Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 30, Minnesota 20
When: 8:20 PM ET, Sunday, October 28, 2018
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Craig Wrolstad
Attendance: 66801
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Orleans 71010330
Minnesota 760720
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:33
New Orleans TD Minnesota 0 - New Orleans 7
Alvin Kamara 3 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick)
1st Quarter - 3:16
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - New Orleans 7
Stefon Diggs 1 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:57
Minnesota TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 7
Latavius Murray 1 yd. run (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 7:27
New Orleans FG Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 10
Wil Lutz 52 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:30
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 17
Alvin Kamara 1 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:19
New Orleans FG Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 20
Wil Lutz 42 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:58
New Orleans TD Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 27
P.J. Williams 45 yd. interception return (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 9:35
New Orleans FG Minnesota 13 - New Orleans 30
Wil Lutz 42 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 4:26
Minnesota TD Minnesota 20 - New Orleans 30
Adam Thielen 1 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New Orleans Minnesota
1st Downs 17 27
Rushing 6 4
Passing 9 19
Penalty 2 4
3rd Down Conversions 4-9 5-10
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-3
Punts-Average 2-43.0 2-40.5
Return Yards 110 41
Punts-Returns 1-15 1-4
Kickoffs-Returns 2-50 2-37
Int - Returns 1-45 1-0
Penalties-Yards 7-64 6-54
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Time of Possession 28:37 31:23
Total Net Yards 270 423
Total Plays 53 67
Average Gain 5.1 6.3
Net Yards Rushing 106 85
Rushes 29 22
Average/Rush 3.7 3.9
Net Yards Passing 164 338
Comp-Att 19-24 31-41
Yards/Pass 6.8 7.5
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 4-21
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 2
Other 1 0
Extra Points 3-3 2-3
Field Goals 3-3 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 3-4-75%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 3-3-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New Orleans Saints (6-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 18/23 120 1 1
T. Hill 1/1 44 0 0
Minnesota Vikings (4-3-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 31/41 359 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram II 13 63 4.8 0 11
A. Kamara 13 45 3.5 1 17
T. Hill 3 -2 -0.7 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Murray 13 56 4.3 1 12
A. Thielen 1 15 15.0 0 15
M. Boone 3 11 3.7 0 7
K. Cousins 2 3 1.5 0 3
C. Ham 2 1 0.5 0 1
R. Thomas 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Thomas 6 5 81 16.2 0 44
A. Kamara 8 7 31 4.4 1 17
M. Ingram II 3 3 29 9.7 0 19
T. Smith 4 3 18 6.0 0 7
T. Hill 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
A. Carr 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Diggs 11 10 119 11.9 1 31
A. Thielen 7 7 103 14.7 1 28
L. Murray 6 5 39 7.8 0 13
K. Rudolph 7 4 39 9.8 0 25
L. Treadwell 5 3 25 8.3 0 12
A. Robinson 2 1 19 19.0 0 19
R. Thomas 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
D. Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. Williams 1 45 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
H. Smith 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Rankins 2.0 12.0
M. Davenport 2.0 9.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
E. Apple 9 0
M. Williams 5 0
D. Davis 5 1
A. Anzalone 4 1
P. Williams 4 2
S. Rankins 3 0
C. Jordan 3 0
V. Bell 3 3
A. Klein 3 4
M. Davenport 2 0
M. Lattimore 2 1
D. Onyemata 1 0
M. Te'o 1 0
A. Okafor 1 1
K. Coleman 0 2
T. Davison 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Waynes 6 1
H. Hill 5 0
J. Kearse 4 0
L. Joseph 4 2
H. Smith 3 0
T. Johnson 3 1
B. Gedeon 3 3
S. Weatherly 2 1
E. Kendricks 2 5
E. Griffen 1 0
M. Alexander 1 0
G. Iloka 1 0
D. Hunter 1 1
A. Harris 1 1
S. Richardson 1 4
E. Wilson 0 1
J. Johnson 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Davenport 2.0
S. Rankins 2.0
C. Jordan 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
L. Joseph 2.0
D. Hunter 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
P. Elflein 1
A. Thielen 1