2013 - Lombardi Conference Championship

Minnesota 50,  Motor City 38 Game Story Adrian L. Peterson had a huge game as the visiting team from Minnesota beat Motor City by the score of 50 to 38. Peterson pounded the Motor City defense for 220 yards and scored a stagering 4 touchdowns. Matt Ryan passed 30 times for 310 yards and 3 touchdowns. Minnesota controlled all phases of the game. They out-ran Motor City 232 to 168 yards, and out-passed them 310 to 196 yards. The biggest play of the game was a touchdown pass to Martellus Bennett that went for 73 yards with 10:48 left in the 4th quarter. The game was tied at the half, 28 to 28.
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2012 Minnesota	14	14	7	15	0	50
2012 Motor City	14	14	7	3	0	38

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	11:06	2012 Motor City	D.Young 1 yd. run (S.Gostkowski kick)	7-0 MCM
1	3:54	2012 Motor City	C.Spiller 15 yd. run (S.Gostkowski kick)	14-0 MCM
1	2:42	2012 Minnesota	A.Peterson 59 yd. run (S.Hauschka kick)	14-7 MCM
1	0:00	2012 Minnesota	M.Bennett 50 yd. pass from M.Ryan (S.Hauschka kick)	14-14 MCM
2	13:48	2012 Motor City	D.Pitta 10 yd. pass from T.Brady (S.Gostkowski kick)	21-14 MCM
2	10:12	2012 Minnesota	V.Cruz 7 yd. pass from M.Ryan (S.Hauschka kick)	21-21 MCM
2	1:45	2012 Minnesota	A.Peterson 17 yd. run (S.Hauschka kick)	28-21 MIN
2	0:22	2012 Motor City	C.Spiller 30 yd. run (S.Gostkowski kick)	28-28 MCM
3	8:06	2012 Minnesota	A.Peterson 3 yd. run (S.Hauschka kick)	35-28 MIN
3	5:42	2012 Motor City	M.Lynch 1 yd. run (S.Gostkowski kick)	35-35 MCM
4	12:00	2012 Motor City	S.Gostkowski 24 yd. field goal	38-35 MCM
4	10:48	2012 Minnesota	M.Bennett 73 yd. pass from M.Ryan (S.Hauschka kick)	42-38 MIN
4	7:48	2012 Minnesota	A.Peterson 2 yd. run (A.Peterson Run)	50-38 MIN

Team Statistics
	2012 Minnesota	2012 Motor City
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	13-11-1-25	10-13-0-23
Third Down Efficiency	3-8-38%	4-10-40%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-1-0%	2-3-67%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	28-35-80%	31-35-89%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	542-63-8.6	357-63-5.7
Total Net Yards Rushing	232	168
Total Rushes	33	28
Average Per Rush	7.0	6.0
Passes Completed/Attempted	24/30 (80.0%)	17/34 (50.0%)
Net Yards Passing	310	189
Avg Yards Per Pass	10.3	5.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	0/0	1/7
Punts/Average	2/42.0	2/50.5
Punts Received/Return Yardage	0/0	1/7
Kickoffs/Returns	5/91	5/229
Interceptions/Returns	2/42	0/0
Penalties/Yards	2/7	2/10
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	4/1	0/0
Time of Possession	31 mins 11 secs	28 mins 49 secs
Average Drive Start	MIN 34	MCM 34

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2012 Minnesota
Matt Ryan	30	24	310	80.0	10.3	3	10.0	0	0	73	0/0	143.1
2012 Motor City
Tom Brady	34	17	196	50.0	5.8	1	2.9	2	5.9	28	1/7	53.1

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2012 Minnesota
Adrian L. Peterson	23	220	9.6	59	4	1	0/0
LeSean McCoy	6	6	1.0	4	0	0	1/1
Matt Ryan	4	6	1.5	5	0	0	0/0
2012 Motor City
Marshawn Lynch	23	109	4.7	23	1	0	0/0
C.J. Spiller	4	58	14.5	30	2	0	0/0
Darrel Young	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2012 Minnesota
Martellus Bennett	8	171	21.4	73	2	0
Heath Miller	7	53	7.6	13	0	0
Victor Cruz	5	28	5.6	10	1	0
Jordy Nelson	4	58	14.5	34	0	0
2012 Motor City
Marques Colston	5	72	14.4	28	0	0
Brandon Lloyd	4	58	14.5	27	0	0
C.J. Spiller	2	12	6.0	14	0	0
Marshawn Lynch	2	13	6.5	8	0	0
Matt Spaeth	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
Brandon Marshall	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Nate Washington	1	12	12.0	12	0	0
Dennis Pitta	1	10	10.0	10	1	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2012 Minnesota
2012 Motor City
Stephen Gostkowski	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2012 Minnesota
Jon Ryan	2	42.0	38.5	0	2	48	0
2012 Motor City
Shane Lechler	2	50.5	50.5	0	2	67	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2012 Minnesota
Chris Rainey	5	91	18.2	24	0
2012 Motor City
Travaris Cadet	5	229	45.8	75	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2012 Minnesota
2012 Motor City
Ted Ginn Jr.	1	0	7	7.0	7	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2012 Minnesota
Daryl Washington	9	1	0
Asante Samuel	7	0	0
Troy Polamalu	5	0	0
Brandon Browner	4	0	0
Jarret Johnson	4	0	0
Jurrell Casey	3	0	0
Cameron Wake	2	0	0
Lance Briggs	2	0	0
Kerry Rhodes	1	0	0
Leon Hall	1	0	0
Leonard Johnson	1	0	0
Darnell Dockett	1	0	1
Derek Wolfe	1	0	0
Chris Rainey	0	0	1
Heath Miller	0	0	1
2012 Motor City
Ronde Barber	9	0	0
Brandon Carr	7	0	0
Chad Greenway	7	0	0
Ed Reed	6	0	0
Dannell Ellerbe	5	0	1
Jason Babin	4	0	0
Haloti Ngata	2	0	0
Barry Cofield	2	0	0
Casey Hampton	2	0	0
Carlos Rogers	2	0	0
Bryan Thomas	2	0	0
Ray Lewis	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2012 Minnesota
Troy Polamalu	1	20	20.0	20	0
Brandon Browner	1	22	22.0	22	0
2012 Motor City

Game Story

Adrian L. Peterson had a huge game as the visiting team from Minnesota beat Motor City by the score of 50 to 38. Peterson pounded the Motor City defense for 220 yards and scored a stagering 4 touchdowns. Matt Ryan passed 30 times for 310 yards and 3 touchdowns. Minnesota controlled all phases of the game. They out-ran Motor City 232 to 168 yards, and out-passed them 310 to 196 yards. The biggest play of the game was a touchdown pass to Martellus Bennett that went for 73 yards with 10:48 left in the 4th quarter. The game was tied at the half, 28 to 28.

DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF 2013 - MINNESOTA 24- UTICA 17

2012 Utica 17, 2012 Minnesota 24
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2012 Utica	0	3	7	7	0	17
2012 Minnesota	7	14	3	0	0	24

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	6:36	2012 Minnesota	H.Miller 17 yd. pass from M.Ryan (S.Hauschka kick)	7-0 MIN
2	13:48	2012 Utica	A.Vinatieri 37 yd. field goal	7-3 MIN
2	5:42	2012 Minnesota	H.Miller 4 yd. pass from M.Ryan (S.Hauschka kick)	14-3 MIN
2	1:15	2012 Minnesota	L.McCoy 4 yd. run (S.Hauschka kick)	21-3 MIN
3	7:30	2012 Utica	S.Jackson 16 yd. run (A.Vinatieri kick)	21-10 MIN
3	0:54	2012 Minnesota	S.Hauschka 25 yd. field goal	24-10 MIN
4	11:06	2012 Utica	D.Avery 24 yd. pass from A.Rodgers (A.Vinatieri kick)	24-17 MIN

Team Statistics
	2012 Utica	2012 Minnesota
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	12-8-1-21	8-10-0-18
Third Down Efficiency	3-16-19%	3-8-38%
Fourth Down Efficiency	5-9-56%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	7-7-100%	24-28-86%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	319-77-4.1	311-51-6.1
Total Net Yards Rushing	189	143
Total Rushes	42	25
Average Per Rush	4.5	5.7
Passes Completed/Attempted	16/33 (48.5%)	18/26 (69.2%)
Net Yards Passing	130	168
Avg Yards Per Pass	4.2	6.5
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/9	0/0
Punts/Average	3/53.7	4/44.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/3	0/0
Kickoffs/Returns	2/54	1/21
Interceptions/Returns	1/4	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/25	4/20
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	0/0	0/0
Time of Possession	34 mins 47 secs	25 mins 13 secs
Average Drive Start	UTI 23	MIN 29

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2012 Utica
Aaron Rodgers	33	16	139	48.5	4.2	1	3.0	0	0	24	2/9	70.1
2012 Minnesota
Matt Ryan	26	18	168	69.2	6.5	2	7.7	1	3.8	28	0/0	96.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2012 Utica
Steven Jackson	23	83	3.6	16	1	0	0/0
Aaron Rodgers	9	56	6.2	11	0	0	0/0
Pierre Thomas	8	39	4.9	12	0	0	0/0
Jonathan Stewart	2	11	5.5	10	0	0	0/0
2012 Minnesota
Adrian L. Peterson	21	136	6.5	33	0	0	0/0
Matt Ryan	2	4	2.0	5	0	0	0/0
LeSean McCoy	2	3	1.5	4	1	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2012 Utica
Donnie Avery	6	63	10.5	24	1	0
Steven Jackson	5	33	6.6	20	0	0
Owen Daniels	2	28	14.0	14	0	0
Rhett Ellison	1	4	4.0	4	0	0
Greg Jennings	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Pierre Thomas	1	4	4.0	4	0	0
2012 Minnesota
Victor Cruz	6	49	8.2	28	0	0
Heath Miller	6	56	9.3	17	2	0
Martellus Bennett	4	50	12.5	18	0	0
Jordy Nelson	1	11	11.0	11	0	0
Adrian L. Peterson	1	2	2.0	2	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2012 Utica
Adam Vinatieri	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
2012 Minnesota
Steven Hauschka	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2012 Utica
Steve Weatherford	3	53.7	47.0	1	2	66	0
2012 Minnesota
Jon Ryan	4	44.3	43.5	0	1	55	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2012 Utica
Brandon Banks	2	54	27.0	30	0
2012 Minnesota
Chris Rainey	1	21	21.0	21	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2012 Utica
Brandon Banks	1	1	3	3.0	3	0
2012 Minnesota

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2012 Utica
Paul Posluszny	7	0	0
Dwight Freeney	6	0	0
Chris Crocker	5	0	0
Mike Adams	4	0	0
Ike Taylor	4	0	0
Paris Lenon	4	0	0
Clay Matthews	4	0	0
Champ Bailey	3	0	0
Aubrayo Franklin	1	0	0
Jason Hatcher	1	0	0
2012 Minnesota
Daryl Washington	13	0	0
Jarret Johnson	11	0	0
Lance Briggs	7	0	0
Cameron Wake	6	1	0
Leon Hall	5	0	0
Kerry Rhodes	4	0	0
Jurrell Casey	4	0	0
Asante Samuel	2	0	0
Brandon Browner	2	0	0
Troy Polamalu	2	0	0
Brodrick Bunkley	1	0	0
Derek Wolfe	1	1	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2012 Utica
Chris Crocker	1	4	4.0	4	0
2012 Minnesota

Game Story

Adrian L. Peterson put up some nice numbers as Minnesota bested Utica by the score of 24 to 17. Peterson rushed for 136 yards. Matt Ryan threw 26 times for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns. Minnesota was ahead at halftime 21 to 3. They led after three quarters 24 to 10. Despite the loss, Utica controlled the ball for 34:47.