National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 30, New Orleans 27
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, October 6, 2008
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 70015
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 101001030
New Orleans 10071027
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:09
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 0
Devery Henderson 17 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
1st Quarter - 6:20
Minnesota TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 7
Antoine Winfield 59 yd. blocked field goal return (Ryan Longwell kick)
1st Quarter - 2:58
New Orleans FG New Orleans 10 - Minnesota 7
Martin Gramatica 35 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 0:53
Minnesota FG New Orleans 10 - Minnesota 10
Ryan Longwell 53 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:19
Minnesota TD New Orleans 10 - Minnesota 17
Visanthe Shiancoe 4 yd. pass from Chester Taylor (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:04
Minnesota FG New Orleans 10 - Minnesota 20
Ryan Longwell 33 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 1:46
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - Minnesota 20
Reggie Bush 71 yd. punt return (Martin Gramatica kick)
4th Quarter - 13:20
New Orleans FG New Orleans 20 - Minnesota 20
Martin Gramatica 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 11:36
New Orleans TD New Orleans 27 - Minnesota 20
Reggie Bush 64 yd. punt return (Martin Gramatica kick)
4th Quarter - 7:10
Minnesota TD New Orleans 27 - Minnesota 27
Bernard Berrian 33 yd. pass from Gus Frerotte (Ryan Longwell kick)
4th Quarter - 0:13
Minnesota FG New Orleans 27 - Minnesota 30
Ryan Longwell 30 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota New Orleans
1st Downs 16 17
Rushing 2 3
Passing 12 14
Penalty 2 0
3rd Down Conversions 5-15 7-15
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 7-43.3 2-43.0
Return Yards 118 354
Punts-Returns 0-0 5-176
Kickoffs-Returns 5-117 7-178
Int-Returns 2-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-60 11-102
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 5-2
Time of Possession 27:51 32:09
Total Net Yards 270 375
Total Plays 64 69
Average Gain 4.2 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 44 55
Rushes 26 22
Average/Rush 1.7 2.5
Net Yards Passing 226 320
Comp-Att 20-37 26-46
Yards/Pass 5.9 6.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-0 1-10
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 1
Other 1 2
Extra Points 3-3 3-3
Field Goals 3-3 2-4
Red Zone Efficiency 1-3-33% 1-4-25%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. Frerotte 19/36 222 1 0
C. Taylor 1/1 4 1 0
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 26/46 330 1 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 21 32 1.5 0 7
C. Taylor 3 8 2.7 0 5
G. Frerotte 2 4 2.0 0 5
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Bush 12 29 2.4 0 10
D. McAllister 6 13 2.2 0 6
D. Henderson 1 7 7.0 0 7
D. Brees 3 6 2.0 0 6
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Berrian 6 110 18.3 1 36
B. Wade 8 64 8.0 0 17
V. Shiancoe 2 16 8.0 1 12
C. Taylor 2 14 7.0 0 9
A. Allison 1 13 13.0 0 13
A. Peterson 1 9 9.0 0 9
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Henderson 4 104 26.0 1 52
R. Bush 7 64 9.1 0 21
B. Miller 4 61 15.2 0 41
M. Campbell 3 39 13.0 0 22
R. Meachem 2 31 15.5 0 21
L. Moore 5 31 6.2 0 12
A. Stecker 1 0 0.0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Leber 1 1 0
T. Johnson 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
A. Winfield 1.0 10.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
B. Young 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Griffin 9 0
A. Winfield 8 0
B. Leber 6 1
C. Greenway 5 0
P. Williams 4 0
C. Gordon 4 0
T. Johnson 3 0
D. Sharper 3 0
K. Williams 3 0
D. Herron Jr. 2 0
R. Edwards 1 0
J. Allen 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Vilma 7 3
K. Kaesviharn 6 0
M. McKenzie 6 0
B. Young 5 1
S. Shanle 4 0
C. Grant 4 2
T. Porter 3 0
R. Harper 3 2
R. Gay 2 0
K. Clancy 2 0
S. Fujita 2 1
W. Smith 1 0
Fumbles
  NO.
G. Frerotte 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Bush 2
D. Brees 3