Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 37, Detroit 35
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 3, 2021
Where: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Adrian Hill
Attendance: 0
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 71410637
Detroit 61013635
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:45
Detroit TD Detroit 6 - Minnesota 0
Marvin Jones Jr. 43 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (kick failed)
1st Quarter - 0:34
Minnesota TD Detroit 6 - Minnesota 7
Alexander Mattison 28 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:19
Detroit TD Detroit 13 - Minnesota 7
Quintez Cephus 20 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:51
Minnesota TD Detroit 13 - Minnesota 14
Ameer Abdullah 4 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:13
Detroit FG Detroit 16 - Minnesota 14
Matt Prater 54 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:04
Minnesota TD Detroit 16 - Minnesota 21
Chad Beebe 40 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick)
3rd Quarter - 14:09
Detroit TD Detroit 23 - Minnesota 21
Marvin Jones Jr. 26 yd. pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:35
Minnesota TD Detroit 23 - Minnesota 28
Alexander Mattison 2 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:55
Minnesota FG Detroit 23 - Minnesota 31
Dan Bailey 23 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:02
Detroit TD Detroit 29 - Minnesota 31
Adrian Peterson 2 yd. run (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 10:32
Minnesota TD Detroit 29 - Minnesota 37
Kirk Cousins 1 yd. run (kick failed)
4th Quarter - 4:26
Detroit TD Detroit 35 - Minnesota 37
D'Andre Swift 2 yd. run (pass failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota Detroit
1st Downs 31 21
Rushing 8 9
Passing 20 12
Penalty 3 0
3rd Down Conversions 4-13 5-10
4th Down Conversions 2-2 1-1
Punts-Average 3-45.7 2-50.5
Return Yards 136 131
Punts-Returns 2-20 2-22
Kickoffs-Returns 4-107 3-109
Int - Returns 1-9 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-35 7-51
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-1
Time of Possession 35:13 24:47
Total Net Yards 508 417
Total Plays 74 54
Average Gain 6.9 7.7
Net Yards Rushing 125 129
Rushes 31 22
Average/Rush 4.0 5.9
Net Yards Passing 383 288
Comp-Att 28-40 20-31
Yards/Pass 8.9 9.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22 1-5
Had Intercepted 0 1
Touchdowns 5 5
Rushing 2 2
Passing 3 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-5 2-5
Field Goals 1-2 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 3-6-50% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-5-60% 2-2-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (7-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 28/40 405 3 0
Detroit Lions (5-11)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Stafford 20/31 293 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Mattison 21 95 4.5 1 20
M. Boone 5 29 5.8 0 19
K. Cousins 5 1 0.2 1 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Peterson 7 63 9.0 1 38
D. Swift 12 54 4.5 1 13
M. Stafford 2 9 4.5 0 5
M. Sanu Sr. 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Jefferson 12 9 133 14.8 0 38
A. Thielen 5 4 57 14.2 0 20
A. Mattison 3 3 50 16.7 1 28
C. Ham 3 2 44 22.0 0 30
C. Beebe 3 2 44 22.0 1 40
T. Conklin 6 3 40 13.3 0 19
I. Smith Jr. 3 2 30 15.0 0 25
A. Abdullah 3 3 7 2.3 1 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Jones Jr. 11 8 180 22.5 2 43
Q. Cephus 3 2 51 25.5 1 31
T. Hockenson 3 3 25 8.3 0 15
D. Swift 3 3 16 5.3 0 18
M. Sanu Sr. 6 2 13 6.5 0 7
D. Amendola 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
J. James 1 1 2 2.0 0 2
K. Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0
H. Bryant 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
H. Smith 1 9 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
H. Mata'afa 1.0 5.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Strong 1.0 9.0
T. Walker 1.0 7.0
R. Okwara 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
A. Harris 7 1
H. Smith 7 2
E. Wilson 4 3
J. Gladney 3 0
T. Davis 2 1
D. Wonnum 2 1
C. Tankersley 1 0
H. Mata'afa 1 0
D. Mabin 1 1
H. Hand 1 1
T. Dye 1 3
S. Stephen 0 1
E. Yarbrough 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Harmon 9 0
T. Walker 9 2
J. Tavai 8 3
A. Oruwariye 3 0
C. Jones 3 1
D. Roberts 3 2
E. Griffen 2 0
K. Strong 2 1
R. Ragland 2 2
D. Shelton 1 0
N. Williams 1 0
J. Penisini 1 0
R. Okwara 1 0
J. Coleman 1 0
W. Harris 1 0
J. Okwara 0 1
D. Skipper 0 1
J. Davis 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
E. Wilson 2.0
T. Davis 1.0
H. Mata'afa 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Tavai 1.0
T. Walker 1.0
K. Strong 1.0
R. Okwara 1.0
E. Griffen 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Conklin 1
J. Jefferson 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Agnew 1