Vikings 23-6 Texans (23 Dec, 2012) Box Score

Minnesota Vikings

9-6, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	7	6	3	7	23
HOU	3	0	3	0	6

Houston Texans

12-3, 6-2 home

Minnesota Passing


Christian Ponder
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
16/30	174	5.8	1	0	1-3	77.0	81.8
16/30	171	5.8	1	0	1-3	--	81.8

Houston Passing


Matt Schaub
T.J. Yates
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	SACKS	QBR	RTG
18/32	178	5.6	3-25	21.2	72.1
0/1	0	0.0	1-0	9.2	39.6
18/33	153	5.4	4-25	--	70.0

Minnesota Rushing


Adrian Peterson
Christian Ponder
Toby Gerhart
Jarius Wright
Matt Asiata
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25	86	3.4	0	21
7	48	6.9	0	29
8	31	3.9	1	6
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	1	1.0	0	1
42	174	4.1	1	29

Houston Rushing


Ben Tate
Arian Foster
Justin Forsett
T.J. Yates
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	17	4.3	13
10	15	1.5	8
1	4	4.0	4
1	-2	-2.0	-2
16	34	2.1	13

Minnesota Receiving


Jarius Wright
Michael Jenkins
Kyle Rudolph
Jerome Simpson
Toby Gerhart
Adrian Peterson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
5	53	10.6	0	21	9
2	41	20.5	0	32	3
3	39	13.0	1	27	6
4	32	8.0	0	17	5
1	5	5.0	0	5	2
1	4	4.0	0	4	2
16	174	10.9	1	32	27

Houston Receiving


Andre Johnson
Owen Daniels
Arian Foster
Garrett Graham
Kevin Walter
James Casey
DeVier Posey
Ben Tate
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
7	97	13.9	19	10
3	27	9.0	14	7
2	14	7.0	11	3
2	14	7.0	12	2
1	12	12.0	12	3
1	6	6.0	6	1
1	6	6.0	6	6
1	2	2.0	2	1
18	178	9.9	19	33

Minnesota Fumbles


Christian Ponder
Everson Griffen
A.J. Jefferson
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	1	2

Houston Fumbles


T.J. Yates
Arian Foster
Bradie James
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	1	0
0	0	1
3	2	1

Minnesota Defensive



Harrison Smith
A.J. Jefferson
Chad Greenway
Antoine Winfield
Fred Evans
Kevin Williams
Jasper Brinkley
Erin Henderson
Jared Allen
Matt Asiata
Tyrone McKenzie
Phil Loadholt
Chris Cook
Everson Griffen
Marcus Sherels
Mistral Raymond
Larry Dean
Rhett Ellison
Robert Blanton
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	1	0	1	1	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	1	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	1	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	2	0	0	2	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	2	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	42	4	0	5	0	0

Houston Defensive



Glover Quin
Antonio Smith
Johnathan Joseph
Danieal Manning
Tim Dobbins
Bradie James
Brooks Reed
Kareem Jackson
J.J. Watt
Brandon Harris
Connor Barwin
Darryl Sharpton
Roc Carmichael
Bryan Braman
Jesse Nading
James Casey
Earl Mitchell
Garrett Graham
Shiloh Keo
Derek Newton
DeVier Posey
Jared Crick
Eddie Pleasant
Barrett Ruud
Whitney Mercilus
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	9	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	1	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	1	1	0
5	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	3	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	59	1	0	5	0	0

Minnesota Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Minnesota Interceptions

Houston Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Houston Interceptions

Minnesota Kick Returns


Marcus Sherels
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	54	27.0	27	0
2	54	27.0	27	0

Houston Kick Returns


Keshawn Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	84	21.0	24	0
4	84	21.0	24	0

Minnesota Punt Returns


Marcus Sherels
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	50	8.3	19	0
6	50	8.3	19	0

Houston Punt Returns


Keshawn Martin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	16	8.0	11	0
2	16	8.0	11	0

Minnesota Kicking


Blair Walsh
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	56	2/2	11
3/3	100.0	56	2/2	11

Houston Kicking


Shayne Graham
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	51	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	51	0/0	6

Minnesota Punting


Chris Kluwe
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	182	45.5	0	1	51
4	182	45.5	0	1	51

Houston Punting


Donnie Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	353	50.4	0	2	65
7	353	50.4	0	2	65

NRG Stadium

6:00 PM, 23 December 2012

Houston, TX

Attendance: 71,688

Referees:
John Parry

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Detroit	12	5	.706	461	395
Green Bay	9	8	.529	383	350
Minnesota	7	10	.412	344	362
Chicago	7	10	.412	360	379

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	10	7	.588	377	353
Jacksonville	9	8	.529	377	371
Indianapolis	9	8	.529	396	415
Tennessee	6	11	.353	305	367

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