2011 · Week 1
Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Chargers
Sep 11, 2011 · Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Los Angeles Chargers beat Minnesota Vikings 24–17. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Chargers (63%). Chargers improve to 1-0; Vikings fall to 0-1. Philip Rivers led the way with 335 passing yards and 2 TDs. Chargers out-gained the opponent 412–198 in total yards.
Team stats
| MIN | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | First downs | 26 |
| 198 | Total yards | 412 |
| 39 | Passing yards | 335 |
| 159 | Rushing yards | 77 |
| 7/15 | Comp / Att | 33/48 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan McNabb | 7/15 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 16 | 98 | 0 |
| Donovan McNabb | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Toby Gerhart | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Webb | 1 | -2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Michael Jenkins | 3 | 3 | 26 | 1 |
| Percy Harvin | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 33/48 | 335 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Ryan Mathews | 12 | 45 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 12 | 35 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Gates | 8 | 13 | 74 | 0 |
| Ryan Mathews | 3 | 5 | 73 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 9 | 9 | 58 | 2 |
| Malcom Floyd | 3 | 8 | 45 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 2 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| Bryan Walters | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Randy McMichael | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Jacob Hester | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 |