2009 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 11, 2009 · Edward Jones Dome
Final
Minnesota Vikings 38 at St. Louis Rams 10. Final.
Minnesota Vikings 38–10 — 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.
Minnesota Vikings
51 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
St. Louis Rams
41 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
18/24, 232 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
8.6 expected points added · +13.2% 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
Minnesota Vikings
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Favre | 18/24 | 232 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +8.6 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 3/3 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 15 | 69 | 4.6 | 2 | +2.6 |
| Chester Taylor | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 1 | −0.6 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Harvin | 4 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 19% | +4.5 |
| Sidney Rice | 3 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 19% | +2.7 |
| Chester Taylor | 3 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 11% | +4.5 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 4 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 15% | +5.0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 3 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 22% | −1.6 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 4% | +2.3 |
| Adrian Peterson | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7% | +0.3 |
| Brett Favre | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 4% | −1.2 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Greenway | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Henderson | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madieu Williams | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pat Williams | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
St. Louis Rams
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Vikings -10
- Closing total
- 40.5
- Vikings moneyline
- -550
- Rams moneyline
- +470
Vikings closed -10 and covered, winning by 28.
Total closed 40.5; the game landed 48 — over by 7.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Edward Jones Dome
- Roof / surface
- dome · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- Played indoors — no weather to report.
- Referee
- Don Carey
- Rest
- Vikings 6 days · Rams 7 days
- Coaches
- Brad Childress vs Steve Spagnuolo