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Week 1, 2011 - Vikings @ San Diego

Posted on October 23, 2011 at 07:11 PM.

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Minnesota Vikings at San Diego Chargers
Sep 11, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)	0	7	0	0	7
San Diego Chargers (0-0)	0	0	7	3	10

Team Stats Comparison
	MIN	SDG
Total Offense	341	196
Rushing Yards	111	87
Passing Yards	230	109
First Downs	14	10
Punt Return Yards	36	0
Kick Return Yards	37	26
Total Yards	414	222
Turnovers	1 (0)	1 (0)
3rd Down Converstion	4-15	4-14
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0-1	1-2
Penalties	6-50	1-5
Posession Time	25:55	22:05

Minnesota Vikings
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
McNabb	17/29	274	1	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Peterson	24	97	4.0	0
Gerhart	2	10	5.0	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Shiancoe	4	40	10.0	0
Harvin	4	106	26.5	1
Jenkins	3	77	25.6	0
Berrian	2	22	11.0	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
Johnson	5	0	0	0
Griffin	4	0	0	0
Winfield	4	0	1	0
Henderson	3	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
Longwell	0/3	1/1	1	0
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
Kluwe	5	222	44.4	1

San Diego Chargers
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
Rivers	16/27	155	0	1
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Mathews	19	47	2.4	1
Tolbert	3	40	13.3	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Gates	7	65	9.2	0
Floyd	4	66	16.5	0
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
Weddle	4	0	0	0
Gilchrist	4	0	1	0
Gregory	4	0	0	0
Jammer	4	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
Kaeding	1/2	1/1	4	38
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
Scifres	8	350	43.7	0

We seemed to get off to a decent start, although I expected more from the running game earlier on. And we also seemed to be all over the Chargers with our defense the entire game.

We outplayed them but simply didn't get ourselves into the red zone to put us in any sort of position to win.

Ryan Longwell had a horrible game, missing three of three field goals, due in part to a rather stiff breeze. And we shot ourselves in the foot several times with some large and very untimely penalties that seemed to extend drives at the worst time.

McNabb to Harvin was a highlight and certainly something I hope we'll repeat often this year. That will serve a couple of purposes - points on the board and spreading the defense for our running attack.