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BUF at MIN: 2025 PRESEASON WEEK 4 BOX.

Buffalo

Minnesota

Exhibition Week 4, 2025

played in Minnesota, MN

71 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

Buffalo Bills	0	7	7	7	-	21
Minnesota Vikings	7	3	6	0	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:11 MIN - Drake Diaz 30 pass from Micah McConnell (Grant Buchanon extra point)
2Q: 14:35 BUF - Dexter Garrett 2 run (Hayden Rodgers extra point)
2Q: 06:41 MIN - Grant Buchanon 44 field goal
3Q: 05:23 BUF - Collin Ganser 18 pass from J.C. Giles (Hayden Rodgers extra point)
3Q: 00:41 MIN - Owen Schneider 3 run (Grant Buchanon extra point failed)
4Q: 08:15 BUF - Vernon Parker 3 pass from J.C. Giles (Hayden Rodgers extra point)

Team Statistics BUF MIN
Record 2-1 1-2
First Downs 15 24
- by Rushing 5 7
- by Passing 10 15
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 324 349
- Offensive Plays 51 74
- Yards per Play 6.35 4.72
Net Rushing Yards 121 127
- Rushing Attempts 23 36
- Yards per Rush 5.26 3.53
Net Passing Yards 203 222
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 17 - 1 36 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 208 234
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 7.25 5.84
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 3/10 11/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/25 3/30
Punt Returns/Yards 2/11 2/18
Kick Returns/Yards 1/36 2/66
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 28
Time of Possession 23:59 36:01

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:57	4:08	OWN 25	7	34	Punt
1	5:42	0:46	OWN 39	3	-4	Interception
1	4:01	2:36	OWN 34	5	20	Punt
2	14:41	0:15	OPP 2	2	2	Touchdown
2	6:33	1:32	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
2	2:05	1:07	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	15:00	2:20	OWN 25	5	34	Punt
3	8:55	3:41	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
3	0:32	1:48	OWN 39	3	1	Punt
4	9:56	1:50	OWN 39	5	61	Touchdown
4	3:31	3:31	OWN 20	8	76	Game

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:03	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
1	6:49	1:07	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	4:56	0:55	OPP 48	2	24	Fumble
1	1:25	1:44	OWN 20	4	-8	Fumble
2	14:26	7:53	OWN 16	14	57	Field Goal
2	5:01	2:56	OWN 44	6	17	Punt
2	0:58	0:58	OWN 25	5	35	Half
3	12:40	3:45	OWN 20	8	40	Punt
3	5:14	4:42	OPP 43	9	43	Touchdown
4	13:44	3:48	OWN 6	6	7	Punt
4	8:06	4:35	OWN 25	9	33	Punt

Game MVP: J.C. Giles, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Nicholas Stuber	17	99	5.82	44	3	0
J.C. Giles	2	8	4.00	9	0	0
Stan Thomason	2	8	4.00	7	0	0
Dexter Garrett	2	6	3.00	4	0	1

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Owen Schneider	17	30	1.76	14	1	1
Maurice Shepard	6	40	6.67	10	2	0
Burt Aiton	5	38	7.60	19	1	0
Alejandro Shaye	5	4	0.80	8	0	0
Micah McConnell	2	15	7.50	10	1	0
Matt Merkerson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dexter Garrett	14	7	37	0/0	0	16	1	26.5
J.C. Giles	13	10	171	1/5	2	56	0	157.9

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Maurice Shepard	25	16	142	1/4	0	22	0	79.1
Micah McConnell	11	9	92	1/8	1	30	0	131.8

Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Collin Ganser	5	7	68	13.60	33	18	1
WR Gregory Wagner	4	6	2	0.50	2	6	0
TE Brady Grant	2	2	29	14.50	5	17	0
WR Ralph Huffman	2	4	88	44.00	67	56	0
TE Jonathan Kovel	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
TE Vernon Parker	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	1
FB A.J. Bressany	1	2	5	5.00	0	5	0
RB Nicholas Stuber	1	3	7	7.00	0	7	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mo Yaw	6	8	37	6.17	8	14	0
WR Matt Merkerson	5	8	63	12.60	7	22	0
WR Roger Raphael	4	6	20	5.00	9	7	0
TE Drake Diaz	3	4	51	17.00	30	30	1
WR Bryant Thagcher	3	3	19	6.33	7	10	0
TE Brendan Frederick	2	2	27	13.50	19	24	0
RB Owen Schneider	1	3	2	2.00	1	2	0
TE Victor Fleming	1	1	15	15.00	5	15	0
RB Burt Aiton	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Manuel Small	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Buffalo	Recov	Force
Winfred Compton	1	0
Levon Murphy	1	0
Kaleb May	0	1
Gus Spencer	0	1

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Micah McConnell	1	0	0	0
Burt Aiton	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rodolfo Margraff	6	281	46.8	33.8	57	1

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Quentin Lake	5	215	43.0	28.8	54	0

Kicking Statistics

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Hayden Rodgers	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Grant Buchanon	1/1	1/1	0/0	44	1/2

Punt Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
R.J. Altuna	2	11	5.5	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matt Merkerson	2	18	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Collin Ganser	1	36	36.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matt Merkerson	1	52	52.0	0
Roger Raphael	1	14	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Gus Spencer	11	3	0.0	36	38
OLB Ricardo Sawyer	8	2	0.0	36	38
CB Francisco Boerigter	6	4	0.0	35	37
OLB Howie Palacios	5	3	1.0	35	28
ILB Kaleb May	4	2	0.5	26	27
S Brian Arnold	4	2	0.0	22	22
OLB Leon Mathis	4	2	0.0	23	24
S Melvin Freeman	4	1	0.0	27	21
ILB Donnie Burkhardt	3	2	0.0	12	17
ILB J.T. Thornton	3	0	0.0	6	8
CB Levon Murphy	3	0	0.0	13	17
S Troy Bannan	2	1	0.0	29	27
DT Carlos Flowers	1	2	0.0	22	25
CB R.J. Altuna	1	0	0.0	7	16
WR Gregory Wagner	1	0	---	---	---
DE Danny McGinnis	1	0	0.0	13	17
DT Jason Booker	1	0	0.0	13	14
DE Winfred Compton	0	1	0.5	30	30
DT Jeremy Sawyer	0	1	0.0	2	1

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Matthew Coffey	7	2	0.0	23	28
ILB Rusty Bonjour	6	3	0.0	23	27
OLB Nolan Harden	6	0	0.0	23	25
CB Les Lane	6	0	0.0	21	27
DE Derrick Parrish	2	0	1.0	20	23
OLB Chuck Sanders	2	1	0.0	11	9
DT Nicky Ihler	2	1	0.0	20	23
CB Manuel Small	1	1	0.0	17	18
S Darrell Hartsfield	1	1	0.0	4	4
ILB Aiden Bernard	1	0	0.0	14	16
CB Gus Moffatt	1	0	0.0	19	24
T Walt Capriglione	1	0	---	---	---
DT Claude Devine	1	0	0.0	21	22
WR Bryant Thagcher	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Javier Kennedy	1	0	0.0	4	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Howie Palacios	1.0	1	0	28
DE Winfred Compton	0.5	1	4	30
ILB Kaleb May	0.5	0	0	27
OLB Ricardo Sawyer	0.0	3	0	38
DE Toby Chandler	0.0	1	0	11

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Derrick Parrish	1.0	0	1	23
DE Craig Harris	0.0	1	0	14
OLB Nolan Harden	0.0	0	1	25

Pass Defense Statistics

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Gus Spencer	4	0	38
CB Francisco Boerigter	4	0	37
CB Levon Murphy	3	0	17
S Brian Arnold	2	1	22
ILB Kaleb May	2	0	27
OLB Ricardo Sawyer	2	0	38
S Melvin Freeman	2	0	21
OLB Howie Palacios	2	0	28
OLB Leon Mathis	1	0	24
CB R.J. Altuna	1	0	16
ILB J.T. Thornton	1	0	8
ILB Donnie Burkhardt	1	0	17
S Troy Bannan	0	1	27

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Les Lane	5	0	0	27
ILB Rusty Bonjour	3	0	0	27
S Matthew Coffey	2	1	0	28
ILB Aiden Bernard	2	0	0	16
CB Gus Moffatt	1	1	0	24
CB Manuel Small	1	0	1	18
DE Derrick Parrish	1	0	0	23
DT Nicky Ihler	1	0	0	23
OLB Javier Kennedy	1	0	0	3
DE Craig Harris	0	1	0	14
S Clay Newman	0	1	0	18

Blocking Statistics

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Percy Lubienski	2	2	23	0	28
Nicholas Nguyen	1	7	23	0	28
Paul Newhart	1	4	23	1	28
Ron Nord	1	2	14	0	14
Jaylen Alston	1	2	9	0	14
Rod Preston	1	1	23	0	28
A.J. Bressany	1	1	12	0	5

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Joshua Platt	2	10	0	36	0	38
Gustavo Jackson	2	5	0	36	0	38
Walt Capriglione	2	4	0	18	1	24
Mercury Garner	2	3	1	18	1	24
Nicolas Davidds	1	3	0	18	0	14
Jeremiah Hill	0	4	0	36	0	38
Jason Folau	0	1	0	18	0	14

Special Teams Tackles

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Jonathan Kovel	2	19
R.J. Altuna	1	19
Paul Newhart	1	6

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Manuel Small	1	19
Chuck Sanders	1	19
Alejandro Shaye	1	8

Participation

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Francisco Boerigter	---	---	35	37	10	82
Ricardo Sawyer	---	---	36	38	1	75
Gus Spencer	---	---	36	38	1	75
Leon Mathis	---	---	23	24	20	67
Winfred Compton	---	---	30	30	6	66
Howie Palacios	---	---	35	28	1	64
Kaleb May	---	---	26	27	9	62
Brian Arnold	---	---	22	22	14	58
Rod Preston	23	28	---	---	6	57
Paul Newhart	23	28	---	---	6	57
Troy Bannan	---	---	29	27	1	57
Percy Lubienski	23	28	---	---	6	57
Nicholas Nguyen	23	28	---	---	6	57
Gregory Wagner	23	26	---	---	5	54
Collin Ganser	18	26	---	---	8	52
Jonathan Kovel	17	15	---	---	19	51
Melvin Freeman	---	---	27	21	1	49
Nicholas Stuber	20	28	---	---	---	48
Carlos Flowers	---	---	22	25	1	48
R.J. Altuna	---	---	7	16	19	42
Brady Grant	12	17	---	---	10	39
Levon Murphy	---	---	13	17	9	39
A.J. Bressany	12	5	---	---	13	30
Danny McGinnis	---	---	13	17	---	30
Donnie Burkhardt	---	---	12	17	---	29
J.C. Giles	14	14	---	---	---	28
Ron Nord	14	14	---	---	---	28
Ralph Huffman	4	11	---	---	12	27
Jason Booker	---	---	13	14	---	27
Dexter Garrett	9	14	---	---	---	23
Jaylen Alston	9	14	---	---	---	23
Toby Chandler	---	---	9	11	1	21
Stan Thomason	3	0	---	---	14	17
David Lauer	4	10	---	---	---	14
J.T. Thornton	---	---	6	8	---	14
Gabe Money	0	0	---	---	6	6
Rodolfo Margraff	0	0	---	---	6	6
J.J. Bennett	---	---	0	0	5	5
Hayden Rodgers	0	0	---	---	4	4
Vernon Parker	2	2	---	---	---	4
Jeremy Sawyer	---	---	2	1	---	3
Ike Fleming	0	0	---	---	---	0
Richard Langfahl	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bill Kemp	0	0	---	---	---	0
Quentin Clayton	---	---	0	0	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Matt Merkerson	36	34	---	---	10	80
Joshua Platt	36	38	---	---	---	74
Gustavo Jackson	36	38	---	---	---	74
Mo Yaw	36	38	---	---	---	74
Jeremiah Hill	36	38	---	---	---	74
Owen Schneider	22	27	---	---	20	69
Manuel Small	---	---	17	18	19	54
Maurice Shepard	28	26	---	---	---	54
Matthew Coffey	---	---	23	28	---	51
Rusty Bonjour	---	---	23	27	---	50
Les Lane	---	---	21	27	1	49
Claude Devine	---	---	21	22	6	49
Roger Raphael	19	15	---	---	15	49
Nolan Harden	---	---	23	25	---	48
Derrick Parrish	---	---	20	23	---	43
Nicky Ihler	---	---	20	23	---	43
Gus Moffatt	---	---	19	24	---	43
Mercury Garner	18	24	---	---	---	42
Walt Capriglione	18	24	---	---	---	42
Aiden Bernard	---	---	14	16	10	40
Chuck Sanders	---	---	11	9	19	39
Nicolas Davidds	18	14	---	---	6	38
Jason Folau	18	14	---	---	6	38
Brendan Frederick	15	22	---	---	---	37
Drake Diaz	18	17	---	---	---	35
Victor Fleming	6	6	---	---	20	32
Clay Newman	---	---	7	18	2	27
Alejandro Shaye	10	9	---	---	8	27
Bryant Thagcher	10	10	---	---	4	24
Craig Harris	---	---	9	14	---	23
Micah McConnell	8	12	---	---	---	20
Burt Aiton	8	11	---	---	1	20
Darrell Hartsfield	---	---	4	4	12	20
Sedrick Tefft	---	---	8	10	---	18
Javier Kennedy	---	---	4	3	9	16
Billy Price	---	---	7	8	---	15
Dylan Peterson	0	1	---	---	8	9
Parker Karluk	---	---	2	7	---	9
Jameson Rayburn	---	---	0	0	9	9
Carlos Hitchcock	---	---	0	2	6	8
Quentin Lake	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jermaine Allan	0	0	---	---	6	6
R.J. Bartlett	0	0	---	---	6	6
Javier Rhodes	0	0	---	---	6	6
Grant Buchanon	0	0	---	---	5	5
Chad Nattiel	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	28	9.3
Middle	13	43	3.3
Right	6	51	8.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	41	3.7
Middle	14	60	4.3
Right	11	26	2.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dexter Garrett	14	7	0	0	1	3	1	0	1
J.C. Giles	13	10	2	1	0	1	1	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Maurice Shepard	25	16	1	1	2	1	5	4	0
Micah McConnell	11	9	2	0	0	1	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	28	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	8	75	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	105	13.1
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	18	150	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	3	46	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	38	9.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Collin Ganser	7	5	0	68	0	26
WR Gregory Wagner	6	4	0	2	0	26
WR Ralph Huffman	4	2	0	88	2	11
RB Nicholas Stuber	3	1	1	7	0	28
TE Jonathan Kovel	2	1	0	6	0	15
FB A.J. Bressany	2	1	0	5	0	5
TE Brady Grant	2	2	0	29	0	17
TE Vernon Parker	1	1	0	3	0	2

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mo Yaw	8	6	0	37	0	38
WR Matt Merkerson	8	5	0	63	1	34
WR Roger Raphael	6	4	1	20	0	15
TE Drake Diaz	4	3	0	51	1	17
RB Owen Schneider	3	1	1	2	0	27
WR Bryant Thagcher	3	3	0	19	0	10
TE Brendan Frederick	2	2	0	27	1	22
RB Burt Aiton	1	0	0	0	0	11
TE Victor Fleming	1	1	0	15	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Nicholas Stuber	2	0	0.00	5.82
J.C. Giles	1	-1	-1.00	4.00
Dexter Garrett	1	2	2.00	3.00

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Owen Schneider	1	3	3.00	1.76

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.C. Giles	3	3	21	7.00	13.15
Dexter Garrett	1	0	0	0.00	2.64

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Maurice Shepard	1	1	15	15.00	5.68

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Collin Ganser	2	1	18	9.00	9.71
TE Vernon Parker	1	1	3	3.00	3.00
WR Gregory Wagner	1	1	0	0.00	0.33

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Victor Fleming	1	1	15	15.00	15.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Nicholas Stuber	2	1

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Maurice Shepard	2	1
Owen Schneider	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dexter Garrett	5	2	1
J.C. Giles	3	2	1

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Maurice Shepard	11	8	7
Micah McConnell	3	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Gregory Wagner	3	1	1
TE Jonathan Kovel	1	1	0
TE Vernon Parker	1	1	1
FB A.J. Bressany	1	1	0
WR Ralph Huffman	1	0	0
RB Nicholas Stuber	1	0	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mo Yaw	3	3	2
WR Matt Merkerson	3	2	2
WR Roger Raphael	3	2	2
RB Owen Schneider	2	1	1
TE Victor Fleming	1	1	1
TE Drake Diaz	1	0	0
WR Bryant Thagcher	1	1	1

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Club Seats 7,200 (7,400)
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