2010 · Week 8
Minnesota Vikings at New England Patriots
Oct 31, 2010 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
New England Patriots topped Minnesota Vikings 28–18. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Patriots (69%). Patriots improve to 6-1; Vikings fall to 2-5. Tom Brady was the story of the game with 240 passing yards and 1 TD.
Team stats
| MIN | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | First downs | 18 |
| 420 | Total yards | 362 |
| 295 | Passing yards | 240 |
| 125 | Rushing yards | 122 |
| 26/38 | Comp / Att | 16/27 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Favre | 22/32 | 259 | 0 | 1 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 4/6 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 25 | 92 | 1 |
| Toby Gerhart | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 1 | 33 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Harvin | 6 | 8 | 104 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 5 | 6 | 50 | 0 |
| Toby Gerhart | 5 | 5 | 67 | 0 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 4 | 5 | 38 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Randy Moss | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Lewis | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 16/27 | 240 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 17 | 112 | 2 |
| Danny Woodhead | 6 | 13 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Brandon Tate | 3 | 4 | 101 | 1 |
| Danny Woodhead | 5 | 6 | 45 | 0 |
| Aaron Hernandez | 2 | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Wes Welker | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 |
| Deion Branch | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Alge Crumpler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |