Week 2, 2027

played in San Diego, CA

80 degrees, rain, 9 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	3	0	0	7	-	10
San Diego Chargers	0	7	0	6	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:34 MIN - Kevin Matthews 41 field goal
2Q: 10:28 SDO - Brian Tripplehorn 35 run (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
4Q: 15:00 MIN - Butch Blackwood 4 pass from Frankie Giles (Kevin Matthews extra point)
4Q: 11:24 SDO - Johnnie Bergstrom 24 field goal
4Q: 00:11 SDO - Johnnie Bergstrom 19 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:34 MIN - Kevin Matthews 41 field goal
2Q: 10:28 SDO - Brian Tripplehorn 35 run (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
4Q: 15:00 MIN - Butch Blackwood 4 pass from Frankie Giles (Kevin Matthews extra point)
4Q: 11:24 SDO - Johnnie Bergstrom 24 field goal
4Q: 00:11 SDO - Johnnie Bergstrom 19 field goal

Team Statistics MIN SDO
Record 1-1 1-1
First Downs 20 17
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 14 12
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 351 380
- Offensive Plays 66 50
- Yards per Play 5.32 7.60
Net Rushing Yards 135 133
- Rushing Attempts 32 28
- Yards per Rush 4.22 4.75
Net Passing Yards 216 247
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 25 - 1 22 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 216 247
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.35 11.23
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/15 3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/40 5/25
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-4 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 2/55 3/80
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 25
Time of Possession 33:21 26:39

Team Statistics	MIN	SDO
Record	1-1	1-1
First Downs	20	17
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	14	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	351	380
- Offensive Plays	66	50
- Yards per Play	5.32	7.60
Net Rushing Yards	135	133
- Rushing Attempts	32	28
- Yards per Rush	4.22	4.75
Net Passing Yards	216	247
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 25 - 1	22 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	216	247
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.35	11.23
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/15	3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/40	5/25
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-4	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	2/55	3/80
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 25
Time of Possession	33:21	26:39

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:41	OWN 28	3	3	Punt
1	8:30	5:02	OWN 8	8	68	Field Goal
1	0:08	3:32	OWN 20	8	42	Punt
2	10:14	3:10	OWN 37	5	20	Punt
2	3:33	2:41	OWN 2	6	15	Punt
2	0:21	0:21	OWN 45	3	16	Half
3	10:48	4:24	OWN 3	9	49	Punt
3	4:08	4:15	OWN 36	10	64	Touchdown
4	11:16	7:06	OWN 20	14	51	Interception
4	0:04	0:04	OWN 20	1	8	Game

San Diego Chargers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:19	3:49	OWN 24	6	20	Punt
1	3:28	3:20	OWN 43	5	19	Punt
2	11:36	1:22	OWN 20	3	80	Touchdown
2	7:04	3:31	OWN 20	5	29	Punt
2	0:52	0:31	OPP 41	3	3	Missed FG
3	15:00	4:12	OWN 23	8	32	Punt
3	6:24	2:16	OWN 9	4	23	Punt
4	14:53	3:37	OWN 25	6	68	Field Goal
4	4:10	4:06	OWN 7	10	91	Field Goal

Game MVP: Randy Collins, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jeremy Kirk	15	40	2.67	13	2
Bo Nowakowski	13	89	6.85	42	2
Mitch Fulcher	4	6	1.50	4	0

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Brian Tripplehorn	15	104	6.93	35	4	1
Walt Stephen	12	21	1.75	7	0	0
Randy Collins	1	8	8.00	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Frankie Giles	34	25	216	0/0	1	21	1	87.4

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randy Collins	22	18	247	0/0	0	39	0	113.4

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bernie Hassler	5	6	28	5.60	2	12	0
WR Dixon Cash	5	9	72	14.40	33	21	0
TE B.J. Dodge	3	3	17	5.67	0	8	0
WR Sherman Styles	3	3	30	10.00	4	19	0
TE Josh Harding	3	5	26	8.67	1	15	0
RB Jeremy Kirk	2	2	7	3.50	2	5	0
WR Rick Collins	2	3	23	11.50	2	12	0
WR Butch Blackwood	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	1
FB Clyde Uerling	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	0

San Diego	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Nate Devine	6	7	58	9.67	11	21
WR Edwin Holliday	5	7	91	18.20	15	39
TE Brandon Anderson	2	2	20	10.00	3	16
WR Stephen Houle	2	3	31	15.50	11	22
WR Reuben Matthews	1	1	28	28.00	5	28
WR Anthony Galland	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
FB B.J. Wolf	1	1	9	9.00	0	9

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

San Diego	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Lionel Richardson	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Mitch Fulcher	1	0	0
Brent Finkes	0	1	0
J.C. Sturm	0	0	1

San Diego	Fumb	Recov	Force
Brandon Anderson	1	0	0
Joey Griese	0	1	0
Allen Kennedy	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gino McDaniel	5	204	40.8	32.8	45	1

San Diego	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rico Miiles	5	205	41.0	37.8	49	3

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kevin Matthews	1/1	1/1	0/0	41	1/1

San Diego	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Johnnie Bergstrom	2/3	0/1	0/1	24	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernie Hassler	1	-4	-4.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dixon Cash	1	21	21.0	0
Butch Blackwood	1	34	34.0	0

San Diego	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stephen Houle	2	56	28.0	0
Reuben Matthews	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jeff Roman	6	1	0.0	22	13
DE Carey Richardson	5	0	0.0	21	16
DT Edwin Duerr	5	0	0.0	21	11
S Leslie Ramthun	4	1	0.0	22	17
S Jorge Winkler	4	1	0.0	9	6
S Emmitt Caldwell	3	1	0.0	20	16
CB Earl Gramble	2	2	0.0	16	13
DT Chris Roberson	2	1	0.0	10	8
CB J.C. Sturm	2	0	0.0	20	9
DE Britt Wynn	2	0	0.0	13	10
ILB Roman Cassidy	1	3	0.0	17	10
ILB Bubba Cote	1	2	0.0	9	10
CB Michael Huffman	1	1	0.0	23	12
DT Deion Palmer	1	1	0.0	22	20
ILB Gary Frederick	1	1	0.0	5	3
WR Dixon Cash	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Earnest Shepherd	1	0	0.0	9	5
OLB Shannon McKenzie	1	0	0.0	6	9
CB Les McFarlane	1	0	0.0	2	9
CB Todd Livesey	1	0	0.0	13	16
CB Lenny LaRiche	1	0	0.0	5	11

San Diego	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB David West	10	1	30	26
OLB Morris Sims	7	1	29	28
OLB Trent Ostrowski	6	2	23	25
ILB Lionel Richardson	4	10	28	31
S Trevor Tillery	4	3	31	30
CB J.B. Lee	3	2	19	24
S Nate Accimus	3	0	31	30
DT Bernie Dillon	3	0	25	24
CB Luke Kowalski	2	2	24	29
S Devin Matthews	2	1	1	5
DE Emmanuel Warrick	2	0	13	14
DE Howie Sawchuk	2	0	19	20
OLB Gabe Jamison	2	0	3	6
OLB Nolan Kasica	2	0	9	8
DT Gus Bensen	1	0	7	10
CB Carlos Labelle	1	0	8	11
DE Allen Kennedy	1	0	13	10
CB Winston Palmer	0	1	16	16
DE Donovan Harding	0	1	19	24

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Knock	PPlay
DE Carey Richardson	2	16
DE Mark Archer	1	18
DT Chris Roberson	1	8

San Diego	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Morris Sims	0.0	0	2	0	28
DE Emmanuel Warrick	0.0	0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Leslie Ramthun	3	0	17
OLB Jeff Roman	3	0	13
CB Earl Gramble	2	0	13
CB Todd Livesey	1	1	16
S Jorge Winkler	1	0	6
CB J.C. Sturm	1	0	9
CB Michael Huffman	1	0	12
S Emmitt Caldwell	1	0	16
ILB Bubba Cote	1	0	10
OLB Earnest Shepherd	1	0	5
OLB Shannon McKenzie	1	0	9
CB Les McFarlane	1	0	9
CB Lenny LaRiche	1	0	11

San Diego	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB David West	6	2	0	26
OLB Trent Ostrowski	3	1	0	25
CB J.B. Lee	3	0	0	24
CB Luke Kowalski	2	0	0	29
DT Bernie Dillon	2	0	0	24
OLB Nolan Kasica	2	0	0	8
ILB Lionel Richardson	1	0	1	31
OLB Gabe Jamison	1	0	0	6
CB Carlos Labelle	1	0	0	11
S Nate Accimus	1	0	0	30
S Devin Matthews	1	0	0	5
S Trevor Tillery	1	0	0	30
OLB Morris Sims	1	0	0	28

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Graham Walker	4	6	25	29
Brent Finkes	2	6	26	27
Moe Kleinecke	1	6	31	34
Troy Branch	1	5	27	31
Trevor Graveson	1	2	11	10
Wes Pentasuglio	0	3	8	5
Clyde Uerling	0	3	19	19
Pete Luster	0	1	27	31

San Diego	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Brad Nied	2	5	21	17
Corey Page	2	5	22	17
Bennie McGregor	1	7	26	19
Kendall Starks	1	5	26	20
Cole Jamison	1	4	21	18
Brandon Anderson	0	1	22	12

Special Teams Statistics

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Todd Livesey	2	18
Emmitt Caldwell	1	12
Shannon McKenzie	0	14
Josh Harding	0	13
Mitch Fulcher	0	12
Andrew Derlange	0	12
Bo Nowakowski	0	11
Butch Blackwood	0	8
Mark Archer	0	8
Bubba Cote	0	8
Les McFarlane	0	8
Troy Branch	0	6
Pete Luster	0	6
B.J. Dodge	0	6
Clyde Uerling	0	6
Brent Finkes	0	6
Gino McDaniel	0	6
Trevor Graveson	0	6
Bernie Hassler	0	5
Sherman Styles	0	5
Roman Cassidy	0	5
Michael Huffman	0	4
Kevin Matthews	0	4
Dixon Cash	0	4
Jeff Roman	0	4
Earnest Shepherd	0	4
Leslie Ramthun	0	3
J.C. Sturm	0	3
Deion Palmer	0	3
Wes Pentasuglio	0	3
Carey Richardson	0	3
Graham Walker	0	3
Earl Gramble	0	3
Jorge Winkler	0	2
Britt Wynn	0	2
Gary Frederick	0	2
Jeremy Kirk	0	1
Chris Roberson	0	1
Edwin Duerr	0	1

San Diego	Tackles	STPlays
Zach Horner	1	19
Anthony Galland	1	12
Brian Tripplehorn	1	10
Winston Palmer	0	21
Reuben Matthews	0	14
Leo Sweeney	0	14
B.J. Wolf	0	14
Nolan Kasica	0	9
Rico Miiles	0	8
Carl Madrigal	0	8
Luke Kowalski	0	8
O.J. Whalen	0	8
Cole Jamison	0	8
Stephen Houle	0	8
Johnnie Bergstrom	0	7
Gabe Jamison	0	6
Corey Page	0	6
Joey Griese	0	6
Brandon Anderson	0	5
Emmanuel Warrick	0	5
Edwin Holliday	0	4
Courtney Mudgett	0	4
David West	0	3
Howie Sawchuk	0	3
Donovan Harding	0	3
Leland Guinn	0	3
Luther Getz	0	3
Nate Accimus	0	2
Walt Stephen	0	2
Allen Kennedy	0	2
Brad Nied	0	1
Bernie Dillon	0	1
Trent Ostrowski	0	1
Trevor Tillery	0	1
Lionel Richardson	0	1
Morris Sims	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	32	2.3
Middle	10	91	9.1
Right	8	12	1.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	13	1.4
Middle	10	73	7.3
Right	9	47	5.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Frankie Giles	34	25	1	1	1	3	3	0	1

San Diego	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randy Collins	22	18	5	3	0	1	0	4	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	-2	-0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	15	120	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	8	98	12.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-2	-2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	70	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	7	112	16.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	67	22.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dixon Cash	9	5	0	72	1	20
WR Bernie Hassler	6	5	0	28	0	21
TE Josh Harding	5	3	0	26	0	15
TE B.J. Dodge	3	3	0	17	0	22
WR Rick Collins	3	2	1	23	0	15
WR Sherman Styles	3	3	0	30	0	19
RB Jeremy Kirk	2	2	0	7	0	17
FB Clyde Uerling	2	1	0	9	0	19
WR Butch Blackwood	1	1	0	4	0	2

San Diego	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Edwin Holliday	7	5	91	2	14
WR Nate Devine	7	6	58	1	12
WR Stephen Houle	3	2	31	1	12
TE Brandon Anderson	2	2	20	0	12
WR Reuben Matthews	1	1	28	1	1
WR Anthony Galland	1	1	10	0	12
FB B.J. Wolf	1	1	9	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bo Nowakowski	1	4	4.00	6.85

San Diego	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brian Tripplehorn	4	9	2.25	6.93

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Frankie Giles	1	1	4	4.00	6.35

San Diego	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randy Collins	1	1	9	9.00	11.23

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Butch Blackwood	1	1	4	4.00	4.00

San Diego	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB B.J. Wolf	1	1	9	9.00	9.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Nowakowski	3	2
Mitch Fulcher	1	0

San Diego	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Tripplehorn	2	1
Walt Stephen	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Frankie Giles	11	8	7

San Diego	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randy Collins	7	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE B.J. Dodge	2	2	1
WR Dixon Cash	2	1	1
WR Sherman Styles	2	2	2
TE Josh Harding	2	1	1
WR Bernie Hassler	1	1	1
WR Rick Collins	1	1	1
FB Clyde Uerling	1	0	0

San Diego	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Nate Devine	4	3	1
WR Edwin Holliday	2	1	1
WR Stephen Houle	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 32,800 (73,200 capacity)
Upper Deck 7,100 (16,200)
End Zone 5,100 (11,700)
Mezzanine 2,900 (6,800)
Sideline Seats 4,500 (10,400)
Club Seats 9,500 (19,800)
Luxury Boxes 3,700 (8,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	32,800 (73,200 capacity)
Upper Deck	7,100 (16,200)
End Zone	5,100 (11,700)
Mezzanine	2,900 (6,800)
Sideline Seats	4,500 (10,400)
Club Seats	9,500 (19,800)
Luxury Boxes	3,700 (8,300)