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14 - 24

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Minnesota Vikings	0	0	7	7	14
Atlanta Falcons	7	10	0	7	24

- Location:
  
  Georgia Dome
  Atlanta, Georgia
- Attendance:
  
  68,115

1st quarter

Team	Time	Play	Min	Atl
	06:08	Harry Douglas 27 yd pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)	0	7

2nd quarter

Team	Time	Play	Min	Atl
	04:04	Roddy White 6 yd pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)	0	14
	00:37	Matt Bryant 37 yd FG	0	17

3rd quarter

Team	Time	Play	Min	Atl
	03:58	Toby Gerhart 1 yd run (Ryan Longwell kick)	7	17

4th quarter

Team	Time	Play	Min	Atl
	13:13	Percy Harvin 39 yd pass from Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell kick)	14	17
	06:40	Michael Palmer 3 yd pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)	14	24

Team Stats

	Minnesota	Atlanta
1st Downs	12	22
Total Yards	226	335
Passing	162	246
Passing Completions/Attempts	17/25	27/34
Yards/Pass	5.6	6.8
Rushing	64	89
Rushing Attempts	24	29
Yards/Rush	2.7	3.1
Turnovers	0	1
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions Thrown	0	0
Possession	25:21	34:39

Minnesota Passing

Player	COM	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Christian Ponder	17	25	186	7.4	1	0

Atlanta Passing

Player	COM	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Matt Ryan	27	34	262	7.7	3	0

Minnesota Rushing

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Toby Gerhart	17	44	2.6	1	12
Percy Harvin	5	11	2.2	0	3
Christian Ponder	2	9	4.5	0	5

Atlanta Rushing

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Michael Turner	19	60	3.2	0	10
Jacquizz Rodgers	3	19	6.3	0	8
Jason Snelling	3	7	2.3	0	3
Matt Ryan	4	3	0.8	0	6

Minnesota Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Percy Harvin	8	95	11.9	1	39
Visanthe Shiancoe	3	24	8.0	0	14
Toby Gerhart	2	19	9.5	0	11
Michael Jenkins	2	25	12.5	0	18
Allen Reisner	1	5	5.0	0	5
Devin Aromashodu	1	18	18.0	0	18

Atlanta Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Roddy White	10	120	12.0	1	26
Tony Gonzalez	9	69	7.7	0	18
Harry Douglas	2	45	22.5	1	27
Michael Palmer	2	8	4.0	1	5
Jacquizz Rodgers	2	12	6.0	0	9
Jason Snelling	1	4	4.0	0	4
Michael Turner	1	4	4.0	0	4

Minnesota Interceptions

Atlanta Interceptions

Minnesota Tackles

Player	TAK	SACKS	AST	TOT
E.J. Henderson	9	0.0	3	12
Chad Greenway	7	0.0	9	16
Jared Allen	4	0.0	0	4
Marcus Sherels	3	0.0	0	3
Jamarca Sanford	3	0.0	1	4
Tyrell Johnson	2	0.0	1	3
Letroy Guion	2	0.0	0	2
Benny Sapp	1	0.0	2	3
Mistral Raymond	1	0.0	2	3
Larry Dean	1	0.0	0	1
Everson Griffen	1	1.0	0	1
Brian Robison	1	0.0	2	3
Erin Henderson	1	0.0	1	2
Asher Allen	1	0.0	1	2
Kevin Williams	1	1.0	1	2

Atlanta Tackles

Player	TAK	SACKS	AST	TOT
Sean Weatherspoon	7	1.0	3	10
James Sanders	5	0.0	3	8
Thomas DeCoud	3	0.0	0	3
Christopher Owens	3	1.0	1	4
Corey Peters	2	0.0	2	4
Lawrence Sidbury	2	2.0	0	2
Curtis Lofton	2	0.0	7	9
Dunta Robinson	2	0.0	1	3
Stephen Nicholas	2	0.0	2	4
Ray Edwards	1	0.0	0	1

Minnesota Kick Returning

Player	KRET	KRYDS	AVG	KRTD
Marcus Sherels	2	49	24.5	0
Percy Harvin	1	104	104.0	0

Atlanta Kick Returning

Player	KRET	KRYDS	AVG	KRTD
Eric Weems	2	52	26.0	0

Minnesota Punt Returning

Player	PRET	PRYDS	AVG	PRTD
Marcus Sherels	3	5	1.7	0

Atlanta Punt Returning

Player	PRET	PRYDS	AVG	PRTD
Eric Weems	4	54	13.5	0
Dominique Franks	1	0	0.0	0

Minnesota Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS	LNG
Chris Kluwe	7	331	51

Atlanta Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS	LNG
Matt Bosher	5	252	57

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