Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 28, Atlanta 12
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 8, 2019
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Bill Vinovich
Attendance: 66714
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Atlanta 0001212
Minnesota 1477028
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:50
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Atlanta 0
Adam Thielen 23 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick)
1st Quarter - 8:22
Minnesota TD Minnesota 14 - Atlanta 0
Dalvin Cook 19 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:40
Minnesota TD Minnesota 21 - Atlanta 0
Kirk Cousins 1 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:29
Minnesota TD Minnesota 28 - Atlanta 0
Dalvin Cook 7 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
4th Quarter - 9:19
Atlanta TD Minnesota 28 - Atlanta 6
Calvin Ridley 20 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 1:05
Atlanta TD Minnesota 28 - Atlanta 12
Julio Jones 2 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (pass failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Atlanta Minnesota
1st Downs 27 18
Rushing 5 10
Passing 16 4
Penalty 6 4
3rd Down Conversions 2-8 5-10
4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-0
Punts-Average 4-32.5 5-49.4
Return Yards 90 13
Punts-Returns 4-46 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-44 1-13
Int - Returns 0-0 2-0
Penalties-Yards 9-78 11-100
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Time of Possession 30:13 29:47
Total Net Yards 345 269
Total Plays 67 49
Average Gain 5.1 5.5
Net Yards Rushing 73 172
Rushes 17 38
Average/Rush 4.3 4.5
Net Yards Passing 272 97
Comp-Att 33-46 8-10
Yards/Pass 5.4 8.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-32 1-1
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 2 4
Rushing 0 3
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 0-2 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-3-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Atlanta Falcons (0-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 33/46 304 2 2
Minnesota Vikings (1-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 8/10 98 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
I. Smith 6 31 5.2 0 16
M. Ryan 2 24 12.0 0 12
D. Freeman 8 19 2.4 0 5
R. Gage 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Cook 21 111 5.3 2 22
A. Mattison 9 49 5.4 0 23
A. Abdullah 2 8 4.0 0 6
K. Cousins 6 4 0.7 1 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Hooper 9 9 77 8.6 0 16
C. Ridley 6 4 64 16.0 1 20
M. Sanu 6 5 57 11.4 0 23
J. Hardy 5 4 41 10.2 0 23
J. Jones 11 6 31 5.2 1 10
R. Gage 2 1 13 13.0 0 13
D. Freeman 4 3 12 4.0 0 7
I. Smith 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
L. Stocker 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Thielen 3 3 43 14.3 1 23
S. Diggs 2 2 37 18.5 0 31
C. Beebe 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
D. Cook 2 2 9 4.5 0 8
K. Rudolph 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Harris 2 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
G. Jarrett 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Hunter 1.0 11.0
A. Barr 1.0 8.0
L. Joseph 1.0 8.0
E. Griffen 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Campbell 6 2
D. Jones 4 0
A. Bailey 4 1
R. Allen 3 0
F. Oluokun 3 1
G. Jarrett 3 2
T. Davison 3 3
V. Beasley Jr. 2 1
T. McKinley 2 1
D. Kazee 1 0
K. Neal 1 0
I. Oliver 1 0
J. Crawford 1 3
A. Clayborn 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
H. Smith 8 1
A. Barr 6 0
E. Kendricks 6 0
J. Kearse 6 2
X. Rhodes 5 2
D. Hunter 4 0
L. Joseph 3 1
A. Harris 3 2
S. Stephen 2 0
T. Waynes 2 1
M. Alexander 1 0
E. Griffen 1 0
J. Johnson 1 0
K. Boyd 1 0
E. Wilson 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
G. Jarrett 1.0
A. Bailey 1.0
T. McKinley 1.0
T. Davison 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Hunter 2.0
L. Joseph 2.0
E. Griffen 1.0
A. Barr 1.0
X. Rhodes 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Freeman 1
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Cousins 2