2009 · Week 5
Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams
Oct 11, 2009 · TWA Dome · dome · fieldturf
Recap
It wasn't close — Minnesota Vikings beat Los Angeles Rams 38–10. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Vikings (79%). Vikings improve to 5-0; Rams fall to 0-5. Brett Favre was the story of the game with 232 passing yards and 1 TD. Rams turned it over 3 times to Vikings's 1.
Team stats
| MIN | LAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | First downs | 24 |
| 389 | Total yards | 419 |
| 300 | Passing yards | 297 |
| 89 | Rushing yards | 122 |
| 21/27 | Comp / Att | 27/38 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Favre | 18/24 | 232 | 1 | 1 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 3/3 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 15 | 69 | 2 |
| Chester Taylor | 9 | 20 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Favre | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 4 | 5 | 66 | 0 |
| Sidney Rice | 3 | 5 | 61 | 0 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 4 | 4 | 49 | 1 |
| Chester Taylor | 3 | 3 | 49 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 3 | 6 | 39 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
LAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Boller | 20/31 | 209 | 0 | 1 |
| Marc Bulger | 7/7 | 88 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Boller | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Jackson | 21 | 84 | 0 |
| Samkon Gado | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Kenneth Darby | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Avery | 5 | 7 | 87 | 1 |
| Steven Jackson | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| Randy McMichael | 3 | 5 | 45 | 0 |
| Daniel Fells | 5 | 6 | 45 | 0 |
| Danny Amendola | 5 | 5 | 43 | 0 |
| Keenan Burton | 5 | 9 | 42 | 0 |
| Samkon Gado | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Kenneth Darby | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |