2006 Week 17 · Sun, Dec 31, 2006 · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Final
St. Louis Rams 41 at Minnesota Vikings 21. Final.
St. Louis Rams 41–21 — never really in doubt late.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
St. Louis Rams
51 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Minnesota Vikings
51 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · MIN
20/34, 213 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
-14.1 expected points added · -8.3% completion over expected
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
Box score
St. Louis Rams
Minnesota Vikings
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarvaris Jackson | 20/34 | 213 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −14.1 |
| Brad Johnson | 1/1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.3 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarvaris Jackson | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 1 | +2.6 |
| Chester Taylor | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 1 | −4.0 |
| Mewelde Moore | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | +0.1 |
| Artose Pinner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | +0.7 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Gordon | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Napoleon Harris | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Henderson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Smith | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Davis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Farwell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Take it with you
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
The market number, who both clubs have been, and the one question this matchup asks.
/football/games/2006_17_STL_MIN
The cards are drawn from the charted play-by-play, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Rams -1
- Closing total
- 43
- Rams moneyline
- -118
- Vikings moneyline
- +108
Rams closed -1 and covered, winning by 20.
Total closed 43; the game landed 62 — over by 19.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
- Roof / surface
- dome · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- Played indoors — no weather to report.
- Referee
- Peter Morelli
- Rest
- Rams 7 days · Vikings 10 days
- Coaches
- Scott Linehan vs Brad Childress