2014 · Week 2
New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings
Sep 14, 2014 · TCF Bank Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
It wasn't close — New England Patriots beat Minnesota Vikings 30–7. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (50%) going in. Patriots improve to 1-1; Vikings fall to 1-1. Stevan Ridley was the story of the game with 101 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD. Vikings turned it over 4 times to Patriots's 0.
Team stats
| NE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 12 |
| 299 | Total yards | 256 |
| 149 | Passing yards | 202 |
| 150 | Rushing yards | 54 |
| 14/21 | Comp / Att | 19/36 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 6 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 14/21 | 149 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevan Ridley | 25 | 101 | 1 |
| Julian Edelman | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 6 | 40 | 0 |
| Brandon Bolden | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Edelman | 6 | 7 | 81 | 1 |
| Shane Vereen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Gronkowski | 4 | 6 | 32 | 0 |
| James Develin | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Aaron Dobson | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Michael Hoomanawanui | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Danny Amendola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cassel | 19/36 | 202 | 1 | 4 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Cassel | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Matt Asiata | 13 | 36 | 0 |
| Jarius Wright | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 4 | 7 | 56 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 5 | 8 | 53 | 0 |
| Matt Asiata | 5 | 7 | 48 | 1 |
| Rhett Ellison | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| Jarius Wright | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Jennings | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Adam Thielen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |