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Ryan	13	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Adam Velevis	2	1	1
WR Rodney Lyons	2	0	0
FB Sam Nelson	1	0	0
WR Mike Smith	1	1	1
RB Ricky Peters	1	1	0
TE Erik Bishop	1	1	1
WR Carleton Mitchell	1	1	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Emmitt Palmer	4	2	2
WR Louis Murphy	3	2	2
WR Courtney Kazadi	2	1	0
RB Nicky Winters	1	0	0
WR Wayne Calixto	1	1	1
WR Gino Moser	1	1	1
TE Aaron Hernandez	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 86,000 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 29,400 (29,400)
End Zone 21,300 (21,300)
Mezzanine 12,300 (12,300)
Sideline Seats 18,800 (18,800)
Club Seats 500 (500)
Luxury Boxes 3,700 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	86,000 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	29,400 (29,400)
End Zone	21,300 (21,300)
Mezzanine	12,300 (12,300)
Sideline Seats	18,800 (18,800)
Club Seats	500 (500)
Luxury Boxes	3,700 (3,700)