Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings

September 9, 2007

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Atlanta Falcons	0	0	0	3	3
Minnesota Vikings	7	0	3	14	24

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
7:17	Min	TD	Kevin Williams 54 interception return (Ryan Longwell Kick)	Min 7, Atl 0
3rd Quarter
13:14	Min	FG	FG Ryan Longwell 49	Min 10, Atl 0
4th Quarter
5:37	Atl	FG	FG Matt Prater 45	Min 10, Atl 3
7:41	Min	TD	Adrian Peterson 60 pass from Tarvaris Jackson (Ryan Longwell Kick)	Min 17, Atl 3
12:23	Min	TD	Antoine Winfield 14 interception return (Ryan Longwell Kick)	Min 24, Atl 3

Missed Field Goals: Atl - Matt Prater 44

Attendance: 62,815

Team Statistics

Atlanta Falcons Minnesota Vikings

First downs 17 15

Rushes - yards 28 - 96 27 - 139

Passing 169 163

Punt returns 2 - 1 3 - 20

Kickoff returns 5 - 98 1 - 22

Interception returns 1 - 19 2 - 68

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 23 - 32 - 2 13 - 23 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 6 - 30 0 - 0

Punts 5 - 46.8 5 - 38.0

Fumbles - lost 1 - 0 1 - 0

Penalties - yards 6 - 40 4 - 35

Time of possession 33:01 26:59

Passing

Atlanta Falcons Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Joey Harrington 32 23 199 6.22 0 2 15 6 30 61.8

Minnesota Vikings Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Tarvaris Jackson 23 13 163 7.09 1 1 60t 0 0 75.1

Rushing

Atlanta Falcons Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Warrick Dunn 22 55 2.5 12 0

Jerious Norwood 5 33 6.6 16 0

Joey Harrington 1 8 8.0 8 0

Minnesota Vikings Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Adrian Peterson 19 103 5.4 15 0

Chester Taylor 3 18 6.0 14 0

Tarvaris Jackson 2 10 5.0 10 0

Naufahu Tahi 2 5 2.5 3 0

Troy Williamson 1 3 3.0 3 0

Receiving

Atlanta Falcons Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Alge Crumpler 4 40 10.0 14 0

Sharod White 4 29 7.3 9 0

Warrick Dunn 4 26 6.5 12 0

Laurent Robinson 3 32 10.7 13 0

Jerious Norwood 2 24 12.0 15 0

Dwayne Blakley 2 18 9.0 10 0

Michael Jenkins 2 13 6.5 7 0

Joe Horn 1 14 14.0 14 0

Ovie Mughelli 1 3 3.0 3 0

Minnesota Vikings Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Troy Williamson 2 19 9.5 13 0

Visanthe Shiancoe 2 18 9.0 10 0

Tony Richardson 2 10 5.0 10 0

Sidney Rice 2 10 5.0 6 0

Adrian Peterson 1 60 60.0 60t 1

Bobby Wade 1 28 28.0 28 0

Aundrae Allison 1 11 11.0 11 0

Jim Kleinsasser 1 4 4.0 4 0

Chester Taylor 1 3 3.0 3 0

Kickoff Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Adam Jennings 5 98 19.6 0 31 0

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Adrian Peterson 1 22 22.0 0 22 0

Punt Returns

Atlanta Falcons Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Adam Jennings 2 1 0.5 2 2 0

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Bobby Wade 3 20 6.7 1 13 0

Punting

Atlanta Falcons Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Michael Koenen 5 234 46.8 53 0 2 0 42.8 3 20

Minnesota Vikings Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Chris Kluwe 5 190 38.0 52 0 5 0 37.8 2 1

Defense

Atlanta Falcons Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

DeAngelo Hall 1 19 19.0 19 0 0.0 0.0

Minnesota Vikings Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Kevin Williams 1 54 54.0 54t 1 1.0 4.0

Antoine Winfield 1 14 14.0 14t 1 0.0 0.0

Brian Robison 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 10.0

Spencer Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

Kenechi Udeze 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6.0

E.J. Henderson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

2007 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Thu, Sep 6, 2007

New Orleans
Indianapolis 10
41 Final

Sun, Sep 9, 2007

Atlanta
Minnesota 3
24 Final

Carolina
St. Louis 27
13 Final

Denver
Buffalo 15
14 Final

Kansas City
Houston 3
20 Final

Miami
Washington 13
16 F/OT

New England
NY Jets 38
14 Final

Philadelphia
Green Bay 13
16 Final

Pittsburgh
Cleveland 34
7 Final

Tennessee
Jacksonville 13
10 Final

Chicago
San Diego 3
14 Final

Detroit
Oakland 36
21 Final

Tampa Bay
Seattle 6
20 Final

NY Giants
Dallas 35
45 Final

Mon, Sep 10, 2007

Baltimore
Cincinnati 20
27 Final

Arizona
San Francisco 17
20 Final

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