Minnesota team stats
2012 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Minnesota | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 6:53:31 | 31:49 | 6:30:15 | 30:01 |
| Offensive plays | 847 | 65.2 | 882 | 67.8 |
| Total yards | 4,178 | 321.4 | 4,662 | 358.6 |
| Penalties–yards | 81–653 | — | 95–821 | — |
| First downs | 229 | 17.6 | 247 | 19.0 |
| Third down | 65–17936.3% | — | 79–18941.8% | — |
| Fourth down | 7–1643.8% | — | 6–1637.5% | — |
Passing
| Minnesota | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 175–33053.0% | — | 231–40457.2% | — |
| Passing yards | 2,203 | 169.5 | 2,426 | 186.6 |
| Yards per attempt | 6.7 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Passing TDs | 19 | — | 15 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 15 | — |
Rushing
| Minnesota | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 517 | 39.8 | 478 | 36.8 |
| Rushing yards | 1,975 | 151.9 | 2,236 | 172.0 |
| Yards per carry | 3.8 | — | 4.7 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 14 | — | 22 | — |
Turnovers
| Minnesota | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 22 | 1.7 | 20 | 1.5 |
| Fumbles lost | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 15 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Minnesota | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 15 | — | 13 | — |
| Interception yards | 125 | — | 238 | — |
| Interception TDs | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 7 | — | 7 | — |
Returns
| Minnesota | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 41 | — | 28 | — |
| Kick return yards | 842 | — | 553 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 20.5 | — | 19.8 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 0 | — | 1 | — |
| Punt returns | 31 | — | 21 | — |
| Punt return yards | 233 | — | 142 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 7.5 | — | 6.8 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.