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Houston 28, Minnesota 24

When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, August 30, 2012
Where: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Donovan Briggans
Attendance: 71116

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Minnesota	0	10	14	0	24
Houston	7	7	14	0	28

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 12:01
Houston	TD	Houston 7 - Minnesota 0 Justin Forsett 3 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:11
Minnesota	FG	Houston 7 - Minnesota 3 Blair Walsh 36 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:21
Houston	TD	Houston 14 - Minnesota 3 DeVier Posey 80 yd. pass from John Beck (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:33
Minnesota	TD	Houston 14 - Minnesota 10 Devin Aromashodu 58 yd. pass from Sage Rosenfels (Blair Walsh kick)
3rd Quarter - 13:26
Houston	TD	Houston 21 - Minnesota 10 Trindon Holliday 76 yd. punt return (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:22
Minnesota	TD	Houston 21 - Minnesota 17 Jarius Wright 59 yd. pass from McLeod Bethel-Thompson (Blair Walsh kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:27
Houston	TD	Houston 28 - Minnesota 17 Justin Forsett 5 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:55
Minnesota	TD	Houston 28 - Minnesota 24 Jordan Todman 76 yd. run (Blair Walsh kick)

TEAMS

Team Stats

	Minnesota	Houston
1st Downs	26	12
Rushing	9	7
Passing	13	5
Penalty	4	0
3rd Down Conversions	4-16	2-10
4th Down Conversions	2-4	0-1
Punts-Average	5-49.0	7-47.0
Return Yards	149	175
Punts-Returns	4-18	4-94
Kickoffs-Returns	5-131	3-80
Int-Returns	0-0	1-1
Penalties-Yards	5-40	9-76
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	1-1
Time of Possession	36:18	23:42
Total Net Yards	562	352
Total Plays	83	51
Average Gain	6.8	6.9
Net Yards Rushing	245	168
Rushes	30	29
Average/Rush	8.2	5.8
Net Yards Passing	317	184
Comp-Att	26-47	11-20
Yards/Pass	6.0	8.4
Sacked-Yards Lost	6-34	2-8
Had Intercepted	1	0
Touchdowns	3	4
Rushing	1	2
Passing	2	1
Other	0	1
Extra Points	3-3	4-4
Field Goals	1-2	0-0
Red Zone Efficiency	0-1-0%	2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency	0-1-0%	1-2-50%
Safeties	0	0

PLAYER STATS

Minnesota Vikings (1-3)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
M. Bethel-Thompson	15/29	193	1	1
S. Rosenfels	7/11	111	1	0
J. Webb	4/7	47	0	0

Houston Texans (3-1)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
J. Beck	6/10	149	1	0
C. Keenum	5/10	43	0	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
J. Todman	10	114	11.4	1	76
M. Asiata	7	43	6.1	0	17
L. Hilliard	7	33	4.7	0	22
J. Webb	2	22	11.0	0	15
J. Wright	1	20	20.0	0	20
M. Bethel-Thompson	3	13	4.3	0	7

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
J. Forsett	13	114	8.8	2	52
J. Grimes	13	49	3.8	0	16
C. Keenum	2	6	3.0	0	7
J. Beck	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1

Receiving
	TAR	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
J. Wright	9	6	122	20.3	1	59
D. Aromashodu	8	5	89	17.8	1	58
S. Burton	8	3	47	15.7	0	22
E. Arceneaux	7	2	28	14.0	0	22
J. Todman	5	5	21	4.2	0	14
M. Shuler	3	1	19	19.0	0	19
R. Ellison	2	2	16	8.0	0	13
M. Asiata	1	1	9	9.0	0	9
P. Brown	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
L. Hilliard	1	0	0	0	0	0
A. Reisner	2	0	0	0	0	0

Receiving
	TAR	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
D. Posey	4	2	93	46.5	1	80
L. Brock	2	2	33	16.5	0	21
L. Jean	2	1	27	27.0	0	27
J. Grimes	2	2	17	8.5	0	13
J. Iglesias	3	1	12	12.0	0	12
P. Supernaw	2	1	5	5.0	0	5
J. Maehl	2	2	5	2.5	0	5
M. Norris	2	0	0	0	0	0
K. Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
No interceptions

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
E. Pleasant	1	1	0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
C. Baker	1.0	5.0
N. Reed	1.0	3.0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
D. Bryant	2.0	8.0
D. Johnson	1.5	12.0
T. Dobbins	1.0	10.0
W. Mercilus	1.0	0.0
J. Nading	0.5	4.0

Tackles
	TK	Ast
A. Cole	5	1
R. Blanton	5	2
C. Baker	4	2
B. Burton	3	0
E. Frampton	3	2
C. Paredes	2	0
N. Reed	2	0
J. Charleston	2	0
T. McKenzie	2	2
L. Dean	2	2
R. Jones	1	0
M. Mitchell	1	0
Z. Bowman	1	0
C. Carr	1	1
C. Ballard	0	2

Tackles
	TK	Ast
B. Harris	6	1
T. Nolan	6	1
T. Dobbins	4	0
S. McManis	4	0
D. Hunter	4	1
D. Johnson	4	2
M. Alexander	3	0
E. Pleasant	3	0
M. King	3	0
S. Loiseau	3	1
Q. Demps	3	2
J. Nading	2	1
J. Crick	2	1
D. Bryant	2	1
W. Mercilus	2	2
A. Ball	1	0
R. Moore	1	0
H. Fangupo	1	1
R. Carmichael	1	1
S. Keo	1	3

Tackles For Loss
	NO.
C. Baker	1.0
A. Cole	1.0
T. McKenzie	1.0
N. Reed	1.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.
B. Harris	1.0
T. Dobbins	1.0
D. Bryant	1.0

Fumbles
	NO.
R. Jones	1

Fumbles
	NO.
D. Posey	1

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