The Minnesota Vikings beat the Carolina Panthers 34-28 on Oct 17, 2021 at Bank of America Stadium.
Final · Bank of America Stadium
Top performers
- Kirk Cousins threw for 373 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Vikings.
- Dalvin Cook ran for 140 yards on 29 carries.
- Sam Darnold threw for 207 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception for the Panthers.
- Chuba Hubbard ran for 61 yards on 16 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 | 29 | 140 | 1 | 23 |
| Kirk Cousins | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Adam Thielen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 32 | 158 | 1 | 23 |
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 | 11 | 13 | 126 | 1 | 35 |
| Justin Jefferson | 8 | 14 | 80 | 0 | 26 |
| K.J. Osborn | 6 | 7 | 78 | 1 | 27 |
| Tyler Conklin | 3 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 40 |
| Dalvin Cook | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Team | 30 | 41 | 358 | 2 | 40 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Smith | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Kendricks | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Xavier Woods | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dalvin Tomlinson | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Barr | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Patrick Peterson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Wonnum | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Lynch | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Richardson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Metellus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bashaud Breeland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 44 | 24 | 3.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Carolina Panthers 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuba Hubbard | 16 | 61 | 1 | 9 |
| Sam Darnold | 4 | 48 | 0 | 30 |
| DJ Moore | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 22 | 115 | 1 | 30 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Moore | 5 | 13 | 73 | 0 | 25 |
| Ian Thomas | 1 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 41 |
| Robbie Chosen | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Tommy Tremble | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 10 | 31 | 129 | 1 | 41 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Chinn | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Luvu | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Bouye | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Burns | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Donte Jackson | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derrick Brown | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Franklin Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 46 | 36 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Vikings · 2021 season · Previous Oct 10, 2021: DET 17, MIN 19 · Next Oct 31, 2021: DAL 20, MIN 16
- Panthers · 2021 season · Previous Oct 10, 2021: PHI 21, CAR 18 · Next Oct 24, 2021: CAR 3, NYG 25