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 | Minnesota Vikings 26,New Orleans Saints 20 (OT)
 
 
 
 
| First Quarter |  |  | NO--FG W.Lutz 29, 5:08. Min--FG D.Bailey 43, 10:55.
 |  | Second Quarter |  |  | NO--A.Kamara 4 run (W.Lutz kick), 5:42. Min--FG D.Bailey 21, 12:06.
 Min--D.Cook 5 run (D.Bailey kick), 14:37.
 |  | Third Quarter |  |  | Min--D.Cook 1 run (D.Bailey kick), 11:37. |  | Fourth Quarter |  |  | NO--T.Hill 20 pass from D.Brees (W.Lutz kick), 4:29. NO--FG W.Lutz 49, 14:58.
 |  | Overtime |  |  | Min--K.Rudolph 4 pass from K.Cousins, 4:20. |  | A--73,038. |  
 
|  |  | MIN | NO |  | FIRST DOWNS | 22 | 19 |  |  | Rushing | 9 | 6 |  |  | Passing | 11 | 12 |  |  | Penalty | 2 | 1 |  | 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY | 10-18 | 4-11 |  | 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY | 0-0 | 0-0 |  | TOTAL NET YARDS | 362 | 324 |  |  | Total Plays | 74 | 54 |  |  | Average Gain | 4.9 | 6.0 |  | NET YARDS RUSHING | 136 | 97 |  |  | Rushes | 40 | 17 |  |  | Average per Rush | 3.4 | 5.7 |  | NET YARDS PASSING | 226 | 227 |  |  | Completed - Attempted | 19-31 | 27-34 |  |  | Yards per Pass | 6.6 | 6.1 |  |  | Sacked - Yards Lost | 3-16 | 3-31 |  |  | Had Intercepted | 0 | 1 |  | PUNTS-AVERAGE | 6-49.7 | 5-45.8 |  | RETURN YARDAGE | 50 | 192 |  |  | Punt Returns - Yards | 2-17 | 4-44 |  |  | Kickoff Returns - Yards | 1-3 | 5-148 |  |  | Int. Returns - Yards | 1-30 | 0-0 |  | PENALTIES-YARDS | 4-26 | 6-52 |  | FUMBLES-LOST | 1-1 | 1-1 |  | TIME OF POSSESSION | 36:56 | 27:24 |  
 
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |  |  | RUSHING -- |  |  |  | MIN: | D.Cook 28-94, A.Mattison 5-20, A.Abdullah 1-9, S.Diggs 2-8, A.Thielen 1-3, C.Ham 1-3, K.Cousins 2-(-1). |  |  |  | NO: | T.Hill 4-50, A.Kamara 7-21, L.Murray 5-21, D.Brees 1-5. |  |  | PASSING -- |  |  |  | MIN: | K.Cousins 19-31-242-1-0. |  |  |  | NO: | T.Hill 1-1-50-0-0, D.Brees 26-33-208-1-1. |  |  | RECEIVING -- |  |  |  | MIN: | A.Thielen 7-129, K.Rudolph 4-31, D.Cook 3-36, S.Diggs 2-19, O.Johnson 2-17, A.Mattison 1-10. |  |  |  | NO: | A.Kamara 8-34, M.Thomas 7-70, J.Cook 5-54, T.Hill 2-25, J.Hill 2-3, D.Harris 1-50, T.Ginn 1-18, L.Murray 1-4. |  |  | MISSED FIELD GOALS -- |  |  |  | NO: | W.Lutz 43. |  |