2005 · Week 2
Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals
Sep 18, 2005 · Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
It wasn't close — Cincinnati Bengals beat Minnesota Vikings 37–8. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Bengals (68%). Bengals improve to 2-0; Vikings fall to 0-2. Carson Palmer was the story of the game with 337 passing yards and 3 TDs; 3 rushing yards. Bengals out-gained the opponent 504–313 in total yards. Vikings turned it over 7 times to Bengals's 1.
Team stats
| MIN | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | First downs | 25 |
| 313 | Total yards | 504 |
| 236 | Passing yards | 337 |
| 77 | Rushing yards | 167 |
| 21/37 | Comp / Att | 27/40 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 21/37 | 236 | 0 | 5 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Michael Bennett | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 8 | 29 | 0 |
| Moe Williams | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bennett | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
CIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 27/40 | 337 | 3 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Palmer | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Rudi Johnson | 22 | 90 | 0 |
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Chris Perry | 9 | 47 | 0 |
| Jeremi Johnson | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudi Johnson | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 5 | 0 | 55 | 1 |
| Chris Perry | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |