Week 9, 2005

played in New Orleans, LA

77 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	3	7	3	13	-	26
New Orleans Saints	0	3	7	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:20 MIN - Phil Dawson 27 field goal
2Q: 12:06 MIN - Frank Gore 48 run (Phil Dawson extra point)
2Q: 05:55 NOS - David Akers 50 field goal
3Q: 09:51 MIN - Phil Dawson 50 field goal
3Q: 05:18 NOS - Warrick Dunn 10 run (David Akers extra point)
4Q: 14:25 MIN - Phil Dawson 38 field goal
4Q: 05:54 MIN - Phil Dawson 34 field goal
4Q: 02:00 MIN - Fred Taylor 2 run (Phil Dawson extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:20 MIN - Phil Dawson 27 field goal
2Q: 12:06 MIN - Frank Gore 48 run (Phil Dawson extra point)
2Q: 05:55 NOS - David Akers 50 field goal
3Q: 09:51 MIN - Phil Dawson 50 field goal
3Q: 05:18 NOS - Warrick Dunn 10 run (David Akers extra point)
4Q: 14:25 MIN - Phil Dawson 38 field goal
4Q: 05:54 MIN - Phil Dawson 34 field goal
4Q: 02:00 MIN - Fred Taylor 2 run (Phil Dawson extra point)

Team Statistics MIN NOS
Record 9-0 4-5
First Downs 19 15
- by Rushing 10 8
- by Passing 8 6
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 404 280
- Offensive Plays 70 60
- Yards per Play 5.77 4.67
Net Rushing Yards 251 112
- Rushing Attempts 44 19
- Yards per Rush 5.70 5.89
Net Passing Yards 153 168
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 17 - 0 40 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 161 173
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/8 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 5.88 4.10
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/17 1/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.2 11.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 6/35 9/68
Punt Returns/Yards 4/63 2/2
Kick Returns/Yards 1/34 2/47
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 27
Time of Possession 35:02 24:58

Team Statistics	MIN	NOS
Record	9-0	4-5
First Downs	19	15
- by Rushing	10	8
- by Passing	8	6
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	404	280
- Offensive Plays	70	60
- Yards per Play	5.77	4.67
Net Rushing Yards	251	112
- Rushing Attempts	44	19
- Yards per Rush	5.70	5.89
Net Passing Yards	153	168
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 17 - 0	40 - 19 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	161	173
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/8	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	5.88	4.10
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/17	1/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.2	11.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	6/35	9/68
Punt Returns/Yards	4/63	2/2
Kick Returns/Yards	1/34	2/47
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 27
Time of Possession	35:02	24:58

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:46	5:31	OWN 27	11	63	Field Goal
1	3:04	1:17	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
2	13:28	1:41	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
2	11:01	1:51	OWN 30	3	7	Punt
2	5:49	3:55	OWN 25	7	34	Punt
2	1:02	0:33	OWN 24	3	8	Punt
3	15:00	5:16	OWN 36	8	31	Field Goal
3	5:12	5:54	OWN 25	12	54	Field Goal
4	12:51	1:48	OWN 25	6	22	Fumble
4	8:25	2:36	OWN 20	4	63	Field Goal
4	4:45	2:56	OPP 24	7	24	Touchdown
4	1:03	1:03	OPP 20	3	-1	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:14	OWN 31	4	17	Punt
1	7:15	4:11	OWN 25	7	35	Punt
1	1:47	3:19	OWN 29	9	34	Punt
2	11:47	0:46	OWN 25	3	-5	Punt
2	9:10	2:00	OWN 19	3	-2	Punt
2	7:10	1:21	OPP 45	7	12	Field Goal
2	1:54	0:52	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	0:29	0:29	OWN 18	1	8	Half
3	9:44	4:32	OWN 11	7	89	Touchdown
4	14:18	1:27	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
4	11:03	2:38	OPP 47	5	36	Interception
4	5:49	1:04	OWN 20	4	4	Downs
4	1:49	0:46	OWN 25	4	-5	Downs

Game MVP: Brian Griese, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Frank Gore	24	165	6.88	52	3	1
RB Fred Taylor	11	36	3.27	11	1	1
QB Brian Griese	8	46	5.75	16	3	0
RB Shaun Ozment	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Warrick Dunn	12	76	6.33	22	4	1
RB Ronnie Brown	6	10	1.67	8	0	0
QB Matt Hasselbeck	1	26	26.00	26	1	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brian Griese	25	17	161	1/8	0	21	0	85.6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Hasselbeck	40	19	173	1/5	0	24	1	49.3

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
FB Nick Goings	4	6	38	9.50	5	11
WR Harold Burnett	4	4	50	12.50	24	21
RB Frank Gore	3	4	26	8.67	18	11
WR Scotty Anderson	2	6	32	16.00	0	16
WR Darnerien McCants	2	2	13	6.50	9	13
RB Fred Taylor	1	1	6	6.00	1	6
TE Jason McKie	1	2	-4	-4.00	0	-4

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Nate Washington	8	11	72	9.00	30	24
WR Joe Horn	5	14	67	13.40	25	23
RB Warrick Dunn	3	4	16	5.33	5	8
TE Jim Hardy	3	6	18	6.00	0	9
WR Todd Pinkston	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Vinny Sutherland	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
DE Cameron Wake	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Frank Gore	2	0	0	0

New Orleans	Recov	Force
OLB Ashermond Singleton	1	0
G Jason Peters	1	0
OLB Steve Foley	0	1
DE Ronald Fields	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	4	186	46.5	41.0	51	2

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
B.J. Sander	7	337	48.1	33.4	62	3

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Dawson	4/4	1/1	1/1	50	2/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Akers	1/1	1/1	1/1	50	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Frank Gore	4	63	15.8	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ronnie Brown	2	2	1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rick McKnight	1	34	34.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Greg Jones	1	17	17.0	0
Reynaldo Hill	1	30	30.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Cameron Wake	5	1	0.0	19	41
ILB Jay Foreman	4	2	0.0	19	41
CB Ryan Clark	4	2	0.0	19	41
OLB Roger Gilmore	4	2	0.0	19	25
S Johndale Carty	4	1	0.0	18	41
DE Calvin Pace	3	0	1.0	19	35
S Brock Williams	3	1	0.0	19	41
CB Randall Gay	3	1	0.0	19	41
ILB Kailey Wong	3	0	0.0	10	8
ILB Brad Lewis	2	0	0.0	1	8
DE Mike Rucker	1	1	0.0	19	41
CB Kris Richard	1	1	0.0	9	33
ILB Jalen Tatum	1	0	0.0	0	8
DE Ron Warner	0	1	0.0	5	2
DE Courtney Brown	0	1	0.0	14	39

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Kelly Herndon	11	0	0.0	44	26
ILB Dhani Jones	9	2	0.0	39	15
OLB Dexter Coakley	8	2	1.0	44	26
OLB Ashermond Singleton	6	1	0.0	28	16
S Antoine Winfield	5	0	0.0	44	26
S Paul Miranda	4	4	0.0	44	26
DE Ronald Fields	4	2	0.0	23	5
DT Jim Flanagan	4	0	0.0	22	8
DE Reggie Hayward	2	2	0.0	17	15
CB Reynaldo Hill	2	0	0.0	5	10
S Dwight Smith	1	2	0.0	40	26
QB Matt Hasselbeck	1	0	---	---	---
CB Fred Smoot	1	0	0.0	16	11
DE Antonio Smith	1	0	0.0	17	6
DE Jaylen Westbrook	0	1	0.0	13	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Calvin Pace	1.0	0	0	35
DE Cameron Wake	0.0	2	3	41
DE Mike Rucker	0.0	1	3	41

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Dexter Coakley	1.0	0	0	0	26
DE Kindal Moorehead	0.0	1	2	4	24
DE Cullen Jenkins	0.0	0	1	1	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Roger Gilmore	4	2	0	25
S Johndale Carty	3	2	0	41
CB Randall Gay	3	0	0	41
CB Ryan Clark	2	3	0	41
DE Cameron Wake	2	1	1	41
S Brock Williams	2	1	0	41
ILB Brad Lewis	1	1	0	8
CB Kris Richard	1	1	0	33
ILB Jalen Tatum	1	0	0	8
DE Tommie Harris	0	1	0	6

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Kelly Herndon	5	0	26
S Antoine Winfield	2	1	26
OLB Dexter Coakley	2	0	26
ILB Dhani Jones	2	0	15
CB Reynaldo Hill	2	0	10
OLB Ashermond Singleton	1	0	16
S Paul Miranda	1	0	26
S Dwight Smith	1	0	26
DE Ronald Fields	1	0	5
CB Fred Smoot	0	1	11

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Chris Dishman	4	10	1	44	0	26
T Wade Hunter	3	8	0	44	1	26
FB Nick Goings	3	8	0	42	0	24
G Wilford Brown	0	6	0	44	0	26
TE Jason McKie	0	2	0	25	0	8
T Dylan McFarland	0	2	0	44	0	26
G Eric Steinbach	0	1	0	44	0	26

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Bryan Anderson	3	3	19	1	41
G Jason Peters	3	3	19	0	41
C Tyson Walter	2	6	19	0	41
T Jon Runyan	1	2	19	0	41
FB Joel Makovicka	1	2	6	0	11
G Ben Claxton	1	2	19	0	41
TE Jim Hardy	0	1	18	0	32

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Kailey Wong	2	21
Brad Lewis	2	21
Nick Goings	1	25

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Jason Peters	3	8
Steve Foley	1	21
Billy Bajema	1	3

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
FB Nick Goings	42	24	---	---	25	91
G Wilford Brown	44	26	---	---	8	78
G Eric Steinbach	44	26	---	---	8	78
T Wade Hunter	44	26	---	---	8	78
T Dylan McFarland	44	26	---	---	8	78
CB Randall Gay	---	---	19	41	18	78
S Johndale Carty	---	---	18	41	18	77
WR Harold Burnett	32	21	---	---	24	77
QB Brian Griese	44	26	---	---	4	74
C Chris Dishman	44	26	---	---	---	70
WR Scotty Anderson	37	25	---	---	---	62
DE Calvin Pace	---	---	19	35	8	62
DE Mike Rucker	---	---	19	41	1	61
ILB Jay Foreman	---	---	19	41	1	61
DE Courtney Brown	---	---	14	39	8	61
S Brock Williams	---	---	19	41	1	61
CB Ryan Clark	---	---	19	41	1	61
DE Cameron Wake	---	---	19	41	1	61
RB Frank Gore	31	21	---	---	7	59
TE Jason McKie	25	8	---	---	25	58
WR Darnerien McCants	20	19	---	---	8	47
OLB Roger Gilmore	---	---	19	25	---	44
CB Kris Richard	---	---	9	33	1	43
ILB Kailey Wong	---	---	10	8	21	39
RB Fred Taylor	25	10	---	---	3	38
ILB Brad Lewis	---	---	1	8	21	30
DE Tommie Harris	---	---	0	6	7	13
WR Troy Williamson	2	1	---	---	10	13
K Phil Dawson	0	0	---	---	11	11
FB Harris Stanton	0	0	---	---	11	11
ILB Jalen Tatum	---	---	0	8	1	9
C Paul Godfrey	0	0	---	---	8	8
DE Ron Warner	---	---	5	2	---	7
WR Rick McKnight	2	1	---	---	3	6
P Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	4	4
TE Patrick Estes	0	0	---	---	3	3
TE Otis Scotti	3	0	---	---	---	3
RB Shaun Ozment	1	0	---	---	---	1
C Grey Ruegamer	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Chad Hutchison	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Reggie Diehl	0	0	---	---	---	0
DT Cornelius Pisano	---	---	0	0	---	0
ILB Robert Wendorff	---	---	0	0	---	0
ILB Adam Seward	---	---	0	0	---	0
CB Travis Daniels	---	---	0	0	---	0
S Jacob Padilla	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Dexter Coakley	---	---	44	26	4	74
CB Kelly Herndon	---	---	44	26	4	74
S Antoine Winfield	---	---	44	26	4	74
S Paul Miranda	---	---	44	26	4	74
S Dwight Smith	---	---	40	26	4	70
T Jon Runyan	19	41	---	---	8	68
T Bryan Anderson	19	41	---	---	8	68
G Ben Claxton	19	41	---	---	8	68
G Jason Peters	19	41	---	---	8	68
C Tyson Walter	19	41	---	---	2	62
DE Kindal Moorehead	---	---	33	24	4	61
QB Matt Hasselbeck	19	41	---	---	---	60
WR Nate Washington	18	40	---	---	---	58
WR Joe Horn	17	40	---	---	---	57
ILB Dhani Jones	---	---	39	15	---	54
TE Jim Hardy	18	32	---	---	---	50
WR Vinny Sutherland	8	31	---	---	10	49
CB Fred Smoot	---	---	16	11	22	49
OLB Ashermond Singleton	---	---	28	16	3	47
RB Warrick Dunn	13	32	---	---	---	45
DE Cullen Jenkins	---	---	27	14	4	45
DE Reggie Hayward	---	---	17	15	4	36
TE Tyler Mason	7	6	---	---	22	35
DT William Carr	---	---	12	14	8	34
DT Jim Flanagan	---	---	22	8	3	33
CB Reynaldo Hill	---	---	5	10	18	33
DE Ronald Fields	---	---	23	5	---	28
WR Todd Pinkston	0	4	---	---	22	26
RB J.R. Redmond	0	1	---	---	22	23
DE Antonio Smith	---	---	17	6	---	23
RB Ronnie Brown	6	6	---	---	11	23
DT Junior Ioane	---	---	12	9	1	22
OLB Steve Foley	---	---	0	0	21	21
DE Jaylen Westbrook	---	---	13	8	---	21
FB Joel Makovicka	6	11	---	---	---	17
OLB Phil Glover	---	---	4	1	11	16
S Buddy Love	---	---	0	0	14	14
RB Greg Jones	0	0	---	---	11	11
P B.J. Sander	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Winston Butler	0	0	---	---	6	6
TE Billy Bajema	2	0	---	---	3	5
K David Akers	0	0	---	---	4	4
RB Olandis Gary	0	2	---	---	---	2
T Scott Kooistra	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Dan Orlovsky	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Logan Mankins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	7	2.3
Middle	24	219	9.1
Right	15	27	1.8
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	34	6.8
Middle	9	56	6.2
Right	5	22	4.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brian Griese	25	17	1	0	2	2	3	5	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Hasselbeck	40	19	2	1	4	12	3	6	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	32	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	42	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	7	87	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	4	32	3.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	10	81	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	60	6.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
FB Nick Goings	6	4	0	38	0	24
WR Scotty Anderson	6	2	0	32	0	25
WR Harold Burnett	4	4	0	50	1	21
RB Frank Gore	4	3	1	26	0	21
WR Darnerien McCants	2	2	0	13	0	19
TE Jason McKie	2	1	1	-4	0	8
RB Fred Taylor	1	1	0	6	0	10

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Joe Horn	14	5	1	67	1	40
WR Nate Washington	11	8	0	72	1	40
TE Jim Hardy	6	3	1	18	0	32
RB Warrick Dunn	4	3	1	16	0	32
WR Vinny Sutherland	3	0	1	0	0	31
WR Todd Pinkston	2	0	0	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Frank Gore	5	1	0.20	6.88
RB Fred Taylor	3	17	5.67	3.27
QB Brian Griese	2	-2	-1.00	5.75

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Warrick Dunn	2	12	6.00	6.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brian Griese	1	0	0	0.00	6.44

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Hasselbeck	2	1	10	5.00	4.33

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Scotty Anderson	1	0	0	0.00	5.33

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Joe Horn	1	1	10	10.00	4.79
WR Vinny Sutherland	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
QB Brian Griese	4	2
RB Frank Gore	2	1

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brian Griese	11	9	4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Hasselbeck	12	7	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Scotty Anderson	3	2	1
WR Harold Burnett	3	3	2
RB Frank Gore	3	3	1
FB Nick Goings	2	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Jim Hardy	3	2	0
WR Nate Washington	3	2	1
WR Joe Horn	2	1	0
RB Warrick Dunn	2	2	0
WR Vinny Sutherland	2	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (21,400)
End Zone 14,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (21,400)
End Zone	14,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)