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24 - 21

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Minnesota Vikings	7	7	7	3	24
Carolina Panthers	0	14	7	0	21

- Location:
  
  Bank of America Stadium
  Charlotte, North Carolina
- Attendance:
  
  72,095

1st quarter

Team	Time	Play	Min	Car
	12:34	Percy Harvin 10 yd run (Ryan Longwell kick)	7	0

2nd quarter

Team	Time	Play	Min	Car
	13:22	Jeremy Shockey 1 yd pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)	7	7
	10:18	Greg Olsen 39 yd pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)	7	14
	00:42	Adrian Peterson 19 yd pass from Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell kick)	14	14

3rd quarter

Team	Time	Play	Min	Car
	11:07	Steve Smith 22 yd pass from Cam Newton (Olindo Mare kick)	14	21
	01:58	Adrian Peterson 9 yd run (Ryan Longwell kick)	21	21

4th quarter

Team	Time	Play	Min	Car
	02:43	Ryan Longwell 31 yd FG	24	21

Team Stats

	Minnesota	Carolina
1st Downs	22	21
Total Yards	361	405
Passing	229	265
Passing Completions/Attempts	18/28	22/35
Yards/Pass	7.2	7.0
Rushing	132	140
Rushing Attempts	33	27
Yards/Rush	4.0	5.2
Turnovers	1	2
Fumbles lost	1	2
Interceptions Thrown	0	0
Possession	32:05	27:55

Minnesota Passing

Player	COM	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Christian Ponder	18	28	236	8.4	1	0

Carolina Passing

Player	COM	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Cam Newton	22	35	290	8.3	3	0

Minnesota Rushing

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Adrian Peterson	21	86	4.1	1	15
Toby Gerhart	5	26	5.2	0	11
Percy Harvin	3	16	5.3	1	10
Christian Ponder	4	4	1.0	0	5

Carolina Rushing

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Cam Newton	6	53	8.8	0	24
Jonathan Stewart	13	49	3.8	0	8
DeAngelo Williams	7	26	3.7	0	12
Steve Smith	1	12	12.0	0	12

Minnesota Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Adrian Peterson	5	76	15.2	1	22
Percy Harvin	4	58	14.5	0	22
Visanthe Shiancoe	3	37	12.3	0	13
Kyle Rudolph	2	15	7.5	0	13
Devin Aromashodu	2	20	10.0	0	15
Michael Jenkins	2	30	15.0	0	24

Carolina Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Steve Smith	7	100	14.3	1	26
Legedu Naanee	5	49	9.8	0	22
Greg Olsen	4	73	18.2	1	39
Jonathan Stewart	2	10	5.0	0	7
DeAngelo Williams	2	13	6.5	0	7
Brandon LaFell	1	44	44.0	0	44
Jeremy Shockey	1	1	1.0	1	1

Minnesota Interceptions

Carolina Interceptions

Minnesota Tackles

Player	TAK	SACKS	AST	TOT
Chad Greenway	7	0.0	6	13
Asher Allen	6	0.0	0	6
Husain Abdullah	6	1.0	1	7
Cedric Griffin	6	0.0	1	7
Jared Allen	5	1.0	0	5
Kevin Williams	4	0.0	0	4
Erin Henderson	4	0.0	1	5
Jamarca Sanford	3	0.0	0	3
Marcus Sherels	2	0.0	0	2
Fred Evans	1	0.0	0	1
E.J. Henderson	1	1.0	2	3
Tyrell Johnson	1	0.0	0	1

Carolina Tackles

Player	TAK	SACKS	AST	TOT
Charles Godfrey	7	0.0	2	9
Omar Gaither	7	1.0	0	7
Captain Munnerlyn	5	1.0	2	7
James Anderson	4	0.0	3	7
Sherrod Martin	3	0.0	2	5
Terrell McClain	3	1.0	1	4
Antwan Applewhite	3	0.0	1	4
Chris Gamble	3	0.0	1	4
Charles Johnson	3	1.0	2	5
Andre Neblett	2	0.0	1	3
Dan Connor	2	0.0	0	2
Thomas Williams	2	0.0	0	2
Greg Hardy	1	0.0	0	1

Minnesota Kick Returning

Player	KRET	KRYDS	AVG	KRTD
Marcus Sherels	1	78	78.0	0

Carolina Kick Returning

Player	KRET	KRYDS	AVG	KRTD
Kealoha Pilares	3	61	20.3	0

Minnesota Punt Returning

Player	PRET	PRYDS	AVG	PRTD
Marcus Sherels	3	2	0.7	0

Carolina Punt Returning

Player	PRET	PRYDS	AVG	PRTD
Armanti Edwards	3	19	6.3	0

Minnesota Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS	LNG
Chris Kluwe	4	179	53

Carolina Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS	LNG
Jason Baker	4	174	52

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