Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
San Diego 24, Minnesota 17
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 11, 2011
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 74°
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 66716
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 7100017
San Diego 7071024
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 14:45
Minnesota TD San Diego 0 - Minnesota 7
Percy Harvin 103 yd. kickoff return (Ryan Longwell kick)
1st Quarter - 11:38
San Diego TD San Diego 7 - Minnesota 7
Michael Tolbert 1 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Mike Scifres kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:56
Minnesota FG San Diego 7 - Minnesota 10
Ryan Longwell 33 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:44
Minnesota TD San Diego 7 - Minnesota 17
Michael Jenkins 3 yd. pass from Donovan McNabb (Ryan Longwell kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:43
San Diego TD San Diego 14 - Minnesota 17
Michael Tolbert 7 yd. run (Mike Scifres kick)
4th Quarter - 10:05
San Diego FG San Diego 17 - Minnesota 17
Mike Scifres 40 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:01
San Diego TD San Diego 24 - Minnesota 17
Michael Tolbert 19 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Mike Scifres kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota San Diego
1st Downs 10 31
Rushing 7 5
Passing 3 21
Penalty 0 5
3rd Down Conversions 4-11 6-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Punts-Average 6-48.2 3-42.3
Return Yards 164 128
Punts-Returns 2-17 5-38
Kickoffs-Returns 3-130 4-90
Int-Returns 2-17 1-0
Penalties-Yards 9-78 4-26
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 22:43 37:17
Total Net Yards 187 407
Total Plays 43 77
Average Gain 4.3 5.3
Net Yards Rushing 159 77
Rushes 26 27
Average/Rush 6.1 2.9
Net Yards Passing 28 330
Comp-Att 7-15 33-48
Yards/Pass 1.6 6.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 2-5
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 2
Other 1 0
Extra Points 2-2 3-3
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-6-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. McNabb 7/15 39 1 1
San Diego Chargers (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 33/48 335 2 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 16 98 6.1 0 46
D. McNabb 3 32 10.7 0 23
T. Gerhart 2 16 8.0 0 12
P. Harvin 4 15 3.8 0 8
J. Webb 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Mathews 12 45 3.8 0 21
M. Tolbert 12 35 2.9 1 13
P. Rivers 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Jenkins 3 3 26 8.7 1 12
P. Harvin 4 2 7 3.5 0 5
A. Peterson 3 2 6 3.0 0 4
V. Shiancoe 1 0 0 0 0 0
K. Rudolph 1 0 0 0 0 0
B. Berrian 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Gates 13 8 74 9.2 0 15
R. Mathews 5 3 73 24.3 0 37
M. Tolbert 9 9 58 6.4 2 19
M. Floyd 8 3 45 15.0 0 16
V. Jackson 3 2 31 15.5 0 21
B. Walters 2 2 21 10.5 0 13
R. McMichael 3 3 20 6.7 0 11
J. Hester 4 3 13 4.3 0 7
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Allen 1 14 0
A. Winfield 1 3 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Phillips 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Henderson 1.0 1.0
B. Robison 0.5 2.0
J. Allen 0.5 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Barnes 1.0 10.0
A. Garay 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
C. Greenway 8 0
J. Sanford 8 1
A. Winfield 7 3
H. Abdullah 6 0
E. Henderson 6 3
C. Griffin 5 1
T. Johnson 3 0
C. Cook 3 0
J. Allen 3 3
E. Henderson 2 2
F. Evans 1 1
B. Robison 1 2
L. Guion 1 3
A. Awasom 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
D. Butler 5 1
T. Spikes 5 6
Q. Jammer 3 0
E. Weddle 3 1
B. Sanders 3 3
A. Barnes 2 0
A. Cason 2 0
S. Phillips 2 1
A. Garay 2 2
J. Cesaire 1 0
T. LaBoy 1 0
S. Gregory 1 0
M. Gilchrist 1 0
L. Castillo 1 0
C. Liuget 1 1
V. Martin 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
E. Henderson 3.0
C. Greenway 2.0
A. Winfield 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Cesaire 1.0
A. Barnes 1.0
D. Butler 1.0
C. Liuget 1.0
A. Garay 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Hester 1