NFL Football Box Scores

National Football League

BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP

Minnesota 42, Denver 28

When: 9:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 11, 2018
Where: Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado
Temperature: 90°
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 75530

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Minnesota	14	10	3	15	42
Denver	0	14	7	7	28

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 8:15
Minnesota	TD	Denver 0 - Minnesota 7 Stefon Diggs 1 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Daniel Carlson kick)
1st Quarter - 1:36
Minnesota	TD	Denver 0 - Minnesota 14 Roc Thomas 13 yd. pass from Trevor Siemian (Daniel Carlson kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:47
Minnesota	FG	Denver 0 - Minnesota 17 Daniel Carlson 39 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 5:47
Denver	TD	Denver 7 - Minnesota 17 Royce Freeman 23 yd. run (Brandon McManus kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:59
Minnesota	TD	Denver 7 - Minnesota 24 Roc Thomas 78 yd. pass from Trevor Siemian (Daniel Carlson kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:39
Denver	TD	Denver 14 - Minnesota 24 Isaiah McKenzie 78 yd. punt return (Brandon McManus kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:50
Minnesota	FG	Denver 14 - Minnesota 27 Daniel Carlson 57 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:26
Denver	TD	Denver 21 - Minnesota 27 Matt LaCosse 36 yd. pass from Chad Kelly (Brandon McManus kick)
4th Quarter - 10:00
Denver	TD	Denver 28 - Minnesota 27 Phillip Lindsay 19 yd. pass from Chad Kelly (Brandon McManus kick)
4th Quarter - 6:01
Minnesota	TD	Denver 28 - Minnesota 35 Chad Beebe 9 yd. pass from Kyle Sloter (Jeff Badet pass from Kyle Sloter)
4th Quarter - 3:06
Minnesota	TD	Denver 28 - Minnesota 42 Kyle Sloter 14 yd. run (Daniel Carlson kick)

TEAMS

Team Stats

	Minnesota	Denver
1st Downs	24	14
Rushing	9	3
Passing	12	9
Penalty	3	2
3rd Down Conversions	7-15	5-13
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-1
Punts-Average	5-49.0	7-48.3
Return Yards	43	159
Punts-Returns	5-23	2-91
Kickoffs-Returns	1-16	2-63
Int - Returns	2-4	1-5
Penalties-Yards	9-93	10-107
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	0-0
Time of Possession	35:44	24:16
Total Net Yards	406	299
Total Plays	72	57
Average Gain	5.6	5.2
Net Yards Rushing	147	110
Rushes	37	19
Average/Rush	4.0	5.8
Net Yards Passing	259	189
Comp-Att	24-32	21-36
Yards/Pass	7.4	5.0
Sacked-Yards Lost	3-17	2-17
Had Intercepted	1	2
Touchdowns	5	4
Rushing	1	1
Passing	4	2
Other	0	1
Extra Points	5-5	4-4
Field Goals	2-2	0-0
Red Zone Efficiency	4-4-100%	1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency	1-1-100%	0-1-0%
Safeties	0	0

PLAYER STATS

Minnesota Vikings (1-0)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
T. Siemian	11/17	165	2	1
K. Sloter	9/11	69	1	0
K. Cousins	4/4	42	1	0

Denver Broncos (0-1)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
C. Kelly	14/21	177	2	1
P. Lynch	6/11	24	0	1
C. Keenum	1/4	5	0	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
L. Murray	4	43	10.8	0	21
M. Brown	11	34	3.1	0	11
R. Thomas	8	29	3.6	0	9
M. Boone	12	22	1.8	0	10
K. Sloter	2	19	9.5	1	14

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
R. Freeman	4	38	9.5	1	23
C. Kelly	3	38	12.7	0	18
D. Henderson Sr.	4	10	2.5	0	6
D. Booker	2	7	3.5	0	4
D. Williams	3	7	2.3	0	6
P. Lindsay	2	7	3.5	0	5
P. Lynch	1	3	3.0	0	3

Receiving
	TAR	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
R. Thomas	3	3	102	34.0	2	78
S. Diggs	3	3	35	11.7	1	28
S. Coley	4	2	23	11.5	0	19
C. Beebe	3	3	22	7.3	1	10
M. Boone	3	3	21	7.0	0	9
J. Wieneke	1	1	16	16.0	0	16
C. Jones	1	1	11	11.0	0	11
D. Morgan	1	1	11	11.0	0	11
J. Price	1	1	9	9.0	0	9
K. Wright	1	1	9	9.0	0	9
C. Ham	1	1	7	7.0	0	7
J. Badet	1	1	5	5.0	0	5
L. Treadwell	0	1	3	3.0	0	3
T. Conklin	3	1	2	2.0	0	2
B. Bell	2	0	0	0	0	0
M. Brown	2	1	0	0.0	0	0

Receiving
	TAR	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
P. Lindsay	4	3	40	13.3	1	19
M. LaCosse	2	2	40	20.0	1	36
J. Diarse	3	2	33	16.5	0	19
B. Parker	4	2	27	13.5	0	20
T. Patrick	3	3	25	8.3	0	14
M. Chapman	3	2	16	8.0	0	8
J. Leslie	4	2	12	6.0	0	7
D. Henderson Sr.	1	1	5	5.0	0	5
D. Thomas	1	1	5	5.0	0	5
C. Sutton	3	1	3	3.0	0	3
R. Freeman	1	0	0	0	0	0
D. Hamilton	1	0	0	0	0	0
R. Cracraft	3	2	0	0.0	0	0
A. Traylor	2	0	0	0	0	0
A. Janovich	1	0	0	0	0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
A. Harris	1	4	0
J. Tocho	1	0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
Z. Anderson	1	5	0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
T. Bower	1.0	9.0
J. Wynn	1.0	8.0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
W. Parks	1.0	8.0
J. Holland	1.0	6.0
M. Rush	1.0	3.0

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
H. Hill	4	0
J. Tocho	4	0
T. Matthews	4	1
B. Gedeon	3	0
K. Brothers	3	1
E. Wilson	2	0
M. Hughes	2	0
R. Cliett	2	0
C. James	2	0
T. Bower	2	1
T. Mathis	2	1
D. Parry	1	0
M. Sherels	1	0
T. Waynes	1	0
I. Odenigbo	1	0
A. Aruna	1	0
J. Wynn	1	0
J. Johnson	0	1
B. Taylor	0	1
A. Harris	0	1

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
W. Parks	5	0
K. Peko	4	0
J. Moore	4	0
Z. Kerr	4	0
I. Yiadom	3	0
T. Marshall	3	0
D. Thomas	3	2
J. Jewell	3	2
C. Smith	2	0
B. Roby	2	0
M. Rush	2	0
J. Carter	2	0
S. Barrett	2	0
K. Bierria	2	0
J. Simmons	2	1
D. Stewart	2	1
S. Harris	2	1
B. Langley	1	0
D. Wolfe	1	0
B. Chubb	1	0
A. Gotsis	1	0
Z. Anderson	1	0
S. Maponga	1	0
C. Lyons	1	0
J. Garcia-Williams	1	0
J. Holland	1	0
M. Hunter	1	1

Tackles For Loss
	NO.
J. Tocho	1.0
T. Bower	1.0
J. Wynn	1.0
R. Cliett	1.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.
K. Peko	1.0
A. Gotsis	1.0
Z. Kerr	1.0
M. Rush	1.0
J. Carter	1.0
W. Parks	1.0
C. Lyons	1.0
J. Holland	1.0

Fumbles
	NO.
No fumbles

Fumbles
	NO.
No fumbles