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Week 1: New England at Minnesota

September 02, 2035
70°
Minnesota Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 55,753 (87%)
New England 0 10 7 0 - 17
Minnesota 14 0 0 7 - 21

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 3-3-NED 3 (11:44) 4-Dale Cook pass complete to 45-Thomas Marsh for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Nelson. MIN 7 NED 0
(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 3-5-NED 18 (3:10) 4-Dale Cook pass complete to 83-Allen Roberts for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Nelson. MIN 14 NED 0
(Qtr 2) New England: 3-1-MIN 0 (10:08) 47-Rick Field ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Christopher Rash. MIN 14 NED 7
(Qtr 2) New England: 4-6-MIN 17 (0:38) 12-Christopher Rash 35 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 14 NED 10
(Qtr 3) New England: (15:00) 1-Harold Nelson kicks 68 yards from MIN 35 to NED -3. 22-Larry Fontenot for 104yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Christopher Rash. MIN 14 NED 17
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 1-1-NED 1 (11:28) 38-Donald Smith ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Harold Nelson. MIN 21 NED 17

Team Statistics

Minnesota New England
First Downs 15 14
- Rushing 7 4
- Passing 8 10
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 362 240
- Offensive Plays 54 58
- Yards Per Play 6.70 4.14
Net Rushing Yards 115 69
- Rushing Attempts 20 26
- Yards Per Rush 5.75 2.65
Net Passing Yards 247 171
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 26 / 0 32 / 26 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 255 171
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.26 5.34
- Yards Per Completion 9.81 6.58
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 11 9 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.5 5.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 1 / 5
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 1 1 / 4
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 104
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 28
Time of Possession 27:29 32:15

Drive Charts

Minnesota

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:20 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
1 10:09 7:06 OWN 19 11 81 Touchdown
2 10:07 2:58 OWN 25 6 36 Fumble
2 0:34 0:34 OWN 25 1 10 Half
3 11:39 1:32 OWN 26 3 9 Punt
3 8:35 2:02 OWN 42 3 7 Punt
3 2:25 5:58 OWN 20 10 80 Touchdown
4 9:23 0:56 OWN 21 3 2 Punt
4 4:42 3:03 OPP 50 8 29 Missed FG

New England

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:40 1:31 OWN 25 5 8 Punt
1 3:03 7:56 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
2 7:08 6:34 OWN 27 12 55 Field Goal
3 14:45 1:42 OPP 25 3 -1 Punt
3 13:03 1:24 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 10:07 1:31 OWN 14 3 1 Punt
3 6:34 4:09 OWN 6 6 28 Punt
4 11:26 2:03 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 8:27 3:46 OWN 27 7 23 Downs
4 1:39 1:39 OWN 29 6 40 Game

Rushing Stats

Minnesota

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Gregory Escobar 12 91 7.58 16 6 0
Donald Smith 7 13 1.86 9 0 1
Santos Stewart 1 11 11.00 11 1 0

New England

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Larry Fontenot 18 61 3.39 11 2 0
Vernon Carroll 5 7 1.40 4 0 0
Rick Field 3 1 0.33 1 0 1

Passing Stats

Minnesota

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dale Cook 33 26 255 1 / 8 2 50 0 119.07

New England

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Larry Aube 32 26 171 0 / 0 0 24 0 88.93

Receiving Stats

Minnesota

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Gerald Purvis 2 59 29.50 50 0
Gregory Escobar 7 45 6.43 29 0
Donald Smith 3 39 13.00 28 0
Santos Stewart 3 29 9.67 14 0
Max Adams 3 24 8.00 13 0
Thomas Marsh 5 21 4.20 8 1
Louis Woods 2 20 10.00 10 0
Allen Roberts 1 18 18.00 18 1

New England

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Larry Fontenot 11 73 6.64 17 0
Michael Berry 4 37 9.25 17 0
Rick Field 3 28 9.33 24 0
Vernon Carroll 5 17 3.40 9 0
Donald Smith 2 8 4.00 5 0
James Fry 1 8 8.00 8 0

Blocking Stats

Minnesota

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
John Lewis 32 29 0 2
Gregory Escobar 12 5 0 1
Eric Goforth 0 1 0 1
Robert Fleming 0 1 0 0
Marvin Webb 0 3 0 0
Kevin Fry 4 1 0 0
John Roberts 0 2 0 0
Gerald Purvis 0 11 0 0
Thomas Lyon 8 0 0 0
Santos Stewart 0 10 0 0
Louis Woods 0 2 0 0
Mario Davis 41 27 0 0
Randy Rustin 9 5 0 2
Donald Smith 4 7 0 0
Thomas Marsh 10 15 0 1
Max Adams 3 14 0 0
Allen Roberts 3 11 0 0
Joseph Andrews 42 20 0 1
Kenneth Martinez 37 23 0 0
Juan Davis 40 28 0 1
Randy Guillot 0 1 0 0

New England

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Alfred Johnson 31 34 0 5
James Fry 0 14 0 0
Duane Phares 0 2 0 0
Randy Gregorio 0 1 0 0
Don Clements 0 1 0 0
Anthony Perkins 0 2 0 0
Nicholas Johnson 0 3 0 1
Wendell Schumann 0 1 0 0
Larry McCandless 0 1 0 0
Benjamin Combs 0 1 0 0
James Kibbe 0 1 0 0
Larry Fontenot 3 2 0 0
Raul Smallwood 2 3 0 0
William McCoy 0 8 0 0
Gerald Cerda 31 29 0 2
Randall Patton 5 5 0 0
Richard Thomas 8 1 0 0
Gary Emerick 7 0 0 0
Angel Harris 8 0 0 0
Walter Martinez 0 11 0 2
Vernon Carroll 3 9 0 0
Michael Berry 2 27 0 1
Rick Field 12 17 0 0
Donald Smith 0 10 0 1
Shawn Madison 37 32 0 0
Clay Harrison 36 32 0 3
Bernard Ung 40 25 0 1
John Redding 1 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Minnesota

New England

Fumble Stats

Minnesota

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Santos Stewart 1 0 0 0

New England

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Larry Fontenot 1 1 0 0
Randy Gregorio 0 1 0 0
Joseph Henry 0 0 1 0

Punting

Minnesota

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Anthony Shanks 4 200 50.00 49.00 54 1

New England

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Charles Pickens 5 235 47.00 46.80 49 2

Kicking

Minnesota

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Harold Nelson 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 3 / 3

New England

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Rash 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 35 2 / 2

Punt Return

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Santos Stewart 1 1 1.0 1 0

New England

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Larry Fontenot 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kick Return

Minnesota

New England

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Larry Fontenot 1 104 104.0 1

Defensive Stats