MIN 24 @ CIN 27 - 2021 NFL

2021 Week 1

Minnesota VikingsMIN

24-27

Cincinnati BengalsCIN

Sun, September 12, 2021 · 1:00PM · Paul Brown Stadium

Attendance: 56,525Duration: 3:38Surface: fieldturfWeather: 81 degrees, relative humidity 54%, wind 15 mphLine: Minnesota Vikings -3.0O/U: 47.5 (over)

MIN: Mike Zimmer · CIN: Zac Taylor

MIN

Team Stats

CIN

1st Downs

22-67

Rushing

36-149

37-50-362

Passing

20-27-261

403

Scoring

2nd Quarter

6:39

Adam Thielen 5 yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph kick)

1:47

Tee Higgins 2 yard pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick)

0:35

Ja'Marr Chase 50 yard pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
MIN
Passing
Kirk Cousins	36/49	351	2	0	3	106.8
Justin Jefferson	1/1	11	0	0	0	112.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Dalvin Cook	20	61	1	17	1
Ameer Abdullah	1	4	0	4	0
Alexander Mattison	1	2	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Justin Jefferson	9	5	71	0	34
Dalvin Cook	7	6	43	0	9
Ameer Abdullah	2	2	15	0	10
Alexander Mattison	1	1	4	0	4
Adam Thielen	10	9	92	2	24
K.J. Osborn	9	7	76	0	25
Tyler Conklin	4	4	41	0	27
Dede Westbrook	1	1	11	0	11
C.J. Ham	2	2	9	0	6
Chris Herndon	2	0	0	0	0
CIN
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Joe Burrow	20/27	261	2	0	5	128.8
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Joe Burrow	1	2	0	2	0
Joe Mixon	29	127	1	19	0
Samaje Perine	5	22	0	13	0
Ja'Marr Chase	1	-2	0	-2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Joe Mixon	4	4	23	0	12
Samaje Perine	1	1	7	0	7
Tee Higgins	5	4	58	1	28
C.J. Uzomah	2	2	35	0	32
Tyler Boyd	4	3	32	0	18
Mike Thomas	3	1	5	0	5
Ja'Marr Chase	7	5	101	1	50

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
MIN
Michael Pierce	7	3	2	0	0	2	0	0
Nick Vigil	10	8	1	0	0	1	0	0
Danielle Hunter	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Harrison Smith	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	0
Eric Kendricks	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bashaud Breeland	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Woods	5	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dalvin Tomlinson	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Stephen Weatherly	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kris Boyd	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Camryn Bynum	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harrison Hand	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Lynch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D.J. Wonnum	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mackensie Alexander	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Andrew DePaola	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Troy Dye	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Peterson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Richardson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Armon Watts	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Everson Griffen	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
CIN
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
B.J. Hill	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Ogunjobi	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jessie Bates III	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germaine Pratt	8	6	0	0	0	1	1	1
Vonn Bell	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Logan Wilson	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Eli Apple	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chidobe Awuzie	6	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Hilton	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ricardo Allen	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Hubbard	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D.J. Reader	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samaje Perine	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Evans	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darius Phillips	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Hendrickson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cameron Sample	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Josh Tupou	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
MIN
Greg Joseph	3/3	1/1	0	0	-	0
Jordan Berry	-	-	8	402	50.3	63
CIN
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Evan McPherson	3/3	2/2	0	0	-	0
Kevin Huber	-	-	7	332	47.4	61

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
MIN
Dede Westbrook	0	0	0	1	12	0
Ihmir Smith-Marsette	1	21	0	0	0	0
CIN
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Darius Phillips	0	0	0	5	53	0
Brandon Wilson	1	11	0	0	0	0

Drive Summary

MIN

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	MIN 25	6	14	4:07	Punt
2	1	MIN 20	3	4	1:21	Punt
3	1	MIN 10	5	-8	3:30	Punt

Snap Counts

Player	POS	OFF	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
Rashod Hill	T	83	100%	0	0%	4	12%
Brian O'Neill	T	83	100%	0	0%	4	12%
Oli Udoh	T	83	100%	0	0%	4	12%
Ezra Cleveland	G	83	100%	0	0%	4	12%
Garrett Bradbury	C	83	100%	0	0%	0	0%
Kirk Cousins	QB	83	100%	0	0%	0	0%
Adam Thielen	WR	78	94%	0	0%	0	0%
Justin Jefferson	WR	76	92%	0	0%	0	0%
K.J. Osborn	WR	67	81%	0	0%	9	26%
Dalvin Cook	RB	59	71%	0	0%	0	0%
Tyler Conklin	TE	59	71%	0	0%	0	0%
C.J. Ham	FB	25	30%	0	0%	13	38%
Dede Westbrook	WR	15	18%	0	0%	7	21%
Chris Herndon	TE	12	14%	0	0%	0	0%
Ameer Abdullah	RB	9	11%	0	0%	5	15%
Alexander Mattison	RB	9	11%	0	0%	0	0%
Ihmir Smith-Marsette	WR	4	5%	0	0%	5	15%
Blake Brandel	T	2	2%	0	0%	4	12%
Patrick Peterson	CB	0	0%	69	100%	7	21%
Nick Vigil	LB	0	0%	69	100%	7	21%
Eric Kendricks	LB	0	0%	69	100%	7	21%
Xavier Woods	FS	0	0%	69	100%	7	21%
Harrison Smith	SS	0	0%	69	100%	5	15%
Bashaud Breeland	CB	0	0%	61	88%	5	15%
Danielle Hunter	DE	0	0%	60	87%	7	21%
Mackensie Alexander	CB	0	0%	50	72%	6	18%
Dalvin Tomlinson	DT	0	0%	47	68%	6	18%
D.J. Wonnum	DE	0	0%	47	68%	4	12%
Michael Pierce	NT	0	0%	41	59%	7	21%
Everson Griffen	DE	0	0%	28	41%	0	0%
Sheldon Richardson	DT	0	0%	22	32%	1	3%
Stephen Weatherly	DE	0	0%	17	25%	21	62%
Armon Watts	NT	0	0%	17	25%	0	0%
Blake Lynch	LB	0	0%	16	23%	30	88%
Kris Boyd	CB	0	0%	8	12%	18	53%
Troy Dye	LB	0	0%	0	0%	23	68%
Camryn Bynum	FS	0	0%	0	0%	23	68%
Harrison Hand	CB	0	0%	0	0%	22	65%
Brandon Dillon	TE	0	0%	0	0%	22	65%
Josh Metellus	SS	0	0%	0	0%	18	53%
Ryan Connelly	LB	0	0%	0	0%	15	44%
Chazz Surratt	LB	0	0%	0	0%	13	38%
Andrew DePaola	LS	0	0%	0	0%	12	35%
Jordan Berry	P	0	0%	0	0%	12	35%
Greg Joseph	K	0	0%	0	0%	9	26%
Mason Cole	C	0	0%	0	0%	4	12%
Wyatt Davis	G	0	0%	0	0%	4	12%

MIN

Expected Points Added

CIN

-3.0Total3.0

2.9Off Total6.2

15.3Off Pass8.8

-7.7Off Rush-2.6

-6.2Def Total-2.9

-8.8Def Pass-15.3

2.6Def Rush7.7

1.8

Starting Lineups

MIN

QBKirk Cousins

RBDalvin Cook

FBC.J. Ham

WRAdam Thielen

WRJustin Jefferson

WRK.J. Osborn

OLEzra Cleveland

OTOli Udoh

OTRashod Hill

OTBrian O'Neill

CGarrett Bradbury

Officials

RefereeAdrian Hill

UmpireRoy Ellison

Down JudgeDavid Oliver

Line JudgeMark Stewart

Back JudgeKeith Ferguson

Side JudgeJim Quirk

Field JudgeMearl Robinson

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	CIN 30	5	11	2:32	Punt
2	1	CIN 45	3	-2	1:59	Punt
3	1	CIN 49	3	5	1:31	Punt
4	2	CIN 25	9	75	4:52	Touchdown
5	2	CIN 25	4	75	0:36	Touchdown
6	3	CIN 25	11	75	5:45	Touchdown
7	3	CIN 21	4	9	2:16	Downs
8	3	CIN 25	7	40	3:11	Field Goal
9	4	CIN 10	4	15	2:05	Punt
10	4	CIN 25	5	28	3:04	Punt
11	5	CIN 25	5	11	3:28	Punt
12	5	CIN 10	3	4	1:44	Punt
13	5	CIN 39	7	46	1:48	Field Goal

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