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Wild Card: Carolina at Minnesota

December 26, 2066
70°
Minnesota Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 64,121 (100%)
Carolina 7 10 7 7 - 31
Minnesota 7 0 0 5 - 12

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Carolina: 1-4-MIN 4 (7:50) 41-Mark Henderson ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Fernando Mello. MIN 0 CAR 7
(Qtr 1) Minnesota: 3-6-CAR 6 (1:47) 9-Clifford Nunez pass complete to 18-Dwight Thomas for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Richard Mercer. MIN 7 CAR 7
(Qtr 2) Carolina: 3-7-MIN 7 (11:53) 16-Alvin Spence pass complete to 20-Ernest Ballew to MIN 0 for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Fernando Mello. CAR 60-Rodney Dunford was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIN 94-Joseph Vang was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIN 7 CAR 14
(Qtr 2) Carolina: 4-11-MIN 35 (1:10) 1-Fernando Mello 52 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 7 CAR 17
(Qtr 3) Carolina: 2-5-MIN 5 (0:42) 29-Richard Cullison ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Fernando Mello. MIN 7 CAR 24
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 2-11-CAR 2 (10:49) 20-Ernest Ballew ran for -2 yards. Tackle by 57-Nathaniel Wilson. SAFETY! (57-Nathaniel Wilson) MIN 9 CAR 24
(Qtr 4) Minnesota: 4-2-CAR 7 (6:33) 6-Richard Mercer 24 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 12 CAR 24
(Qtr 4) Carolina: 2-3-MIN 3 (1:52) 29-Richard Cullison ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Fernando Mello. MIN 12 CAR 31

Team Statistics

Minnesota Carolina
First Downs 8 15
- Rushing 4 9
- Passing 4 6
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 173 337
- Offensive Plays 52 65
- Yards Per Play 3.33 5.18
Net Rushing Yards 66 190
- Rushing Attempts 22 45
- Yards Per Rush 3.00 4.22
Net Passing Yards 107 147
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 20 / 0 18 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 128 167
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 21 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.57 7.35
- Yards Per Completion 6.40 10.44
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 13 6 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 3 / 17
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 6 / 55
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 4 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 33
Time of Possession 26:22 33:39

Drive Charts

Minnesota

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:59 OWN 25 4 12 Punt
1 7:47 1:32 OWN 25 3 10 Punt
1 5:03 3:20 OPP 30 7 30 Touchdown
2 11:48 2:00 OWN 25 3 -7 Punt
2 7:46 1:39 OWN 16 3 8 Punt
2 1:06 1:06 OWN 25 2 6 Half
3 10:25 1:59 OWN 20 3 -6 Punt
3 6:57 1:24 OWN 10 3 3 Punt
3 0:38 4:11 OWN 25 7 27 Punt
4 10:46 4:16 OWN 25 10 68 Field Goal
4 4:26 0:59 OWN 18 4 12 Downs
4 1:49 0:57 OWN 25 3 3 Punt

Carolina

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:01 4:14 OWN 17 8 83 Touchdown
1 6:15 1:12 OWN 25 3 -1 Fumble
1 1:43 4:55 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
2 9:48 2:03 OWN 45 3 -7 Punt
2 6:07 5:01 OWN 36 9 29 Field Goal
3 15:00 4:35 OWN 25 7 35 Punt
3 8:26 1:29 OPP 49 3 8 Punt
3 5:32 4:55 OWN 48 8 52 Touchdown
4 11:27 0:41 OWN 2 2 -2 Safety
4 6:30 2:04 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
4 3:27 1:38 OPP 27 6 27 Touchdown
4 0:52 0:52 OWN 27 3 5 Game

Rushing Stats

Minnesota

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Baker 18 48 2.67 11 1 0
Kenneth Perkins 3 16 5.33 11 1 0
Kenneth Leslie 1 2 2.00 2 0 0

Carolina

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Richard Cullison 27 137 5.07 15 5 2
Ernest Ballew 10 38 3.80 8 0 0
Antonio Gates 3 11 3.67 5 0 0
Mark Henderson 1 4 4.00 4 0 1
Terrell Conrad 2 0 0.00 0 0 0
Alvin Spence 2 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Minnesota

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Clifford Nunez 28 20 128 2 / 21 1 20 0 92.56

Carolina

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Alvin Spence 18 16 167 2 / 20 1 52 0 123.84

Receiving Stats

Minnesota

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Dwight Thomas 6 39 6.50 11 1
Kenneth Perkins 3 27 9.00 20 0
Lyle Shaw 3 21 7.00 8 0
Armando Dargan 3 17 5.67 11 0
Tony Shaw 1 13 13.00 13 0
Robert Baker 3 11 3.67 8 0
Kenneth Leslie 1 0 0.00 0 0

Carolina

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kurtis Stewart 2 61 30.50 52 0
Al Toon 3 39 13.00 28 0
Antonio Gates 5 35 7.00 12 0
Micah Threadgill 1 12 12.00 12 0
Ernest Ballew 1 7 7.00 7 1
Marco Hunt 1 6 6.00 6 0
Terrell Conrad 1 5 5.00 5 0
Richard Cullison 2 2 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Minnesota

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
David Kindle 18 9 1 1
Nicholas McCarthy 40 25 1 2
Michael Mattingly 15 3 0 0
Grant Williford 0 3 0 1
James Campbell 0 1 0 0
Nathaniel Wilson 5 1 0 0
James Shears 2 1 0 1
James Poole 0 1 0 0
Daniel Howe 6 0 0 0
Robert Baker 13 7 0 1
Joseph Daigle 1 5 0 0
Dustin Young 38 28 0 1
Stephen Russell 16 6 0 0
McKinley Latham 37 27 0 1
Kenneth Perkins 9 7 0 0
Armando Dargan 1 22 0 1
Joel Way 33 29 0 1
Edward Marshall 16 13 0 1
Kenneth Leslie 8 12 0 0
Tony Shaw 0 11 0 0
Dwight Thomas 0 9 0 0
Lyle Shaw 0 7 0 0
Robert McLean 0 1 0 0

Carolina

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Hoyt Schrom 17 44 1 4
Robert Nelson 20 48 1 1
Micah Threadgill 0 10 0 1
James Wood 0 2 0 0
Kenneth Bianchi 0 5 0 0
Phillip Maclean 0 3 0 0
John Barile 0 1 0 0
Mike Alstott 1 3 0 0
Ernest Ballew 2 3 0 0
David Smith 2 4 0 1
Andrew Hanchett 0 4 0 0
Dillon Adams 0 2 0 0
Floyd Pickens 0 6 0 1
Elmer Marshall 0 1 0 0
Emmitt Eurich 1 2 0 0
Steven Day 0 2 0 0
Rodney Dunford 7 0 0 0
Kendrick Munoz 4 4 0 0
Erik Hsu 9 0 0 0
Bryan Brown 9 0 0 0
John Swanson 9 4 0 0
Marco Hunt 10 18 0 2
Mark Henderson 9 22 0 0
Kurtis Stewart 0 18 0 1
Antonio Gates 9 27 0 1
Terrell Conrad 1 7 0 0
Alex Mack 20 48 0 2
Larry Little 27 44 0 3
Al Toon 0 27 0 0
Steven Musselman 25 41 0 1
Richard Cullison 14 2 0 0
Scott Clark 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Minnesota

Carolina

Fumble Stats

Minnesota

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Adam Koontz 0 0 1 0
Carroll Howze 0 1 0 0

Carolina

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Richard Cullison 1 0 0 0

Punting

Minnesota

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Zachery Hager 8 382 47.75 41.13 53 2

Carolina

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Ray Guy 4 165 41.25 36.25 48 3

Kicking

Minnesota

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Richard Mercer 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 24 1 / 1

Carolina

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Fernando Mello 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 4 / 4

Punt Return

Minnesota

Carolina

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kurtis Stewart 6 55 9.2 11 0

Kick Return

Minnesota

Carolina

Defensive Stats