Week 1, 2043

played in Chicago, IL

77 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	7	0	0	0	-	7
Chicago Bears	0	3	0	6	-	9

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:32 MIN - Dwight Bridges 5 pass from Grady Banks (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
2Q: 05:30 CHI - Asher Wingo 46 field goal
4Q: 03:34 CHI - Asher Wingo 51 field goal
4Q: 00:18 CHI - Asher Wingo 22 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:32 MIN - Dwight Bridges 5 pass from Grady Banks (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
2Q: 05:30 CHI - Asher Wingo 46 field goal
4Q: 03:34 CHI - Asher Wingo 51 field goal
4Q: 00:18 CHI - Asher Wingo 22 field goal

Team Statistics MIN CHI
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 19 13
- by Rushing 8 6
- by Passing 8 6
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 207 243
- Offensive Plays 67 65
- Yards per Play 3.09 3.74
Net Rushing Yards 100 134
- Rushing Attempts 26 34
- Yards per Rush 3.85 3.94
Net Passing Yards 107 109
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 15 - 2 28 - 14 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 147 131
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7/40 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 2.61 3.52
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 5/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.6 7.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/35 11/97
Punt Returns/Yards 4/0 4/24
Kick Returns/Yards 1/24 1/25
Interception Ret./Yards 2/28 2/8
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 32
Time of Possession 29:49 30:11

Team Statistics	MIN	CHI
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	19	13
- by Rushing	8	6
- by Passing	8	6
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	207	243
- Offensive Plays	67	65
- Yards per Play	3.09	3.74
Net Rushing Yards	100	134
- Rushing Attempts	26	34
- Yards per Rush	3.85	3.94
Net Passing Yards	107	109
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 15 - 2	28 - 14 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	147	131
- Sacks/Yards Lost	7/40	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	2.61	3.52
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	5/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.6	7.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/35	11/97
Punt Returns/Yards	4/0	4/24
Kick Returns/Yards	1/24	1/25
Interception Ret./Yards	2/28	2/8
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 32
Time of Possession	29:49	30:11

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:56	OWN 20	7	22	Punt
1	10:46	1:26	OWN 27	5	30	Fumble
1	7:51	0:08	OWN 20	1	-2	Fumble
1	6:30	5:05	OWN 9	14	91	Touchdown
2	15:00	1:05	OWN 30	3	-13	Punt
2	12:18	3:07	OWN 4	6	23	Punt
2	5:24	2:38	OWN 20	6	31	Punt
2	0:20	0:20	OWN 17	1	-5	Half
3	9:25	2:24	OWN 35	5	19	Punt
3	4:08	1:18	OWN 3	3	2	Interception
3	2:39	1:31	OPP 37	3	-11	Punt
4	15:00	3:05	OWN 41	6	26	Missed FG
4	8:39	2:37	OWN 11	4	25	Punt
4	3:29	1:29	OWN 20	4	13	Punt
4	0:11	0:11	OWN 19	1	0	Interception

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:04	1:18	OWN 13	3	4	Punt
1	9:20	1:29	OPP 49	3	-10	Punt
1	7:43	1:13	OPP 18	3	4	Interception
1	1:25	1:25	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	13:55	1:37	OWN 43	3	2	Punt
2	9:11	3:47	OWN 37	7	34	Field Goal
2	2:46	2:26	OWN 11	6	15	Punt
3	15:00	5:35	OWN 28	10	44	Missed FG
3	7:01	2:53	OWN 12	5	16	Punt
3	2:50	0:11	OPP 39	1	0	Interception
3	1:08	1:08	OWN 6	3	-1	Punt
4	11:55	3:16	OWN 40	6	5	Punt
4	6:02	2:33	OWN 31	6	35	Field Goal
4	2:00	1:49	OWN 22	7	73	Field Goal

Game MVP: Irving Gaudino, Chicago Bears

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Kendrick Ward	11	30	2.73	10	1
Rick Silas	7	59	8.43	14	4
Butch Medsker	6	5	0.83	12	1
Grady Banks	1	7	7.00	7	0
Lance Harding	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Eddie Sams	30	105	3.50	20	3
Nolan Long	3	23	7.67	12	1
Nicholas Simmons	1	6	6.00	6	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grady Banks	34	15	147	7/40	1	31	2	42.1

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Nicholas Simmons	28	14	131	3/22	0	48	2	33.5

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Tim Givens	5	8	40	8.00	2	14	0
WR Mike Evans	4	10	47	11.75	6	16	0
TE Freddie Johnstone	2	2	14	7.00	0	11	0
WR Dwight Bridges	2	5	36	18.00	21	31	1
FB Bob Huntley	1	2	-3	-3.00	0	-3	0
WR Bernie Bartlett	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
TE Derrick Brechbill	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Cary Halvorsen	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Marvin Lingen	3	5	15	5.00	4	9
WR Rich Curtis	3	6	21	7.00	8	18
WR Keith Wirthel	3	4	71	23.67	48	48
RB Nolan Long	2	2	16	8.00	11	15
WR Arnold Burnett	1	4	-3	-3.00	0	-3
WR Reggie Schwartz	1	4	7	7.00	0	7
RB Eddie Sams	1	2	4	4.00	5	4

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Abraham Andruzzi	1	0	0.00	0
CB Ivan Chandler	1	28	28.00	0

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Antonio Pierce	1	0	0.00	0
CB Ian Hitchcock	1	8	8.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Kendrick Ward	1	1	0
Grady Banks	1	0	0
Butch Medsker	1	0	0
Benjamin Stone	0	0	1

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force
Eddie Sams	1	1	0
Nolan Stoker	0	1	0
Keith Hennings	0	1	0
Leonard Mahoney	0	0	2
Jeremy Foug	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Elliot Gardner	8	337	42.1	39.1	49	4

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Scott Cheatom	8	436	54.5	52.0	69	4

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dixon Hawthorne	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	1/1

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Asher Wingo	3/4	2/3	1/1	51	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vernon Warren	4	0	0.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bo Wayne	3	16	5.3	0
Donald Germany	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cary Halvorsen	1	24	24.0	0

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Antonio Pierce	1	25	25.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Benjamin Stone	7	4	0.0	33	31
CB Ivan Chandler	7	0	0.0	19	25
DT A.J. Covington	6	2	0.5	24	17
OLB Abraham Andruzzi	6	4	0.0	30	24
ILB Jimmy Wayne	6	1	0.0	33	30
DE Sedrick Matthews	5	3	0.5	30	30
DE Ziggy Ansoh	2	1	1.0	26	26
S Terry Mathews	2	2	0.0	32	30
CB Vernon Warren	2	1	0.0	34	31
CB Ike Clark	2	0	0.0	31	31
WR Cary Halvorsen	2	0	---	---	---
OLB Greg Vaughn	1	0	1.0	6	8
DT Trent Schroeder	1	0	0.0	10	14
DT Mercury Gonzalez	1	0	0.0	18	22
OLB Keegan George	1	0	0.0	10	2
DT K.C. Bryant	1	0	0.0	8	2
DE Elias Batista	1	0	0.0	12	6
RB Rick Silas	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Sean Spence	0	1	0.0	1	1

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Leonard Mahoney	11	3	0.0	26	41
OLB Quentin Evans	6	0	0.0	20	26
DT Griffin Brooks	5	1	0.5	16	17
OLB Irving Gaudino	4	1	2.5	17	30
OLB Weston Dukes	3	1	0.0	10	11
S Antonio Pierce	3	0	0.0	26	41
OLB Neal Bradley	3	0	0.0	5	5
CB Ian Hitchcock	3	0	0.0	26	41
DE Jeremy Foug	2	0	2.0	7	15
DE Bo Hutek	2	0	1.5	19	26
CB J.T. Marais	1	2	0.0	16	30
CB Bo Wayne	1	2	0.0	26	41
S Nolan Stoker	1	1	0.0	25	40
WR Rich Curtis	1	0	---	---	---
DE Kurt Narvaez	1	0	0.0	12	29
RB Eddie Sams	1	0	---	---	---
DT Keith Hennings	0	1	0.5	11	24
DE Wesley McDaniel	0	1	0.0	14	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Ziggy Ansoh	1.0	1	26
OLB Greg Vaughn	1.0	1	8
DT A.J. Covington	0.5	1	17
DE Sedrick Matthews	0.5	0	30
OLB Abraham Andruzzi	0.0	2	24
DT Mercury Gonzalez	0.0	1	22

Chicago	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Irving Gaudino	2.5	2	0	30
DE Jeremy Foug	2.0	2	0	15
DE Bo Hutek	1.5	2	5	26
DT Griffin Brooks	0.5	1	0	17
DT Keith Hennings	0.5	0	0	24
OLB J.R. Freidkin	0.0	1	0	11

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Ivan Chandler	4	0	1	25
OLB Abraham Andruzzi	3	0	1	24
ILB Jimmy Wayne	3	0	0	30
CB Ike Clark	2	0	0	31
CB Vernon Warren	1	1	0	31
DT Trent Schroeder	1	0	0	14
S Benjamin Stone	0	1	0	31

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Leonard Mahoney	3	2	0	41
CB Ian Hitchcock	3	0	1	41
OLB Quentin Evans	2	0	0	26
S Antonio Pierce	1	1	1	41
OLB Irving Gaudino	1	0	0	30
OLB Weston Dukes	1	0	0	11
DT Griffin Brooks	1	0	0	17
OLB Neal Bradley	1	0	0	5
OLB J.R. Freidkin	1	0	0	11
CB Bo Wayne	1	0	0	41
CB J.T. Marais	0	1	0	30

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Reggie Higdon	3	4	26	2	41
Maddox Sandhu	2	5	26	1	41
Earnest Hammontree	1	6	26	1	41
Dan Ogden	1	5	26	2	41
Renaldo Bradford	0	3	26	1	41
Derrick Brechbill	0	2	18	0	27

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Marvin Lingen	3	8	34	0	24
Rod Aidoo	2	6	34	1	31
Peter Bynum	2	5	34	1	31
Blaine Flowers	2	3	34	0	31
Melvin Lofton	1	6	34	1	31
Kenneth Schneider	1	3	34	0	31
Kennedy Appleton	0	2	18	0	17

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Sean Spence	2	14
Bob Huntley	2	10
Brandon Gordon	1	11

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
J.B. Newsome	2	18
Nolan Long	1	25
Kennedy Appleton	1	16
J.T. Marais	1	15

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Vernon Warren	---	---	34	31	28	93
Maddox Sandhu	26	41	---	---	9	76
Dan Ogden	26	41	---	---	9	76
Sedrick Matthews	---	---	30	30	10	70
Benjamin Stone	---	---	33	31	4	68
Grady Banks	26	41	---	---	---	67
Reggie Higdon	26	41	---	---	---	67
Earnest Hammontree	26	41	---	---	---	67
Renaldo Bradford	26	41	---	---	---	67
Jimmy Wayne	---	---	33	30	4	67
Terry Mathews	---	---	32	30	4	66
Ike Clark	---	---	31	31	3	65
Mike Evans	25	37	---	---	---	62
Tim Givens	19	27	---	---	14	60
Derrick Brechbill	18	27	---	---	14	59
Abraham Andruzzi	---	---	30	24	4	58
Ziggy Ansoh	---	---	26	26	3	55
Ivan Chandler	---	---	19	25	5	49
A.J. Covington	---	---	24	17	6	47
Mercury Gonzalez	---	---	18	22	5	45
Bob Huntley	11	18	---	---	10	39
Kendrick Ward	13	21	---	---	4	38
Greg Vaughn	---	---	6	8	22	36
Butch Medsker	6	11	---	---	15	32
Rick Silas	7	9	---	---	16	32
Zayden Drain	---	---	10	7	14	31
Dwight Bridges	9	22	---	---	---	31
Trent Schroeder	---	---	10	14	2	26
Cary Halvorsen	7	15	---	---	4	26
Brandon Gordon	---	---	7	4	11	22
Lance Harding	6	4	---	---	11	21
Elias Batista	---	---	12	6	2	20
Freddie Johnstone	7	11	---	---	1	19
Sean Spence	---	---	1	1	14	16
K.C. Bryant	---	---	8	2	3	13
Keegan George	---	---	10	2	---	12
Bernie Bartlett	2	3	---	---	7	12
Joshua Hampton	0	0	---	---	9	9
John Raymond	0	0	---	---	9	9
Phil Stone	0	0	---	---	9	9
Elliot Gardner	0	0	---	---	8	8
Dixon Hawthorne	0	0	---	---	3	3
Archie Shabazz	0	0	---	---	1	1
Bruce Sloan	0	0	---	---	---	0
Colton Novak	0	0	---	---	---	0

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Melvin Lofton	34	31	---	---	12	77
Bo Wayne	---	---	26	41	8	75
Marvin Lingen	34	24	---	---	15	73
Antonio Pierce	---	---	26	41	3	70
Leonard Mahoney	---	---	26	41	1	68
Ian Hitchcock	---	---	26	41	1	68
Nolan Stoker	---	---	25	40	2	67
Blaine Flowers	34	31	---	---	---	65
Kenneth Schneider	34	31	---	---	---	65
Nicholas Simmons	34	31	---	---	---	65
Rod Aidoo	34	31	---	---	---	65
Peter Bynum	34	31	---	---	---	65
Rich Curtis	28	21	---	---	14	63
J.T. Marais	---	---	16	30	15	61
Eddie Sams	31	27	---	---	---	58
Kennedy Appleton	18	17	---	---	16	51
Quentin Evans	---	---	20	26	4	50
Irving Gaudino	---	---	17	30	1	48
Keith Wirthel	22	21	---	---	3	46
Bo Hutek	---	---	19	26	1	46
Nolan Long	12	9	---	---	25	46
Kurt Narvaez	---	---	12	29	1	42
Keith Hennings	---	---	11	24	4	39
Reggie Schwartz	7	16	---	---	15	38
Wesley McDaniel	---	---	14	12	11	37
Griffin Brooks	---	---	16	17	---	33
Weston Dukes	---	---	10	11	7	28
Neal Bradley	---	---	5	5	18	28
Jerome Soprano	4	8	---	---	13	25
Arnold Burnett	13	10	---	---	1	24
Jeremy Foug	---	---	7	15	1	23
J.R. Freidkin	---	---	8	11	4	23
J.B. Newsome	1	2	---	---	18	21
Donald Germany	---	---	1	9	3	13
Scott Cheatom	0	0	---	---	12	12
Leonard Hoffman	0	0	---	---	12	12
Wally Shea	0	0	---	---	12	12
Jake Caldwell	0	0	---	---	12	12
Devon Carstens	0	0	---	---	12	12
Drew Ferguson	---	---	0	2	6	8
Asher Wingo	0	0	---	---	8	8
Skip Bell	---	---	1	0	6	7
Ronald Chae	0	0	---	---	---	0
Christopher Maloney	0	0	---	---	---	0
Melvin Kozak	---	---	0	0	---	0
Axel Logan	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	32	6.4
Middle	12	35	2.9
Right	9	33	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	38	6.3
Middle	20	84	4.2
Right	8	12	1.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grady Banks	34	15	1	2	3	4	8	5	2

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Nicholas Simmons	28	14	2	1	2	2	6	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-3	-3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	9	69	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	81	10.1
Long (19+ Yds)	11	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	18	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	7	40	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	3	73	12.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Evans	10	4	1	47	0	37
WR Tim Givens	8	5	1	40	0	27
WR Dwight Bridges	5	2	1	36	1	22
TE Derrick Brechbill	4	0	0	0	0	27
TE Freddie Johnstone	2	2	0	14	0	11
FB Bob Huntley	2	1	0	-3	0	18
WR Cary Halvorsen	2	0	0	0	0	15
WR Bernie Bartlett	1	1	0	13	0	3

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rich Curtis	6	3	1	21	0	21
TE Marvin Lingen	5	3	0	15	0	24
WR Keith Wirthel	4	3	0	71	2	21
WR Arnold Burnett	4	1	1	-3	0	10
WR Reggie Schwartz	4	1	0	7	0	16
RB Nolan Long	2	2	0	16	0	9
RB Eddie Sams	2	1	0	4	0	27

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Grady Banks	1	7	7.00	7.00

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Eddie Sams	4	0	0.00	3.50
Nicholas Simmons	1	6	6.00	6.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grady Banks	3	2	13	4.33	4.32

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Nicholas Simmons	2	0	0	0.00	4.68

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Evans	2	1	8	4.00	4.70
WR Dwight Bridges	1	1	5	5.00	7.20

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rich Curtis	1	0	0	0.00	3.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Butch Medsker	1	0
Kendrick Ward	1	0

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Eddie Sams	5	3

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grady Banks	9	4	4

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Nicholas Simmons	9	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mike Evans	4	1	1
WR Tim Givens	2	1	1
WR Cary Halvorsen	1	0	0
WR Dwight Bridges	1	1	1
WR Bernie Bartlett	1	1	1

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rich Curtis	3	1	0
WR Reggie Schwartz	3	1	1
TE Marvin Lingen	1	0	0
WR Keith Wirthel	1	1	1
RB Eddie Sams	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,900 (72,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,300 (21,000)
End Zone 13,600 (15,200)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 12,100 (13,500)
Club Seats 9,500 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,900 (72,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,300 (21,000)
End Zone	13,600 (15,200)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	12,100 (13,500)
Club Seats	9,500 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,500)