Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New Orleans 52, Minnesota 33
When: 4:30 PM ET, Friday, December 25, 2020
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Adrian Hall
Attendance: 3000
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 7713633
New Orleans 141072152
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:11
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 0
Alvin Kamara 40 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
1st Quarter - 8:46
Minnesota TD New Orleans 7 - Minnesota 7
Dalvin Cook 15 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
1st Quarter - 5:10
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Minnesota 7
Alvin Kamara 1 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:12
New Orleans FG New Orleans 17 - Minnesota 7
Wil Lutz 30 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 10:14
Minnesota TD New Orleans 17 - Minnesota 14
Mike Boone 4 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:38
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Minnesota 14
Alvin Kamara 5 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:41
Minnesota TD New Orleans 24 - Minnesota 20
Irv Smith Jr. 2 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (kick failed)
3rd Quarter - 4:38
New Orleans TD New Orleans 31 - Minnesota 20
Alvin Kamara 6 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:22
Minnesota TD New Orleans 31 - Minnesota 27
Irv Smith Jr. 4 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick)
4th Quarter - 12:01
New Orleans TD New Orleans 38 - Minnesota 27
Alvin Kamara 7 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 4:00
New Orleans TD New Orleans 45 - Minnesota 27
Taysom Hill 1 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
4th Quarter - 2:10
Minnesota TD New Orleans 45 - Minnesota 33
Adam Thielen 1 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 1:50
New Orleans TD New Orleans 52 - Minnesota 33
Alvin Kamara 3 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota New Orleans
1st Downs 25 36
Rushing 6 21
Passing 17 14
Penalty 2 1
3rd Down Conversions 3-9 5-9
4th Down Conversions 1-2 1-1
Punts-Average 4-46.5 0-0.0
Return Yards 9 91
Punts-Returns 0-0 2-17
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 3-74
Int - Returns 2-9 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-20 4-38
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Time of Possession 23:13 36:47
Total Net Yards 364 583
Total Plays 60 73
Average Gain 6.1 8.0
Net Yards Rushing 90 264
Rushes 17 45
Average/Rush 5.3 5.9
Net Yards Passing 274 319
Comp-Att 27-41 21-28
Yards/Pass 6.4 11.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 0-0
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 5 7
Rushing 2 7
Passing 3 0
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-5 7-7
Field Goals 0-0 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 5-5-100% 6-7-86%
Goal To Go Efficiency 4-4-100% 6-6-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (6-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 27/41 291 3 0
New Orleans Saints (11-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 19/26 311 0 2
T. Hill 2/2 8 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Cook 15 73 4.9 1 15
A. Abdullah 1 13 13.0 0 13
M. Boone 1 4 4.0 1 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
A. Kamara 22 155 7.0 6 40
L. Murray 12 72 6.0 0 21
T. Hill 5 18 3.6 1 9
E. Sanders 1 12 12.0 0 12
M. Burton 2 10 5.0 0 7
D. Brees 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Thielen 9 8 97 12.1 1 24
J. Jefferson 10 6 85 14.2 0 25
I. Smith Jr. 9 6 53 8.8 2 14
T. Conklin 6 4 31 7.8 0 9
B. Johnson 1 1 13 13.0 0 13
D. Cook 2 2 12 6.0 0 8
A. Abdullah 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
E. Sanders 5 4 83 20.8 0 31
J. Cook 4 3 82 27.3 0 44
A. Trautman 2 2 45 22.5 0 41
M. Callaway 4 3 26 8.7 0 11
L. Murray 3 3 24 8.0 0 9
J. Johnson 1 1 19 19.0 0 19
T. Hill 1 1 19 19.0 0 19
A. Kamara 5 3 17 5.7 0 9
M. Burton 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
T. Montgomery 1 0 0 0 0 0
A. Carr 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
H. Nickerson 1 5 0
H. Hand 1 4 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Jordan 1.0 11.0
D. Onyemata 0.5 3.0
M. Jenkins 0.5 3.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
B. Lynch 7 3
E. Wilson 6 3
H. Smith 5 3
S. Stephen 3 0
C. Jones 3 0
J. Gladney 3 2
H. Nickerson 3 2
C. Dantzler 2 0
E. Yarbrough 2 0
J. Johnson 2 1
H. Mata'afa 2 2
D. Wonnum 1 1
I. Odenigbo 1 1
A. Watts 1 2
A. Harris 1 7
H. Hand 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Jenkins 6 1
D. Davis 6 2
M. Lattimore 5 1
K. Alexander 3 0
D. Swearinger 3 0
P. Williams 3 1
C. Gardner-Johnson 2 1
C. Jordan 2 1
J. Jenkins 2 2
A. Anzalone 1 0
M. Roach 1 0
C. Granderson 1 0
M. Davenport 0 1
S. Tuttle 0 1
D. Onyemata 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
No Tackles For Loss
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Jenkins 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Cousins 1
D. Cook 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles