Exhibition Week 2, 2023

played in Cincinnati, OH

67 degrees, fair, 12 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	3	6	0	7	-	16
Cincinnati Bengals	0	3	3	0	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:28 MIN - Thomas Griffith 21 field goal
2Q: 15:00 MIN - Thomas Griffith 19 field goal
2Q: 10:34 CIN - Tito Clark 51 field goal
2Q: 03:52 MIN - Thomas Griffith 34 field goal
3Q: 10:54 CIN - Tito Clark 36 field goal
4Q: 01:34 MIN - Curtis Malone 53 interception return (Thomas Griffith extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:28 MIN - Thomas Griffith 21 field goal
2Q: 15:00 MIN - Thomas Griffith 19 field goal
2Q: 10:34 CIN - Tito Clark 51 field goal
2Q: 03:52 MIN - Thomas Griffith 34 field goal
3Q: 10:54 CIN - Tito Clark 36 field goal
4Q: 01:34 MIN - Curtis Malone 53 interception return (Thomas Griffith extra point)

Team Statistics MIN CIN
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 15 17
- by Rushing 7 3
- by Passing 6 11
- by Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 266 226
- Offensive Plays 65 67
- Yards per Play 4.09 3.37
Net Rushing Yards 147 77
- Rushing Attempts 28 19
- Yards per Rush 5.25 4.05
Net Passing Yards 119 149
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 17 - 0 43 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 119 180
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 5/31
- Yards per Pass Play 3.22 3.10
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/17 3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.5 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/50 9/65
Punt Returns/Yards 3/10 6/25
Kick Returns/Yards 3/56 4/87
Interception Ret./Yards 2/72 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/3 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23
Time of Possession 28:53 31:07

Team Statistics	MIN	CIN
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	15	17
- by Rushing	7	3
- by Passing	6	11
- by Penalty	2	3
Total Net Yards	266	226
- Offensive Plays	65	67
- Yards per Play	4.09	3.37
Net Rushing Yards	147	77
- Rushing Attempts	28	19
- Yards per Rush	5.25	4.05
Net Passing Yards	119	149
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 17 - 0	43 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	119	180
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	5/31
- Yards per Pass Play	3.22	3.10
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/17	3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.5	9.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/50	9/65
Punt Returns/Yards	3/10	6/25
Kick Returns/Yards	3/56	4/87
Interception Ret./Yards	2/72	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/3	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 23
Time of Possession	28:53	31:07

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:40	OWN 27	6	69	Field Goal
1	9:21	2:38	OWN 20	6	21	Punt
1	3:54	4:00	OPP 38	9	36	Field Goal
2	10:29	2:05	OWN 35	3	5	Punt
2	7:25	3:40	OPP 43	7	26	Field Goal
2	1:28	1:01	OWN 23	3	8	Punt
3	10:46	4:41	OWN 22	10	46	Missed FG
3	4:20	2:57	OWN 6	8	39	Punt
3	0:07	0:28	OWN 29	3	7	Punt
4	12:34	0:54	OWN 47	3	1	Punt
4	8:11	1:08	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	3:39	1:28	OWN 26	4	22	Punt
4	0:13	0:13	OPP 42	1	-2	Game

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:20	1:59	OWN 26	6	20	Punt
1	6:43	2:49	OWN 17	5	39	Interception
2	14:54	4:25	OWN 34	7	32	Field Goal
2	8:24	0:59	OWN 14	3	1	Punt
2	3:45	2:17	OWN 20	6	25	Punt
2	0:27	0:27	OWN 19	1	3	Half
3	15:00	4:14	OWN 28	9	53	Field Goal
3	6:05	1:45	OWN 39	3	7	Punt
3	1:23	1:16	OWN 21	3	-3	Punt
4	14:39	2:05	OWN 22	3	-8	Punt
4	11:40	3:29	OWN 20	6	18	Punt
4	7:03	3:24	OWN 32	6	-4	Punt
4	2:11	0:50	OWN 4	5	20	Interception
4	1:21	1:08	OWN 29	6	13	Downs

Game MVP: Marshall Shields, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
James Davis	15	109	7.27	55	3
Unknown	11	37	3.36	9	0
Ernest Dunlap	2	1	0.50	3	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Devin Galloway	9	14	1.56	5	0
Rondell Pierce	8	44	5.50	12	1
Harry Bernstein	2	19	9.50	11	1

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ernest Dunlap	25	10	74	0/0	0	18	0	47.9
Terrell Prior	12	7	45	0/0	0	11	0	66.3

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randy Shepherd	24	13	85	4/26	0	20	1	44.6
Harry Bernstein	19	10	95	1/5	0	19	1	44.9

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
Unknown	4	7	16	4.00	11	9
WR Desmond Duffy	4	8	37	9.25	14	18
WR Wesley Lane	2	5	18	9.00	6	15
WR London LaStarza	2	4	16	8.00	0	11
WR J.B. Tanner	2	7	14	7.00	0	11
RB James Davis	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
FB Quentin Crawford	1	2	9	9.00	1	9
TE Nicky Alonso	1	1	5	5.00	0	5
FB Brock Williams	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Pete Harbin	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Maurice Fitzgerald	5	8	65	13.00	21	20
WR Jerome Glover	5	10	35	7.00	17	15
WR Hugh Dedds	4	5	18	4.50	6	19
TE Bucky Pritchett	2	2	23	11.50	6	12
WR Earl Bennett	2	7	27	13.50	14	15
RB Devin Galloway	2	2	-1	-0.50	0	1
RB Rondell Pierce	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Jonathan Foley	1	1	5	5.00	0	5
WR Phil Swann	1	4	5	5.00	0	5
RB Patrick Oliver	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Curtis Malone	1	53	53.00	1
CB Brock Espinosa	1	19	19.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov
James Davis	1	0
Unknown	1	0
Roosevelt Hardy	0	1
Pete Harbin	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Keith Rivers	0	0	1	0
Terrance Knighton	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tom Malone	8	384	48.0	42.4	55	5

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jared Armstrong	8	344	43.0	39.3	62	2

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Thomas Griffith	3/4	0/1	0/0	34	1/1

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tito Clark	2/2	1/1	1/1	51	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Floyd Rivera	2	-2	-1.0	0
Jose Howard	1	12	12.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Maurice Fitzgerald	5	19	3.8	0
Hugh Dedds	1	6	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Floyd Rivera	3	56	18.7	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil Swann	3	64	21.3	0
Maurice Fitzgerald	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Kenyon Dunn	6	1	1.0	12	27
DE Marshall Shields	5	2	1.5	10	25
OLB Travis Arnold	5	3	0.0	16	26
DE Dennis Ross	3	1	1.0	9	23
S Butch Harper	3	2	0.0	12	23
CB Jose Howard	3	0	0.0	14	30
OLB Al Smith	3	0	0.0	12	20
CB Floyd Rivera	3	0	0.0	9	34
DE Dustin Briseno	2	0	1.0	11	28
DE Norm Maxwell	2	0	0.5	8	20
S Curtis Malone	2	2	0.0	10	36
CB Riddick Lowe	2	2	0.0	10	33
OLB Drew Schonberger	2	0	0.0	5	18
S Jim Hicks	1	3	0.0	13	27
CB Brock Espinosa	1	1	0.0	12	41
ILB Dexter Elliott	1	0	0.0	6	23
DT Vaughn Martin	1	0	0.0	9	26
OLB Brant Wainright	1	0	0.0	4	10
DT Will Tovar	1	0	0.0	10	22

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Joseph Amey	8	1	0.0	18	27
OLB Dan Garrison	6	1	0.0	19	21
CB Bob Givens	4	0	0.0	17	25
CB Vontae Davis	3	1	0.0	24	30
S Trevor O'Brien	3	1	0.0	20	29
ILB Gene Justin	2	2	0.0	6	5
S Rex Calabri	2	2	0.0	14	29
DE Al Nixon	2	1	0.0	17	20
ILB Keith Rivers	2	0	0.0	10	10
DT Seth Menoskey	2	0	0.0	14	23
ILB Nick Ridings	2	0	0.0	11	10
CB Cedric Mosel	2	0	0.0	11	16
CB Nick Cote	1	3	0.0	20	19
DT David Kowal	1	2	0.0	20	25
DT Hollis Cruz	1	1	0.0	17	22
DT Terrance Knighton	1	1	0.0	19	17
CB Jairus Byrd	1	1	0.0	14	26
DE Leslie Ridenour	1	1	0.0	15	17
WR Maurice Fitzgerald	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Christian Butler	0	1	0.0	9	16

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Marshall Shields	1.5	0	0	25
DE Dennis Ross	1.0	0	0	23
OLB Kenyon Dunn	1.0	0	0	27
DE Dustin Briseno	1.0	0	0	28
DE Norm Maxwell	0.5	0	2	20
OLB Al Smith	0.0	1	0	20

Cincinnati	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT David Kowal	1	1	25
DT Hollis Cruz	1	0	22
DT Seth Menoskey	0	2	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Travis Arnold	3	1	0	26
S Butch Harper	3	1	0	23
CB Jose Howard	3	1	0	30
CB Floyd Rivera	3	0	0	34
OLB Drew Schonberger	2	1	0	18
S Curtis Malone	2	0	1	36
OLB Kenyon Dunn	2	0	0	27
CB Riddick Lowe	1	2	0	33
S Jim Hicks	1	1	0	27
CB Brock Espinosa	1	0	1	41
DT Vaughn Martin	1	0	0	26
DT Will Tovar	1	0	0	22
ILB Dexter Elliott	0	1	0	23

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Joseph Amey	4	1	27
CB Bob Givens	3	0	25
CB Cedric Mosel	2	1	16
ILB Gene Justin	2	0	5
ILB Keith Rivers	1	0	10
DT Seth Menoskey	1	0	23
S Rex Calabri	1	0	29
S Trevor O'Brien	1	0	29
DE Al Nixon	1	0	20
OLB Dan Garrison	1	0	21
CB Vontae Davis	0	3	30
CB Nick Cote	0	1	19
CB Jairus Byrd	0	1	26

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Darrell Mathews	2	5	17	24
Phillip Kohler	1	5	11	13
Roosevelt Hardy	1	4	18	23
Rico Campbell	1	2	12	11
Jonathan Luigs	1	2	11	13
Andrew Evans	1	2	17	24
Brock Williams	0	2	13	17
Conrad Kirchhof	0	1	10	14
Morris Cameron	0	1	14	22
Quentin Crawford	0	1	11	13
Daniel Conway	0	1	14	15

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Rex Glowacz	1	3	0	12	0	30
Marshall Brooks	1	2	1	11	1	31
Dwayne Bauders	1	2	0	9	1	29
Colin Moore	1	2	0	16	0	41
Stan Heyerdahl	1	2	0	5	0	16
Sedrick Harmon	1	1	0	10	1	24
Steve Justice	0	2	0	12	0	25
Ted Willis	0	1	0	13	1	26
Unknown	0	1	0	7	1	18
Jonathan Foley	0	1	0	8	0	20

Special Teams Statistics

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Brock Williams	4	19
Curtis Malone	3	18
Unknown	1	27
Pete Harbin	1	17
Morris Cameron	1	9
Kenyon Dunn	0	20
Nicky Alonso	0	19
Brock Espinosa	0	18
London LaStarza	0	16
J.B. Tanner	0	16
Rico Campbell	0	12
Quentin Crawford	0	12
Jonathan Luigs	0	12
Floyd Rivera	0	12
Norm Maxwell	0	9
Phillip Kohler	0	9
Thomas Griffith	0	9
Dennis Ross	0	9
Tom Malone	0	8
Travis Arnold	0	8
Darrell McElroy	0	7
Daniel Conway	0	6
Drew Schonberger	0	6
Jose Howard	0	5
Norm Breckinridge	0	4
Wesley Lane	0	3
Shane Mosier	0	3
Dexter Elliott	0	3
Vaughn Martin	0	3
Jim Hicks	0	3
Butch Harper	0	2
Riddick Lowe	0	2
Darrell Mathews	0	1
Marshall Shields	0	1
James Davis	0	1
Desmond Duffy	0	1

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Rondell Pierce	2	18
Devin Galloway	2	7
Cedric Mosel	1	18
Dwayne Bauders	1	10
Jairus Byrd	0	27
Patrick Oliver	0	24
Christian Butler	0	21
Jonathan Foley	0	17
Hugh Dedds	0	13
Maurice Fitzgerald	0	11
Jerry Henderson	0	11
Sedrick Harmon	0	10
Stan Heyerdahl	0	10
Phil Swann	0	10
Bucky Pritchett	0	9
Keith Rivers	0	9
Jerome Glover	0	9
Ted Willis	0	9
Jared Armstrong	0	8
Terrance Knighton	0	8
Steve Justice	0	6
Bob Givens	0	6
Vontae Davis	0	6
Tito Clark	0	5
Gene Justin	0	5
Rex Calabri	0	5
Unknown	0	5
Al Nixon	0	5
Joseph Amey	0	4
Nick Cote	0	3
Leslie Ridenour	0	3
Seth Menoskey	0	3
Trevor O'Brien	0	3
Dan Garrison	0	3
Hollis Cruz	0	2
Brian Hauck	0	2
Unknown	0	2
David Kowal	0	2
Earl Bennett	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	74	12.3
Middle	14	47	3.4
Right	7	28	4.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	18	4.5
Middle	8	43	5.4
Right	7	16	2.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ernest Dunlap	25	10	0	3	3	5	2	0	0
Terrell Prior	12	7	0	0	2	2	1	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randy Shepherd	24	13	1	1	1	5	2	0	1
Harry Bernstein	19	10	0	2	2	3	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	6	29	3.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	6	40	2.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	5	50	3.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	33	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	49	3.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	80	6.7
Long (19+ Yds)	6	1	18	3.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Desmond Duffy	8	4	1	37	25
Unknown	7	4	0	16	24
WR J.B. Tanner	7	2	2	14	21
WR Wesley Lane	5	2	0	18	18
WR London LaStarza	4	2	0	16	21
FB Quentin Crawford	2	1	0	9	13
RB James Davis	1	1	0	4	16
FB Brock Williams	1	0	1	0	17
TE Pete Harbin	1	0	1	0	19
TE Nicky Alonso	1	1	0	5	11

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jerome Glover	10	5	2	35	0	29
WR Maurice Fitzgerald	8	5	1	65	1	30
WR Earl Bennett	7	2	0	27	0	26
WR Hugh Dedds	5	4	0	18	0	21
WR Phil Swann	4	1	0	5	0	13
TE Bucky Pritchett	2	2	0	23	0	18
RB Devin Galloway	2	2	0	-1	0	21
RB Patrick Oliver	2	0	0	0	0	34
RB Rondell Pierce	1	1	0	3	0	26
TE Jonathan Foley	1	1	0	5	0	20

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
James Davis	3	1	0.33	7.27
Unknown	3	3	1.00	3.36

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Devin Galloway	1	4	4.00	1.56

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Terrell Prior	5	3	23	4.60	3.75
Ernest Dunlap	2	0	0	0.00	2.96

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randy Shepherd	2	1	-4	-2.00	3.54

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
Unknown	3	1	1	0.33	2.29
WR Wesley Lane	1	0	0	0.00	3.60
TE Pete Harbin	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Desmond Duffy	1	1	11	11.00	4.63
WR J.B. Tanner	1	1	11	11.00	2.00

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Hugh Dedds	1	1	-4	-4.00	3.60
WR Phil Swann	1	0	0	0.00	1.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Unknown	4	1
Ernest Dunlap	1	1

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ernest Dunlap	8	4	2
Terrell Prior	4	1	1

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randy Shepherd	8	5	2
Harry Bernstein	5	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Wesley Lane	3	1	1
Unknown	3	1	1
WR Desmond Duffy	3	1	1
WR J.B. Tanner	2	1	0
WR London LaStarza	1	1	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Hugh Dedds	3	2	0
WR Earl Bennett	2	1	1
RB Devin Galloway	2	2	0
WR Jerome Glover	2	1	1
RB Rondell Pierce	1	1	1
TE Jonathan Foley	1	1	0
WR Phil Swann	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,500 (65,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,000 (19,800)
End Zone 11,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine 6,800 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 10,000 (12,700)
Club Seats 6,000 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (2,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,500 (65,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,000 (19,800)
End Zone	11,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine	6,800 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	10,000 (12,700)
Club Seats	6,000 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (2,800)