2005 Week 3 · Sun, Sep 25, 2005 · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

New Orleans Saints

Minnesota VikingsWinner

MIN -3.5 ✓O 44.5 ✓DomeVikings closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 17.

Minnesota Vikings 33–16 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Passing · MIN

21/29, 300 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT

6.7 expected points added

Passing · NO

12/32, 199 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

-10.7 expected points added

Rushing · MIN

23 att, 101 yds, 0 TD

-1.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NO

14 att, 63 yds, 1 TD

-0.2 expected points added on the ground

Full stat lines

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Aaron Brooks	12/32	199	1	2	3	-10.7

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Deuce McAllister	14	63	4.5	1	-0.2
Aaron Brooks	3	29	9.7	0	1.0
Antowain Smith	3	22	7.3	0	1.6

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Darren Howard	6	4	1.5	0
Brian Young	6	0	0.0	0
Dwight Smith	5	1	0.0	0
Colby Bockwoldt	3	2	0.0	0
Tony Bryant	3	2	2.5	0
Mike McKenzie	4	0	0.0	0
Fred Thomas	4	0	2.0	1
Steve Gleason	3	1	0.0	0
Jason Craft	4	0	0.0	0
James Allen	3	0	0.0	0

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Daunte Culpepper	21/29	300	3	0	7	6.7

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Mewelde Moore	23	101	4.4	-1.0
Daunte Culpepper	8	36	4.5	0.5
Michael Bennett	2	4	2.0	-0.8
Koren Robinson	1	4	4.0	-0.2
Moe Williams	4	2	0.5	-1.6

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Dontarrious Thomas	5	1	0.0	0	0
Ralph Brown	5	0	0.0	0	1
Kevin Williams	3	1	0.0	0	0
Willie Offord	3	0	0.0	0	1
Pat Williams	2	1	0.0	0	0
Antoine Winfield	2	1	0.0	1	1
Richard Owens	2	0	0.0	0	0
Brian Williams	2	0	0.0	0	0
Darrion Scott	2	0	1.0	0	0
Erasmus James	2	0	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Vikings closed -3.5 and covered, winning by 17.

Total closed 44.5; the game landed 49 — over by 4.5.

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