Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 36, St. Louis 22
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 16, 2012
Where: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Alberto Riveron
Attendance: 55751
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 7233336
St. Louis 0701522
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:07
Minnesota TD St. Louis 0 - Minnesota 7
Christian Ponder 5 yd. run (Blair Walsh kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:39
St. Louis TD St. Louis 7 - Minnesota 7
Brian Quick 4 yd. pass from Sam Bradford (Greg Zuerlein kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:21
Minnesota TD St. Louis 7 - Minnesota 14
Adrian Peterson 82 yd. run (Blair Walsh kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:11
Minnesota FG St. Louis 7 - Minnesota 17
Blair Walsh 50 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:25
Minnesota TD St. Louis 7 - Minnesota 24
Everson Griffen 29 yd. interception return (Blair Walsh kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:11
Minnesota FG St. Louis 7 - Minnesota 27
Blair Walsh 38 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Minnesota FG St. Louis 7 - Minnesota 30
Blair Walsh 42 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:56
Minnesota FG St. Louis 7 - Minnesota 33
Blair Walsh 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:39
St. Louis TD St. Louis 14 - Minnesota 33
Danny Amendola 6 yd. pass from Sam Bradford (Greg Zuerlein kick)
4th Quarter - 7:48
St. Louis TD St. Louis 22 - Minnesota 33
Lance Kendricks 6 yd. pass from Sam Bradford (Danny Amendola pass from Sam Bradford)
4th Quarter - 5:31
Minnesota FG St. Louis 22 - Minnesota 36
Blair Walsh 51 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota St. Louis
1st Downs 18 29
Rushing 8 4
Passing 9 23
Penalty 1 2
3rd Down Conversions 2-11 3-13
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-3
Punts-Average 4-45.5 4-41.0
Return Yards 68 45
Punts-Returns 1-15 3-16
Kickoffs-Returns 1-24 2-29
Int - Returns 1-29 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-49 8-47
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1
Time of Possession 30:27 29:33
Total Net Yards 322 432
Total Plays 59 77
Average Gain 5.5 5.6
Net Yards Rushing 213 87
Rushes 33 18
Average/Rush 6.5 4.8
Net Yards Passing 109 345
Comp-Att 17-24 35-55
Yards/Pass 4.2 5.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-22 4-32
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 3
Other 1 0
Extra Points 3-3 3-3
Field Goals 5-5 0-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (8-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Ponder 17/24 131 0 0
St. Louis Rams (6-7-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
S. Bradford 35/55 377 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 24 212 8.8 1 82
C. Ponder 4 6 1.5 1 5
T. Gerhart 5 -5 -1.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
S. Jackson 13 73 5.6 0 15
S. Bradford 2 9 4.5 0 9
D. Richardson 3 5 1.7 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Simpson 6 4 27 6.8 0 13
K. Rudolph 4 3 22 7.3 0 14
S. Burton 4 3 22 7.3 0 13
T. Gerhart 3 2 21 10.5 0 12
J. Carlson 3 3 17 5.7 0 14
J. Wright 2 1 11 11.0 0 11
M. Jenkins 2 1 11 11.0 0 11
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Gibson 8 6 76 12.7 0 18
S. Jackson 10 8 73 9.1 0 18
D. Amendola 12 6 58 9.7 1 26
A. Pettis 6 5 55 11.0 0 23
L. Kendricks 5 3 35 11.7 1 16
D. Richardson 6 3 25 8.3 0 13
C. Givens 4 1 22 22.0 0 22
C. Harkey 1 1 21 21.0 0 21
B. Quick 3 2 12 6.0 1 8
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
E. Griffen 1 29 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Ballard 1.0 9.0
C. Greenway 1.0 8.0
B. Robison 1.0 8.0
E. Henderson 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
Q. Mikell 1.0 21.0
E. Sims 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
C. Greenway 13 1
H. Smith 8 1
J. Robinson 6 0
A. Jefferson 5 0
C. Ballard 3 0
J. Brinkley 3 0
J. Sanford 3 0
A. Winfield 3 0
E. Henderson 2 0
J. Allen 1 0
M. Sherels 1 0
B. Robison 1 0
L. Guion 1 0
E. Griffen 1 0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Jenkins 8 0
J. Laurinaitis 6 0
J. Dunbar 6 0
C. Finnegan 6 0
W. Hayes 4 0
Q. Mikell 4 0
C. Dahl 4 0
K. Langford 2 0
C. Long 2 0
E. Sims 2 0
T. Johnson 1 0
M. Brockers 1 0
M. Haggan 1 0
R. McIntosh 1 0
R. Quinn 1 0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Greenway 2.0
C. Ballard 1.0
B. Robison 1.0
E. Henderson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Dunbar 3.0
W. Hayes 2.0
C. Long 2.0
J. Jenkins 1.0
R. Quinn 1.0
E. Sims 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Ponder 1
J. Simpson 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Jenkins 1
S. Wells 1