Regular Season Week 1: Minnesota at New England
September 05, 2055 65° New England Stadium
Attendance: 55,008 (80%)
Minnesota 3 3 0 0 - 6
New England 0 7 0 0 - 7
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 4-12-NED 29 (7:26) 1-James Wilson 47 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 79-Myron Bean was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NED 0 MIN 3
(Qtr 2) New England: 3-7-MIN 23 (4:29) 15-Frank Despres pass complete to 21-Maxwell Smith for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Oscar Rochester. NED 7 MIN 3
(Qtr 2) Minnesota: 3-3-NED 31 (0:02) 1-James Wilson 49 yard field goal is GOOD. NED 7 MIN 6
Team Statistics
New England Minnesota
First Downs 11 10
- Rushing 4 6
- Passing 6 4
- Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 183 216
- Offensive Plays 57 57
- Yards Per Play 3.21 3.79
Net Rushing Yards 59 82
- Rushing Attempts 32 25
- Yards Per Rush 1.84 3.28
Net Passing Yards 124 134
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 16 / 1 31 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 124 144
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.96 4.19
- Yards Per Completion 7.75 6.26
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 3 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 2 / 20 1 / 8
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 2 2 / 1
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 33
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 24
Time of Possession 29:09 30:51
Drive Charts
New England
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:42 2:13 OWN 14 3 9 Punt
1 7:22 2:05 OWN 25 3 14 Punt
2 14:56 3:34 OWN 47 6 9 Interception
2 9:59 5:36 OWN 24 9 76 Touchdown
2 2:21 0:39 OWN 19 3 -1 Punt
3 15:00 3:41 OWN 25 8 23 Punt
3 9:12 1:22 OWN 36 3 -1 Punt
3 2:52 3:02 OWN 20 6 28 Punt
4 13:21 2:07 OWN 41 3 9 Punt
4 9:19 0:20 OWN 33 3 0 Punt
4 5:01 3:52 OWN 20 7 15 Punt
4 0:38 0:38 OPP 13 3 -6 Game
Minnesota
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:18 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 10:28 3:06 OWN 29 6 43 Field Goal
1 5:17 5:21 OWN 13 9 47 Missed FG
2 11:22 1:23 OPP 24 3 7 Missed FG
2 4:23 2:02 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
2 1:43 1:43 OWN 35 6 34 Field Goal
3 11:19 2:07 OWN 13 3 2 Punt
3 7:50 4:58 OWN 18 8 34 Punt
4 14:50 1:29 OWN 8 3 5 Punt
4 11:14 1:55 OWN 12 3 7 Punt
4 8:59 3:58 OWN 24 6 23 Punt
4 1:09 0:31 OWN 16 4 -3 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
New England
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#35 John Kindel 21 45 2.14 10 1 0
#10 Timothy Moss 8 18 2.25 10 1 0
#15 Frank Despres 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
#21 Maxwell Smith 2 -4 -2.00 -2 0 0
Minnesota
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#41 Michael Turner 17 48 2.82 10 2 0
#5 Paul Sanchez 2 19 9.50 14 1 0
#2 Andrew Comstock 1 16 16.00 16 1 0
#81 Raymond Lee 5 -1 -0.20 2 0 0
Passing Stats
New England
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#15 Frank Despres 25 16 124 0 / 0 1 27 1 72.75
Minnesota
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#2 Andrew Comstock 31 23 144 1 / 10 0 29 0 83.27
Receiving Stats
New England
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Timothy Moss 3 45 15.00 27 0
#21 Maxwell Smith 1 23 23.00 23 1
#81 Robert Parr 5 20 4.00 6 0
#19 Mark Andrews 2 19 9.50 10 0
#35 John Kindel 5 17 3.40 9 0
Minnesota
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#86 Don Gregg 6 38 6.33 11 0
#85 Arron Stanley 1 29 29.00 29 0
#88 Cornelius Meek 4 26 6.50 8 0
#41 Michael Turner 7 23 3.29 9 0
#43 Fred Jones 1 16 16.00 16 0
#3 Charles Rosado 2 7 3.50 5 0
#81 Raymond Lee 2 5 2.50 5 0
Blocking Stats
New England
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Adam Williams 35 39 0 2
#28 Gary Vento 16 21 0 3
#66 William Richard 32 34 0 0
#72 Miguel Northern 35 37 0 2
#75 Scott Comeau 29 32 0 1
#51 Stuart Baird 25 37 0 4
#19 Mark Andrews 0 14 0 1
#83 Brian McCall 9 28 0 0
#81 Robert Parr 0 16 0 2
#88 Laurence Smith 0 20 0 0
#73 Thomas Heard 14 3 0 1
#54 Joseph Perez 6 0 0 0
#10 Timothy Moss 4 8 0 2
#85 Roscoe Ward 3 9 0 1
#35 John Kindel 6 6 0 1
#21 Maxwell Smith 0 2 0 0
#59 Danny Samuels 1 0 0 0
#67 Christopher McEvoy 3 3 0 0
#30 Daniel Hilton 0 1 0 0
#17 Michael Sneed 0 1 0 0
#81 Anthony Thomas 0 1 0 0
#23 Mack Garrison 0 1 0 0
Minnesota
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#79 Myron Bean 42 30 1 3
#65 Charles Williams 43 28 0 1
#85 Arron Stanley 1 19 0 0
#19 Bruce Barnes 0 18 0 2
#76 Chad Bracey (IR) 44 34 0 1
#78 Ellis Holman 42 31 0 1
#70 Ralph Wilkins 33 31 0 4
#86 Don Gregg 0 21 0 1
#81 Raymond Lee 24 15 0 0
#41 Michael Turner 8 3 0 0
#62 Thomas Carter 11 1 0 0
#34 Steven Cortez 7 4 0 1
#61 Ronnie Heath 13 4 0 0
#5 Paul Sanchez 5 1 0 0
#88 Cornelius Meek 0 12 0 0
#43 Fred Jones 4 0 0 0
#71 Bruce Defranco 4 1 0 0
#95 William Mannings 0 1 0 0
#99 Juan Gregory 0 1 0 0
#21 Wesley Fortenberry 0 1 0 0
#97 Jeffrey Williams 0 1 0 0
#53 Charles Hicks 0 1 0 0
#58 Phillip King 0 2 0 0
#30 Roy Gallagher 0 1 0 0
#93 Greg Hodges 0 1 0 0
#28 Gregory Matthews 0 2 0 1
#35 Robert Wade 0 2 0 0
#80 James Bellows 0 2 0 0
#11 James Breen 0 3 0 0
#34 Andrew Ratcliffe 0 3 0 0
Interception Stats
New England
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Minnesota
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#34 Andrew Ratcliffe 1 33 33.00 0
Fumble Stats
New England
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#10 Timothy Moss 1 1 0 0
Minnesota
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#41 Michael Turner 1 0 0 0
#22 Daniel Noland 0 1 0 0
Punting
New England
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#2 Willie Laird 9 406 45.11 44.89 50 5
Minnesota
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#8 Michael Stahl 7 353 50.43 43.43 57 2
Kicking
New England
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Oscar Rochester 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 1 / 1
Minnesota
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 James Wilson 2 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 1 49 0 / 0
Punt Return
New England
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Timothy Moss 1 2 2.0 2 0
Minnesota
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#41 Michael Turner 2 1 0.5 1 0
Kick Return
New England
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Minnesota
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
New England
Name Tackles Sacks
#52 Daniel Blackwell 9 0
#23 Mack Garrison 6 0
#26 Timothy Bethel 6 0
#93 Michael Hildebrandt 5 0
#48 Andrew Johnson 5 0
#63 Jimmy Todd 3 0
#38 Keith Client 3 0
#54 Joseph Perez 2 0
#95 Ty Presnell 2 0
#91 Charles Kane 2 0
#32 Brian Honeycutt 2 0
#27 Robert Jacobs 2 0
#41 James Armstrong 2 0
#66 William Richard 1 0
#96 Peter Snow 1 1
Minnesota
Name Tackles Sacks
#97 Jeffrey Williams 11 0
#21 Wesley Fortenberry 6 0
#22 Daniel Noland 5 0
#30 Roy Gallagher 4 0
#57 David White 3 0
#99 Juan Gregory 3 0
#93 Greg Hodges 3 0
#34 Steven Cortez 3 0
#58 Phillip King 2 0
#28 Gregory Matthews 2 0
#53 Charles Hicks 2 0
#95 William Mannings 1 0
#28 Rodney Beeler 1 0
#34 Andrew Ratcliffe 1 0
#50 Nick Mason 1 0