National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 38, Buffalo 14
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 5, 2010
Where: Mall of America Field at H.H.H. Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 64012
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 700714
Minnesota 7240738
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:34
Buffalo TD Minnesota 0 - Buffalo 7
Drayton Florence 40 yd. interception return (Rian Lindell kick)
1st Quarter - 1:45
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Buffalo 7
Sidney Rice 31 yd. pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:56
Minnesota TD Minnesota 14 - Buffalo 7
Adrian Peterson 2 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:00
Minnesota TD Minnesota 21 - Buffalo 7
Adrian Peterson 3 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:00
Minnesota TD Minnesota 28 - Buffalo 7
Sidney Rice 6 yd. pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Minnesota FG Minnesota 31 - Buffalo 7
Ryan Longwell 38 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:46
Minnesota TD Minnesota 38 - Buffalo 7
Adrian Peterson 43 yd. run (Ryan Longwell kick)
4th Quarter - 4:43
Buffalo TD Minnesota 38 - Buffalo 14
David Nelson 12 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Rian Lindell kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Buffalo Minnesota
1st Downs 10 22
Rushing 3 11
Passing 7 9
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 3-12 4-12
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 6-44.2 4-43.8
Return Yards 164 121
Punts-Returns 2-12 3-25
Kickoffs-Returns 6-75 2-55
Int-Returns 4-77 1-41
Penalties-Yards 6-54 4-20
Fumbles-Lost 5-4 0-0
Time of Possession 26:03 33:57
Total Net Yards 239 387
Total Plays 49 64
Average Gain 4.9 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 84 210
Rushes 23 40
Average/Rush 3.7 5.2
Net Yards Passing 155 177
Comp-Att 15-25 15-23
Yards/Pass 6.0 7.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 1-10
Had Intercepted 1 4
Touchdowns 2 5
Rushing 0 3
Passing 1 2
Other 1 0
Extra Points 2-2 5-5
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Buffalo Bills (2-10)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Fitzpatrick 15/25 158 1 1
Minnesota Vikings (5-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Jackson 15/22 187 2 3
B. Favre 0/1 0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
F. Jackson 11 42 3.8 0 12
C. Spiller 7 35 5.0 0 20
R. Fitzpatrick 4 5 1.2 0 4
D. Jones 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 16 107 6.7 3 43
T. Gerhart 12 54 4.5 0 13
A. Young 10 27 2.7 0 6
T. Jackson 2 22 11.0 0 13
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
L. Evans 6 3 72 24.0 0 26
S. Johnson 4 2 36 18.0 0 28
D. Nelson 4 4 34 8.5 1 12
C. McIntyre 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
F. Jackson 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
D. Jones 3 1 1 1.0 0 1
C. Spiller 2 2 1 0.5 0 4
D. Martin 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Rice 6 5 105 21.0 2 46
G. Camarillo 5 2 27 13.5 0 20
J. Kleinsasser 3 3 25 8.3 0 12
V. Shiancoe 3 2 17 8.5 0 15
B. Berrian 3 1 14 14.0 0 14
A. Peterson 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
T. Gerhart 2 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Florence 2 40 1
D. Whitner 1 37 0
L. McKelvin 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Winfield 1 41 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
P. Posluszny 1.0 10.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Allen 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
P. Posluszny 11 4
L. McKelvin 6 1
A. Ayodele 6 4
D. Whitner 5 2
S. Johnson 4 2
J. Byrd 3 0
C. Kelsay 3 0
D. Florence 2 0
G. Wilson 1 0
B. Scott 1 0
K. Williams 1 3
Tackles
  TK Ast
C. Greenway 5 1
H. Abdullah 5 2
E. Henderson 4 1
K. Williams 3 0
A. Winfield 3 0
J. Allen 3 2
B. Leber 2 0
M. Williams 2 1
L. Guion 1 0
J. Brinkley 1 0
L. Sheppard 1 0
J. Kennedy 1 0
A. Allen 1 0
B. Robison 1 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
S. Johnson 2.0
P. Posluszny 2.0
C. Kelsay 1.0
K. Williams 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
K. Williams 2.0
E. Henderson 1.0
J. Allen 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. McIntyre 1
R. Fitzpatrick 3
L. McKelvin 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles