Week 1, 2020

played in Detroit, MI

44 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	9	7	0	7	-	23
Detroit Lions	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:30 MIN - Hector Dawson 77 pass from Thurman Sims (Diego Young extra point failed)
1Q: 00:05 MIN - Diego Young 42 field goal
2Q: 01:46 MIN - Omar Peters 7 pass from Thurman Sims (Diego Young extra point)
4Q: 10:13 MIN - Owen Schneider 3 run (Diego Young extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:30 MIN - Hector Dawson 77 pass from Thurman Sims (Diego Young extra point failed)
1Q: 00:05 MIN - Diego Young 42 field goal
2Q: 01:46 MIN - Omar Peters 7 pass from Thurman Sims (Diego Young extra point)
4Q: 10:13 MIN - Owen Schneider 3 run (Diego Young extra point)

Team Statistics MIN DET
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 20 14
- by Rushing 3 4
- by Passing 15 9
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 327 283
- Offensive Plays 64 64
- Yards per Play 5.11 4.42
Net Rushing Yards 72 68
- Rushing Attempts 32 18
- Yards per Rush 2.25 3.78
Net Passing Yards 255 215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 19 - 0 42 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 275 235
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/20 4/20
- Yards per Pass Play 7.97 4.67
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 4/2
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.1 9.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 2/18 7/50
Punt Returns/Yards 1/25 2/26
Kick Returns/Yards 1/23 2/44
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 26
Time of Possession 31:38 28:22

Team Statistics	MIN	DET
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	20	14
- by Rushing	3	4
- by Passing	15	9
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	327	283
- Offensive Plays	64	64
- Yards per Play	5.11	4.42
Net Rushing Yards	72	68
- Rushing Attempts	32	18
- Yards per Rush	2.25	3.78
Net Passing Yards	255	215
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 19 - 0	42 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	275	235
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/20	4/20
- Yards per Pass Play	7.97	4.67
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	4/2
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.1	9.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	2/18	7/50
Punt Returns/Yards	1/25	2/26
Kick Returns/Yards	1/23	2/44
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 26
Time of Possession	31:38	28:22

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:30	0:19	OWN 23	1	77	Touchdown
1	10:55	4:40	OWN 17	8	70	Missed FG
1	2:03	2:03	OPP 26	3	1	Field Goal
2	12:08	2:39	OWN 39	5	17	Punt
2	4:34	1:33	OWN 10	3	-6	Punt
2	3:01	1:22	OPP 42	6	42	Touchdown
3	15:00	4:43	OWN 32	7	43	Punt
3	7:58	1:38	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
3	5:04	0:58	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
3	2:13	7:09	OWN 20	15	80	Touchdown
4	5:32	4:29	OWN 6	9	32	Punt
4	0:20	0:20	OPP 9	1	-2	Game

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:30	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
1	13:11	2:16	OWN 25	3	-14	Punt
1	6:15	4:12	OWN 23	8	44	Missed FG
2	15:00	2:52	OWN 18	5	14	Punt
2	9:29	4:55	OWN 18	9	72	Fumble
2	1:39	1:39	OWN 31	7	24	Punt
3	10:17	2:19	OWN 20	5	25	Punt
3	6:20	1:16	OPP 38	3	1	Punt
3	4:06	1:53	OWN 43	3	3	Punt
4	10:04	4:32	OWN 25	14	69	Downs
4	1:03	0:43	OWN 4	4	5	Downs

Game MVP: Thurman Sims, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Omar Peters	18	34	1.89	5	0
Thurman Sims	5	13	2.60	7	0
Chase Conway	4	16	4.00	9	0
Owen Schneider	4	5	1.25	4	1
Kristopher Saldivar	1	4	4.00	4	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Hector Wonders	9	35	3.89	11	1
Derrick Duff	5	6	1.20	6	0
Micah McConnell	4	27	6.75	9	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Thurman Sims	29	19	275	3/20	2	77	0	119.1

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Micah McConnell	38	23	230	4/20	0	32	0	77.7
Bart McNown	4	2	5	0/0	0	6	0	56.3

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Mo Yaw	6	8	68	11.33	17	30	0
WR Amari Grujin	2	3	21	10.50	0	14	0
TE Stanley Nolan	2	2	33	16.50	20	18	0
WR Hector Dawson	2	3	94	47.00	75	77	1
RB Omar Peters	2	2	13	6.50	3	7	1
RB Chase Conway	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
TE Neil Cobb	1	4	10	10.00	7	10	0
FB Quinn Conley	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Kristopher Saldivar	1	1	22	22.00	17	22	0
RB Owen Schneider	1	1	9	9.00	1	9	0
TE Jace Lutzen	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Calvin Smithson	5	9	96	19.20	63	31
TE Reginald Fariman	4	5	36	9.00	14	22
WR Kent Arora	3	3	42	14.00	29	32
RB Hector Wonders	3	5	18	6.00	11	9
WR Vincent Sanderson	2	2	9	4.50	0	6
RB Derrick Duff	2	7	4	2.00	4	2
FB Jameson Castillo	2	3	10	5.00	0	6
TE Buddy Sanderson	2	3	13	6.50	1	9
WR Bobby Chedsey	2	2	7	3.50	4	4
TE Ted Crotti	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Recov	Force
Bennett Patton	1	0
James Bey	1	0
Deon Boselli	0	1
Rex McNeil	0	1
Kurt Adams	0	1
Gino Banks	0	1

Detroit	Fumb	Recov
Micah McConnell	2	0
Derrick Duff	1	0
Luke Wand	1	0
Walt Dukes	0	2

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steven Duckworth	6	243	40.5	32.8	58	2

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Irving Eatherton	7	349	49.9	34.9	60	1

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Diego Young	1/2	1/1	0/0	42	2/3

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ernie Fletcher	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kristopher Saldivar	1	25	25.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Luke Wand	2	26	13.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Hector Dawson	1	23	23.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Clay Stanislaw	1	29	29.0	0
Hector Wonders	1	15	15.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Kurt Adams	7	1	0.0	10	27
CB Manuel Souza	6	0	0.0	11	30
S Matthew Coffey	5	0	0.0	18	46
S Allen Farley	4	0	0.0	10	26
DE Deon Boselli	3	0	2.5	18	45
DT James Bey	3	0	1.0	12	26
S Corey Katz	3	3	0.0	13	38
ILB Terry Lopez	3	2	0.0	13	30
CB Jesse Osborne	3	1	0.0	15	34
OLB Gino Banks	3	0	0.0	9	15
CB Christian Barthwell	2	1	0.0	13	28
DE Joe Huffman	2	0	0.0	11	26
DT Ernie Frye	1	1	0.0	7	19
S Russell Brown	1	1	0.0	9	28
ILB Connor Brees	1	0	0.0	5	19
DT Norm Morton	0	1	0.5	5	17

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Diego Collier	9	1	0.0	31	29
OLB Al Foltz	9	1	0.0	31	32
S Maxwell Grolsko	6	1	0.0	29	30
DE Sergio George	5	3	1.0	29	26
DT Neal Barlow	4	0	0.0	20	24
CB Dalton Murphy	4	0	0.0	32	32
S Luke Wand	3	2	0.0	30	32
CB Roberto Gilman	2	1	0.0	23	22
CB Clay Stanislaw	2	0	0.0	17	11
DT Ian Richardson	1	3	1.0	24	27
DE Ronnie Smith	1	1	1.0	28	25
OLB Ian Bradley	1	2	0.0	18	18
DE Aidan Fitzgerald	1	1	0.0	12	14
DT Alec Peters	1	0	0.0	12	7
CB Sebastian Everett	1	0	0.0	10	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Deon Boselli	2.5	2	45
DT James Bey	1.0	2	26
DT Norm Morton	0.5	0	17
DE Derrick Parrish	0.0	1	39

Detroit	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Sergio George	1.0	2	1	26
DE Ronnie Smith	1.0	1	2	25
DT Ian Richardson	1.0	0	0	27

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Manuel Souza	6	2	30
OLB Kurt Adams	4	0	27
S Allen Farley	3	1	26
CB Jesse Osborne	3	0	34
S Matthew Coffey	2	1	46
S Corey Katz	1	1	38
S Russell Brown	1	1	28
DT Ernie Frye	1	0	19
ILB Terry Lopez	1	0	30
ILB Connor Brees	1	0	19
OLB Gino Banks	1	0	15
CB Christian Barthwell	1	0	28

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Dalton Murphy	4	1	32
ILB Diego Collier	4	1	29
S Maxwell Grolsko	4	0	30
OLB Al Foltz	3	0	32
S Luke Wand	2	1	32
CB Sebastian Everett	1	0	10
CB Roberto Gilman	1	0	22

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Vinny Wooldridge	1	9	32	2	32
Jacob Mariotti	1	8	32	0	32
Bennett Patton	1	4	32	0	32
Ted Alexander	0	4	32	1	32
Nicolas Davidds	0	4	32	0	32

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Walt Dukes	3	6	18	1	46
Jack Sallee	1	1	18	2	46
K.C. Palmer	0	4	18	0	46
Stanley Sumter	0	3	18	0	46
Reginald Fariman	0	0	15	1	32

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Rex McNeil	2	11
Chase Conway	1	14
Terry Lopez	1	12

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Buddy Sanderson	1	19
Sebastian Everett	1	13
Diego Collier	1	11

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bennett Patton	32	32	---	---	8	72
Jacob Mariotti	32	32	---	---	8	72
Ted Alexander	32	32	---	---	8	72
Nicolas Davidds	32	32	---	---	8	72
Matthew Coffey	---	---	18	46	2	66
Vinny Wooldridge	32	32	---	---	---	64
Deon Boselli	---	---	18	45	1	64
Thurman Sims	32	32	---	---	---	64
Corey Katz	---	---	13	38	13	64
Neil Cobb	29	29	---	---	---	58
Kurt Adams	---	---	10	27	20	57
Jesse Osborne	---	---	15	34	8	57
Terry Lopez	---	---	13	30	12	55
Derrick Parrish	---	---	15	39	1	55
Manuel Souza	---	---	11	30	13	54
Hector Dawson	25	25	---	---	2	52
Mo Yaw	23	26	---	---	---	49
Stanley Nolan	12	15	---	---	21	48
Joe Huffman	---	---	11	26	7	44
Christian Barthwell	---	---	13	28	1	42
James Bey	---	---	12	26	1	39
Russell Brown	---	---	9	28	1	38
Allen Farley	---	---	10	26	---	36
Omar Peters	21	15	---	---	---	36
Quinn Conley	9	9	---	---	15	33
Chase Conway	5	13	---	---	14	32
Kristopher Saldivar	12	6	---	---	14	32
Connor Brees	---	---	5	19	8	32
Amari Grujin	14	12	---	---	3	29
Norm Morton	---	---	5	17	5	27
Ernie Frye	---	---	7	19	---	26
Gino Banks	---	---	9	15	---	24
Buddy Henderson	---	---	4	12	3	19
Walter Borders	0	3	---	---	11	14
Rex McNeil	0	0	---	---	11	11
Owen Schneider	6	3	---	---	---	9
Johnathan Meier	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jace Lutzen	4	4	---	---	---	8
Diego Young	0	0	---	---	7	7
Steven Duckworth	0	0	---	---	6	6
J.C. Giles	0	0	---	---	2	2
Johnny Adams	---	---	0	1	---	1
Peter Green	0	0	---	---	---	0
Donnie Evanswhite	0	0	---	---	---	0
Myron Richard	---	---	0	0	---	0
Reggie Osborne	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
K.C. Palmer	18	46	---	---	8	72
Jack Sallee	18	46	---	---	8	72
Stanley Sumter	18	46	---	---	8	72
Brayden Luce	18	46	---	---	8	72
Diego Collier	---	---	31	29	11	71
Luke Wand	---	---	30	32	8	70
Dalton Murphy	---	---	32	32	2	66
Al Foltz	---	---	31	32	2	65
Walt Dukes	18	46	---	---	---	64
Micah McConnell	18	42	---	---	1	61
Maxwell Grolsko	---	---	29	30	1	60
Calvin Smithson	16	43	---	---	1	60
Ian Bradley	---	---	18	18	20	56
Sergio George	---	---	29	26	1	56
Ronnie Smith	---	---	28	25	2	55
Ian Richardson	---	---	24	27	1	52
Reginald Fariman	15	32	---	---	1	48
Neal Barlow	---	---	20	24	2	46
Roberto Gilman	---	---	23	22	1	46
Vincent Sanderson	13	31	---	---	---	44
Hector Wonders	9	21	---	---	14	44
Clay Stanislaw	---	---	17	11	12	40
Sebastian Everett	---	---	10	10	13	33
Kent Arora	11	22	---	---	---	33
Aidan Fitzgerald	---	---	12	14	7	33
Jameson Castillo	4	14	---	---	13	31
Ted Crotti	7	24	---	---	---	31
Derrick Duff	8	21	---	---	---	29
Buddy Sanderson	3	6	---	---	19	28
Tony Fridlund	2	12	---	---	13	27
Christopher Humphries	---	---	1	5	15	21
Ivan Ford	---	---	2	5	13	20
Alec Peters	---	---	12	7	---	19
Kelly Douglas	---	---	0	3	10	13
Bobby Chedsey	2	4	---	---	5	11
Xavier Arntson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Irving Eatherton	0	0	---	---	7	7
Everett Farrell	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bart McNown	0	4	---	---	---	4
Ernie Fletcher	0	0	---	---	2	2
Cody Alcott	---	---	2	0	---	2
Damon Hanson	---	---	1	0	---	1
Josue Mueller	0	0	---	---	---	0
Maurice Kariger	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jake Becker	---	---	0	0	---	0
Dennis Cole	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	8	2.0
Middle	20	57	2.9
Right	7	9	1.3
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	0	0.0
Middle	15	53	3.5
Right	2	15	7.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Thurman Sims	29	19	3	3	1	3	3	3	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Micah McConnell	38	23	4	1	5	4	5	0	0
Bart McNown	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	6	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	15	208	9.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	2	31	7.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	30	30.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	12	8	85	7.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	13	109	7.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	41	3.7
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mo Yaw	8	6	0	68	1	26
TE Neil Cobb	4	1	0	10	0	29
WR Amari Grujin	3	2	1	21	0	12
RB Chase Conway	3	1	0	-1	0	13
WR Hector Dawson	3	2	0	94	1	25
TE Stanley Nolan	2	2	0	33	0	15
RB Omar Peters	2	2	0	13	0	15
TE Jace Lutzen	1	0	0	0	0	4
FB Quinn Conley	1	1	0	6	0	9
WR Kristopher Saldivar	1	1	0	22	1	6
RB Owen Schneider	1	1	0	9	0	3

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Calvin Smithson	9	5	2	96	2	43
RB Derrick Duff	7	2	2	4	0	21
TE Reginald Fariman	5	4	0	36	1	32
RB Hector Wonders	5	3	0	18	0	21
WR Kent Arora	3	3	0	42	1	22
FB Jameson Castillo	3	2	1	10	0	14
TE Buddy Sanderson	3	2	0	13	0	6
TE Ted Crotti	3	0	0	0	0	24
WR Vincent Sanderson	2	2	0	9	0	31
WR Bobby Chedsey	2	2	0	7	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Omar Peters	3	6	2.00	1.89
Thurman Sims	2	5	2.50	2.60
Owen Schneider	1	3	3.00	1.25

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Micah McConnell	1	5	5.00	6.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Thurman Sims	5	3	22	4.40	9.48

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Micah McConnell	4	2	13	3.25	6.05

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jace Lutzen	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Hector Dawson	1	0	0	0.00	31.33
FB Quinn Conley	1	1	6	6.00	6.00
RB Omar Peters	1	1	7	7.00	6.50
WR Mo Yaw	1	1	9	9.00	8.50

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Buddy Sanderson	1	0	0	0.00	4.33
RB Hector Wonders	1	0	0	0.00	3.60
WR Calvin Smithson	1	1	10	10.00	10.67
WR Bobby Chedsey	1	1	3	3.00	3.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Chase Conway	2	2
Thurman Sims	1	0
Owen Schneider	1	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Micah McConnell	4	2

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Thurman Sims	9	5	4

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Micah McConnell	10	5	3
Bart McNown	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Amari Grujin	2	2	2
RB Chase Conway	2	1	0
TE Neil Cobb	1	0	0
TE Jace Lutzen	1	0	0
WR Hector Dawson	1	1	1
FB Quinn Conley	1	1	1
WR Mo Yaw	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Derrick Duff	6	1	0
WR Calvin Smithson	2	2	2
TE Reginald Fariman	1	1	1
TE Ted Crotti	1	0	0
WR Bobby Chedsey	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,800 (21,400)
End Zone 14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,800 (21,400)
End Zone	14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)