Week 3, 2052

played in Arizona, AZ

58 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	3	14	3	3	-	23
Arizona Cardinals	0	3	0	10	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:00 MIN - Terrell Guersch 46 field goal
2Q: 11:21 ARI - Tre DeMarco 18 field goal
2Q: 07:41 MIN - Bryan Kroinek 3 run (Terrell Guersch extra point)
2Q: 02:00 MIN - Vincent Gospe 20 pass from Brock Dixon (Terrell Guersch extra point)
3Q: 04:38 MIN - Terrell Guersch 33 field goal
4Q: 11:34 ARI - Tre DeMarco 39 field goal
4Q: 05:59 ARI - Dominic Thornton 27 pass from Drew Ackerman (Tre DeMarco extra point)
4Q: 01:15 MIN - Terrell Guersch 45 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:00 MIN - Terrell Guersch 46 field goal
2Q: 11:21 ARI - Tre DeMarco 18 field goal
2Q: 07:41 MIN - Bryan Kroinek 3 run (Terrell Guersch extra point)
2Q: 02:00 MIN - Vincent Gospe 20 pass from Brock Dixon (Terrell Guersch extra point)
3Q: 04:38 MIN - Terrell Guersch 33 field goal
4Q: 11:34 ARI - Tre DeMarco 39 field goal
4Q: 05:59 ARI - Dominic Thornton 27 pass from Drew Ackerman (Tre DeMarco extra point)
4Q: 01:15 MIN - Terrell Guersch 45 field goal

Team Statistics MIN ARI
Record 1-2 1-2
First Downs 21 16
- by Rushing 6 6
- by Passing 13 9
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 356 309
- Offensive Plays 64 64
- Yards per Play 5.56 4.83
Net Rushing Yards 82 159
- Rushing Attempts 27 27
- Yards per Rush 3.04 5.89
Net Passing Yards 274 150
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 28 - 1 35 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 279 162
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 7.41 4.05
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/12 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.1 5.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 8/55 7/48
Punt Returns/Yards 1/19 4/61
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 4/91
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 36
Time of Possession 32:00 28:00

Team Statistics	MIN	ARI
Record	1-2	1-2
First Downs	21	16
- by Rushing	6	6
- by Passing	13	9
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	356	309
- Offensive Plays	64	64
- Yards per Play	5.56	4.83
Net Rushing Yards	82	159
- Rushing Attempts	27	27
- Yards per Rush	3.04	5.89
Net Passing Yards	274	150
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 28 - 1	35 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	279	162
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	7.41	4.05
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/12	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.1	5.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	8/55	7/48
Punt Returns/Yards	1/19	4/61
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	4/91
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 36
Time of Possession	32:00	28:00

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:37	OWN 25	4	0	Punt
1	11:14	4:22	OWN 20	7	51	Field Goal
1	2:35	1:14	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
1	0:02	1:06	OWN 24	3	7	Punt
2	11:13	3:40	OWN 25	9	75	Touchdown
2	4:40	2:55	OWN 38	8	62	Touchdown
3	11:25	6:54	OWN 4	14	80	Field Goal
3	2:23	0:56	OWN 38	3	4	Punt
4	11:26	2:19	OWN 25	5	42	Interception
4	5:49	4:39	OWN 25	9	47	Field Goal
4	0:21	0:21	OPP 42	1	-1	Game

Arizona Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:23	2:09	OWN 46	4	10	Punt
1	6:52	4:17	OWN 32	6	15	Punt
1	1:21	1:19	OPP 26	3	9	Missed FG
2	13:56	2:43	OWN 38	4	61	Field Goal
2	7:33	2:53	OWN 46	6	16	Downs
2	1:45	1:45	OWN 25	9	24	Half
3	15:00	3:35	OWN 33	5	20	Punt
3	4:31	2:08	OWN 25	5	22	Punt
3	1:27	5:01	OWN 24	10	54	Field Goal
4	9:07	3:18	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
4	1:10	0:49	OWN 34	4	8	Downs

Game MVP: Brock Dixon, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Bryan Kroinek	10	31	3.10	15	2	1
RB Taylor Turner	7	9	1.29	6	0	0
QB Brock Dixon	6	29	4.83	10	1	0
RB Lorenzo Delgado	2	7	3.50	5	0	0
WR Monty Ward	1	5	5.00	5	0	0
FB Logan Terrell	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Brett Sakowski	20	136	6.80	52	2
RB Carl Shea	5	13	2.60	10	1
QB Alfredo Reed	2	10	5.00	6	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brock Dixon	36	28	279	1/5	1	31	1	96.6

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alfredo Reed	20	12	71	2/12	0	17	0	66.9
Drew Ackerman	15	8	91	0/0	1	27	0	94.0

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jeremiah Gepner	8	8	62	7.75	32	28	0
TE Vincent Gospe	6	8	106	17.67	5	31	1
WR Monty Ward	4	6	21	5.25	3	10	0
WR Geoff Dorn	3	3	20	6.67	0	9	0
TE Lenny Santoki	1	1	15	15.00	1	15	0
RB Lorenzo Delgado	1	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Taylor Turner	1	2	17	17.00	4	17	0
RB Bryan Kroinek	1	1	7	7.00	8	7	0
WR Louis McCarthy	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
FB Logan Terrell	1	2	26	26.00	21	26	0
TE Matt Schwartz	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0

Arizona	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Arnold Goetz	9	11	69	7.67	11	17	0
WR Dominic Thornton	7	9	66	9.43	5	27	1
WR Walter Willis	2	7	5	2.50	0	5	0
TE Vernon Fulcher	2	6	22	11.00	11	18	0
WR Jon Riley	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Arizona	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Jordan Craig	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
OLB Tanner Moss	0	0	1	0
DE Ramon Shepard	0	0	1	0

Arizona	Fumb	Recov
RB Brett Sakowski	1	0
QB Alfredo Reed	1	0
T DeAndre Mueller	0	1
WR Dominic Thornton	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Parker Shea	4	169	42.3	27.0	48	1

Arizona	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rufus Harvey	4	174	43.5	28.8	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Terrell Guersch	3/3	2/2	0/0	46	2/2

Arizona	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tre DeMarco	2/3	0/0	0/0	39	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Andres Buenavista	1	19	19.0	0

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jared Bustos	4	61	15.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Arizona	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dominic Thornton	2	49	24.5	0
Jared Bustos	2	42	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Leonard Stroud	6	2	0.0	27	32
S Gregory Hill	6	2	0.0	22	30
S Otis Aberdeen	5	2	0.0	25	32
OLB Tanner Moss	4	3	0.0	27	32
ILB Carson McNiven	3	3	0.5	16	18
DT Gilbert Crook	3	0	0.5	23	33
CB Peter Ginwright	3	3	0.0	17	25
CB Andres Buenavista	3	1	0.0	7	16
ILB Phil Mathis	3	1	0.0	9	16
DT Ross Kelly	2	1	0.0	27	33
OLB Johnathan Crummey	2	1	0.0	12	15
CB Elijah Wynn	2	1	0.0	24	28
DT Eli Preimsberg	2	0	0.0	13	18
CB Tristan Sullenger	2	0	0.0	4	10
DE Ramon Shepard	1	1	1.0	10	17
DE Leroy Huffman	1	1	0.0	27	32
QB Brock Dixon	1	0	---	---	---

Arizona	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Wendell Bush	12	2	0.0	27	36
S Darius Ferrer	6	1	0.5	19	29
ILB Brandon Momberg	5	0	0.0	21	26
CB Arnie Godfrey	4	1	0.0	12	19
DT Lance Foreman	3	0	0.5	19	26
S Earnest Strickland	3	1	0.0	22	27
CB Andres Torphy	3	0	0.0	5	11
DT Jeremiah Woods	3	0	0.0	14	20
S Van Sherman	2	0	0.0	13	13
S Jordan Craig	2	0	0.0	27	36
S Rusty Horton	2	0	0.0	6	11
CB Allen Doyle	2	0	0.0	13	17
DE Joel Jones	1	1	0.0	24	31
DE Jeff Tovar	1	0	0.0	19	29
OLB Howard Cumming	1	0	0.0	4	7
DE Irv Raymond	1	0	0.0	11	13
OLB Isaiah Stevens	1	0	0.0	8	10
S Britt Arnold	1	0	0.0	12	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ramon Shepard	1.0	0	0	0	17
DT Gilbert Crook	0.5	0	2	0	33
ILB Carson McNiven	0.5	0	0	0	18
DT Ross Kelly	0.0	1	0	0	33
DE Leroy Huffman	0.0	0	2	2	32
DT Eli Preimsberg	0.0	0	1	0	18

Arizona	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Lance Foreman	0.5	0	0	26
S Darius Ferrer	0.5	0	0	29
DT Jumbo Norried	0.0	2	0	13
DE Jeff Tovar	0.0	1	5	29
ILB Wendell Bush	0.0	1	1	36
DE Joel Jones	0.0	1	0	31
DE Irv Raymond	0.0	0	1	13
DT Sebastian Harrison	0.0	0	1	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Otis Aberdeen	5	0	32
S Leonard Stroud	3	0	32
S Gregory Hill	3	0	30
CB Andres Buenavista	2	1	16
ILB Carson McNiven	2	0	18
OLB Johnathan Crummey	2	0	15
OLB Tanner Moss	1	0	32
CB Elijah Wynn	1	0	28
DT Gilbert Crook	1	0	33

Arizona	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Wendell Bush	4	0	0	36
S Darius Ferrer	4	0	0	29
ILB Brandon Momberg	3	0	0	26
CB Arnie Godfrey	3	0	0	19
S Van Sherman	2	1	0	13
S Jordan Craig	2	0	1	36
S Earnest Strickland	2	0	0	27
CB Andres Torphy	2	0	0	11
S Rusty Horton	2	0	0	11
DE Jeff Tovar	1	0	0	29
OLB Howard Cumming	1	0	0	7
CB Allen Doyle	1	0	0	17
OLB Isaiah Stevens	1	0	0	10

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Rondell Osborne	3	6	27	1	37
T Elliot Rayburn	3	6	27	0	37
G Sean Nordberg	1	3	27	0	37
FB Logan Terrell	1	1	7	0	4
G Reuben Fitzgerald	0	2	27	0	37
T Owen Bachofen	0	2	26	0	36
C Shaquille Thornton	0	1	1	0	1

Arizona	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Daquan McDonnell	2	7	0	27	0	37
T Jonah Devine	2	6	1	27	1	37
G Kris Flannery	2	6	0	27	0	37
G Ken Haley	2	5	0	27	0	37
T DeAndre Mueller	0	1	0	27	1	37

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Liam Shea	2	18
Monty Ward	2	14
Gregory Hill	1	9
Elliot Rayburn	1	7
Sean Nordberg	1	7
Orlando Lofton	1	7

Arizona	Tackles	STPlays
Brett Sakowski	1	21

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Monty Ward	26	32	---	---	14	72
T Elliot Rayburn	27	37	---	---	7	71
G Sean Nordberg	27	37	---	---	7	71
T Owen Bachofen	26	36	---	---	7	69
QB Brock Dixon	27	37	---	---	---	64
TE Vincent Gospe	25	35	---	---	4	64
G Reuben Fitzgerald	27	37	---	---	---	64
C Rondell Osborne	27	37	---	---	---	64
DT Ross Kelly	---	---	27	33	3	63
DT Gilbert Crook	---	---	23	33	7	63
S Leonard Stroud	---	---	27	32	3	62
OLB Tanner Moss	---	---	27	32	3	62
DE Leroy Huffman	---	---	27	32	3	62
S Gregory Hill	---	---	22	30	9	61
S Otis Aberdeen	---	---	25	32	3	60
CB Elijah Wynn	---	---	24	28	7	59
WR Jeremiah Gepner	26	31	---	---	---	57
WR Geoff Dorn	18	25	---	---	---	43
CB Peter Ginwright	---	---	17	25	---	42
CB Andres Buenavista	---	---	7	16	15	38
RB Bryan Kroinek	13	18	---	---	6	37
ILB Carson McNiven	---	---	16	18	1	35
TE Lenny Santoki	2	12	---	---	21	35
ILB Phil Mathis	---	---	9	16	10	35
DE Ramon Shepard	---	---	10	17	7	34
RB Lorenzo Delgado	5	10	---	---	17	32
DT Eli Preimsberg	---	---	13	18	---	31
OLB Johnathan Crummey	---	---	12	15	3	30
FB Logan Terrell	7	4	---	---	17	28
S Liam Shea	---	---	1	3	18	22
DT Carl Cervantes	---	---	6	13	---	19
RB Taylor Turner	10	8	---	---	---	18
OLB Brant Dawkins	---	---	0	0	18	18
WR Jaylen Aranha	0	0	---	---	17	17
CB Tristan Sullenger	---	---	4	10	---	14
CB Ezekiel Rogers	---	---	0	4	7	11
K Terrell Guersch	0	0	---	---	9	9
WR Louis McCarthy	2	5	---	---	---	7
C Devan Harrison	0	0	---	---	7	7
G Orlando Lofton	0	0	---	---	7	7
TE Matt Schwartz	1	5	---	---	---	6
P Parker Shea	0	0	---	---	4	4
QB Brendan Benjdya	0	0	---	---	3	3
C Shaquille Thornton	1	1	---	---	---	2
QB Eric Hartman	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Archie Dehning	0	0	---	---	---	0

Arizona	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
ILB Wendell Bush	---	---	27	36	17	80
WR Arnold Goetz	27	36	---	---	10	73
T Jonah Devine	27	37	---	---	7	71
RB Brett Sakowski	22	28	---	---	21	71
G Ken Haley	27	37	---	---	7	71
G Kris Flannery	27	37	---	---	7	71
S Jordan Craig	---	---	27	36	3	66
WR Dominic Thornton	25	35	---	---	6	66
C Daquan McDonnell	27	37	---	---	---	64
T DeAndre Mueller	27	37	---	---	---	64
DE Jeff Tovar	---	---	19	29	13	61
TE Vernon Fulcher	26	35	---	---	---	61
DE Joel Jones	---	---	24	31	5	60
WR Walter Willis	18	23	---	---	18	59
S Darius Ferrer	---	---	19	29	3	51
S Earnest Strickland	---	---	22	27	1	50
ILB Brandon Momberg	---	---	21	26	---	47
DT Lance Foreman	---	---	19	26	---	45
DT Jeremiah Woods	---	---	14	20	7	41
S Van Sherman	---	---	13	13	14	40
QB Alfredo Reed	17	22	---	---	---	39
CB Allen Doyle	---	---	13	17	3	33
OLB Howard Cumming	---	---	4	7	21	32
CB Arnie Godfrey	---	---	12	19	---	31
DT Sebastian Harrison	---	---	11	14	3	28
S Britt Arnold	---	---	12	16	---	28
DE Irv Raymond	---	---	11	13	2	26
QB Drew Ackerman	10	15	---	---	---	25
DT Jumbo Norried	---	---	8	13	4	25
FB Mitchell Rudoff	7	9	---	---	7	23
WR Jared Bustos	0	1	---	---	21	22
TE Donald Stanton	0	0	---	---	21	21
S Rusty Horton	---	---	6	11	3	20
CB Andres Torphy	---	---	5	11	2	18
OLB Isaiah Stevens	---	---	8	10	---	18
TE Bernard Doyle	4	7	---	---	6	17
RB Carl Shea	5	8	---	---	4	17
P Rufus Harvey	0	0	---	---	7	7
K Tre DeMarco	0	0	---	---	7	7
T Shaun Meyer	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Rusty Moss	0	0	---	---	7	7
WR Jon Riley	1	3	---	---	---	4
OLB Andres Izzo	---	---	2	2	---	4
OLB Stan Miller	---	---	0	1	---	1
C Ralph Grier	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Brandon Kehoe	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	13	4.3
Middle	13	44	3.4
Right	10	26	2.6
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	26	3.7
Middle	17	116	6.8
Right	3	17	5.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brock Dixon	36	28	5	0	1	1	5	8	1

Arizona	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alfredo Reed	20	12	0	4	0	1	3	1	0
Drew Ackerman	15	8	1	2	1	0	2	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	32	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	12	83	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	97	9.7
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	67	16.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	13	88	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	47	4.7
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	27	6.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jeremiah Gepner	8	8	0	62	1	31
TE Vincent Gospe	8	6	1	106	3	35
WR Monty Ward	6	4	0	21	0	32
WR Geoff Dorn	3	3	0	20	0	25
RB Lorenzo Delgado	2	1	0	0	0	10
RB Taylor Turner	2	1	0	17	0	8
FB Logan Terrell	2	1	0	26	1	4
TE Matt Schwartz	2	1	0	4	0	5
TE Lenny Santoki	1	1	0	15	0	12
RB Bryan Kroinek	1	1	0	7	0	18
WR Louis McCarthy	1	1	0	1	0	5

Arizona	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Arnold Goetz	11	9	0	69	0	36
WR Dominic Thornton	9	7	0	66	1	35
WR Walter Willis	7	2	0	5	0	23
TE Vernon Fulcher	6	2	1	22	0	35
WR Jon Riley	1	0	0	0	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Brock Dixon	1	10	10.00	4.83
RB Bryan Kroinek	1	3	3.00	3.10

Arizona	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Brett Sakowski	2	6	3.00	6.80

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brock Dixon	3	2	20	6.67	7.75

Arizona	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alfredo Reed	2	1	11	5.50	3.55

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Vincent Gospe	1	1	20	20.00	13.25
RB Lorenzo Delgado	1	1	0	0.00	0.00
TE Matt Schwartz	1	0	0	0.00	2.00

Arizona	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Vernon Fulcher	1	0	0	0.00	3.67
WR Dominic Thornton	1	1	11	11.00	7.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
QB Brock Dixon	2	0
RB Lorenzo Delgado	2	1

Arizona	Rushes	Conversions
RB Carl Shea	5	1
RB Brett Sakowski	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brock Dixon	8	7	4

Arizona	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alfredo Reed	6	3	2
Drew Ackerman	3	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Vincent Gospe	3	3	3
WR Jeremiah Gepner	2	2	1
RB Lorenzo Delgado	2	1	0
WR Geoff Dorn	1	1	0

Arizona	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dominic Thornton	3	3	2
WR Walter Willis	2	0	0
TE Vernon Fulcher	2	0	0
WR Arnold Goetz	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,600 (21,400)
End Zone 11,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,600 (21,400)
End Zone	11,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)