Week 13, 2060

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Atlanta Falcons	14	0	0	0	-	14
Minnesota Vikings	0	10	6	0	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:35 ATL - Cory Atkins 26 pass from Gregory Eppright (Phil Conley extra point)
1Q: 04:08 ATL - Peyton Nixon 73 run (Phil Conley extra point)
2Q: 11:16 MIN - Brett Neel 64 run (Calvin Rhodes extra point)
2Q: 01:54 MIN - Calvin Rhodes 25 field goal
3Q: 09:51 MIN - Calvin Rhodes 49 field goal
3Q: 04:03 MIN - Calvin Rhodes 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:35 ATL - Cory Atkins 26 pass from Gregory Eppright (Phil Conley extra point)
1Q: 04:08 ATL - Peyton Nixon 73 run (Phil Conley extra point)
2Q: 11:16 MIN - Brett Neel 64 run (Calvin Rhodes extra point)
2Q: 01:54 MIN - Calvin Rhodes 25 field goal
3Q: 09:51 MIN - Calvin Rhodes 49 field goal
3Q: 04:03 MIN - Calvin Rhodes 28 field goal

Team Statistics ATL MIN
Record 2-8-2 8-4
First Downs 16 13
- by Rushing 5 5
- by Passing 11 8
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 360 291
- Offensive Plays 61 64
- Yards per Play 5.90 4.55
Net Rushing Yards 142 166
- Rushing Attempts 21 35
- Yards per Rush 6.76 4.74
Net Passing Yards 218 125
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 23 - 0 25 - 11 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 228 144
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/10 4/19
- Yards per Pass Play 5.45 4.31
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 1/13 3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 11.2 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 10/55 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 5/12 5/74
Kick Returns/Yards 2/37 2/45
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 34
Time of Possession 28:28 31:32

Team Statistics	ATL	MIN
Record	2-8-2	8-4
First Downs	16	13
- by Rushing	5	5
- by Passing	11	8
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	360	291
- Offensive Plays	61	64
- Yards per Play	5.90	4.55
Net Rushing Yards	142	166
- Rushing Attempts	21	35
- Yards per Rush	6.76	4.74
Net Passing Yards	218	125
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 23 - 0	25 - 11 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	228	144
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/10	4/19
- Yards per Pass Play	5.45	4.31
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	1/13	3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	11.2	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	10/55	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	5/12	5/74
Kick Returns/Yards	2/37	2/45
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 34
Time of Possession	28:28	31:32

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:04	2:39	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
1	8:50	3:07	OWN 11	6	39	Punt
1	4:08	0:19	OWN 27	1	73	Touchdown
1	1:45	1:45	OWN 10	3	7	Punt
2	13:16	2:00	OWN 22	5	5	Punt
2	10:59	4:22	OWN 29	7	33	Punt
2	1:48	1:48	OWN 25	6	21	Half
3	15:00	1:17	OWN 25	3	5	Punt
3	9:45	1:33	OWN 21	3	2	Punt
3	3:55	2:33	OWN 7	4	20	Punt
4	13:19	2:35	OWN 4	7	8	Punt
4	9:45	2:52	OPP 48	5	17	Missed FG
4	4:28	1:00	OWN 23	3	-2	Punt
4	2:11	0:47	OWN 15	4	9	Downs

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:56	OWN 25	5	10	Punt
1	10:25	1:35	OWN 25	3	9	Punt
1	5:43	1:35	OWN 4	5	25	Punt
1	3:49	2:04	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
2	15:00	1:44	OWN 41	3	-1	Punt
2	11:16	0:17	OWN 36	1	64	Touchdown
2	6:37	4:49	OWN 20	11	72	Field Goal
3	13:43	3:58	OWN 31	7	37	Field Goal
3	8:12	4:17	OWN 40	9	49	Field Goal
3	1:22	3:03	OWN 36	6	11	Punt
4	10:44	0:59	OPP 48	2	-4	Fumble
4	6:53	2:25	OWN 38	3	7	Punt
4	3:28	1:17	OWN 33	3	0	Punt
4	1:24	1:24	OPP 24	3	-4	Game

Game MVP: Brett Neel, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Peyton Nixon	12	98	8.17	73	2	1
RB Corwin Gulbrandsen	4	11	2.75	9	0	0
QB Gregory Eppright	3	28	9.33	13	2	0
FB Cedric Murray	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
WR Clifton Blackwell	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Brett Neel	28	150	5.36	64	3	1
RB Johnnie Boyd	5	11	2.20	4	0	0
QB Rob Allotey	2	5	2.50	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gregory Eppright	37	23	228	3/10	1	32	0	88.6

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rob Allotey	25	11	144	4/19	0	32	0	62.8

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Levon Hampton	6	6	53	8.83	29	20	0
WR Rico Clemons	3	5	39	13.00	22	25	0
RB Peyton Nixon	3	3	22	7.33	15	12	0
WR Lonnie Hawkins	2	4	15	7.50	12	11	0
WR Clifton Blackwell	2	6	16	8.00	0	10	0
RB Harold Fields	2	3	16	8.00	0	10	0
WR Cory Atkins	2	5	36	18.00	20	26	1
FB Cedric Murray	1	2	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
TE Rodney Mendenhall	1	1	32	32.00	25	32	0
RB Corwin Gulbrandsen	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Brett Neel	3	6	29	9.67	10	19
RB Johnnie Boyd	3	4	41	13.67	13	18
WR Johnny Joyner	2	3	19	9.50	10	17
WR Owen Hermon	1	3	18	18.00	9	18
WR Nicholas Farr	1	3	32	32.00	12	32
TE Alexander Hart	1	2	5	5.00	0	5
TE Johnnie Horenstein	0	3	0	0.00	0	0
FB Dominic Sampson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
S Marcus Dulaney	1	1	0
DE Alan Fields	0	1	0
DT Myron Snyder	0	0	1

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Rob Allotey	1	0	0	0
DT Kai Clements	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Edwin Wayne	9	434	48.2	37.8	57	3

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Everett Sampson	8	406	50.8	46.8	65	5

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Conley	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	2/2

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Calvin Rhodes	3/3	1/1	0/0	49	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marcus Dulaney	5	12	2.4	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ben Talley	5	74	14.8	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dean Gaines	2	37	18.5	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ray Soltys	2	45	22.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tyrus Perez	8	1	0.0	35	29
DE Nate LaBorde	7	1	0.5	35	29
DT Clarence Vallery	4	0	1.0	33	28
CB Snake Eyes White	4	0	0.0	25	20
DT Myron Snyder	3	0	1.0	16	21
S Mo Reed	3	2	0.0	33	28
OLB Ronald Mathews	3	1	0.0	33	19
DE Alan Fields	3	0	0.0	30	18
OLB Manuel Venable	2	0	1.0	12	19
OLB Alexander Robbins	2	4	0.0	27	26
CB Dean Gaines	2	4	0.0	35	29
S Marcus Dulaney	2	3	0.0	15	14
CB Darrell Mahoney	2	0	0.0	21	15
DE Emmanuel Winters	1	0	0.5	2	8
CB Everett Cade	1	0	0.0	6	2
DT Tre Bohannon	1	0	0.0	20	8

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Jevon O'Neal	8	0	0.0	12	32
OLB Ronnie Bauer	5	1	0.0	21	38
ILB Jerome Laird	4	2	0.0	6	17
CB Ben Talley	4	0	0.0	19	36
DE Cameron Edwards	3	1	1.0	21	39
S Dave Flannery	3	1	0.0	15	25
ILB Will Joseph	3	0	0.0	15	23
DE Samuel Burke	3	0	0.0	18	36
DT Kai Clements	2	1	1.0	10	22
DT Julian Ferderer	2	0	1.0	13	20
S Grayson Mueller	2	0	0.0	6	17
CB Mitchell Whitfield	1	2	0.0	21	40
CB Gerald Mills	1	2	0.0	6	8
OLB Xavier Becker	1	1	0.0	5	4
S Lionel Ellard	1	1	0.0	21	38
DT Tyrone Coglan	1	0	0.0	17	35
DE Harvey McCuistion	1	0	0.0	3	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Manuel Venable	1.0	0	1	19
DT Clarence Vallery	1.0	0	1	28
DT Myron Snyder	1.0	0	0	21
DE Nate LaBorde	0.5	1	1	29
DE Emmanuel Winters	0.5	0	2	8

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Cameron Edwards	1.0	0	3	1	39
DT Kai Clements	1.0	0	2	0	22
DT Julian Ferderer	1.0	0	0	0	20
DT Tyrone Coglan	0.0	1	1	1	35
DE Samuel Burke	0.0	0	2	2	36

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Snake Eyes White	3	0	20
S Tyrus Perez	1	2	29
OLB Alexander Robbins	1	0	26
CB Everett Cade	1	0	2
DT Myron Snyder	1	0	21
DT Clarence Vallery	1	0	28
CB Dean Gaines	1	0	29
CB Darrell Mahoney	1	0	15
S Mo Reed	1	0	28
S Marcus Dulaney	0	1	14
DE Nate LaBorde	0	1	29

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jevon O'Neal	5	0	32
ILB Jerome Laird	4	0	17
OLB Ronnie Bauer	3	1	38
CB Ben Talley	3	1	36
ILB Will Joseph	2	0	23
S Dave Flannery	1	0	25
CB Mitchell Whitfield	1	0	40
CB Gerald Mills	1	0	8
S Lionel Ellard	1	0	38
DE Harvey McCuistion	1	0	5
DE Samuel Burke	1	0	36

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Harold Grooms	2	2	0	21	0	40
G Mercury Waddell	1	4	0	21	1	40
C Leon Whisman	1	2	0	21	0	40
TE Levon Hampton	1	1	0	16	0	27
FB Cedric Murray	1	1	0	5	0	12
T Elias Newhart	0	6	1	21	1	40
G Dean Whiteford	0	2	0	21	0	40
RB Corwin Gulbrandsen	0	0	0	5	1	5

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Wendell Burroughs	4	6	35	1	29
T Corwin McKnight	3	7	35	1	29
C Hunter Grunow	1	3	35	0	29
C Vernon Lanford	0	10	35	1	29
T Jeffery Stanton	0	6	35	1	29
TE Alexander Hart	0	1	10	0	13

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Marcus Dulaney	2	17
Harold Grooms	2	13
Alexander Robbins	1	28
Cedric Murray	1	26
Elias Newhart	1	10

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Kai Clements	3	23
Alexis Kelley	2	25
Johnnie Boyd	2	19

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Alexander Robbins	---	---	27	26	28	81
T Harold Grooms	21	40	---	---	13	74
CB Dean Gaines	---	---	35	29	8	72
G Dean Whiteford	21	40	---	---	10	71
G Mercury Waddell	21	40	---	---	10	71
T Elias Newhart	21	40	---	---	10	71
TE Levon Hampton	16	27	---	---	26	69
DE Nate LaBorde	---	---	35	29	3	67
S Tyrus Perez	---	---	35	29	3	67
CB Snake Eyes White	---	---	25	20	19	64
WR Clifton Blackwell	16	32	---	---	16	64
DT Clarence Vallery	---	---	33	28	3	64
S Mo Reed	---	---	33	28	3	64
QB Gregory Eppright	21	40	---	---	---	61
C Leon Whisman	21	40	---	---	---	61
WR Rico Clemons	21	37	---	---	---	58
RB Peyton Nixon	15	19	---	---	18	52
OLB Ronald Mathews	---	---	33	19	---	52
CB Darrell Mahoney	---	---	21	15	15	51
DE Alan Fields	---	---	30	18	---	48
S Marcus Dulaney	---	---	15	14	17	46
WR Cory Atkins	16	30	---	---	---	46
FB Cedric Murray	5	12	---	---	26	43
DT Myron Snyder	---	---	16	21	3	40
DT Tre Bohannon	---	---	20	8	8	36
OLB Manuel Venable	---	---	12	19	3	34
WR Lonnie Hawkins	5	13	---	---	2	20
DE Dean Upshaw	---	---	5	5	9	19
TE Rodney Mendenhall	5	9	---	---	1	15
RB Harold Fields	1	14	---	---	---	15
ILB Shaquille Slatken	---	---	0	0	13	13
DE Emmanuel Winters	---	---	2	8	2	12
C Ezra Walker	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Edwin Wayne	0	0	---	---	10	10
RB Corwin Gulbrandsen	5	5	---	---	---	10
WR Deion Mayes	0	2	---	---	7	9
G Thomas Fish	0	0	---	---	9	9
S J.B. Tefft	---	---	0	0	8	8
CB Everett Cade	---	---	6	2	---	8
K Phil Conley	0	0	---	---	4	4
OLB Sedrick Welch	---	---	2	1	---	3
TE Tyler Hinojosa	0	0	---	---	2	2
S Kelvin Jenner	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Otis Zimmerman	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Melvin Lowrey	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Charlie Hammond	---	---	0	0	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Jeffery Stanton	35	29	---	---	11	75
WR Nicholas Farr	28	19	---	---	20	67
CB Ben Talley	---	---	19	36	10	65
QB Rob Allotey	35	29	---	---	---	64
T Wendell Burroughs	35	29	---	---	---	64
C Hunter Grunow	35	29	---	---	---	64
C Vernon Lanford	35	29	---	---	---	64
T Corwin McKnight	35	29	---	---	---	64
CB Mitchell Whitfield	---	---	21	40	1	62
DE Cameron Edwards	---	---	21	39	1	61
S Lionel Ellard	---	---	21	38	1	60
OLB Ronnie Bauer	---	---	21	38	1	60
DT Kai Clements	---	---	10	22	23	55
WR Johnny Joyner	30	25	---	---	---	55
DE Samuel Burke	---	---	18	36	1	55
DT Tyrone Coglan	---	---	17	35	1	53
CB Jevon O'Neal	---	---	12	32	9	53
RB Brett Neel	30	21	---	---	---	51
ILB Will Joseph	---	---	15	23	12	50
WR Owen Hermon	26	17	---	---	3	46
S Grayson Mueller	---	---	6	17	18	41
TE Micah Carr	6	7	---	---	28	41
S Dave Flannery	---	---	15	25	---	40
TE Johnnie Horenstein	21	18	---	---	---	39
TE Alexander Hart	10	13	---	---	14	37
RB Johnnie Boyd	8	9	---	---	19	36
DT Julian Ferderer	---	---	13	20	---	33
FB Dominic Sampson	5	8	---	---	20	33
CB Gerald Mills	---	---	6	8	15	29
CB Alexis Kelley	---	---	0	2	25	27
ILB Wesley Hassell	---	---	0	0	25	25
ILB Jerome Laird	---	---	6	17	1	24
WR Ray Soltys	6	4	---	---	8	18
G Shannon Dawson	0	0	---	---	11	11
G Sedrick Schweitzer	0	0	---	---	11	11
C Santiago Hulten	0	0	---	---	11	11
OLB Xavier Becker	---	---	5	4	---	9
P Everett Sampson	0	0	---	---	8	8
DE Harvey McCuistion	---	---	3	5	---	8
K Calvin Rhodes	0	0	---	---	8	8
RB Tony Schwartz	2	3	---	---	---	5
DT Weston Damon	---	---	2	3	---	5
WR Devon Linquist	3	1	---	---	---	4
QB Wayne Howe	0	0	---	---	3	3
G Taylor Shelton	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Tony Lake	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	90	15.0
Middle	10	44	4.4
Right	5	8	1.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	83	10.4
Middle	10	14	1.4
Right	16	70	4.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gregory Eppright	37	23	4	2	1	2	8	4	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rob Allotey	25	11	1	0	4	4	5	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	7	32	3.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	156	10.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	40	4.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	63	9.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	4	49	3.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	32	16.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Levon Hampton	6	6	0	53	1	27
WR Clifton Blackwell	6	2	0	16	0	32
WR Rico Clemons	5	3	1	39	1	37
WR Cory Atkins	5	2	0	36	1	30
WR Lonnie Hawkins	4	2	0	15	0	13
RB Peyton Nixon	3	3	0	22	0	19
RB Harold Fields	3	2	0	16	0	14
FB Cedric Murray	2	1	0	-4	0	12
RB Corwin Gulbrandsen	2	1	0	3	0	5
TE Rodney Mendenhall	1	1	0	32	1	9

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Brett Neel	6	3	2	29	0	21
RB Johnnie Boyd	4	3	0	41	0	9
TE Johnnie Horenstein	3	0	1	0	0	18
WR Owen Hermon	3	1	0	18	0	17
WR Johnny Joyner	3	2	0	19	0	25
WR Nicholas Farr	3	1	1	32	1	19
TE Alexander Hart	2	1	0	5	0	13
FB Dominic Sampson	1	0	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Rob Allotey	1	6	6.00	2.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rob Allotey	5	1	2	0.40	5.76

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Nicholas Farr	2	0	0	0.00	10.67
TE Johnnie Horenstein	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Johnnie Boyd	1	0	0	0.00	10.25
WR Johnny Joyner	1	1	2	2.00	6.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
QB Gregory Eppright	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
RB Brett Neel	3	1
QB Rob Allotey	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gregory Eppright	11	6	1

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rob Allotey	10	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rico Clemons	3	2	0
RB Harold Fields	3	2	0
WR Clifton Blackwell	2	1	1
TE Levon Hampton	1	1	0
FB Cedric Murray	1	0	0
WR Cory Atkins	1	0	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Brett Neel	3	2	1
WR Owen Hermon	2	0	0
WR Johnny Joyner	2	1	0
WR Nicholas Farr	2	1	1
TE Johnnie Horenstein	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 56,000 (91,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,100 (24,800)
End Zone 9,600 (17,900)
Mezzanine 6,300 (10,400)
Sideline Seats 9,600 (15,900)
Club Seats 11,500 (17,500)
Luxury Boxes 4,900 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	56,000 (91,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,100 (24,800)
End Zone	9,600 (17,900)
Mezzanine	6,300 (10,400)
Sideline Seats	9,600 (15,900)
Club Seats	11,500 (17,500)
Luxury Boxes	4,900 (5,000)