Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 8:12 | Minnesota Vikings touchdown. Alexander Mattison 15 Yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 8:57 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Chris Olave 4 Yd pass from Andy Dalton (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| 1:04 | Minnesota Vikings field goal. Greg Joseph 28 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:00 | Minnesota Vikings field goal. Greg Joseph 36 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:23 | Minnesota Vikings field goal. Greg Joseph 24 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:49 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Latavius Murray 1 Yd Run (Wil Lutz Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 14:14 | Minnesota Vikings field goal. Greg Joseph 46 Yd Field Goal |
| 9:29 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Taysom Hill 2 Yd Run (Andy Dalton Pass to Jarvis Landry for Two-Point Conversion) |
| 4:15 | Minnesota Vikings touchdown. Justin Jefferson 3 Yd Run (Greg Joseph PAT failed) |
| 1:51 | New Orleans Saints field goal. Wil Lutz 60 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:24 | Minnesota Vikings field goal. Greg Joseph 47 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Total first downs | 23 | 19 |
| First downs from rushing | 3 | 8 |
| First downs from passing | 15 | 11 |
| First downs from penalties | 5 | 0 |
| Third down | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 10 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 4 |
| Third down percentage | 36 % | 40 % |
| Fourth down | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Fourth downs attempted | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 100 % | 100 % |
| Offense | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Total yards | 344 | 338 |
| Total rushing yards | 81 | 111 |
| Total passing yards | 263 | 227 |
| Total offensive plays | 67 | 57 |
| Average yards per play | 11 | 10 |
| Time of possession | 32:13 | 27:47 |
| Rushing | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Total rushing plays | 25 | 27 |
| Total rushing yards | 81 | 111 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Passes attempted | 39 | 28 |
| Passes completed | 26 | 20 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.3 | 7.6 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 10 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 102 |
| Turnovers | Minnesota Vikings | New Orleans Saints |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Dalvin Cook | 20 | 76 | 3.8 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Justin Jefferson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Alexander Mattison | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| K.J. Osborn | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Latavius Murray | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Mark Ingram II | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Taysom Hill | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Andy Dalton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Kirk Cousins | 38 | 25 | 66 % | 273 | 7.2 | 1 | 1 | 3-23 | 43.3 |
| Ryan Wright | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | -- |
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Andy Dalton | 28 | 20 | 71 % | 236 | 8.4 | 1 | 0 | 2-9 | 56.9 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Justin Jefferson | 10 | 147 | 14.7 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Adam Thielen | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Irv Smith Jr. | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Alexander Mattison | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Jalen Nailor | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Dalvin Cook | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| K.J. Osborn | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Johnny Mundt | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| C.J. Ham | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jalen Reagor | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Chris Olave | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | 32 | ||||
| Marquez Callaway | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Adam Trautman | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Juwan Johnson | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Tre'Quan Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Mark Ingram II | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Latavius Murray | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jarvis Landry | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Harrison Phillips | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kris Boyd | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Andy Dalton | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Deonte Harty | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Tyrann Mathieu | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Eric Kendricks | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan Hicks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Camryn Bynum | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.J. Wonnum | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harrison Smith | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Dantzler Sr. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chandon Sullivan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danielle Hunter | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dalvin Tomlinson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Peterson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Dye | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Metellus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Za'Darius Smith | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Bullard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.J. Ham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Akayleb Evans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harrison Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kris Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Marshon Lattimore | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Werner | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paulson Adebo | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Demario Davis | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyrann Mathieu | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Jordan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.T. Gray | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shy Tuttle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kentavius Street | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradley Roby | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P.J. Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Payton Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Sorensen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chase Hansen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Davenport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaden Elliss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Kene Nwangwu | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Deonte Harty | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jalen Reagor | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Deonte Harty | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Greg Joseph | 5/5 | 47 | 1/2 | 16 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Wil Lutz | 1/2 | 60 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Ryan Wright | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Blake Gillikin | 4 | 194 | 48.5 | 0 | 1 | 63 | |||
Last updated on Thursday, October 13, 2022 6:25 AM.