Coverage: FOX
1:00 PM ET, December 4, 2011
Mall of America Field, Minneapolis, MN
Top Performers
Passing: C. Ponder (MIN) - 381 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing: W. McGahee (DEN) - 20 CAR, 111 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: P. Harvin (MIN) - 8 REC, 156 YDS, 2 TD
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | DEN | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 12:39 | Willis McGahee Tackled By Jared Allen In End Zone | 0 | 2 | |
| TD | 05:42 | Mario Haggan 16 Yd Interception Return (Matt Prater Kick) | 7 | 2 | |
| FG | 01:24 | Ryan Longwell 40 Yd | 7 | 5 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | DEN | MIN | |||
| TD | 03:33 | Kyle Rudolph 19 Yd Pass From Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell Kick) | 7 | 12 | |
| FG | 00:00 | Ryan Longwell 25 Yd | 7 | 15 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | DEN | MIN | |||
| TD | 11:18 | Demaryius Thomas 21 Yd Pass From Tim Tebow (Matt Prater Kick) | 14 | 15 | |
| TD | 03:12 | Percy Harvin 52 Yd Pass From Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell Kick) | 14 | 22 | |
| TD | 02:48 | Demaryius Thomas 41 Yd Pass From Tim Tebow (Matt Prater Kick) | 21 | 22 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | DEN | MIN | |||
| TD | 09:41 | Percy Harvin 48 Yd Pass From Christian Ponder (Ryan Longwell Kick) | 21 | 29 | |
| TD | 08:52 | Willis McGahee 24 Yd Run (Tim Tebow Run For Two-Point Conversion) | 29 | 29 | |
| FG | 03:06 | Ryan Longwell 39 Yd | 29 | 32 | |
| FG | 01:33 | Matt Prater 46 Yd | 32 | 32 | |
| FG | 00:00 | Matt Prater 23 Yd | 35 | 32 | |
Team Stat Comparison
DEN | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 13 | 27 |
Passing 1st downs | 7 | 17 |
Rushing 1st downs | 6 | 6 |
1st downs from Penalties | 0 | 4 |
3rd down efficiency | 3-11 | 6-15 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 49 | 81 |
| Total Yards | 336 | 489 |
| Yards per play | 6.9 | 6.0 |
| Total Drives | 15 | 16 |
| Passing | 186 | 360 |
Comp - Att | 10-15 | 30-48 |
Yards per pass | 12.4 | 7.5 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 2 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 2-16 | 3-29 |
| Rushing | 150 | 129 |
Rushing Attempts | 32 | 30 |
Yards per rush | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| Penalties | 8-73 | 6-54 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
Fumbles lost | 2 | 1 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 2 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 22:09 | 37:51 |
| Denver Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| T. Tebow | 10/15 | 202 | 13.5 | 2 | 0 | 2-16 | 64.3 | 149.3 |
| Team | 10/15 | 186 | 12.4 | 2 | 0 | 2-16 | -- | -- |
| Denver Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| W. McGahee | 20 | 111 | 5.6 | 1 | 24 | |
| L. Ball | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 11 | |
| T. Tebow | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| S. Larsen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 32 | 150 | 4.7 | 1 | 24 | |
| Minnesota Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| T. Gerhart | 21 | 91 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| P. Harvin | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| C. Ponder | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| J. Webb | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| L. Booker | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Team | 30 | 129 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Minnesota Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| P. Harvin | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 2 | 52 | 9 | |
| D. Aromashodu | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | |
| T. Gerhart | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | |
| S. Burton | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| V. Shiancoe | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | |
| K. Rudolph | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
| L. Booker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| J. Webb | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 30 | 389 | 13.0 | 3 | 52 | 46 | |
| Denver Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| W. McGahee | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Tebow | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hunter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Minnesota Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Ponder | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Sanford | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Denver Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| A. Goodman | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| M. Haggan | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | 36 | 1 |
| Denver Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| M. Haggan | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Williams | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Goodman | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Dawkins | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Woodyard | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Harris | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Mays | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Dumervil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| -. Team | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Carter | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Thomas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Bailey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Bunkley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Bruton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. McBean | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Ayers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wilhite | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Franklin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Willis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Ball | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Larsen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. McCarthy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Bush | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 79 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Minnesota Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| B. Sapp | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Griffin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Henderson | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Greenway | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Henderson | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Allen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Ayodele | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Sanford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Ballard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Longwell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Raymond | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -. Team | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Robison | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Frampton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Burton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Dean | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Loadholt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Griffen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. D'Imperio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Guion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 58 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Denver Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| Q. Cosby | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Minnesota Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| M. Sherels | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Team | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Minnesota Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| M. Sherels | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| M. Prater | 2/2 | 100.0 | 46 | 3/3 | 9 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 46 | 3/3 | 9 |
| Minnesota Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| R. Longwell | 3/3 | 100.0 | 40 | 3/3 | 12 |
| Team | 3/3 | 100.0 | 40 | 3/3 | 12 |
| Denver Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Colquitt | 6 | 307 | 51.2 | 0 | 3 | 59 |
| Team | 6 | 307 | 51.2 | 0 | 3 | 59 |
| Minnesota Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| C. Kluwe | 6 | 297 | 49.5 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Team | 6 | 297 | 49.5 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
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