Minnesota Vikings vs. St. Louis Rams - Box Score - December 16, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Dec 16, 2012

Final

Vikings 36

(8-6, 2-5 away)

Rams 22

(6-7-1, 4-4 home)

Alerts

Coverage: FOX

1:00 PM ET, December 16, 2012

Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	7	23	3	3	36
STL	0	7	0	15	22

Top Performers

Passing: S. Bradford (STL) - 377 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT

Rushing: A. Peterson (MIN) - 24 CAR, 212 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving: B. Gibson (STL) - 6 REC, 76 YDS

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER				MIN	STL
	TD	07:07	Christian Ponder 5 Yd Run (Blair Walsh Kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER				MIN	STL
	TD	12:39	Brian Quick 4 Yd Pass From Sam Bradford (Greg Zuerlein Kick)	7	7
	TD	12:21	Adrian Peterson 82 Yd Run (Blair Walsh Kick)	14	7
	FG	09:11	Blair Walsh 50 Yd	17	7
	TD	08:25	Everson Griffen 29 Yd Interception Return (Blair Walsh Kick)	24	7
	FG	03:11	Blair Walsh 38 Yd	27	7
	FG	00:00	Blair Walsh 42 Yd	30	7
THIRD QUARTER				MIN	STL
	FG	05:56	Blair Walsh 53 Yd	33	7
FOURTH QUARTER				MIN	STL
	TD	13:39	Danny Amendola 6 Yd Pass From Sam Bradford (Greg Zuerlein Kick)	33	14
	TD	07:48	Lance Kendricks 6 Yd Pass From Sam Bradford (Sam Bradford Pass To Danny Amendola For Two-Point Conversion)	33	22
	FG	05:31	Blair Walsh 51 Yd	36	22

Team Stat Comparison

	MIN	STL
1st Downs	18	29
Passing 1st downs	9	23
Rushing 1st downs	8	4
1st downs from Penalties	1	2
3rd down efficiency	2-11	3-13
4th down efficiency	1-1	1-3
Total Plays	59	77
Total Yards	322	432
Yards per play	5.5	5.6
Total Drives	13	12
Passing	109	345
Comp - Att	17-24	35-55
Yards per pass	4.5	6.3
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Sacks - Yards Lost	2-22	4-32
Rushing	213	87
Rushing Attempts	33	18
Yards per rush	6.5	4.8
Red Zone (Made-Att)	1-2	3-4
Penalties	3-49	8-47
Turnovers	0	2
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	0	1
Defensive / Special Teams TDs	1	0
Possession	30:27	29:33

Minnesota Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
C. Ponder	17/24	131	5.5	0	0	2-22	96.9	83.9
Team	17/24	109	4.5	0	0	2-22	--	--

St. Louis Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
S. Bradford	35/55	377	6.9	3	1	4-32	58.6	94.3
Team	35/55	345	6.3	3	1	4-32	--	--

Minnesota Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
A. Peterson	24	212	8.8	1	82
C. Ponder	4	6	1.5	1	5
T. Gerhart	5	-5	-1.0	0	2
Team	33	213	6.5	2	82

St. Louis Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
S. Jackson	13	73	5.6	0	15
S. Bradford	2	9	4.5	0	9
D. Richardson	3	5	1.7	0	3
Team	18	87	4.8	0	15

Minnesota Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG	TGTS
J. Simpson	4	27	6.8	0	13	6
K. Rudolph	3	22	7.3	0	14	4
S. Burton	3	22	7.3	0	13	4
T. Gerhart	2	21	10.5	0	12	3
J. Carlson	3	17	5.7	0	14	3
M. Jenkins	1	11	11.0	0	11	2
J. Wright	1	11	11.0	0	11	2
Team	17	131	7.7	0	14	24

St. Louis Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG	TGTS
B. Gibson	6	76	12.7	0	18	8
S. Jackson	8	73	9.1	0	18	10
D. Amendola	6	58	9.7	1	26	12
A. Pettis	5	55	11.0	0	23	6
L. Kendricks	3	35	11.7	1	16	5
D. Richardson	3	25	8.3	0	13	6
C. Givens	1	22	22.0	0	22	4
C. Harkey	1	21	21.0	0	21	1
B. Quick	2	12	6.0	1	8	3
Team	35	377	10.8	3	26	55

Minnesota Fumbles
	FUM	LOST	REC
C. Ponder	1	0	0
J. Simpson	1	0	0
C. Greenway	0	0	1
Team	2	0	1

St. Louis Fumbles
	FUM	LOST	REC
S. Wells	1	1	0
J. Jenkins	1	0	0
Team	2	1	0

Minnesota Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
E. Griffen	1	29	1
Team	1	29	1

St. Louis Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
Team	0	0	0

Minnesota Defensive
	TACKLES				MISC
	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
C. Greenway	14	13	1	2	0	1	0
H. Smith	10	9	0	0	0	0	0
J. Robinson	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
A. Jefferson	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
C. Ballard	3	3	1	1	0	2	0
A. Winfield	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
J. Sanford	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
J. Brinkley	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
E. Henderson	2	2	1	1	0	2	0
R. Blanton	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
B. Robison	1	1	1	1	0	1	0
M. Mitchell	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
E. Griffen	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
M. Sherels	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
C. Loeffler	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
M. Asiata	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
J. Allen	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
L. Guion	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
K. Williams	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team	59	57	4	5	5	8	1

St. Louis Defensive
	TACKLES				MISC
	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
J. Jenkins	8	8	0	1	0	0	0
J. Dunbar	6	6	0	3	0	1	0
C. Finnegan	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
J. Laurinaitis	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
Q. Mikell	5	5	1	0	0	1	0
W. Hayes	4	4	0	2	0	0	0
C. Dahl	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
E. Sims	2	2	1	1	0	1	0
K. Langford	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
C. Long	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
B. Richardson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
M. Brockers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
R. Quinn	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
T. Johnson	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
R. McIntosh	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
J. Cole	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
M. Haggan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	52	52	2	10	1	3	0

Minnesota Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M. Sherels	1	24	24.0	24	0
Team	1	24	24.0	24	0

St. Louis Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
C. Givens	2	29	14.5	19	0
Team	2	29	14.5	19	0

Minnesota Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
M. Sherels	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team	1	15	15.0	15	0

St. Louis Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
D. Amendola	3	13	4.3	17	0
J. Jenkins	0	3	0.0	3	0
Team	3	16	5.3	17	0

Minnesota Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
B. Walsh	5/5	100.0	53	3/3	18
Team	5/5	100.0	53	3/3	18

St. Louis Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
G. Zuerlein	0/1	0.0	--	2/2	2
Team	0/1	0.0	--	2/2	2

Minnesota Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
C. Kluwe	4	182	45.5	0	2	50
Team	4	182	45.5	0	2	50

St. Louis Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
J. Hekker	4	164	41.0	0	1	55
Team	4	164	41.0	0	1	55

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