2017 · Week 1
New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings
Sep 11, 2017 · U.S. Bank Stadium · dome · sportturf
Recap
Minnesota Vikings topped New Orleans Saints 29–19. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Vikings (58%). Vikings improve to 1-0; Saints fall to 0-1. Sam Bradford was the story of the game with 346 passing yards and 3 TDs. Vikings out-gained the opponent 475–351 in total yards.
Team stats
| NO | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | First downs | 19 |
| 351 | Total yards | 475 |
| 291 | Passing yards | 346 |
| 60 | Rushing yards | 129 |
| 27/37 | Comp / Att | 27/32 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 27/37 | 291 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Alvin Kamara | 7 | 18 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| John Kuhn | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram | 5 | 5 | 54 | 0 |
| Coby Fleener | 5 | 6 | 54 | 1 |
| Ted Ginn | 4 | 5 | 53 | 0 |
| Tommylee Lewis | 2 | 3 | 52 | 0 |
| Michael Thomas | 5 | 8 | 45 | 0 |
| Alvin Kamara | 4 | 6 | 20 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Coleman | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bradford | 27/32 | 346 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bradford | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Dalvin Cook | 22 | 127 | 0 |
| Stefon Diggs | 1 | -6 | 0 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Latavius Murray | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Thielen | 9 | 10 | 157 | 0 |
| Dalvin Cook | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Stefon Diggs | 7 | 8 | 93 | 2 |
| Jerick McKinnon | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 3 | 3 | 26 | 1 |
| Jarius Wright | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Laquon Treadwell | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |