2015 · Week 16
New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Dec 27, 2015 · TCF Bank Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf
Recap
It wasn't close — Minnesota Vikings beat New York Giants 49–17. ScoutIndex had favored Vikings (65%) going in. Vikings improve to 10-5; Giants fall to 6-9. Adrian Peterson was the story of the game with 104 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 1 catch for 15 yards. Giants turned it over 3 times to Vikings's 0.
Team stats
| NYG | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 16 |
| 393 | Total yards | 386 |
| 302 | Passing yards | 168 |
| 91 | Rushing yards | 218 |
| 20/34 | Comp / Att | 15/25 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Manning | 15/29 | 234 | 1 | 3 |
| Ryan Nassib | 5/5 | 68 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Manning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashad Jennings | 14 | 74 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Orleans Darkwa | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Andre Williams | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rueben Randle | 2 | 5 | 80 | 1 |
| Rashad Jennings | 2 | 3 | 62 | 0 |
| Myles White | 2 | 4 | 34 | 1 |
| Will Tye | 3 | 4 | 28 | 0 |
| Matt LaCosse | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Jerome Cunningham | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Shane Vereen | 2 | 5 | 21 | 0 |
| Orleans Darkwa | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Ben Edwards | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Dwayne Harris | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Hakeem Nicks | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Bridgewater | 15/25 | 168 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Bridgewater | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 22 | 104 | 1 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 7 | 89 | 2 |
| Matt Asiata | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Zach Line | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Shaun Hill | 3 | -4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jarius Wright | 3 | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 2 | 3 | 53 | 1 |
| Stefon Diggs | 4 | 5 | 19 | 0 |
| Matt Asiata | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wallace | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| Adam Thielen | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Rhett Ellison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |