The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Minnesota Vikings 27-24 on Sep 12, 2021 at Paycor Stadium.
Final · Paycor Stadium
Top performers
- Kirk Cousins threw for 351 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Vikings.
- Dalvin Cook ran for 61 yards on 20 carries.
- Joe Burrow threw for 261 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Bengals.
- Joe Mixon ran for 127 yards on 29 carries.
Minnesota Vikings box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalvin Cook | 20 | 61 | 1 | 17 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 21 | 65 | 1 | 17 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Thielen | 9 | 10 | 92 | 2 | 24 |
| K.J. Osborn | 7 | 9 | 76 | 0 | 25 |
| Justin Jefferson | 5 | 9 | 71 | 0 | 34 |
| Dalvin Cook | 6 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 9 |
| Tyler Conklin | 4 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 27 |
| Ameer Abdullah | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| Team | 33 | 41 | 338 | 2 | 34 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Kendricks | 15 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Vigil | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bashaud Breeland | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Smith | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Woods | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dalvin Tomlinson | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Wonnum | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Bynum | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Peterson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Dye | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 60 | 38 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Cincinnati Bengals box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mixon | 29 | 127 | 1 | 19 |
| Samaje Perine | 5 | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| Joe Burrow | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ja'Marr Chase | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 |
| Team | 36 | 149 | 1 | 19 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ja'Marr Chase | 5 | 7 | 101 | 1 | 50 |
| Tee Higgins | 4 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 28 |
| Tyler Boyd | 3 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 18 |
| Joe Mixon | 4 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 12 |
| Samaje Perine | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 17 | 21 | 221 | 2 | 50 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie Bates III | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germaine Pratt | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vonn Bell | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Wilson | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli Apple | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chidobe Awuzie | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricardo Allen | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Reader | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B.J. Hill | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 55 | 36 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Vikings · 2021 season · Previous Aug 27, 2021: MIN 25, KC 28 · Next Sep 19, 2021: MIN 33, ARI 34
- Bengals · 2021 season · Previous Aug 29, 2021: MIA 29, CIN 26 · Next Sep 19, 2021: CIN 17, CHI 20