Week 9, 2047

played in New Orleans, LA

84 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	0	10	3	3	-	16
New Orleans Saints	7	6	7	3	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:50 NOS - Alejandro Whiting 1 run (Ricardo Culbertson extra point)
2Q: 11:45 MIN - Zachary Klekamp 62 run (Carlton Belichick extra point)
2Q: 08:22 NOS - Ricardo Culbertson 19 field goal
2Q: 03:10 NOS - Ricardo Culbertson 48 field goal
2Q: 00:03 MIN - Carlton Belichick 37 field goal
3Q: 06:32 MIN - Carlton Belichick 40 field goal
3Q: 03:27 NOS - Dashawn Nixon 32 pass from Kendall Siever (Ricardo Culbertson extra point)
4Q: 11:21 NOS - Ricardo Culbertson 33 field goal
4Q: 06:32 MIN - Carlton Belichick 29 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:50 NOS - Alejandro Whiting 1 run (Ricardo Culbertson extra point)
2Q: 11:45 MIN - Zachary Klekamp 62 run (Carlton Belichick extra point)
2Q: 08:22 NOS - Ricardo Culbertson 19 field goal
2Q: 03:10 NOS - Ricardo Culbertson 48 field goal
2Q: 00:03 MIN - Carlton Belichick 37 field goal
3Q: 06:32 MIN - Carlton Belichick 40 field goal
3Q: 03:27 NOS - Dashawn Nixon 32 pass from Kendall Siever (Ricardo Culbertson extra point)
4Q: 11:21 NOS - Ricardo Culbertson 33 field goal
4Q: 06:32 MIN - Carlton Belichick 29 field goal

Team Statistics MIN NOS
Record 3-6 6-3
First Downs 17 18
- by Rushing 7 7
- by Passing 9 9
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 351 277
- Offensive Plays 62 57
- Yards per Play 5.66 4.86
Net Rushing Yards 198 116
- Rushing Attempts 33 36
- Yards per Rush 6.00 3.22
Net Passing Yards 153 161
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 16 - 0 21 - 13 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 159 161
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 5.28 7.67
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/80 3/40
Punt Returns/Yards 4/29 2/27
Kick Returns/Yards 3/59 2/46
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 30
Time of Possession 29:31 30:29

Team Statistics	MIN	NOS
Record	3-6	6-3
First Downs	17	18
- by Rushing	7	7
- by Passing	9	9
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	351	277
- Offensive Plays	62	57
- Yards per Play	5.66	4.86
Net Rushing Yards	198	116
- Rushing Attempts	33	36
- Yards per Rush	6.00	3.22
Net Passing Yards	153	161
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 16 - 0	21 - 13 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	159	161
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	5.28	7.67
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	6.3
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/80	3/40
Punt Returns/Yards	4/29	2/27
Kick Returns/Yards	3/59	2/46
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 30
Time of Possession	29:31	30:29

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:26	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
1	12:07	4:47	OWN 19	12	42	Punt
1	1:39	1:48	OWN 30	3	8	Punt
2	12:49	1:21	OWN 22	3	78	Touchdown
2	8:16	2:13	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
2	3:05	3:05	OWN 17	7	63	Field Goal
3	12:18	5:54	OWN 27	11	50	Field Goal
3	3:14	2:39	OWN 21	3	2	Punt
4	11:13	4:48	OWN 38	9	50	Field Goal
4	4:43	1:20	OWN 35	3	2	Punt
4	2:11	1:19	OWN 37	6	26	Downs

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:34	1:27	OWN 22	3	4	Punt
1	7:20	5:41	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
2	14:51	2:02	OWN 29	4	13	Punt
2	11:28	3:12	OWN 25	9	73	Field Goal
2	6:03	2:58	OWN 44	5	25	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:42	OWN 24	4	17	Punt
3	6:24	3:10	OWN 31	8	69	Touchdown
3	0:35	4:22	OPP 45	7	29	Field Goal
4	6:25	1:42	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
4	3:23	1:12	OWN 18	3	4	Punt
4	0:52	0:52	OWN 37	2	-2	Game

Game MVP: Kendall Siever, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Lorenzo Delgado	18	64	3.56	11	2	0
RB Zachary Klekamp	9	107	11.89	62	3	1
QB Brock Dixon	4	21	5.25	7	0	0
RB Bryan Kroinek	2	6	3.00	8	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Alejandro Whiting	20	53	2.65	11	4	1
RB Dwight Franken	10	30	3.00	7	0	0
QB Kendall Siever	5	21	4.20	9	0	0
WR Dashawn Nixon	1	12	12.00	12	1	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brock Dixon	28	16	159	1/6	0	24	0	73.3

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kendall Siever	21	13	161	0/0	1	32	0	101.5

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Louis McCarthy	5	8	45	9.00	2	15
TE Terrence Hooper	3	5	34	11.33	13	18
WR Kai Wilkerson	2	5	37	18.50	5	24
RB Lorenzo Delgado	2	2	19	9.50	4	15
RB Zachary Klekamp	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
WR Geoff Dorn	1	4	7	7.00	0	7
WR Bart Maloney	1	2	6	6.00	0	6
TE Terry Edwards	1	1	1	1.00	0	1

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Alejandro Whiting	5	5	30	6.00	33	16	0
TE Jason Matesky	3	6	38	12.67	9	23	0
WR Dashawn Nixon	3	6	56	18.67	12	32	1
WR Marlon Brewer	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
TE Bernard Doyle	1	2	24	24.00	13	24	0
WR Joe Howard	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Terrell England	6	227	37.8	30.0	45	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ellis Andrews	5	233	46.6	40.8	63	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Carlton Belichick	3/3	1/1	0/0	40	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ricardo Culbertson	3/3	1/1	0/0	48	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Karl Grueneich	4	29	7.3	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dashawn Nixon	2	27	13.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Karl Grueneich	2	45	22.5	0
Louis McCarthy	1	14	14.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dashawn Nixon	1	25	25.0	0
Philip Sparrow	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB David Campbell	8	1	34	20
S Artie Randle	5	1	36	21
DT Percy Blackmon	4	0	19	15
DT Ruben McWilliams	3	4	31	12
CB Walter Thornton	3	3	19	12
OLB Jeff Maxie	3	1	14	7
DE Dillon Sloan	3	0	24	12
CB Efrain Earley	3	0	32	18
CB Eli Wynn	3	0	27	12
OLB Perry Barnes	2	2	31	13
DE Riley Farr	2	1	24	12
S Tucker Gramatica	2	0	30	12
DT Abraham Atkins	1	0	23	15
CB Amos Ouellette	1	0	6	7
ILB Joseph Mounts	1	0	10	10
DE Roman Middleton	1	0	7	9
S Terrell Hammond	0	2	6	7

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Santiago Caldwell	8	3	0.0	29	26
ILB Ike Grui	8	2	0.0	33	28
OLB Byron Schwartz	6	0	0.0	31	28
S Carlton Stephenson	4	2	0.0	26	27
DE J.R. Turnbull	4	0	0.0	22	14
DE Damon Springer	3	1	0.5	22	20
S Gary Roe	3	2	0.0	33	28
CB Camden Wiegert	2	1	0.0	22	13
S Barry Moorehead	2	0	0.0	12	16
DT Jay Stark	2	0	0.0	19	22
CB Philip Sparrow	2	0	0.0	19	22
ILB Amari Upshaw	2	0	0.0	12	7
DE Dwayne Baca	1	1	0.0	15	6
OLB Edwin Lyubashevsky	1	0	0.0	2	2
S Tyler Worden	1	0	0.0	12	5
DE Jake Kagan	0	1	0.5	20	24
DT Peyton Plageman	0	1	0.0	14	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kenyon Horn	1	0	13
DE Roman Middleton	1	0	9
DE Dillon Sloan	0	1	12

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jake Kagan	0.5	0	1	1	24
DE Damon Springer	0.5	0	1	0	20
DE Dwayne Baca	0.0	1	0	0	6
DT Damon Tate	0.0	0	1	0	23
DE J.R. Turnbull	0.0	0	1	0	14
DT Jay Stark	0.0	0	1	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Artie Randle	4	0	21
CB Efrain Earley	2	1	18
CB Eli Wynn	2	1	12
DT Percy Blackmon	1	1	15
DE Dillon Sloan	1	0	12
ILB David Campbell	1	0	20
S Tucker Gramatica	1	0	12
OLB Jeff Maxie	1	0	7

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Byron Schwartz	4	0	28
S Carlton Stephenson	3	1	27
S Gary Roe	2	1	28
ILB Ike Grui	2	0	28
S Barry Moorehead	1	1	16
S Santiago Caldwell	1	0	26
OLB Edwin Lyubashevsky	1	0	2
CB Camden Wiegert	1	0	13
ILB Amari Upshaw	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Alex Lyon	3	11	0	33	0	29
C Axel Marsh	3	5	1	33	0	29
G Sean Nordberg	2	5	0	33	1	29
G Wally Quinn	1	4	0	33	0	29
C Shaquille Thornton	1	3	0	33	0	29
TE Terrence Hooper	0	1	0	29	0	27
TE Terry Edwards	0	1	0	3	0	1

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
T Sean Oxenby	3	12	36	21
C Francisco Helms	2	8	36	21
G Stephen Cunningham	2	8	36	21
G Lincoln McKnight	1	1	36	21
C Ricardo Kuehler	0	1	36	21
FB Logan Blake	0	1	13	7

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Dave Cobbins	1	24
Artie Randle	1	19
Amos Ouellette	1	16
Louis McCarthy	1	10

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Santiago Caldwell	3	24
Jason Matesky	2	24
Benjamin Lidberg	1	17
Dashawn Nixon	1	16

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Artie Randle	---	---	36	21	19	76
C Shaquille Thornton	33	29	---	---	13	75
G Sean Nordberg	33	29	---	---	9	71
G Wally Quinn	33	29	---	---	9	71
ILB David Campbell	---	---	34	20	14	68
C Axel Marsh	33	29	---	---	3	65
WR Louis McCarthy	29	24	---	---	10	63
TE Terrence Hooper	29	27	---	---	6	62
QB Brock Dixon	33	29	---	---	---	62
T Alex Lyon	33	29	---	---	---	62
DE Kenyon Horn	---	---	17	13	24	54
CB Efrain Earley	---	---	32	18	2	52
WR Bart Maloney	10	17	---	---	24	51
DT Abraham Atkins	---	---	23	15	7	45
DT Ruben McWilliams	---	---	31	12	2	45
OLB Perry Barnes	---	---	31	13	1	45
S Tucker Gramatica	---	---	30	12	1	43
CB Eli Wynn	---	---	27	12	2	41
DE Dillon Sloan	---	---	24	12	2	38
DT Percy Blackmon	---	---	19	15	3	37
DE Riley Farr	---	---	24	12	---	36
WR Geoff Dorn	16	20	---	---	---	36
WR Kai Wilkerson	20	14	---	---	---	34
CB Walter Thornton	---	---	19	12	1	32
RB Lorenzo Delgado	20	12	---	---	---	32
CB Amos Ouellette	---	---	6	7	16	29
TE Rob Zang	18	10	---	---	---	28
S Terrell Hammond	---	---	6	7	15	28
RB Zachary Klekamp	11	16	---	---	---	27
FB Dave Cobbins	1	1	---	---	24	26
WR Jermaine Brandon	2	0	---	---	24	26
DE Roman Middleton	---	---	7	9	7	23
ILB Joseph Mounts	---	---	10	10	2	22
OLB Jeff Maxie	---	---	14	7	1	22
CB Karl Grueneich	---	---	6	4	12	22
RB Shawn Rayburn	0	1	---	---	10	11
C Chance Foss	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Terrell England	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Malachi Edwards	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Carlton Belichick	0	0	---	---	7	7
WR Dominique Kramer	3	1	---	---	---	4
TE Terry Edwards	3	1	---	---	---	4
TE Lewis Moore	1	1	---	---	---	2
RB Bryan Kroinek	2	0	---	---	---	2
T Bryant McDonald	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Jesse Mroz	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Santiago Caldwell	---	---	29	26	24	79
TE Jason Matesky	33	21	---	---	24	78
ILB Ike Grui	---	---	33	28	13	74
S Gary Roe	---	---	33	28	12	73
WR Marlon Brewer	33	19	---	---	19	71
OLB Byron Schwartz	---	---	31	28	3	62
WR Joe Howard	34	21	---	---	4	59
DE Jake Kagan	---	---	20	24	14	58
C Ricardo Kuehler	36	21	---	---	---	57
QB Kendall Siever	36	21	---	---	---	57
G Lincoln McKnight	36	21	---	---	---	57
T Sean Oxenby	36	21	---	---	---	57
C Francisco Helms	36	21	---	---	---	57
G Stephen Cunningham	36	21	---	---	---	57
S Carlton Stephenson	---	---	26	27	3	56
CB Philip Sparrow	---	---	19	22	7	48
DT Damon Tate	---	---	20	23	3	46
DE J.R. Turnbull	---	---	22	14	9	45
DT Jay Stark	---	---	19	22	3	44
WR Dashawn Nixon	17	10	---	---	16	43
DE Damon Springer	---	---	22	20	---	42
S Barry Moorehead	---	---	12	16	14	42
RB Alejandro Whiting	25	16	---	---	---	41
ILB Amari Upshaw	---	---	12	7	21	40
FB Logan Blake	13	7	---	---	19	39
CB Camden Wiegert	---	---	22	13	3	38
TE Bernard Doyle	10	6	---	---	8	24
S Tyler Worden	---	---	12	5	5	22
DE Dwayne Baca	---	---	15	6	---	21
DT Peyton Plageman	---	---	14	7	---	21
RB Benjamin Lidberg	0	0	---	---	17	17
RB Dwight Franken	11	3	---	---	1	15
TE Rondell Moreland	2	1	---	---	8	11
K Ricardo Culbertson	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Ellis Andrews	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Les Massa	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Freddie Morton	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Dale Reed	0	0	---	---	8	8
DE Harvey Crosland	---	---	0	0	6	6
OLB Edwin Lyubashevsky	---	---	2	2	---	4
WR Gabe Hernandez	2	1	---	---	---	3
OLB Robert Thomas	---	---	0	1	---	1
C Blaine Linquist	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Conrad Murphy	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Eduardo Grant	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	92	11.5
Middle	15	69	4.6
Right	10	37	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	38	5.4
Middle	17	59	3.5
Right	10	21	2.1
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brock Dixon	28	16	1	1	2	3	5	1	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kendall Siever	21	13	3	2	1	3	2	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	11	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	8	77	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	47	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	24	12.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	22	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	5	2	18	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	89	11.1
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	32	16.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Louis McCarthy	8	5	1	45	0	24
TE Terrence Hooper	5	3	1	34	0	27
WR Kai Wilkerson	5	2	0	37	1	14
WR Geoff Dorn	4	1	0	7	0	20
RB Lorenzo Delgado	2	2	0	19	0	12
WR Bart Maloney	2	1	0	6	0	17
RB Zachary Klekamp	1	1	0	10	0	16
TE Terry Edwards	1	1	0	1	0	1

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Jason Matesky	6	3	1	38	1	21
WR Dashawn Nixon	6	3	0	56	1	10
RB Alejandro Whiting	5	5	0	30	0	16
TE Bernard Doyle	2	1	0	24	1	6
WR Marlon Brewer	1	1	0	13	0	19
WR Joe Howard	1	0	0	0	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Alejandro Whiting	5	15	3.00	2.65
QB Kendall Siever	1	9	9.00	4.20

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brock Dixon	1	0	0	0.00	5.68

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kendall Siever	3	1	6	2.00	7.67

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Geoff Dorn	1	0	0	0.00	1.75

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jason Matesky	1	0	0	0.00	6.33
RB Alejandro Whiting	1	1	6	6.00	6.00
TE Bernard Doyle	1	0	0	0.00	12.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
RB Lorenzo Delgado	8	2

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Alejandro Whiting	4	1
QB Kendall Siever	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brock Dixon	5	3	2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kendall Siever	7	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Louis McCarthy	2	2	2
TE Terrence Hooper	1	0	0
WR Bart Maloney	1	0	0
TE Terry Edwards	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Jason Matesky	2	0	0
WR Dashawn Nixon	2	1	1
WR Marlon Brewer	1	1	1
WR Joe Howard	1	0	0
TE Bernard Doyle	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 75,800 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,100 (19,900)
End Zone 12,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine 7,200 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 11,100 (12,700)
Club Seats 18,300 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	75,800 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,100 (19,900)
End Zone	12,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine	7,200 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	11,100 (12,700)
Club Seats	18,300 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)