2015 Week 16 · Sun, Dec 27, 2015 · TCF Bank Stadium

New York Giants

Minnesota VikingsWinner

MIN -7 ✓O 44.5 ✓13°FVikings closed -7 and covered, winning by 32.

Minnesota Vikings 49–17 — never really in doubt late.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NYG

Eli ManningQB

15/29, 234 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT

-23.5 expected points added · -13.3% completion over expected

Passing · MIN

Teddy BridgewaterQB

15/25, 168 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

-2.1 expected points added · -1.6% completion over expected

Rushing · MIN

Adrian PetersonRB

22 att, 104 yds, 1 TD

0.7 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · MIN

Jerick McKinnonRB

7 att, 89 yds, 2 TD

7.5 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NYG

Rueben RandleWR

2/5 for 80 yds, 1 TD

15% of team targets · -1.5 expected points added

Receiving · NYG

Rashad JenningsRB

2/3 for 62 yds, 0 TD

9% of team targets · 3.9 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New York Giants

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Eli Manning	15/29	234	1	3	4	-23.5
Ryan Nassib	5/5	68	1	0	0	5.5

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Rashad Jennings	14	74	5.3	0.5
Orleans Darkwa	1	9	9.0	0.6
Andre Williams	3	5	1.7	-1.2
Shane Vereen	1	3	3.0	-0.2
Eli Manning	1	0	0.0	-1.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Rueben Randle	2	5	80	1	15%	-1.5
Rashad Jennings	2	3	62	0	9%	3.9
Myles White	2	4	34	1	12%	0.6
Will Tye	3	4	28	0	12%	-1.7
Matt LaCosse	3	3	22	0	9%	1.6
Shane Vereen	2	5	21	0	15%	-2.3
Jerome Cunningham	2	2	21	0	6%	1.0
Orleans Darkwa	1	1	15	0	3%	0.9
Ben Edwards	1	2	9	0	6%	-5.8
Dwayne Harris	1	2	6	0	6%	-1.0
Hakeem Nicks	1	3	4	0	9%	-8.0

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Landon Collins	7	1	0.0	0
Jonathan Casillas	5	3	1.0	0
Jasper Brinkley	5	2	0.0	0
Prince Amukamara	6	0	0.0	1
Robert Ayers	4	1	1.5	0
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	4	0	0.0	0
Jay Bromley	1	2	0.0	0
Mark Herzlich	1	1	0.0	0
Craig Dahl	2	0	0.0	0
Brandon Meriweather	1	1	0.0	0

Minnesota Vikings

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Teddy Bridgewater	15/25	168	1	0	3	-2.1

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Adrian Peterson	22	104	4.7	1	0.7
Jerick McKinnon	7	89	12.7	2	7.5
Matt Asiata	5	14	2.8	0	-0.9
Teddy Bridgewater	2	12	6.0	0	0.5
Zach Line	1	3	3.0	0	-0.3
Shaun Hill	3	-4	-1.3	0	-2.5

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Jarius Wright	3	3	57	0	12%	5.4
Kyle Rudolph	2	3	53	1	12%	5.1
Stefon Diggs	4	5	19	0	20%	-0.0
Adrian Peterson	1	2	15	0	8%	0.3
Mike Wallace	2	6	11	0	24%	-2.5
Jerick McKinnon	2	3	8	0	12%	-2.2
Adam Thielen	1	1	5	0	4%	-1.0
Matt Asiata	0	1	0	0	4%	-1.8
Rhett Ellison	0	1	0	0	4%	-0.7

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Chad Greenway	4	3	0.0	0	0
Harrison Smith	3	1	0.0	1	1
Tom Johnson	3	1	2.0	0	0
Everson Griffen	2	2	0.0	0	1
Edmond Robinson	1	3	0.0	0	0
Eric Kendricks	1	2	0.0	0	0
Danielle Hunter	3	0	1.0	0	0
Terence Newman	3	0	0.0	0	1
Andrew Sendejo	3	0	0.0	1	1
Robert Blanton	2	0	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: MIN -7
Closing total: 44.5
NYG moneyline: +269
MIN moneyline: -305

Vikings closed -7 and covered, winning by 32.

Total closed 44.5; the game landed 66 — over by 21.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: TCF Bank Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · fieldturf
Kickoff weather: 13°F, wind 8 mph
Referee: Tony Corrente
Rest: NYG 7 days · MIN 7 days
Coaches: Tom Coughlin vs Mike Zimmer