Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 33 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 14 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 52 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Q | |
| 12:11 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Alvin Kamara 40 Yd Run (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| 8:46 | Minnesota Vikings touchdown. Dalvin Cook 15 Yd Run (Dan Bailey Kick) |
| 5:10 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Alvin Kamara 1 Yd Run (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| 2nd Q | |
| 14:12 | New Orleans Saints field goal. Wil Lutz 30 Yd Field Goal |
| 10:14 | Minnesota Vikings touchdown. Mike Boone 4 Yd Run (Dan Bailey Kick) |
| 0:38 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Alvin Kamara 5 Yd Run (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| 3rd Q | |
| 9:41 | Minnesota Vikings touchdown. Irv Smith Jr. 2 Yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey PAT failed) |
| 4:38 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Alvin Kamara 6 Yd Run (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| 0:22 | Minnesota Vikings touchdown. Irv Smith Jr. 4 Yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey Kick) |
| 4th Q | |
| 12:01 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Alvin Kamara 7 Yd Run (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| 4:00 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Taysom Hill 1 Yd Run (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| 2:10 | Minnesota Vikings touchdown. Adam Thielen 1 Yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) |
| 1:50 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Alvin Kamara 3 Yd Run (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Total first downs | 25 | 36 |
| First downs from rushing | 6 | 21 |
| First downs from passing | 17 | 14 |
| First downs from penalties | 2 | 1 |
| Third down | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Third downs attempted | 9 | 9 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 33 % | 56 % |
| Fourth down | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Fourth downs attempted | 2 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 50 % | 100 % |
| Offense | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Total yards | 364 | 583 |
| Total rushing yards | 90 | 264 |
| Total passing yards | 274 | 319 |
| Total offensive plays | 60 | 73 |
| Average yards per play | 11 | 11 |
| Time of possession | 23:13 | 36:47 |
| Rushing | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Total rushing plays | 17 | 45 |
| Total rushing yards | 90 | 264 |
| Average yards per rush | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 7 |
| Passing | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Passes attempted | 41 | 28 |
| Passes completed | 27 | 21 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.4 | 11.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 4 |
| Penalty yards | 20 | 38 |
| Turnovers | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 2 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 2 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Dalvin Cook | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Ameer Abdullah | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Mike Boone | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Alvin Kamara | 22 | 155 | 7.0 | 6 | 40 | ||||
| Latavius Murray | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Taysom Hill | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Emmanuel Sanders | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Michael Burton | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Drew Brees | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Kirk Cousins | 41 | 27 | 66 % | 291 | 7.1 | 3 | 0 | 2-17 | 67.1 |
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Drew Brees | 26 | 19 | 73 % | 311 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 80.3 |
| Taysom Hill | 2 | 2 | 100 % | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 79.2 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Adam Thielen | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Justin Jefferson | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Irv Smith Jr. | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Tyler Conklin | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Bisi Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Dalvin Cook | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ameer Abdullah | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Emmanuel Sanders | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Jared Cook | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | 44 | ||||
| Adam Trautman | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Marquez Callaway | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Latavius Murray | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Taysom Hill | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Juwan Johnson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Alvin Kamara | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Michael Burton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ty Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Austin Carr | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Kirk Cousins | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Dalvin Cook | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Hardy Nickerson | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Harrison Hand | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Blake Lynch | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Wilson | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harrison Smith | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anthony Harris | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Gladney | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hardy Nickerson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hercules Mata'afa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shamar Stephen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Jones | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaleel Johnson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harrison Hand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Armon Watts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Yarbrough | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Connelly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ifeadi Odenigbo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.J. Wonnum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Chisena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Dantzler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Demario Davis | 8 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 7 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marshon Lattimore | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P.J. Williams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Janoris Jenkins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.J. Swearinger | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kwon Alexander | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Onyemata | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jared Cook | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emmanuel Sanders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Anzalone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Granderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Roach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Davenport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shy Tuttle | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Ty Montgomery | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwayne Washington | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Marquez Callaway | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Austin Carr | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Dan Bailey | 0/0 | 0 | 3/4 | 3 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Wil Lutz | 1/1 | 30 | 7/7 | 10 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Britton Colquitt | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 0 | 2 | 55 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| None | |||||||||
Last updated on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 11:10 PM.