Week 3, 2028

played in St. Louis, MO

68 degrees, fair, calm

Minnesota Vikings	7	0	10	7	-	24
St. Louis Rams	3	14	7	7	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:00 STL - Tom Lans 25 field goal
1Q: 05:10 MIN - Kim Ogden 16 pass from Alex Porter (Bart Reese extra point)
2Q: 13:41 STL - Jermaine McCray 18 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
2Q: 01:52 STL - Donterious Davis 10 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
3Q: 09:52 STL - Pete Mullaney 27 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
3Q: 07:54 MIN - Bart Reese 51 field goal
3Q: 00:04 MIN - Riddick Dennis 26 pass from Alex Porter (Bart Reese extra point)
4Q: 06:44 MIN - Kim Ogden 29 pass from Alex Porter (Bart Reese extra point)
4Q: 00:48 STL - Terrell Duffy 30 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:00 STL - Tom Lans 25 field goal
1Q: 05:10 MIN - Kim Ogden 16 pass from Alex Porter (Bart Reese extra point)
2Q: 13:41 STL - Jermaine McCray 18 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
2Q: 01:52 STL - Donterious Davis 10 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
3Q: 09:52 STL - Pete Mullaney 27 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)
3Q: 07:54 MIN - Bart Reese 51 field goal
3Q: 00:04 MIN - Riddick Dennis 26 pass from Alex Porter (Bart Reese extra point)
4Q: 06:44 MIN - Kim Ogden 29 pass from Alex Porter (Bart Reese extra point)
4Q: 00:48 STL - Terrell Duffy 30 pass from Donald Withrow (Tom Lans extra point)

Team Statistics MIN STL
Record 1-2 3-0
First Downs 18 27
- by Rushing 2 5
- by Passing 15 21
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 357 448
- Offensive Plays 49 70
- Yards per Play 7.29 6.40
Net Rushing Yards 42 114
- Rushing Attempts 10 30
- Yards per Rush 4.20 3.80
Net Passing Yards 315 334
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 39 - 28 - 2 40 - 34 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 315 334
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 8.08 8.35
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/7 8/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.7 5.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/45 5/34
Punt Returns/Yards 1/13 1/-4
Kick Returns/Yards 6/185 3/48
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/19
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 24
Time of Possession 23:45 36:15

Team Statistics	MIN	STL
Record	1-2	3-0
First Downs	18	27
- by Rushing	2	5
- by Passing	15	21
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	357	448
- Offensive Plays	49	70
- Yards per Play	7.29	6.40
Net Rushing Yards	42	114
- Rushing Attempts	10	30
- Yards per Rush	4.20	3.80
Net Passing Yards	315	334
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	39 - 28 - 2	40 - 34 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	315	334
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	8.08	8.35
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/7	8/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.7	5.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/45	5/34
Punt Returns/Yards	1/13	1/-4
Kick Returns/Yards	6/185	3/48
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/19
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 24
Time of Possession	23:45	36:15

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:55	4:55	OWN 34	9	66	Touchdown
2	13:34	2:06	OWN 31	3	7	Punt
2	5:46	2:24	OWN 29	5	18	Interception
2	1:43	0:57	OWN 37	3	9	Punt
3	15:00	2:04	OWN 44	4	15	Interception
3	9:37	1:48	OPP 42	3	8	Field Goal
3	3:22	3:22	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
4	10:22	3:52	OWN 4	7	96	Touchdown
4	4:48	2:16	OWN 36	6	17	Punt
4	0:33	0:33	OWN 31	3	31	Game

St. Louis Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:05	OWN 20	10	72	Field Goal
1	5:00	6:26	OWN 21	13	79	Touchdown
2	11:28	5:42	OWN 8	8	30	Punt
2	3:22	1:39	OWN 46	6	54	Touchdown
2	0:46	0:46	OWN 7	2	8	Half
3	12:56	3:19	OWN 47	7	53	Touchdown
3	7:20	3:58	OWN 36	6	21	Punt
4	15:00	4:38	OWN 17	8	33	Punt
4	6:30	1:42	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
4	2:32	1:59	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown

Game MVP: Donald Withrow, St. Louis Rams

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Drew Simpson	9	43	4.78	17	1	0
Rickey Mathis	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jermaine McCray	24	95	3.96	12	1	0
Preston Harden	6	19	3.17	8	0	0

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alex Porter	39	28	315	0/0	3	33	2	99.8

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donald Withrow	40	34	334	0/0	4	30	0	134.8

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Kim Ogden	5	8	68	13.60	40	29	2
WR Tommy Chedsey	3	5	26	8.67	5	11	0
WR Leonard Keener	3	4	42	14.00	18	25	0
RB Drew Simpson	3	3	40	13.33	29	33	0
WR Riddick Dennis	3	8	50	16.67	10	26	1
TE Jesse Van Anden	2	2	11	5.50	3	7	0
FB Carl Murphy	2	2	6	3.00	2	4	0
WR Adrian Gibson	2	2	37	18.50	4	31	0
WR Dominic Hickman	2	2	7	3.50	1	4	0
RB Casey Christensen	2	2	22	11.00	10	15	0
RB Rickey Mathis	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ed Murphy	9	10	97	10.78	18	19	0
FB Zach Dennis	7	7	38	5.43	27	8	0
WR Donterious Davis	5	8	51	10.20	11	21	1
TE Derek George	4	4	25	6.25	7	13	0
WR Terrell Duffy	3	4	51	17.00	19	30	1
TE Pete Mullaney	2	2	33	16.50	17	27	1
RB Jermaine McCray	2	2	26	13.00	9	18	1
WR Marco Ferguson	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Preston Harden	1	1	9	9.00	4	9	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Cleavant Sanders	1	12	12.00	0
CB Ernest Raines	1	7	7.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Melvin Lafayette	1	1	0
Riddick Dennis	1	1	0
Benjamin Compton	0	0	1

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Preston Harden	1	0	0
Jimmie Garner	0	1	0
Brenden Blair	0	0	1
Ernest Raines	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brady Smith	3	144	48.0	42.7	50	2

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat Upshaw	4	176	44.0	35.8	46	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bart Reese	1/1	1/1	1/1	51	3/3

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tom Lans	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Melvin Lafayette	1	13	13.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrell Duffy	1	-4	-4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dominic Hickman	5	158	31.6	0
Rickey Mathis	1	27	27.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terrell Duffy	2	37	18.5	0
Tony Spiliotis	1	11	11.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Melvin Lafayette	8	2	0.0	16	24
S Erron Lusher	5	3	0.0	27	36
CB George Tyler	5	2	0.0	18	25
OLB Joel Rivers	5	0	0.0	23	34
DT Aaron Sutton	4	3	0.0	18	24
CB Nicky Burgess	4	1	0.0	20	23
S Lewis Lyons	4	1	0.0	15	18
S Wade Adams	4	1	0.0	18	31
OLB Benjamin Compton	4	0	0.0	7	6
CB Damon Reilly	3	2	0.0	21	30
DT Jim Murphy	3	1	0.0	13	13
DE Stan Chapman	3	0	0.0	19	27
ILB Tyrone Shepherd	2	4	0.0	26	33
OLB Carlton Caldwell	2	2	0.0	13	11
DT Mike Bonnell	2	0	0.0	19	26
WR Tommy Chedsey	1	0	---	---	---
RB Drew Simpson	1	0	---	---	---
S Walt Zeigafuse	1	0	0.0	5	12
DE Johnnie Negron	1	0	0.0	15	17
DE Vincent Terrell	0	1	0.0	17	22
OLB Cris Hall	0	1	0.0	3	3

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
CB Cleavant Sanders	6	0	3	24
OLB Glenn Shelton	4	2	6	33
S Kent Irani	4	1	9	30
S Karl Jordan	3	2	9	33
CB Jimmy Finn	3	0	6	31
DE Carly Linn	2	1	6	32
CB Ernest Raines	2	0	7	29
ILB Doug Money	2	0	2	12
ILB Nicky Grillo	1	1	8	27
ILB Mark Close	1	1	4	6
CB Juan Langford	1	1	9	21
S Calvin Horn	1	0	1	9
S Quinn Hirsch	1	0	2	12
DT Sherman Meadows	1	0	9	32
S Leonard Burroughs	1	0	1	6
DT Phillip Canaves	1	0	9	23
OLB Bryan Hampton	1	0	2	6
DE Anderson Finley	0	1	4	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Vincent Terrell	0.0	1	1	0	22
DE Stan Chapman	0.0	0	2	0	27

St. Louis	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Melvin Setzer	1	1	23
OLB Glenn Shelton	1	0	33
DT Sherman Meadows	1	0	32
S Kent Irani	1	0	30

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	PPlay
CB Melvin Lafayette	8	24
S Wade Adams	4	31
OLB Joel Rivers	4	34
CB Nicky Burgess	3	23
OLB Benjamin Compton	3	6
CB George Tyler	3	25
S Lewis Lyons	2	18
CB Damon Reilly	2	30
S Erron Lusher	2	36
ILB Tyrone Shepherd	1	33
OLB Carlton Caldwell	1	11
DE Johnnie Negron	1	17

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Cleavant Sanders	6	1	1	24
OLB Glenn Shelton	4	0	0	33
CB Jimmy Finn	4	0	0	31
S Kent Irani	3	0	0	30
CB Ernest Raines	2	1	1	29
ILB Doug Money	2	1	0	12
S Karl Jordan	2	0	0	33
ILB Nicky Grillo	1	0	0	27
S Calvin Horn	1	0	0	9
DT Sherman Meadows	1	0	0	32
ILB Mark Close	1	0	0	6
DE Carly Linn	1	0	0	32
CB Juan Langford	0	1	0	21

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Norman Buckner	2	2	8	33
Roderick Burns	1	2	10	32
Carl Murphy	1	2	4	12
Emmitt Tanner	0	3	9	38
Jose Kenderdine	0	1	10	36

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Mitch Allen	4	8	30	40
Brenden Blair	3	4	12	19
C.J. Richard	1	4	21	29
Teddy Buckner	1	2	23	34
Gerald Copperfield	1	2	22	30
Pete Mullaney	1	1	23	22
Jimmie Garner	0	5	23	30
Shane Castillo	0	3	8	7
Zach Dennis	0	1	14	25

Special Teams Statistics

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Leonard Keener	2	5
Tommy Chedsey	1	18
Walt Zeigafuse	1	14
Rickey Mathis	0	19
Jesse Van Anden	0	15
Benjamin Compton	0	14
Adrian Gibson	0	12
George Tyler	0	12
Nicky Burgess	0	11
Thurman Dennis	0	11
Casey Christensen	0	11
Kim Ogden	0	8
Carl Murphy	0	7
Bart Reese	0	6
Dominic Hickman	0	5
Melvin Lafayette	0	5
Jim Murphy	0	4
George Paoletti	0	4
Edwin Irwin	0	4
Emmitt Kaufman	0	3
Norman Buckner	0	3
Herman Bouchard	0	3
Jose Kenderdine	0	3
Brady Smith	0	3
Cris Hall	0	3
Chester Prior	0	2
Wade Adams	0	2
Tyrone Shepherd	0	2
Carlton Caldwell	0	2
Johnnie Negron	0	2
Mike Bonnell	0	1
Stan Chapman	0	1
Damon Reilly	0	1
Joel Rivers	0	1
Erron Lusher	0	1
Stan Bruce	0	1
Vincent Terrell	0	1

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Jimmy Finn	3	12
Terrell Duffy	2	17
Juan Langford	1	12
Brenden Blair	1	5
Tony Spiliotis	0	19
Derek George	0	16
Ed Murphy	0	14
Preston Harden	0	13
Mark Close	0	13
Marco Ferguson	0	12
Quinn Hirsch	0	11
Tom Lans	0	7
Zach Dennis	0	7
Jimmie Garner	0	5
Gene Holbrook	0	5
Shane Castillo	0	5
Pete Mullaney	0	4
C.J. Richard	0	4
Pat Upshaw	0	4
Doug Money	0	4
Nicky Grillo	0	3
Calvin Horn	0	3
Anderson Finley	0	3
D.J. Gardner	0	3
Cleavant Sanders	0	3
Glenn Shelton	0	2
Ricky Jackson	0	2
Bryan Hampton	0	2
Ethan Crawford	0	1
Mitch Allen	0	1
Sherman Meadows	0	1
Kent Irani	0	1
Orlando Camara	0	1
Leon Battle	0	1
Karl Jordan	0	1
Melvin Setzer	0	1
Ernest Raines	0	1
Carly Linn	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	30	6.0
Middle	5	12	2.4
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	58	4.8
Middle	13	39	3.0
Right	5	17	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alex Porter	39	28	6	0	1	4	4	1	2

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donald Withrow	40	34	3	2	0	0	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	12	11	94	7.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	10	93	9.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	5	71	4.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	57	28.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	28	5.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	19	145	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	10	161	13.4
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Kim Ogden	8	5	0	68	1	29
WR Riddick Dennis	8	3	1	50	2	27
WR Tommy Chedsey	5	3	0	26	0	25
WR Leonard Keener	4	3	0	42	1	25
RB Drew Simpson	3	3	0	40	1	20
TE Jesse Van Anden	2	2	0	11	0	8
FB Carl Murphy	2	2	0	6	0	12
WR Adrian Gibson	2	2	0	37	1	7
WR Dominic Hickman	2	2	0	7	0	22
RB Casey Christensen	2	2	0	22	0	9
RB Rickey Mathis	1	1	0	6	0	11

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ed Murphy	10	9	97	0	25
WR Donterious Davis	8	5	51	1	30
FB Zach Dennis	7	7	38	0	25
TE Derek George	4	4	25	0	24
WR Terrell Duffy	4	3	51	1	18
TE Pete Mullaney	2	2	33	1	22
RB Jermaine McCray	2	2	26	0	31
WR Marco Ferguson	2	1	4	0	12
RB Preston Harden	1	1	9	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Drew Simpson	1	-3	-3.00	4.78

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jermaine McCray	4	12	3.00	3.96

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alex Porter	3	3	26	8.67	8.08

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Donald Withrow	4	2	28	7.00	8.35

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Kim Ogden	2	2	23	11.50	8.50
WR Dominic Hickman	1	1	3	3.00	3.50

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Jermaine McCray	1	1	18	18.00	13.00
WR Marco Ferguson	1	0	0	0.00	2.00
WR Donterious Davis	1	1	10	10.00	6.38
WR Terrell Duffy	1	0	0	0.00	12.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Jermaine McCray	2	0
Preston Harden	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alex Porter	7	6	3

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donald Withrow	10	9	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tommy Chedsey	1	1	0
TE Kim Ogden	1	1	1
WR Leonard Keener	1	0	0
RB Drew Simpson	1	1	0
TE Jesse Van Anden	1	1	1
FB Carl Murphy	1	1	0
RB Casey Christensen	1	1	1

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Donterious Davis	4	3	2
FB Zach Dennis	2	2	2
WR Ed Murphy	1	1	1
RB Jermaine McCray	1	1	1
TE Derek George	1	1	1
WR Terrell Duffy	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 34,500 (66,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 9,500 (20,400)
End Zone 7,900 (14,700)
Mezzanine 4,800 (8,500)
Sideline Seats 7,500 (13,000)
Club Seats 3,400 (6,300)
Luxury Boxes 1,400 (3,100)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	34,500 (66,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	9,500 (20,400)
End Zone	7,900 (14,700)
Mezzanine	4,800 (8,500)
Sideline Seats	7,500 (13,000)
Club Seats	3,400 (6,300)
Luxury Boxes	1,400 (3,100)