| Minnesota Vikings at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 2018 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 65878 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 53 F Humidity: 100%, Wind: WNW 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | James Develin 1 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 20 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Adam Thielen 5 pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dan Bailey 39 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Josh Gordon 24 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | James Develin 2 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 10 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 14 | WR | Stefon Diggs |
| 19 | WR | Adam Thielen |
| 11 | WR | Laquon Treadwell |
| 71 | LOT | Riley Reiff |
| 79 | LOG | Tom Compton |
| 65 | C | Pat Elflein |
| 74 | ROG | Mike Remmers |
| 75 | ROT | Brian O'Neill |
| 82 | TE | Kyle Rudolph |
| 8 | QB | Kirk Cousins |
| 33 | HB | Dalvin Cook |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Danielle Hunter |
| 93 | DT | Sheldon Richardson |
| 98 | NT | Linval Joseph |
| 93 | RDE | Everson Griffen |
| 55 | SLB | Anthony Barr |
| 54 | MLB | Eric Kendricks |
| 42 | WLB | Ben Gedeon |
| 26 | LCB | Trae Waynes |
| 41 | SS | Anthony Harris |
| 22 | FS | Harrison Smith |
| 29 | RCB | Xavier Rhodes |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 11 | WR | Julian Edelman |
| 10 | WR | Josh Gordon |
| 77 | LOT | Trent Brown |
| 62 | LOG | Joe Thuney |
| 60 | C | David Andrews |
| 69 | ROG | Shaq Mason |
| 61 | ROT | Marcus Cannon |
| 87 | TE | Rob Gronkowski |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 26 | RB | Sony Michel |
| 46 | FB | James Develin |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Trey Flowers |
| 93 | LDT | Lawrence Guy |
| 90 | RDT | Malcom Brown |
| 54 | LLB | Dont'a Hightower |
| 52 | MLB | Elandon Roberts |
| 53 | RLB | Kyle Van Noy |
| 30 | LCB | Jason McCourty |
| 23 | SS | Patrick Chung |
| 32 | FS | Devin McCourty |
| 24 | RCB | Stephon Gilmore |
| 27 | DB | J.C. Jackson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dalvin Cook | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Latavius Murray | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sony Michel | 17 | 63 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| James White | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Rex Burkhead | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| James Develin | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 2t | 2 |
| Tom Brady | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Kirk Cousins | 44 | 32 | 72.7 | 2 | 201 | 4.6 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 70.4 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 32 | 24 | 75.0 | 1 | 311 | 9.7 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.5 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Dalvin Cook | 10 | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Stefon Diggs | 6 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Aldrick Robinson | 9 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Adam Thielen | 10 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 3 | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Laquon Treadwell | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| C.J. Ham | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Latavius Murray | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| James White | 9 | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Josh Gordon | 3 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 24t | 1 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 8 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 2 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Rex Burkhead | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Chris Hogan | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| James Develin | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Sony Michel | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Eric Kendricks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Jonathan Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Duron Harmon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Matt Wile | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 53 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ryan Allen | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Marcus Sherels | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Julian Edelman | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9.7 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Dan Bailey | 3 | 174 | 58.0 | 1 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 5 | 323 | 64.6 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Ameer Abdullah | 2 | 0 | 61 | 30.5 | 33 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 2 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 | 34 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| New England Patriots | ||
| Trey Flowers | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Adam Butler | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Eric Kendricks | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Harris | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Linval Joseph | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Barr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackensie Alexander | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Smith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Gedeon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayron Kearse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holton Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Richardson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Weatherly | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaleel Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Devin McCourty | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason McCourty | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Van Noy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dont'a Hightower | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elandon Roberts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcom Brown | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.C. Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Chung | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephon Gilmore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Guy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Obi Melifonwu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Flowers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Butler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duron Harmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Simon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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