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Week 1: New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings

September 06, 2026
70°
U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 55,664 (83%)
Giants 3 5 7 7 3 - 25
Vikings 0 0 7 15 0 - 22

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Giants: 4-10-MIN 13 (10:20) 16-John Gilbert 30 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 0 NYG 3
(Qtr 2) Giants: 4-4-MIN 5 (13:30) 16-John Gilbert 22 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 0 NYG 6
(Qtr 2) Giants: 2-11-MIN 10 (2:00) 8-Samual Magee sacked at MIN 0 for -10 yards (55-Michael Key) SAFETY! (55-Michael Key) MIN 0 NYG 8
(Qtr 3) Vikings: 4-10-NYG 31 (5:41) 9-Jose Jeffery punts 40 yards to MIN 29. 21-Albert McDonald for 72 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Elwood Staples. MIN 7 NYG 8
(Qtr 3) Giants: 3-2-MIN 25 (1:13) 5-Aaron Harvey pass complete to 19-Eric Payne for 25 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Gilbert. MIN 7 NYG 15
(Qtr 4) Vikings: 2-9-NYG 18 (13:02) 8-Samual Magee pass complete to 81-Tyler Whitten for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 4) Vikings: 4-3-NYG 17 (8:49) 9-Elwood Staples 36 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 16 NYG 15
(Qtr 4) Vikings: 4-15-NYG 34 (6:16) 9-Elwood Staples 52 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 19 NYG 15
(Qtr 4) Giants: 3-1-MIN 1 (0:49) 5-Aaron Harvey pass complete to 20-Everett McNiel for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-John Gilbert. MIN 19 NYG 22
(Qtr 4) Vikings: 1-10-NYG 21 (0:02) 9-Elwood Staples 39 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 22 NYG 22
(OT) Giants: 1-10-MIN 11 (5:54) 16-John Gilbert 28 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 22 NYG 25

Team Statistics

Vikings Giants
First Downs 9 21
- Rushing 3 2
- Passing 4 17
- Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 212 384
- Offensive Plays 50 84
- Yards Per Play 4.24 4.57
Net Rushing Yards 79 63
- Rushing Attempts 34 29
- Yards Per Rush 2.32 2.17
Net Passing Yards 133 321
- Att/Comp/Int 15 / 8 / 1 55 / 34 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 143 321
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 10 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.31 5.84
- Yards Per Completion 17.88 9.44
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 10 10 / 22
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.9 6.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 7 / 52 5 / 34
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 93 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 6 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 1 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 25
Time of Possession 29:44 34:22

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:17 2:38 OWN 25 5 9 Punt
1 0:00 0:04 OWN 7 1 0 Fumble
2 13:27 3:14 OWN 25 6 17 Punt
2 9:13 3:27 OWN 41 6 10 Punt
2 2:22 0:24 OWN 10 2 -11 Safety
3 15:00 2:05 OWN 25 4 11 Punt
3 11:32 2:47 OWN 43 5 11 Punt
3 5:23 4:16 OPP 25 10 -75 Touchdown
3 1:07 3:10 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
4 12:13 3:27 OPP 38 5 21 Field Goal
4 8:08 1:56 OPP 28 3 -5 Field Goal
4 5:19 1:28 OWN 27 3 -3 Punt
4 0:45 0:45 OWN 25 2 54 Field Goal
OT 5:57 0:03 OWN 2 1 0 Interception

New York Giants

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:43 OWN 25 11 62 Field Goal
1 7:39 7:39 OWN 12 14 55 Punt
2 14:56 1:28 OPP 11 3 6 Field Goal
2 10:14 1:00 OWN 17 3 0 Punt
2 5:46 3:25 OWN 3 5 54 Punt
2 1:58 1:58 OWN 25 3 2 Half
3 12:55 1:22 OWN 13 3 -2 Punt
3 8:45 3:23 OWN 9 6 21 Punt
4 12:57 0:44 OWN 25 4 4 Interception
4 8:46 0:38 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 6:12 0:53 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 3:51 3:06 OWN 29 12 71 Touchdown
OT 10:00 4:03 OWN 25 6 36 Punt

Rushing Stats

Minnesota Vikings

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Kevin Soderberg 17 53 3.12 11 4 0
Hugo Victoria 10 15 1.50 9 0 0
James Brewer 2 7 3.50 6 0 0
Robert Hernandez 5 4 0.80 2 0 0

New York Giants

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Daniel 12 33 2.75 12 1 0
Everett McNiel 13 19 1.46 5 0 0
Carl Littrell 4 11 2.75 8 0 0

Passing Stats

Minnesota Vikings

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Samual Magee 15 8 143 1 / 10 1 52 1 80.69

New York Giants

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Aaron Harvey 55 34 321 0 / 0 2 26 2 74.89

Receiving Stats

Minnesota Vikings

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
James Bush 1 52 52.00 52 0
Martin Ward 1 44 44.00 44 0
Ryan Rivera 2 21 10.50 12 0
Tyler Whitten 1 18 18.00 18 1
Edward Cooper 1 5 5.00 5 0
James Brewer 2 3 1.50 2 0

New York Giants

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mark Perrone 6 72 12.00 26 0
Eric Payne 6 68 11.33 25 1
Lindsey Russell 4 42 10.50 17 0
Michael Daniel 3 30 10.00 13 0
Luis Coleman 3 29 9.67 13 0
Everett McNiel 3 24 8.00 14 1
Carl Littrell 1 24 24.00 24 0
Martin Harris 3 19 6.33 10 0
Allen Tubbs 4 10 2.50 4 0
James James 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Minnesota Vikings

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Terry Smith 25 36 0 5
Robert Hernandez 1 6 0 1
Fred Thompson 0 1 0 0
Chad Boatright 0 2 0 1
Daniel Parise 0 2 0 0
Kevin Solt 1 1 0 0
Tony White 0 2 0 0
Warren Walsh 0 1 0 0
Tony Jackson 0 2 0 0
David Brant 0 2 0 0
Francisco Calderon 0 2 0 1
Martin Ward 0 2 0 0
Tyler Whitten 0 2 0 0
Kevin Soderberg 1 2 0 1
Rodney Fitzsimmons 0 3 0 0
Albert McDonald 0 3 0 1
Erik Flores 0 3 0 0
Ryan Rivera 0 7 0 0
Nicholas Torres 0 3 0 0
Jared Clay 3 4 0 0
Vito Tucker 9 2 0 0
Gary Morphis 9 6 0 1
Edward Cooper 0 17 0 1
James Brewer 6 10 0 0
Hugo Victoria 2 7 0 0
Steve Hajek 0 3 0 0
Ryan Wyman 26 33 0 3
Bruce Tedeschi 22 35 0 1
James Miller 17 34 0 6
Robert Cook 24 33 0 2
Brett Ishee 7 29 0 1
James Bush 0 15 0 0
Fred Griffith 0 1 0 0

New York Giants

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Virgil Jones 63 43 0 1
Brian Trinh 12 2 0 0
Bruce Mounce 0 1 0 1
Arthur Wilder 0 1 0 0
Robert Hunter 0 1 0 0
Robert Curtis 1 0 0 0
James Weaver 0 1 0 0
Carl Littrell 4 0 0 0
David Fisher 0 2 0 0
Ronald McCoy 0 2 0 0
Marvin Grant 0 1 0 0
Clifton Simpson 0 1 0 0
Jerry Harmon 0 1 0 0
Michael Harrison 7 3 0 0
Everett McNiel 9 1 0 0
Bill Lord 3 0 0 0
Allen Tubbs 17 11 0 0
Jerome Cooksey 5 4 0 1
Anthony Jones 3 3 0 0
Eric Payne 0 15 0 0
Mark Perrone 14 26 0 0
Martin Harris 0 10 0 1
James James 0 8 0 0
Lindsey Russell 17 16 0 0
Luis Coleman 0 29 0 1
Michael Daniel 10 4 0 0
Vicente Phillips 52 37 0 3
Paul Galvan 61 41 0 1
John Williams 66 47 0 4
John Lovett 59 33 0 5
Lawrence Gerber 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Minnesota Vikings

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Armando Lopez 1 6 6.00 0
Albert McDonald 1 0 0.00 0

New York Giants

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Marvin Grant 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Minnesota Vikings

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Kevin Soderberg 1 0 0 0
Tony White 0 0 1 0
Chad Boatright 0 0 1 0

New York Giants

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Everett McNiel 1 0 0 0
Carl Littrell 1 0 0 0
Bruce Mounce 0 1 0 0
Ronald McCoy 0 0 1 0
John Lovett 0 1 0 0

Punting

Minnesota Vikings

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
William Woods 6 275 45.83 45.83 54 5

New York Giants

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Jose Jeffery 7 289 41.29 28.43 54 3

Kicking

Minnesota Vikings

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Elwood Staples 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

New York Giants

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
John Gilbert 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 30 2 / 2

Punt Return

Minnesota Vikings

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Albert McDonald 1 72 72.0 72 1
James Bush 3 21 7.0 10 0

New York Giants

Kick Return

Minnesota Vikings

New York Giants

Defensive Stats

Minnesota Vikings

Name Tackles Sacks
Daniel Parise 9 0
Chad Boatright 8 0
Albert McDonald 6 0
Jared Clay 6 0
Armando Lopez 5 0
Fred Thompson 5 0
Tony White 4 0
Fred Griffith 4 0
Tony Jackson 3 0
Erik Flores 3 0
Warren Walsh 2 0
Charles Simpson 2 0
Robert Cook 1 0
James Swindell 1 0
Rodney Fitzsimmons 1 0
Francisco Calderon 1 0
James Bush 1 0

New York Giants

Name Tackles Sacks
Arthur Wilder 7 0
Kenneth Harris 6 0
Brian Little 5 0
Bruce Mounce 4 0
Fredrick Mitchell 4 0
Robert Hunter 4 0
Ronald McCoy 3 0
Michael Key 2 1
Michael Harrison 2 0
David Fisher 2 0
Jerry Harmon 1 0
James Weaver 1 0
Leland Gagnon 1 0
Jesse Calderon 1 0
Martin Harris 1 0
Carl Littrell 1 0