National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 29, New Orleans 24
When: 4:40 PM ET, Sunday, January 14, 2018
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Gene Steratore
Attendance: 66612
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 0071724
Minnesota 10701229
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:45
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - New Orleans 0
Jerick McKinnon 14 yd. run (Kai Forbath kick)
1st Quarter - 4:42
Minnesota FG Minnesota 10 - New Orleans 0
Kai Forbath 20 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:58
Minnesota TD Minnesota 17 - New Orleans 0
Latavius Murray 1 yd. run (Kai Forbath kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:18
New Orleans TD Minnesota 17 - New Orleans 7
Michael Thomas 14 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 13:09
New Orleans TD Minnesota 17 - New Orleans 14
Michael Thomas 3 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 10:12
Minnesota FG Minnesota 20 - New Orleans 14
Kai Forbath 49 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:01
New Orleans TD Minnesota 20 - New Orleans 21
Alvin Kamara 14 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 1:29
Minnesota FG Minnesota 23 - New Orleans 21
Kai Forbath 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:25
New Orleans FG Minnesota 23 - New Orleans 24
Wil Lutz 43 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:00
Minnesota TD Minnesota 29 - New Orleans 24
Stefon Diggs 61 yd. pass from Case Keenum (run failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Minnesota
1st Downs 23 24
Rushing 5 7
Passing 18 12
Penalty 0 5
3rd Down Conversions 2-9 10-17
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average 4-48.0 4-31.8
Return Yards 63 37
Punts-Returns 1-1 1-19
Kickoffs-Returns 2-50 0-0
Int - Returns 1-12 2-18
Penalties-Yards 7-97 4-30
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 26:43 33:17
Total Net Yards 358 403
Total Plays 67 71
Average Gain 5.3 5.7
Net Yards Rushing 80 95
Rushes 24 29
Average/Rush 3.3 3.3
Net Yards Passing 278 308
Comp-Att 25-41 25-40
Yards/Pass 6.5 7.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-16 2-10
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 3 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 2-3
Field Goals 1-2 3-4
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 25/40 294 3 2
W. Snead IV 0/1 0 0 0
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Keenum 25/40 318 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Kamara 11 43 3.9 0 10
M. Ingram 10 25 2.5 0 9
T. Ginn Jr. 1 11 11.0 0 11
D. Brees 2 1 0.5 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Murray 19 50 2.6 1 14
J. McKinnon 8 34 4.2 1 14
C. Ham 1 7 7.0 0 7
C. Keenum 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 13 7 85 12.1 2 23
T. Ginn Jr. 11 8 72 9.0 0 15
A. Kamara 7 4 62 15.5 1 23
J. Hill 6 3 54 18.0 0 22
W. Snead IV 3 2 18 9.0 0 13
M. Ingram 1 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Diggs 10 6 137 22.8 1 61
A. Thielen 9 6 74 12.3 0 24
J. Wright 6 3 56 18.7 0 27
K. Rudolph 8 5 28 5.6 0 8
L. Murray 2 2 17 8.5 0 13
J. McKinnon 4 3 6 2.0 0 3
M. Floyd 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Williams 1 12 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Barr 1 18 0
A. Sendejo 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Rankins 1.0 10.0
M. Te'o 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
H. Smith 1.0 10.0
E. Griffen 1.0 6.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
S. Rankins 1.0
T. Hendrickson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
H. Smith 1.0
L. Joseph 1.0
A. Barr 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles