National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 28, Minnesota 24
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, August 30, 2012
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Donovan Briggans
Attendance: 71116
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 01014024
Houston 7714028
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:01
Houston TD Houston 7 - Minnesota 0
Justin Forsett 3 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:11
Minnesota FG Houston 7 - Minnesota 3
Blair Walsh 36 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:21
Houston TD Houston 14 - Minnesota 3
DeVier Posey 80 yd. pass from John Beck (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:33
Minnesota TD Houston 14 - Minnesota 10
Devin Aromashodu 58 yd. pass from Sage Rosenfels (Blair Walsh kick)
3rd Quarter - 13:26
Houston TD Houston 21 - Minnesota 10
Trindon Holliday 76 yd. punt return (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:22
Minnesota TD Houston 21 - Minnesota 17
Jarius Wright 59 yd. pass from McLeod Bethel-Thompson (Blair Walsh kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:27
Houston TD Houston 28 - Minnesota 17
Justin Forsett 5 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:55
Minnesota TD Houston 28 - Minnesota 24
Jordan Todman 76 yd. run (Blair Walsh kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota Houston
1st Downs 26 12
Rushing 9 7
Passing 13 5
Penalty 4 0
3rd Down Conversions 4-16 2-10
4th Down Conversions 2-4 0-1
Punts-Average 5-49.0 7-47.0
Return Yards 149 175
Punts-Returns 4-18 4-94
Kickoffs-Returns 5-131 3-80
Int-Returns 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 5-40 9-76
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Time of Possession 36:18 23:42
Total Net Yards 562 352
Total Plays 83 51
Average Gain 6.8 6.9
Net Yards Rushing 245 168
Rushes 30 29
Average/Rush 8.2 5.8
Net Yards Passing 317 184
Comp-Att 26-47 11-20
Yards/Pass 6.0 8.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 6-34 2-8
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 1 2
Passing 2 1
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 1-2 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 0-1-0% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-1-0% 1-2-50%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (1-3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Bethel-Thompson 15/29 193 1 1
S. Rosenfels 7/11 111 1 0
J. Webb 4/7 47 0 0
Houston Texans (3-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Beck 6/10 149 1 0
C. Keenum 5/10 43 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Todman 10 114 11.4 1 76
M. Asiata 7 43 6.1 0 17
L. Hilliard 7 33 4.7 0 22
J. Webb 2 22 11.0 0 15
J. Wright 1 20 20.0 0 20
M. Bethel-Thompson 3 13 4.3 0 7
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Forsett 13 114 8.8 2 52
J. Grimes 13 49 3.8 0 16
C. Keenum 2 6 3.0 0 7
J. Beck 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Wright 9 6 122 20.3 1 59
D. Aromashodu 8 5 89 17.8 1 58
S. Burton 8 3 47 15.7 0 22
E. Arceneaux 7 2 28 14.0 0 22
J. Todman 5 5 21 4.2 0 14
M. Shuler 3 1 19 19.0 0 19
R. Ellison 2 2 16 8.0 0 13
M. Asiata 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
P. Brown 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
L. Hilliard 1 0 0 0 0 0
A. Reisner 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Posey 4 2 93 46.5 1 80
L. Brock 2 2 33 16.5 0 21
L. Jean 2 1 27 27.0 0 27
J. Grimes 2 2 17 8.5 0 13
J. Iglesias 3 1 12 12.0 0 12
P. Supernaw 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Maehl 2 2 5 2.5 0 5
M. Norris 2 0 0 0 0 0
K. Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
E. Pleasant 1 1 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Baker 1.0 5.0
N. Reed 1.0 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Bryant 2.0 8.0
D. Johnson 1.5 12.0
T. Dobbins 1.0 10.0
W. Mercilus 1.0 0.0
J. Nading 0.5 4.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
A. Cole 5 1
R. Blanton 5 2
C. Baker 4 2
B. Burton 3 0
E. Frampton 3 2
C. Paredes 2 0
N. Reed 2 0
J. Charleston 2 0
T. McKenzie 2 2
L. Dean 2 2
R. Jones 1 0
M. Mitchell 1 0
Z. Bowman 1 0
C. Carr 1 1
C. Ballard 0 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
B. Harris 6 1
T. Nolan 6 1
T. Dobbins 4 0
S. McManis 4 0
D. Hunter 4 1
D. Johnson 4 2
M. Alexander 3 0
E. Pleasant 3 0
M. King 3 0
S. Loiseau 3 1
Q. Demps 3 2
J. Nading 2 1
J. Crick 2 1
D. Bryant 2 1
W. Mercilus 2 2
A. Ball 1 0
R. Moore 1 0
H. Fangupo 1 1
R. Carmichael 1 1
S. Keo 1 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Baker 1.0
A. Cole 1.0
T. McKenzie 1.0
N. Reed 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
B. Harris 1.0
T. Dobbins 1.0
D. Bryant 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Jones 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Posey 1