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Week 16: Detroit at Minnesota

December 20, 2026
70°
Minnesota Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 47,223 (74%)
Detroit 0 7 0 7 - 14
Minnesota 10 7 3 3 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 2-1-DET 1 (6:17) 22-Kevin Leeman ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Paul Medlock. MIN 7 DET 0
(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 4-5-DET 33 (2:52) 7-Paul Medlock 50 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 10 DET 0
(Qtr 2) Minnesota: 2-10-DET 23 (10:03) 14-Michael Nelson pass complete to 11-Louis Williams for 23 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Paul Medlock. MIN 17 DET 0
(Qtr 2) Detroit: 2-1-MIN 1 (0:52) 9-Anthony Watkins pass complete to 89-Michael Johnson for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Richard Baptiste. MIN 17 DET 7
(Qtr 3) Minnesota: 4-3-DET 19 (1:18) 7-Paul Medlock 36 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 20 DET 7
(Qtr 4) Detroit: 4-8-DET 27 (10:06) 19-Wayne Ham punts 49 yards to MIN 24. 89-Christopher Robinson to MIN 30 for 7 yards. 89-Christopher Robinson FUMBLES (97-Ernest Houston) recovered by DET-54-Lonnie Thach for 31 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Richard Baptiste. MIN 20 DET 14
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 4-4-DET 36 (6:27) 7-Paul Medlock 53 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 23 DET 14

Team Statistics

Minnesota Detroit
First Downs 13 19
- Rushing 6 5
- Passing 6 13
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 287 310
- Offensive Plays 56 66
- Yards Per Play 5.13 4.70
Net Rushing Yards 127 65
- Rushing Attempts 38 18
- Yards Per Rush 3.34 3.61
Net Passing Yards 160 245
- Att/Comp/Int 18 / 16 / 0 48 / 30 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 160 245
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.89 5.10
- Yards Per Completion 10.00 8.17
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 6 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.4 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 3 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 46 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 28 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 2 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:01 25:59

Drive Charts

Minnesota

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:28 7:13 OWN 35 12 65 Touchdown
1 4:49 2:01 OPP 37 3 5 Field Goal
1 0:00 2:10 OWN 9 3 6 Punt
2 11:25 1:26 OWN 26 5 74 Touchdown
2 7:42 2:08 OWN 10 3 8 Punt
2 0:48 0:48 OWN 21 2 -2 Half
3 15:00 4:02 OWN 25 6 26 Punt
3 6:45 5:30 OWN 22 9 59 Field Goal
4 14:46 2:10 OWN 40 3 9 Punt
4 9:51 3:29 OWN 25 5 39 Field Goal
4 4:00 2:07 OWN 3 3 9 Punt
4 0:57 0:57 OWN 14 2 0 Game

Detroit

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:32 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
1 6:15 1:26 OWN 25 3 9 Interception
1 2:48 2:48 OWN 25 8 28 Punt
2 12:50 1:26 OWN 36 3 4 Punt
2 9:58 2:16 OWN 25 4 31 Punt
2 5:34 4:46 OWN 29 13 71 Touchdown
3 10:58 4:13 OWN 11 8 66 Interception
3 1:15 1:29 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt
4 12:37 2:45 OWN 15 5 85 Touchdown
4 6:23 2:22 OWN 25 8 31 Punt
4 1:53 0:56 OWN 36 8 42 Fumble

Rushing Stats

Minnesota

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kevin Leeman 20 88 4.40 29 4 1
Jamie Carter 4 19 4.75 7 0 0
Melvin Ford 11 18 1.64 11 1 0
William Williams 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Michael Nelson 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Detroit

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Wilbur Holland 12 40 3.33 20 2 0
Mark Myers 3 18 6.00 12 1 0
Bennie Hess 3 7 2.33 4 0 0

Passing Stats

Minnesota

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael Nelson 18 16 160 0 / 0 1 28 0 122.22

Detroit

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Anthony Watkins 48 30 245 0 / 0 1 26 2 65.02

Receiving Stats

Minnesota

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Louis Williams 5 41 8.20 23 1
Lewis Flynn 1 28 28.00 28 0
Fred Lozano 3 27 9.00 14 0
Manuel Rivas 3 26 8.67 12 0
Jamie Carter 1 23 23.00 23 0
Kevin Leeman 1 8 8.00 8 0
Carlos Campbell 1 7 7.00 7 0
Melvin Ford 1 0 0.00 0 0

Detroit

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Sherrill 8 80 10.00 18 0
Aubrey Grady 6 53 8.83 12 0
Frankie Collins 3 39 13.00 26 0
Bennie Hess 5 31 6.20 12 0
Michael Johnson 4 23 5.75 11 1
Wilbur Holland 3 17 5.67 11 0
Mark Myers 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Minnesota

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Edmond Mahaney 0 6 0 0
Kevin Leeman 1 8 0 0
David Steele 1 0 0 0
Stephen Guinyard 2 4 0 0
Karl Daniel 0 2 0 0
Jeff Garvin 0 2 0 0
Christopher Turner 1 2 0 0
Jerry Wolfe 0 4 0 0
Steven Bauer 4 4 0 2
Melvin Ford 4 4 0 1
George Westlund 6 6 0 0
John Sugg 0 2 0 0
Luis Levine 0 4 0 1
William Williams 8 2 0 0
Lewis Flynn 10 11 0 3
Manuel Rivas 0 8 0 0
Mark Wyatt 0 4 0 1
Louis Williams 0 12 0 0
Gregory Dulin 0 18 0 1
Fred Lozano 0 16 0 2
Charles Snyder 24 41 0 2
Carlos Campbell 4 30 0 1
Reid Phan 24 30 0 1
Jamie Carter 7 25 0 4
Andrew Rickman 28 41 0 2
Charles Arledge 26 41 0 2
Danny Meadows 26 43 0 2
Wendell Reilley 0 5 0 0
Mike Jenny 0 5 0 0
Steven Lasky 0 4 0 0
John Smart 0 1 0 1

Detroit

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Allen Trahan 55 25 0 0
Ernest Houston 7 3 0 0
Dewey Cheatum 0 1 0 0
Thomas Batson 0 1 0 0
Jeffrey Litchfield 0 1 0 0
Mark Myers 4 1 0 0
Raymond Gould 4 9 0 0
Andrew Ferrell 1 8 0 0
Bennie Hess 8 8 0 1
Wilbur Holland 7 5 0 0
Timothy Beard 8 1 0 0
William Leonard 51 27 0 2
Raymond Tipton 10 4 0 0
James Andrews 7 0 0 0
Randy McIntyre 46 20 0 2
Michael Johnson 0 13 0 0
Frankie Collins 15 24 0 3
Leif Cassell 47 26 0 0
Robert Sherrill 0 18 0 1
Steven Walters 52 28 0 2
Aubrey Grady 0 12 0 0
Bennie Wheatley 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Minnesota

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mike Jenny 2 2 1.00 0

Detroit

Fumble Stats

Minnesota

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Christopher Robinson 1 0 0 0
Louis Williams 1 0 0 0
Melvin Ford 0 1 0 0
Luis Levine 0 0 1 0
Steven Bauer 0 1 0 0

Detroit

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Mark Myers 1 0 0 0
Ernest Houston 0 0 2 0
Lonnie Thach 0 1 0 1

Punting

Minnesota

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Alan Honeycutt 5 227 45.40 45.40 53 2

Detroit

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Wayne Ham 7 274 39.14 40.14 52 3

Kicking

Minnesota

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Paul Medlock 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 53 2 / 2

Detroit

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Richard Baptiste 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 2 / 2

Punt Return

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Christopher Robinson 4 46 11.5 17 0

Detroit

Kick Return

Minnesota

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Christopher Robinson 1 28 28.0 0

Detroit

Defensive Stats

Minnesota

Name Tackles Sacks
Jerry Wolfe 8 0
Steven Lasky 7 0
Edmond Mahaney 5 0
Luis Levine 4 0
Mike Jenny 4 0
Keith Perez 4 0
David Rangel 3 0
Steven Bauer 3 0
Christopher Turner 2 0
John Sugg 2 0
John Smart 2 0
Karl Daniel 1 0
Michael Belle 1 0

Detroit

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Edwards 9 0
Lonnie Thach 7 0
Ernest Houston 5 0
Bruce Hernandez 5 0
Steve Hill 4 0
Jason Smith 3 0
Eric Matlock 3 0
Marc Riley 3 0
Dwayne Rich 3 0
Dewey Cheatum 3 0
William Leonard 2 0
Wilfred Jimenez 2 0
John Cooke 2 0
Jeremy Gerber 1 0
Robert Sherrill 1 0
Mark Myers 1 0
Juan Dinkel 1 0
Kevin Young 1 0
James Andrews 1 0