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National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Minnesota 31, Houston 23
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 4, 2020
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Brad Rogers
Attendance: 12102
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 7107731
Houston 0610723
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:05
Minnesota TD Houston 0 - Minnesota 7
Dalvin Cook 5 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:41
Minnesota FG Houston 0 - Minnesota 10
Dan Bailey 31 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:46
Houston FG Houston 3 - Minnesota 10
Ka'imi Fairbairn 50 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:53
Minnesota TD Houston 3 - Minnesota 17
Dalvin Cook 7 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:27
Houston FG Houston 6 - Minnesota 17
Ka'imi Fairbairn 28 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:47
Houston TD Houston 13 - Minnesota 17
Will Fuller V 24 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:30
Houston FG Houston 16 - Minnesota 17
Ka'imi Fairbairn 25 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:41
Minnesota TD Houston 16 - Minnesota 24
Adam Thielen 9 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Bailey kick)
4th Quarter - 10:50
Minnesota TD Houston 16 - Minnesota 31
Alexander Mattison 4 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick)
4th Quarter - 5:52
Houston TD Houston 23 - Minnesota 31
Kenny Stills 24 yd. pass from Deshaun Watson (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota Houston
1st Downs 24 20
Rushing 14 5
Passing 10 12
Penalty 0 3
3rd Down Conversions 5-12 3-12
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-2
Punts-Average 4-41.5 4-50.3
Return Yards 46 65
Punts-Returns 1-6 2-14
Kickoffs-Returns 2-40 2-51
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-36 2-15
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1
Time of Possession 36:31 23:29
Total Net Yards 410 386
Total Plays 65 62
Average Gain 6.3 6.2
Net Yards Rushing 162 96
Rushes 40 26
Average/Rush 4.0 3.7
Net Yards Passing 248 290
Comp-Att 16-22 20-33
Yards/Pass 9.9 8.1
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-12 3-10
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 4 2
Rushing 3 0
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 4-4 2-2
Field Goals 1-2 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 4-5-80% 0-3-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 0-3-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 16/22 260 1 0
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Watson 20/33 300 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Cook 27 130 4.8 2 15
A. Mattison 7 17 2.4 1 4
A. Thielen 1 8 8.0 0 8
K. Cousins 4 5 1.2 0 5
C. Ham 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Johnson 16 63 3.9 0 15
D. Johnson 5 24 4.8 0 8
D. Watson 5 9 1.8 0 5
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Thielen 10 8 114 14.2 1 39
J. Jefferson 5 4 103 25.8 0 29
K. Rudolph 2 2 27 13.5 0 19
D. Cook 2 2 16 8.0 0 11
B. Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0
I. Smith Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
W. Fuller V 7 6 108 18.0 1 43
J. Akins 3 3 46 15.3 0 26
K. Stills 4 2 39 19.5 1 24
R. Cobb 5 2 36 18.0 0 23
D. Johnson 3 2 29 14.5 0 16
D. Fells 2 2 21 10.5 0 14
D. Johnson 4 3 21 7.0 0 15
B. Cooks 3 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
Y. Ngakoue 2.0 3.0
D. Wonnum 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 2.0 10.0
P. Hall 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
E. Kendricks 7 5
Y. Ngakoue 5 0
J. Gladney 5 0
C. Dantzler 4 0
G. Iloka 4 1
A. Harris 3 2
E. Wilson 3 6
I. Odenigbo 1 0
D. Wonnum 1 0
J. Johnson 1 1
T. Davis 1 1
H. Hill 1 2
H. Smith 1 2
S. Stephen 1 2
A. Watts 0 1
J. Holmes 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Wonnum 1.0
G. Iloka 1.0
Y. Ngakoue 1.0
J. Gladney 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
W. Mercilus 2.0
P. Hall 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Carter 1
D. Watson 2