2009 · Week 15
Minnesota Vikings at Carolina Panthers
Dec 20, 2009 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Carolina Panthers defeated Minnesota Vikings 26–7. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Panthers had just a 34% chance going in. Panthers improve to 6-8; Vikings fall to 11-3. Matt Moore paced the offense with 299 passing yards and 3 TDs. Panthers out-gained the opponent 423–265 in total yards. Vikings turned it over 2 times to Panthers's 0.
Team stats
| MIN | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | First downs | 22 |
| 265 | Total yards | 423 |
| 224 | Passing yards | 299 |
| 41 | Rushing yards | 124 |
| 17/27 | Comp / Att | 21/33 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Favre | 17/27 | 224 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 12 | 35 | 1 |
| Chester Taylor | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 3 | 4 | 73 | 0 |
| Sidney Rice | 4 | 4 | 69 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 3 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 3 | 6 | 24 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Moore | 21/33 | 299 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Moore | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 1 | -6 | 0 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 25 | 109 | 1 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Tyrell Sutton | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Smith | 9 | 14 | 157 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| Gary Barnidge | 1 | 2 | 55 | 0 |
| Muhsin Muhammad | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 |
| Jeff King | 3 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tyrell Sutton | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Dante Rosario | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kenny Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |