Exhibition Week 4, 2045

played in New England, MA

62 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	0	13	3	0	-	16
New England Patriots	3	0	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:00 NED - Clifton Cortez 39 field goal
2Q: 08:23 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 37 field goal
2Q: 06:00 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 46 field goal
2Q: 00:51 MIN - Julio Herndon 1 pass from Colton Novak (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
3Q: 10:51 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 32 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:00 NED - Clifton Cortez 39 field goal
2Q: 08:23 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 37 field goal
2Q: 06:00 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 46 field goal
2Q: 00:51 MIN - Julio Herndon 1 pass from Colton Novak (Dixon Hawthorne extra point)
3Q: 10:51 MIN - Dixon Hawthorne 32 field goal

Team Statistics MIN NED
Record 2-1 1-2
First Downs 11 18
- by Rushing 3 5
- by Passing 8 11
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 241 288
- Offensive Plays 54 73
- Yards per Play 4.46 3.95
Net Rushing Yards 75 99
- Rushing Attempts 32 19
- Yards per Rush 2.34 5.21
Net Passing Yards 166 189
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 13 - 0 50 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 187 211
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/21 4/22
- Yards per Pass Play 7.55 3.50
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/15 5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.7 10.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/35 4/29
Punt Returns/Yards 4/44 4/24
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 1/15
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 23
Time of Possession 27:43 32:17

Team Statistics	MIN	NED
Record	2-1	1-2
First Downs	11	18
- by Rushing	3	5
- by Passing	8	11
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	241	288
- Offensive Plays	54	73
- Yards per Play	4.46	3.95
Net Rushing Yards	75	99
- Rushing Attempts	32	19
- Yards per Rush	2.34	5.21
Net Passing Yards	166	189
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 13 - 0	50 - 26 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	187	211
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/21	4/22
- Yards per Pass Play	7.55	3.50
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/15	5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.7	10.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/35	4/29
Punt Returns/Yards	4/44	4/24
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	1/15
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 23
Time of Possession	27:43	32:17

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:29	OWN 20	4	12	Punt
1	7:55	1:39	OWN 36	3	6	Punt
1	1:53	2:14	OWN 23	5	4	Punt
2	11:52	3:36	OWN 10	7	70	Field Goal
2	7:39	1:47	OPP 36	3	7	Field Goal
2	5:10	1:35	OPP 49	3	3	Punt
2	1:47	1:03	OPP 42	3	42	Touchdown
3	13:43	2:59	OPP 49	5	34	Field Goal
3	9:17	2:46	OWN 19	6	17	Punt
4	15:00	1:44	OWN 30	3	4	Punt
4	10:34	1:54	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	4:34	2:54	OWN 3	6	18	Punt
4	1:22	1:22	OPP 43	3	2	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:31	4:36	OWN 19	11	59	Field Goal
1	6:16	4:23	OWN 10	8	27	Punt
2	14:39	2:47	OWN 36	5	14	Punt
2	8:16	0:37	OWN 20	3	-10	Punt
2	5:52	0:42	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	3:35	1:48	OWN 2	4	9	Punt
2	0:44	0:44	OWN 15	2	51	Half
3	15:00	1:17	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
3	10:44	1:27	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
3	6:31	6:31	OWN 26	12	52	Missed FG
4	13:16	2:42	OWN 34	7	24	Punt
4	8:40	4:06	OWN 41	11	56	Downs
4	1:40	0:18	OWN 39	2	0	Interception

Game MVP: Danny Shelton, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
J.R. England	23	46	2.00	14	2
Walt Lane	6	9	1.50	10	1
Malik Cox	2	21	10.50	12	1
Byron Rhodes	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Eugene Chopper	7	26	3.71	10	1
Bennett Fenner	6	71	11.83	51	2
Ameer Abdullah	5	-6	-1.20	2	0
Jimmie Matock	1	8	8.00	8	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Colton Novak	12	10	117	2/13	1	30	0	135.1
Grady Banks	7	3	70	1/8	0	58	0	79.5

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jimmie Matock	37	18	126	2/12	0	22	1	45.5
Jonah Stenstrom	13	8	85	2/10	0	30	0	80.6

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Casey Greer	3	5	56	18.67	6	30	0
WR Mike Evans	3	3	83	27.67	0	58	0
WR Julio Herndon	3	4	29	9.67	14	22	1
RB J.R. England	2	2	7	3.50	0	7	0
TE Derrick Brechbill	1	2	6	6.00	1	6	0
RB Walt Lane	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Silas Fuller	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Derrick Vest	4	6	59	14.75	32	22
WR Dexter Meier	4	7	34	8.50	3	13
WR Alex Carpenter	4	6	17	4.25	3	8
WR Donovan Prall	3	6	12	4.00	0	7
FB Eugene Chopper	3	4	-4	-1.33	0	-1
TE Zach Ertz	2	7	45	22.50	22	30
FB Kirk Curley	2	4	14	7.00	13	13
TE Erik Hicks	2	2	20	10.00	7	12
WR Frankie Parker	2	8	14	7.00	2	11

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Kevin Johnson	1	0	0.00	0

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tucker Compton	8	335	41.9	38.9	52	3

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ty Dwight	8	336	42.0	34.0	54	3

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dixon Hawthorne	3/3	1/1	0/0	46	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Clifton Cortez	1/2	0/0	0/0	39	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Silas Fuller	4	44	11.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donovan Prall	4	24	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Silas Fuller	1	22	22.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Donovan Prall	1	15	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Joel Graham	7	0	1.0	16	46
ILB Jimmy Wayne	6	1	0.0	7	19
S Benjamin Stone	5	0	1.0	11	34
CB Ivan Chandler	5	3	0.0	17	48
CB Harrison Voinovich	4	1	0.0	10	38
DT Mercury Gonzalez	3	3	0.0	15	42
DT A.J. Covington	3	1	0.0	15	46
OLB Keegan George	3	1	0.0	16	43
S Drake Fender	3	1	0.0	12	40
DE Elias Batista	2	1	2.0	11	39
CB Kevin Johnson	2	0	0.0	10	22
DE Dave Sutter	1	2	0.0	11	43
DE Sedrick Matthews	1	1	0.0	8	15
S Taylor Finley	1	1	0.0	18	42
DT Trent Schroeder	1	0	0.0	4	8
OLB Moe Stewart	1	0	0.0	5	14
ILB Alonzo O'Neal	1	0	0.0	12	34

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Oscar Sumter	9	2	0.0	21	12
DE Danny Shelton	6	1	3.0	31	19
DT Sheldon Richardson	4	1	0.0	12	10
S Cole Schultz	4	1	0.0	12	13
DT Nate Orchard	3	4	0.0	27	17
CB Jacob Parrish	3	1	0.0	29	17
CB Thurman Mueller	3	0	0.0	23	15
DT Jack Mills	2	1	0.0	14	14
CB Terrance Murack	2	0	0.0	27	19
S Stanley Patton	1	3	0.0	20	10
OLB Frank Rutter	1	2	0.0	17	9
OLB Terry Izzo	1	1	0.0	15	13
ILB Graham Wells	1	1	0.0	11	10
S Lionel Franks	1	1	0.0	20	14
DE Cornelius Quinn	1	0	0.0	25	12
DE Dalton Buzzanca	1	0	0.0	7	10
FB Eugene Chopper	1	0	---	---	---
DT Rod Patrizio	1	0	0.0	9	4
CB Emmanuel Wagner	1	0	0.0	17	16
OLB Terrance Hampton	1	0	0.0	7	6

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Elias Batista	2.0	1	1	39
CB Joel Graham	1.0	0	1	46
S Benjamin Stone	1.0	0	0	34
DE Sedrick Matthews	0.0	1	1	15
DT Mercury Gonzalez	0.0	1	0	42
DT Trent Schroeder	0.0	0	1	8
DE Dave Sutter	0.0	0	1	43
ILB Alonzo O'Neal	0.0	0	1	34

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Danny Shelton	3.0	0	0	19
DE Dalton Buzzanca	0.0	2	2	10
DE Cornelius Quinn	0.0	1	0	12
DT Jack Mills	0.0	0	1	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Ivan Chandler	5	2	0	48
CB Joel Graham	5	0	0	46
CB Harrison Voinovich	4	0	0	38
ILB Jimmy Wayne	3	0	0	19
S Drake Fender	3	0	0	40
OLB Keegan George	2	0	0	43
S Taylor Finley	1	4	0	42
S Benjamin Stone	1	0	0	34
OLB Moe Stewart	1	0	0	14
ILB Alonzo O'Neal	1	0	0	34
CB Kevin Johnson	0	1	1	22

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Thurman Mueller	3	0	15
ILB Oscar Sumter	3	0	12
CB Jacob Parrish	2	0	17
S Lionel Franks	1	1	14
DT Jack Mills	1	0	14
S Cole Schultz	1	0	13
CB Emmanuel Wagner	1	0	16
CB Terrance Murack	1	0	19

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dan Ogden	2	8	19	1	15
Brandon Scherff	1	5	18	1	17
Aidan Quinn	1	3	11	1	8
Juan Prescott	1	3	18	0	15
Sammie Gargac	1	2	13	0	7
Reggie Higdon	1	2	21	0	14
Earnest Hammontree	0	4	18	0	14
John Raymond	0	3	14	0	8
Horace Dillon	0	1	14	0	5

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Curtis Trivedi	1	5	19	1	54
Lamont Thomason	1	4	13	0	34
Kirk Curley	1	2	8	0	27
Louie Bornstein	1	2	19	0	50
Matthew MacIver	1	1	12	0	37
Mitch McCree	1	1	7	0	17
Reuben Shapiro	0	2	19	3	54
Zach Ertz	0	1	9	0	22

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Taylor Finley	1	25
Bob Huntley	1	23
J.R. England	1	18
Joel Graham	1	14
Freddie Johnstone	1	13

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Stanley Patton	2	21
Kirk Curley	1	18
Eugene Chopper	1	17
Erik Hicks	1	15

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Taylor Finley	---	---	18	42	25	85
Keegan George	---	---	16	43	19	78
Joel Graham	---	---	16	46	14	76
Ivan Chandler	---	---	17	48	6	71
Harrison Voinovich	---	---	10	38	18	66
A.J. Covington	---	---	15	46	2	63
Dave Sutter	---	---	11	43	8	62
Mercury Gonzalez	---	---	15	42	3	60
Silas Fuller	26	19	---	---	15	60
Derrick Brechbill	27	15	---	---	15	57
J.R. England	25	13	---	---	18	56
Drake Fender	---	---	12	40	3	55
Elias Batista	---	---	11	39	1	51
Casey Greer	22	17	---	---	10	49
Alonzo O'Neal	---	---	12	34	2	48
Benjamin Stone	---	---	11	34	2	47
Freddie Johnstone	23	11	---	---	13	47
Dan Ogden	19	15	---	---	7	41
Reggie Higdon	21	14	---	---	---	35
Earnest Hammontree	18	14	---	---	3	35
Brandon Scherff	18	17	---	---	---	35
Juan Prescott	18	15	---	---	---	33
Kevin Johnson	---	---	10	22	---	32
Bob Huntley	5	2	---	---	23	30
John Raymond	14	8	---	---	8	30
Horace Dillon	14	5	---	---	11	30
Aidan Quinn	11	8	---	---	11	30
Colton Novak	15	14	---	---	---	29
Jimmy Wayne	---	---	7	19	1	27
Malik Cox	5	4	---	---	17	26
Herman Shannon	---	---	8	11	6	25
Sammie Gargac	13	7	---	---	4	24
Sedrick Matthews	---	---	8	15	1	24
Mike Evans	11	10	---	---	1	22
Julio Herndon	10	11	---	---	1	22
Seth Malone	14	7	---	---	---	21
Jarvis Jones	---	---	3	10	7	20
Moe Stewart	---	---	5	14	---	19
Grady Banks	8	8	---	---	---	16
Trent Schroeder	---	---	4	8	3	15
Walt Lane	6	8	---	---	---	14
Joshua Hampton	0	0	---	---	11	11
Tucker Compton	0	0	---	---	11	11
Byron Rhodes	9	0	---	---	---	9
Dixon Hawthorne	0	0	---	---	8	8
K.C. Bryant	---	---	0	0	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Reuben Shapiro	19	54	---	---	5	78
Louie Bornstein	19	50	---	---	9	78
Curtis Trivedi	19	54	---	---	---	73
Eugene Chopper	12	37	---	---	17	66
Terrance Murack	---	---	27	19	19	65
Erik Hicks	12	33	---	---	15	60
Lamont Thomason	13	34	---	---	10	57
Derrick Vest	7	35	---	---	13	55
Jimmie Matock	13	39	---	---	2	54
Kirk Curley	8	27	---	---	18	53
Danny Shelton	---	---	31	19	3	53
Stanley Patton	---	---	20	10	21	51
Thurman Mueller	---	---	23	15	12	50
Matthew MacIver	12	37	---	---	---	49
Jacob Parrish	---	---	29	17	3	49
Nate Orchard	---	---	27	17	4	48
Frank Rutter	---	---	17	9	21	47
Donovan Prall	6	23	---	---	17	46
Cornelius Quinn	---	---	25	12	6	43
Dexter Meier	8	29	---	---	6	43
Jake Drake	6	24	---	---	10	40
Zach Ertz	9	22	---	---	6	37
Emmanuel Wagner	---	---	17	16	4	37
Oscar Sumter	---	---	21	12	4	37
Lionel Franks	---	---	20	14	1	35
Frankie Parker	10	23	---	---	1	34
Alex Carpenter	11	17	---	---	5	33
Terry Izzo	---	---	15	13	3	31
Jack Mills	---	---	14	14	2	30
Mitch McCree	7	17	---	---	6	30
Ameer Abdullah	5	7	---	---	18	30
Sheldon Richardson	---	---	12	10	5	27
Cole Schultz	---	---	12	13	2	27
Bennett Fenner	7	17	---	---	---	24
Graham Wells	---	---	11	10	2	23
Jonah Stenstrom	6	15	---	---	---	21
Rod Patrizio	---	---	9	4	7	20
Dalton Buzzanca	---	---	7	10	1	18
Hayden Hardy	---	---	8	2	7	17
Terrance Hampton	---	---	7	6	1	14
Tommy Blanton	0	0	---	---	10	10
Ty Dwight	0	0	---	---	8	8
Clifton Cortez	0	0	---	---	2	2
Darrell Lohr	0	0	---	---	2	2
Chance Tubbs	0	0	---	---	---	0
Sean Mannion	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	6	0.7
Middle	9	35	3.9
Right	13	35	2.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	63	10.5
Middle	12	37	3.1
Right	1	-1	-1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Colton Novak	12	10	2	0	1	0	1	2	0
Grady Banks	7	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	0

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jimmie Matock	37	18	1	3	1	7	5	0	1
Jonah Stenstrom	13	8	2	2	1	0	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	32	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	31	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	4	124	20.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	23	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	32	17	118	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	3	48	4.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	22	22.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Casey Greer	5	3	0	56	1	17
WR Julio Herndon	4	3	0	29	1	11
WR Mike Evans	3	3	0	83	1	10
TE Derrick Brechbill	2	1	0	6	0	15
RB J.R. England	2	2	0	7	0	13
WR Silas Fuller	2	0	1	0	0	19
RB Walt Lane	1	1	0	6	0	8

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Frankie Parker	8	2	1	14	0	23
TE Zach Ertz	7	2	0	45	1	22
WR Dexter Meier	7	4	1	34	0	29
WR Derrick Vest	6	4	0	59	2	35
WR Donovan Prall	6	3	0	12	0	23
WR Alex Carpenter	6	4	0	17	0	17
FB Kirk Curley	4	2	0	14	0	27
FB Eugene Chopper	4	3	0	-4	0	37
TE Erik Hicks	2	2	0	20	0	33

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
J.R. England	1	0	0.00	2.00

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Colton Novak	3	3	37	12.33	9.75

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jimmie Matock	5	3	15	3.00	3.41
Jonah Stenstrom	2	0	0	0.00	6.54

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Casey Greer	1	1	17	17.00	11.20
WR Mike Evans	1	1	19	19.00	27.67
WR Julio Herndon	1	1	1	1.00	7.25

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Donovan Prall	2	1	2	1.00	2.00
WR Alex Carpenter	2	1	-1	-0.50	2.83
FB Kirk Curley	1	0	0	0.00	3.50
WR Derrick Vest	1	1	14	14.00	9.83
WR Frankie Parker	1	0	0	0.00	1.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
J.R. England	5	1
Malik Cox	2	0
Byron Rhodes	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Bennett Fenner	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Grady Banks	3	2	1
Colton Novak	3	3	1

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jimmie Matock	11	5	3
Jonah Stenstrom	2	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB J.R. England	2	2	1
TE Derrick Brechbill	1	1	0
WR Mike Evans	1	1	1
WR Julio Herndon	1	1	0
WR Silas Fuller	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Donovan Prall	3	2	0
TE Zach Ertz	2	0	0
WR Frankie Parker	2	0	0
WR Alex Carpenter	2	1	1
WR Derrick Vest	1	1	1
TE Erik Hicks	1	1	1
FB Eugene Chopper	1	1	0
WR Dexter Meier	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 74,300 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,100 (18,100)
End Zone 13,000 (13,000)
Mezzanine 7,500 (7,500)
Sideline Seats 11,500 (11,500)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 9,200 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	74,300 (75,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,100 (18,100)
End Zone	13,000 (13,000)
Mezzanine	7,500 (7,500)
Sideline Seats	11,500 (11,500)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	9,200 (9,900)