Pre-Season Week 4: Chargers at Vikings
August 30, 2053 70° U.S. Bank Stadium
Attendance: 41,358 (62%)
Chargers 3 7 0 7 - 17
Vikings 3 17 3 6 - 29
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Chargers: 4-8-MIN 8 (12:13) 15-Merle Garner 25 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 0 LAC 3
(Qtr 1) Vikings: 4-17-LAC 40 (5:41) 1-Allen Mart 57 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 LAC 3
(Qtr 2) Vikings: 2-10-LAC 49 (15:00) 8-Rocky Cowan pass complete to 80-Stuart Tompkins for 49 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Allen Mart. MIN 10 LAC 3
(Qtr 2) Chargers: 1-3-MIN 3 (6:25) 9-JJ McCarthy pass complete to 88-Kyle Chaires for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Merle Garner. MIN 10 LAC 10
(Qtr 2) Vikings: 4-9-LAC 38 (3:31) 1-Allen Mart 56 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 13 LAC 10
(Qtr 2) Vikings: 1-5-LAC 5 (0:17) 8-Rocky Cowan pass complete to 83-Lee McCoy for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 1-Allen Mart. MIN 20 LAC 10
(Qtr 3) Vikings: 4-4-LAC 32 (10:50) 1-Allen Mart 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 23 LAC 10
(Qtr 4) Vikings: 4-8-LAC 38 (14:09) 1-Allen Mart 55 yard field goal is GOOD. LAC 93-Raymond Perry was injured on the play. MIN 26 LAC 10
(Qtr 4) Vikings: 4-3-LAC 9 (5:17) 1-Allen Mart 26 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 81-Jon Cunningham was injured on the play. MIN 29 LAC 10
(Qtr 4) Chargers: 1-10-MIN 10 (0:16) 1-Louis Diaz pass complete to 88-Kyle Chaires to MIN 0 for 10 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 15-Merle Garner. MIN 29 LAC 17
Team Statistics
Vikings Chargers
First Downs 17 14
- Rushing 7 5
- Passing 8 8
- Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 326 220
- Offensive Plays 70 68
- Yards Per Play 4.66 3.24
Net Rushing Yards 126 84
- Rushing Attempts 35 23
- Yards Per Rush 3.60 3.65
Net Passing Yards 200 136
- Att/Comp/Int 33 / 18 / 0 40 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 212 177
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 12 5 / 41
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.71 3.02
- Yards Per Completion 11.78 7.70
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 2 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 15 3 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 11.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 15 7 / 65
Punt Returns/Yards 7 / 46 5 / 33
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 29 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 2 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 32
Time of Possession 30:37 29:24
Drive Charts
Vikings
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
1 12:11 0:55 OWN 26 3 3 Punt
1 9:41 4:04 OWN 29 8 31 Field Goal
1 3:34 3:41 OWN 13 7 87 Touchdown
2 13:57 2:15 OWN 23 3 6 Punt
2 9:37 0:16 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 7:14 0:51 OWN 36 2 -41 Touchdown
2 6:22 2:56 OWN 25 6 37 Field Goal
2 2:28 2:15 OWN 41 8 59 Touchdown
3 12:52 2:06 OWN 28 5 40 Field Goal
3 8:45 0:58 OWN 24 3 1 Punt
3 4:30 1:25 OWN 10 3 -3 Punt
3 1:28 2:24 OWN 12 7 50 Field Goal
4 10:35 5:21 50 8 42 Field Goal
4 2:36 0:54 OWN 21 3 6 Punt
4 0:12 0:12 OPP 44 2 -1 Game
Chargers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:56 2:45 OPP 25 5 17 Field Goal
1 11:16 1:35 OWN 22 3 7 Punt
1 5:37 2:03 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 14:53 0:56 OWN 29 3 0 Punt
2 11:43 2:05 OWN 27 3 3 Punt
2 9:21 2:08 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 3:26 0:59 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
2 0:13 0:13 OWN 25 1 -1 Half
3 15:00 2:08 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
3 10:46 2:01 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 7:47 3:17 OWN 33 6 24 Punt
3 3:05 1:37 OPP 47 3 -3 Punt
4 14:05 3:29 OWN 25 6 -14 Punt
4 5:14 2:38 OWN 25 12 61 Missed FG
4 1:42 1:30 OWN 35 9 65 Touchdown
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Vikings
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#5 Malcolm Bosley 17 66 3.88 11 3 0
#7 James Sanabria 11 39 3.55 14 2 0
#35 Nicholas Zamora 6 21 3.50 11 1 0
#18 Leo Steele 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Chargers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#46 James Cruz 9 57 6.33 13 4 0
#33 John Bright 12 26 2.17 10 2 0
#31 Timothy Rubino 2 1 0.50 1 0 0
Passing Stats
Vikings
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Rocky Cowan 25 16 189 1 / 5 2 49 0 113.58
#18 Leo Steele 8 2 23 1 / 7 0 18 0 39.58
Chargers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#1 Louis Diaz 27 16 115 4 / 32 1 14 0 81.56
#9 JJ McCarthy 13 7 62 1 / 9 1 33 0 92.47
Receiving Stats
Vikings
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Stuart Tompkins 7 109 15.57 49 1
#32 Courtney Auer 2 20 10.00 15 0
#16 Lester Finn 1 19 19.00 19 0
#35 Nicholas Zamora 1 18 18.00 18 0
#85 Marc Miller 2 16 8.00 9 0
#14 Anthony Nicholas 1 12 12.00 12 0
#7 James Sanabria 2 8 4.00 8 0
#28 Juan McMullen 1 5 5.00 5 0
#83 Lee McCoy 1 5 5.00 5 1
Chargers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#14 Daniel Futch 6 66 11.00 33 0
#80 Bruce Gilreath 3 31 10.33 14 0
#88 Kyle Chaires 4 29 7.25 12 2
#33 John Bright 3 16 5.33 8 0
#46 James Cruz 4 16 4.00 12 0
#82 Samuel Mixon 1 11 11.00 11 0
#40 Rafael Wyman 2 8 4.00 6 0
Blocking Stats
Vikings
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#53 Alfred Williams 33 14 1 1
#61 Curtis Wideman 9 22 1 5
#52 James Warren 33 17 0 0
#64 Anderson Chamberlin 22 14 0 1
#75 Frederick Hirt 32 16 0 1
#71 Nathaniel Hardin 33 23 0 0
#28 Juan McMullen 23 23 0 0
#85 Marc Miller 0 11 0 1
#80 Stuart Tompkins 0 14 0 0
#32 Courtney Auer 8 14 0 2
#79 John Cox 0 1 0 0
#99 Edward Melvin 0 1 0 0
#73 Manuel Tracey 0 3 0 1
#82 Drew Brown 0 3 0 0
#51 Antonio Bailey 0 3 0 0
#76 Robert Gregory 0 1 0 0
#17 Antonia Jones 5 8 0 0
#91 Sterling Shepherd 0 2 0 0
#38 Joe Black 0 2 0 0
#88 Paul Harris 8 23 0 0
#45 Clifton Garza 0 11 0 0
#74 David Wiseman 27 25 0 3
#7 James Sanabria 7 1 0 0
#62 John Armstrong 24 20 0 0
#90 William Givens 0 1 0 0
#59 Gregory Peachey 0 2 0 0
#14 Anthony Nicholas 0 21 0 0
#16 Lester Finn 0 14 0 1
#78 Anthony Colon 16 25 0 1
#55 Chad Gerhart 19 24 0 1
#94 Joel Enriquez 7 2 0 0
#5 Malcolm Bosley 5 2 0 1
#22 Guadalupe January 0 2 0 0
#68 Thomas Khan 0 1 0 0
#93 William Robison 0 3 0 0
#89 Chris Matlock 0 10 0 0
#81 Jon Cunningham 6 0 0 0
#91 Gary Shuff 0 1 0 0
#42 Michael Robinson 0 1 0 0
#84 John Cloutier 0 1 0 0
Chargers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#67 Horace Castillo 32 12 2 1
#82 Willie Hamilton 37 14 2 2
#74 Duane Benson 21 14 1 2
#84 Nathan Lockett 27 16 1 3
#57 William Williams 0 1 0 0
#59 William Ellis 0 1 0 0
#94 Willie Lewis 2 2 0 0
#69 Ronnie Justice 22 17 0 0
#63 Eddie Perez 22 18 0 0
#40 Rafael Wyman 39 27 0 1
#66 Richard Abner 22 15 0 2
#14 Daniel Futch 0 16 0 0
#68 George Stevens 14 11 0 0
#83 Ian Kruger 1 11 0 1
#31 Timothy Rubino 22 12 0 0
#80 Bruce Gilreath 6 14 0 1
#89 Ricardo Soliz 0 3 0 1
#88 Kyle Chaires 0 12 0 0
#33 John Bright 6 1 0 0
#70 Thomas Herrera 2 3 0 1
#61 Darryl Cochran 40 16 0 1
#43 Christopher Pollard 0 3 0 1
#22 Miguel Frith 0 6 0 0
#93 Raymond Perry 0 4 0 1
#65 Roland Kugler 0 1 0 0
#76 John Schmidt 0 1 0 0
#23 William Edwards 0 4 0 0
#77 Ronald Ross 3 2 0 0
#53 Luis Houser 3 3 0 0
#50 John Ramires 0 3 0 0
#46 James Cruz 9 1 0 1
#75 Robert Berlin 31 19 0 1
#82 Samuel Mixon 0 9 0 0
#49 Lloyd Martinez 20 6 0 1
#37 Tommy Weatherby 14 5 0 0
#98 David Stephens 0 2 0 0
#98 Daniel Koehler 0 2 0 0
#95 Bernard Willoughby 0 2 0 0
#39 Richard Andres 2 1 0 0
#89 Billy Torgerson 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Vikings
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Chargers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Vikings
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#7 James Sanabria 1 0 0 0
#85 Marc Miller 1 0 0 0
#94 Joel Enriquez 0 0 1 0
#80 Stuart Tompkins 0 1 0 0
Chargers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#1 Louis Diaz 1 1 0 0
#45 Paul Bryant 0 1 1 0
#43 Christopher Pollard 0 0 1 0
#82 Willie Hamilton 0 1 0 0
Punting
Vikings
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#3 Andrew Moran 6 294 49.00 44.00 53 0
Chargers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Sean Pierce 11 458 41.64 42.55 51 3
Kicking
Vikings
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#1 Allen Mart 5 / 5 4 / 4 3 / 3 57 2 / 2
Chargers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#15 Merle Garner 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 25 2 / 2
Punt Return
Vikings
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Marc Miller 4 24 6.0 9 0
#5 Malcolm Bosley 3 22 7.3 10 0
Chargers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#31 Timothy Rubino 5 33 6.6 12 0
Kick Return
Vikings
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Marc Miller 1 29 29.0 0
Chargers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#31 Timothy Rubino 1 37 37.0 0
Defensive Stats
Vikings
Name Tackles Sacks
#22 Guadalupe January 6 0
#91 Gary Shuff 6 0
#49 Thomas Powell 6 0
#38 Joe Black 5 0
#51 Antonio Bailey 4 0
#68 Thomas Khan 4 2
#91 Sterling Shepherd 4 1
#59 Gregory Peachey 3 0
#42 Michael Robinson 3 0
#79 John Cox 3 0
#93 William Robison 2 0
#7 James Sanabria 1 0
#39 Kendall Gabriel 1 0
#1 Allen Mart 1 0
#90 William Givens 1 0
#76 Robert Gregory 1 1
#73 Manuel Tracey 1 0
#17 Antonia Jones 1 0
#94 Joel Enriquez 1 2
#4 Tom Sumner 1 0
#97 James Currin 1 0
Chargers
Name Tackles Sacks
#22 Miguel Frith 5 0
#59 William Ellis 5 0
#98 David Stephens 5 0
#43 Christopher Pollard 4 0
#70 Thomas Herrera 4 0
#57 William Williams 4 0
#94 Willie Lewis 3 0
#45 Paul Bryant 3 0
#35 Thomas Pylant 3 0
#41 Roy Strickland 3 0
#50 John Ramires 3 0
#34 Patrick Early 2 0
#23 William Edwards 2 0
#96 Sylvester Hovis 2 2
#53 Luis Houser 2 0
#37 John Wilson 2 0
#56 Gregory Olivares 2 0
#77 Ronald Ross 1 0
#37 Tommy Weatherby 1 0
#49 Lloyd Martinez 1 0
#31 Timothy Rubino 1 0
#14 Daniel Futch 1 0