2016 · Week 2
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings
Sep 18, 2016 · U.S. Bank Stadium · dome · sportturf
Recap
Minnesota Vikings held off Green Bay Packers 17–14. ScoutIndex had favored Vikings (58%) going in. Vikings improve to 2-0; Packers fall to 1-1. Sam Bradford paced the offense with 286 passing yards and 2 TDs. Packers turned it over 2 times to Vikings's 0.
Team stats
| GB | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 13 |
| 296 | Total yards | 316 |
| 213 | Passing yards | 286 |
| 83 | Rushing yards | 30 |
| 20/36 | Comp / Att | 22/31 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 5 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
GB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rodgers | 20/36 | 213 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rodgers | 3 | 29 | 1 |
| Eddie Lacy | 12 | 50 | 0 |
| Randall Cobb | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| James Starks | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordy Nelson | 5 | 11 | 73 | 1 |
| Eddie Lacy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Cobb | 5 | 7 | 42 | 0 |
| Jared Cook | 4 | 6 | 31 | 0 |
| Davante Adams | 3 | 7 | 26 | 0 |
| Richard Rodgers | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 |
| James Starks | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Trevor Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bradford | 22/31 | 286 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bradford | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 12 | 19 | 0 |
| Matt Asiata | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 1 | -2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefon Diggs | 9 | 11 | 182 | 1 |
| Adam Thielen | 4 | 5 | 41 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 3 | 8 | 31 | 1 |
| Adrian Peterson | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Charles D. Johnson | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Matt Asiata | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |