Week 6, 2044

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Minnesota Vikings	10	3	0	3	-	16
Atlanta Falcons	0	3	0	7	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:40 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 35 field goal
1Q: 04:23 MIN - Brandon Gordon 67 interception return (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
2Q: 15:00 ATL - Julio Harding 36 field goal
2Q: 07:39 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 36 field goal
4Q: 09:17 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 43 field goal
4Q: 06:25 ATL - Maurice Culbertson 2 run (Julio Harding extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:40 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 35 field goal
1Q: 04:23 MIN - Brandon Gordon 67 interception return (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
2Q: 15:00 ATL - Julio Harding 36 field goal
2Q: 07:39 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 36 field goal
4Q: 09:17 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 43 field goal
4Q: 06:25 ATL - Maurice Culbertson 2 run (Julio Harding extra point)

Team Statistics MIN ATL
Record 2-4 2-4
First Downs 19 14
- by Rushing 6 9
- by Passing 8 5
- by Penalty 5 0
Total Net Yards 211 273
- Offensive Plays 72 57
- Yards per Play 2.93 4.79
Net Rushing Yards 78 156
- Rushing Attempts 32 29
- Yards per Rush 2.44 5.38
Net Passing Yards 133 117
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 39 - 22 - 1 26 - 12 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards 138 123
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 2/6
- Yards per Pass Play 3.33 4.18
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 6/18 1/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/40 7/61
Punt Returns/Yards 5/14 3/49
Kick Returns/Yards 3/62 3/91
Interception Ret./Yards 4/69 1/16
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 30
Time of Possession 35:12 24:48

Team Statistics	MIN	ATL
Record	2-4	2-4
First Downs	19	14
- by Rushing	6	9
- by Passing	8	5
- by Penalty	5	0
Total Net Yards	211	273
- Offensive Plays	72	57
- Yards per Play	2.93	4.79
Net Rushing Yards	78	156
- Rushing Attempts	32	29
- Yards per Rush	2.44	5.38
Net Passing Yards	133	117
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	39 - 22 - 1	26 - 12 - 4
- Gross Passing Yards	138	123
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	2/6
- Yards per Pass Play	3.33	4.18
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	6/18	1/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/40	7/61
Punt Returns/Yards	5/14	3/49
Kick Returns/Yards	3/62	3/91
Interception Ret./Yards	4/69	1/16
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 30
Time of Possession	35:12	24:48

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:39	OWN 31	4	-10	Punt
1	11:16	3:44	OPP 44	6	26	Field Goal
1	6:48	1:27	OWN 33	3	-3	Punt
2	14:54	7:20	OWN 33	13	48	Field Goal
2	5:29	2:03	OWN 24	7	35	Punt
2	1:58	0:40	OWN 20	3	1	Interception
2	1:10	1:10	OWN 20	2	19	Half
3	12:31	1:38	OWN 46	5	15	Punt
3	9:08	1:55	OPP 45	3	2	Punt
3	5:38	2:34	OWN 33	6	13	Punt
3	0:51	4:11	OWN 10	7	41	Punt
4	10:52	1:41	OWN 47	8	27	Field Goal
4	6:18	3:57	OWN 14	6	6	Punt
4	1:07	1:07	OWN 30	2	-3	Game

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:21	2:05	OWN 39	4	18	Fumble
1	7:32	0:44	OWN 26	1	0	Interception
1	5:21	1:11	OWN 38	4	18	Interception
1	4:10	4:16	OWN 20	9	61	Field Goal
2	7:34	2:05	OWN 20	6	18	Punt
2	3:26	1:28	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	1:18	0:08	OPP 14	1	0	Interception
3	15:00	2:29	OWN 34	4	25	Fumble
3	10:53	1:45	OWN 2	3	3	Punt
3	7:13	1:35	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
3	3:04	2:13	OWN 33	5	15	Punt
4	11:40	0:48	OWN 4	2	0	Interception
4	9:11	2:53	OWN 36	5	64	Touchdown
4	2:21	1:14	OWN 46	7	24	Downs

Game MVP: Kevin Johnson, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
J.R. England	18	35	1.94	16	3
Rick Silas	11	50	4.55	10	1
Walt Lane	2	-5	-2.50	-1	0
Grady Banks	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Maurice Culbertson	18	106	5.89	15	4	1
Peter Horn	10	49	4.90	20	2	0
Skip Monk	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Grady Banks	39	22	138	1/5	0	15	1	53.1

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Derek Carr	26	12	123	2/6	0	44	4	20.7

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Mike Evans	5	7	36	7.20	10	15
TE Derrick Brechbill	3	5	33	11.00	7	13
RB J.R. England	3	8	19	6.33	3	10
WR Cary Halvorsen	3	7	9	3.00	1	14
RB Rick Silas	3	3	2	0.67	0	2
WR Julio Herndon	3	4	22	7.33	0	11
TE Freddie Johnstone	2	3	17	8.50	10	13
WR Casey Greer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Walt Lane	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Quinn Rubio	4	9	34	8.50	3	16
TE Chase Zachery	3	5	21	7.00	3	10
WR Edgar Ellis	2	6	26	13.00	4	13
RB Maurice Culbertson	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4
FB Skip Monk	1	1	2	2.00	1	2
WR Vince Wand	1	4	44	44.00	0	44

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Kevin Johnson	3	2	0.67	0
S Brandon Gordon	1	67	67.00	1

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Bryson Stolowitz	1	16	16.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Freddie Johnstone	1	0	0
A.J. Covington	0	1	0
Mike Evans	0	1	0
K.C. Bryant	0	1	0
Ziggy Ansoh	0	0	1
Jimmy Wayne	0	0	1

Atlanta	Fumb	Force
Maurice Culbertson	1	0
Derek Carr	1	0
Jake Humphries	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Julio Kitna	8	342	42.8	31.6	53	4

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Carlos Gilmore	5	229	45.8	43.0	50	1

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dixon Hawthorne	3/3	1/1	0/0	43	1/1

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Julio Harding	1/1	0/0	0/0	36	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Casey Greer	4	11	2.8	0
Brandon Gordon	1	3	3.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tanner Tripplehorn	3	49	16.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cary Halvorsen	3	62	20.7	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerry Serwanga	3	91	30.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Benjamin Stone	8	2	0.0	29	28
OLB Keegan George	5	1	0.0	22	18
S Brandon Gordon	4	3	0.5	27	27
CB Ivan Chandler	4	1	0.0	29	28
CB Ike Clark	3	2	0.0	22	18
ILB Jimmy Wayne	3	2	0.0	29	28
DE Sedrick Matthews	3	0	0.0	23	26
DT Trent Schroeder	2	1	1.0	7	9
DE Ziggy Ansoh	2	1	0.5	27	26
OLB Abraham Andruzzi	2	2	0.0	13	15
DT A.J. Covington	2	1	0.0	23	19
DT K.C. Bryant	2	1	0.0	14	16
CB Kevin Johnson	1	2	0.0	29	28
DT Mercury Gonzalez	1	0	0.0	9	5
WR Cary Halvorsen	1	0	---	---	---

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tanner Tripplehorn	7	2	0.0	31	35
OLB Earnest Schwartz	5	1	0.5	29	36
ILB Jake Humphries	5	1	0.0	15	18
ILB Kurt McElroy	5	1	0.0	15	13
S Jaquiski Tartt	4	0	0.0	31	38
CB Bryson Stolowitz	3	1	0.0	28	36
ILB Randall Vijitakula	3	1	0.0	14	12
CB Charles Baruffi	3	1	0.0	15	28
S Kevin Hindman	3	0	0.0	6	12
DE Kennedy Woodard	2	1	0.0	16	20
CB Jerry Serwanga	2	1	0.0	18	13
DT Aaron Donald	2	1	0.0	19	31
OLB Neil Hancock	2	1	0.0	15	19
S Fernando Shapiro	2	0	0.0	16	27
DE Conrad Boyd	1	4	0.5	23	25
OLB Hayden Wilcox	1	1	0.0	19	23
WR Edgar Ellis	1	0	---	---	---
G Marco Hutton	1	0	---	---	---
QB Derek Carr	1	0	---	---	---
WR Quinn Rubio	1	0	---	---	---
DE Damon Prior	1	0	0.0	19	28
WR Vince Wand	1	0	---	---	---
CB Randal Ballard	1	0	0.0	3	10
DT Maxwell Knauls	0	2	0.0	19	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Trent Schroeder	1.0	0	9
DE Ziggy Ansoh	0.5	1	26
S Brandon Gordon	0.5	0	27
DT A.J. Covington	0.0	2	19
DE Sedrick Matthews	0.0	1	26
OLB Abraham Andruzzi	0.0	1	15

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Earnest Schwartz	0.5	3	5	36
DE Conrad Boyd	0.5	1	0	25
DT Aaron Donald	0.0	1	2	31

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Benjamin Stone	2	1	0	28
CB Ivan Chandler	2	1	0	28
CB Ike Clark	2	0	0	18
OLB Abraham Andruzzi	2	0	0	15
OLB Keegan George	2	0	0	18
CB Kevin Johnson	1	0	3	28
ILB Jimmy Wayne	1	0	0	28
S Brandon Gordon	0	0	1	27

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Bryson Stolowitz	3	0	1	36
S Kevin Hindman	3	0	0	12
CB Charles Baruffi	3	0	0	28
OLB Earnest Schwartz	2	1	0	36
ILB Jake Humphries	2	0	0	18
CB Jerry Serwanga	2	0	0	13
S Jaquiski Tartt	2	0	0	38
OLB Hayden Wilcox	1	1	0	23
ILB Randall Vijitakula	1	0	0	12
ILB Kurt McElroy	1	0	0	13
S Tanner Tripplehorn	1	0	0	35
CB Randal Ballard	1	0	0	10
S Fernando Shapiro	0	1	0	27
OLB Neil Hancock	0	1	0	19

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Juan Prescott	3	6	32	0	40
Reggie Higdon	2	5	32	0	40
Dan Ogden	1	7	32	0	40
Earnest Hammontree	1	6	32	1	40
Sammie Gargac	1	5	32	0	40
Derrick Brechbill	1	1	25	0	30
Bob Huntley	0	1	16	0	14

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Malachi Purnell	6	7	29	0	28
Wes Hare	5	8	29	1	28
Darrell Stephens	2	4	29	0	28
Peter Kowal	1	5	29	0	28
Marco Hutton	0	4	29	1	28
Skip Monk	0	1	23	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
J.R. England	2	16
Cary Halvorsen	2	15
Freddie Johnstone	1	15
John Raymond	1	11

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Jaquiski Tartt	5	16
Peter Horn	1	13
Jake Humphries	1	11
Quinn Rubio	1	10

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sammie Gargac	32	40	---	---	11	83
Mike Evans	32	39	---	---	6	77
Grady Banks	32	40	---	---	---	72
Reggie Higdon	32	40	---	---	---	72
Earnest Hammontree	32	40	---	---	---	72
Derrick Brechbill	25	30	---	---	17	72
Dan Ogden	32	40	---	---	---	72
Juan Prescott	32	40	---	---	---	72
Ivan Chandler	---	---	29	28	9	66
J.R. England	19	25	---	---	16	60
Benjamin Stone	---	---	29	28	1	58
Jimmy Wayne	---	---	29	28	1	58
Kevin Johnson	---	---	29	28	1	58
Brandon Gordon	---	---	27	27	3	57
Ziggy Ansoh	---	---	27	26	1	54
Sedrick Matthews	---	---	23	26	2	51
Bob Huntley	16	14	---	---	19	49
Cary Halvorsen	10	22	---	---	15	47
Julio Herndon	18	27	---	---	1	46
Casey Greer	15	13	---	---	17	45
A.J. Covington	---	---	23	19	1	43
Keegan George	---	---	22	18	1	41
Ike Clark	---	---	22	18	---	40
K.C. Bryant	---	---	14	16	4	34
Freddie Johnstone	6	11	---	---	15	32
Rick Silas	16	13	---	---	2	31
Abraham Andruzzi	---	---	13	15	1	29
Walt Lane	3	6	---	---	18	27
Harrison Voinovich	---	---	6	7	10	23
Mercury Gonzalez	---	---	9	5	4	18
Trent Schroeder	---	---	7	9	---	16
Moe Stewart	---	---	1	4	9	14
Drake Fender	---	---	1	2	10	13
Joshua Hampton	0	0	---	---	11	11
John Raymond	0	0	---	---	11	11
Renaldo Bradford	0	0	---	---	11	11
Brandon Scherff	0	0	---	---	11	11
Dave Sutter	---	---	2	2	6	10
Jarvis Jones	---	---	0	0	8	8
Dixon Hawthorne	0	0	---	---	8	8
Julio Kitna	0	0	---	---	8	8
Elias Batista	---	---	6	2	---	8
Greg Vaughn	---	---	0	0	3	3
Bruce Kornegay	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ian Garcia	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jaquiski Tartt	---	---	31	38	16	85
Tanner Tripplehorn	---	---	31	35	10	76
Bryson Stolowitz	---	---	28	36	3	67
Earnest Schwartz	---	---	29	36	1	66
Marco Hutton	29	28	---	---	6	63
Wes Hare	29	28	---	---	6	63
Quinn Rubio	26	25	---	---	10	61
Peter Kowal	29	28	---	---	---	57
Malachi Purnell	29	28	---	---	---	57
Darrell Stephens	29	28	---	---	---	57
Derek Carr	29	28	---	---	---	57
Damon Prior	---	---	19	28	10	57
Neil Hancock	---	---	15	19	20	54
Charles Baruffi	---	---	15	28	10	53
Aaron Donald	---	---	19	31	2	52
Skip Monk	23	15	---	---	13	51
Conrad Boyd	---	---	23	25	2	50
Maxx Williams	24	18	---	---	8	50
Fernando Shapiro	---	---	16	27	6	49
Maxwell Knauls	---	---	19	16	10	45
Hayden Wilcox	---	---	19	23	3	45
Jake Humphries	---	---	15	18	11	44
Maurice Culbertson	18	22	---	---	1	41
Vince Wand	17	23	---	---	---	40
Kennedy Woodard	---	---	16	20	1	37
Jerry Serwanga	---	---	18	13	6	37
Kurt McElroy	---	---	15	13	4	32
Clyde Bluske	7	10	---	---	14	31
Randall Vijitakula	---	---	14	12	5	31
Peter Horn	11	6	---	---	13	30
Chase Zachery	9	8	---	---	9	26
Kevin Hindman	---	---	6	12	7	25
Randal Ballard	---	---	3	10	11	24
Edgar Ellis	6	12	---	---	2	20
Greg Hibbard	0	0	---	---	15	15
Johnnie Hanson	4	1	---	---	2	7
Lonnie Lorino	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ben Smart	---	---	1	0	5	6
Laken Tomlinson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Miguel McCubbrey	0	0	---	---	6	6
Francisco Nixon	0	0	---	---	5	5
Carlos Gilmore	0	0	---	---	5	5
Scottie Thornton	0	0	---	---	3	3
Julio Harding	0	0	---	---	1	1
T.J. Murphy	0	0	---	---	1	1
Al Bardon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	10	1.1
Middle	15	46	3.1
Right	7	24	3.4
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	56	6.2
Middle	9	25	2.8
Right	11	75	6.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Grady Banks	39	22	0	2	5	4	5	7	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Derek Carr	26	12	1	3	0	2	5	0	4

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	8	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	12	70	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	60	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	-2	-1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	5	34	4.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	4	47	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	7	1	44	6.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
RB J.R. England	8	3	2	19	25
WR Mike Evans	7	5	0	36	39
WR Cary Halvorsen	7	3	1	9	22
TE Derrick Brechbill	5	3	1	33	30
WR Julio Herndon	4	3	1	22	27
TE Freddie Johnstone	3	2	0	17	11
RB Rick Silas	3	3	0	2	13
WR Casey Greer	1	0	0	0	13
RB Walt Lane	1	0	0	0	6

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Quinn Rubio	9	4	34	0	25
WR Edgar Ellis	6	2	26	0	12
TE Chase Zachery	5	3	21	0	8
WR Vince Wand	4	1	44	1	23
RB Maurice Culbertson	1	1	-4	0	22
FB Skip Monk	1	1	2	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
J.R. England	1	0	0.00	1.94

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Maurice Culbertson	1	2	2.00	5.89
Peter Horn	1	-1	-1.00	4.90

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Grady Banks	3	0	0	0.00	3.54

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Derek Carr	1	0	0	0.00	4.73

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Overall Avg
WR Casey Greer	1	0.00
RB Walt Lane	1	0.00
WR Cary Halvorsen	1	1.29

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Vince Wand	1	0	0	0.00	11.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
J.R. England	3	1
Rick Silas	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Maurice Culbertson	4	1
Skip Monk	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grady Banks	14	7	4

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Derek Carr	4	2	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cary Halvorsen	5	2	1
WR Mike Evans	3	3	2
WR Julio Herndon	2	1	1
TE Derrick Brechbill	1	0	0
RB J.R. England	1	0	0
RB Walt Lane	1	0	0
RB Rick Silas	1	1	0

Atlanta	Targ	Catch
RB Maurice Culbertson	1	1
WR Edgar Ellis	1	0
WR Quinn Rubio	1	1
WR Vince Wand	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 71,100 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 22,200 (22,200)
End Zone 16,000 (16,000)
Mezzanine 9,200 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 14,100 (14,100)
Club Seats 4,600 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 5,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	71,100 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	22,200 (22,200)
End Zone	16,000 (16,000)
Mezzanine	9,200 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	14,100 (14,100)
Club Seats	4,600 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	5,000 (5,000)