National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Cincinnati 27, Minnesota 24
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 12, 2021
Where: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 84°
Head Official: Adrian Hill
Attendance: 56525
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 07710024
Cincinnati 01473327
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 6:39
Minnesota TD Cincinnati 0 - Minnesota 7
Adam Thielen 5 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:47
Cincinnati TD Cincinnati 7 - Minnesota 7
Tee Higgins 2 yd. pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:35
Cincinnati TD Cincinnati 14 - Minnesota 7
Ja'Marr Chase 50 yd. pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:15
Cincinnati TD Cincinnati 21 - Minnesota 7
Joe Mixon 2 yd. run (Evan McPherson kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:24
Minnesota TD Cincinnati 21 - Minnesota 14
Adam Thielen 24 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph kick)
4th Quarter - 14:13
Cincinnati FG Cincinnati 24 - Minnesota 14
Evan McPherson 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:23
Minnesota TD Cincinnati 24 - Minnesota 21
Dalvin Cook 1 yd. run (Greg Joseph kick)
4th Quarter - 0:00
Minnesota FG Cincinnati 24 - Minnesota 24
Greg Joseph 53 yd. field goal
Overtime - 0:00
Cincinnati FG Cincinnati 27 - Minnesota 24
Evan McPherson 33 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota Cincinnati
1st Downs 24 20
Rushing 5 7
Passing 16 12
Penalty 3 1
3rd Down Conversions 6-16 3-14
4th Down Conversions 2-2 2-3
Punts-Average 8-50.3 7-47.4
Return Yards 33 64
Punts-Returns 1-12 5-53
Kickoffs-Returns 1-21 1-11
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 12-116 3-15
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Time of Possession 35:09 34:51
Total Net Yards 403 366
Total Plays 75 68
Average Gain 5.4 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 67 149
Rushes 22 36
Average/Rush 3.0 4.1
Net Yards Passing 336 217
Comp-Att 37-50 20-27
Yards/Pass 6.3 6.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-26 5-44
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 3-3
Field Goals 1-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 36/49 351 2 0
J. Jefferson 1/1 11 0 0
Cincinnati Bengals (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Burrow 20/27 261 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Cook 20 61 3.0 1 17
A. Abdullah 1 4 4.0 0 4
A. Mattison 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Mixon 29 127 4.4 1 19
S. Perine 5 22 4.4 0 13
J. Burrow 1 2 2.0 0 2
J. Chase 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Thielen 10 9 92 10.2 2 24
K. Osborn 9 7 76 10.9 0 25
J. Jefferson 9 5 71 14.2 0 34
D. Cook 7 6 43 7.2 0 9
T. Conklin 4 4 41 10.2 0 27
A. Abdullah 2 2 15 7.5 0 10
D. Westbrook 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
C. Ham 2 2 9 4.5 0 6
A. Mattison 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
C. Herndon 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Chase 7 5 101 20.2 1 50
T. Higgins 5 4 58 14.5 1 28
C. Uzomah 2 2 35 17.5 0 32
T. Boyd 4 3 32 10.7 0 18
J. Mixon 4 4 23 5.8 0 12
S. Perine 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
M. Thomas 3 1 5 5.0 0 5
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Pierce 2.0 14.0
N. Vigil 1.0 12.0
H. Smith 1.0 10.0
D. Hunter 1.0 8.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Hill 2.0 17.0
L. Ogunjobi 1.0 9.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
N. Vigil 8 2
E. Kendricks 6 9
H. Smith 5 1
B. Breeland 5 2
X. Woods 4 1
D. Hunter 3 3
M. Pierce 3 4
K. Boyd 2 0
S. Weatherly 2 1
D. Tomlinson 2 2
P. Peterson 1 0
A. Watts 1 0
M. Alexander 1 0
D. Wonnum 1 1
S. Richardson 0 1
B. Lynch 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
E. Apple 6 0
G. Pratt 6 2
J. Bates III 6 3
M. Hilton 4 2
L. Ogunjobi 4 2
C. Awuzie 4 2
V. Bell 4 3
L. Wilson 4 3
B. Hill 3 0
R. Allen 2 3
J. Evans 1 0
D. Phillips 1 0
S. Hubbard 1 2
D. Reader 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Pierce 2.0
N. Vigil 2.0
D. Hunter 1.0
B. Breeland 1.0
H. Smith 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
L. Ogunjobi 2.0
B. Hill 2.0
V. Bell 1.0
G. Pratt 1.0
M. Hilton 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Cook 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles