2013 · Week 16
Minnesota Vikings at Cincinnati Bengals
Dec 22, 2013 · Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
It wasn't close — Cincinnati Bengals beat Minnesota Vikings 42–14. ScoutIndex had favored Bengals (74%) going in. Bengals improve to 10-5; Vikings fall to 4-10-1. Andy Dalton was the story of the game with 363 passing yards and 4 TDs; 10 rushing yards. Bengals out-gained the opponent 444–229 in total yards. Vikings turned it over 3 times to Bengals's 1.
Team stats
| MIN | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | First downs | 24 |
| 229 | Total yards | 444 |
| 114 | Passing yards | 363 |
| 115 | Rushing yards | 81 |
| 13/27 | Comp / Att | 27/38 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cassel | 13/27 | 114 | 1 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cassel | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 3 | 54 | 1 |
| Adrian Peterson | 11 | 45 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jarius Wright | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1 |
| Greg Jennings | 4 | 6 | 27 | 0 |
| Rhett Ellison | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Banyard | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerome Simpson | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Chase Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
CIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Dalton | 27/38 | 363 | 4 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Dalton | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Marvin Jones | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Giovani Bernard | 13 | 20 | 0 |
| Mohamed Sanu | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| Cedric Peerman | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Josh Johnson | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Green | 7 | 12 | 97 | 2 |
| Marvin Jones | 6 | 7 | 85 | 0 |
| Giovani Bernard | 2 | 3 | 47 | 0 |
| Jermaine Gresham | 3 | 3 | 46 | 1 |
| Andrew Hawkins | 3 | 3 | 37 | 0 |
| Mohamed Sanu | 4 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Tyler Eifert | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |