2002 · Week 12
Minnesota Vikings at New England Patriots
Nov 24, 2002 · Gillette Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New England Patriots beat Minnesota Vikings 24–17. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Patriots (76%). Patriots improve to 6-5; Vikings fall to 3-8. Tom Brady led the way with 239 passing yards and 3 TDs; 4 rushing yards. Vikings turned it over 2 times to Patriots's 0.
Team stats
| MIN | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | First downs | 18 |
| 425 | Total yards | 319 |
| 272 | Passing yards | 239 |
| 153 | Rushing yards | 80 |
| 24/49 | Comp / Att | 21/34 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
MIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 24/49 | 272 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daunte Culpepper | 5 | 59 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 14 | 55 | 0 |
| Moe Williams | 6 | 39 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Moss | 8 | 13 | 92 | 0 |
| Kelly Campbell | 6 | 13 | 63 | 1 |
| Michael Bennett | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Moe Williams | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Byron Chamberlain | 3 | 3 | 38 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 2 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| D'Wayne Bates | 3 | 6 | 29 | 1 |
| Chris Walsh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 21/34 | 239 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 18 | 58 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Patten | 5 | 9 | 62 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 3 | 3 | 43 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 4 | 7 | 33 | 1 |
| Deion Branch | 1 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Christian Fauria | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Donald Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |