Vikings 27, Browns 12

Minnesota 10 3 7 7 — 27 Cleveland 7 0 3 2 — 12

First quarter

MIN — Tr.Jackson 14 pass from Mullens (Reichard kick), 11:45. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:15. Key Plays: Knowles kick return to Minnesota 25; Mullens 31 pass to Nailor on 3rd-and-7; Nwangwu 11 run; Mullens 8 pass to Muse on 3rd-and-2. Minnesota 7, Cleveland 0.

CLE — Foreman 1 run (York kick), 7:18. Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards, 4:27. Key Plays: Foreman kick return to Cleveland 31; Thompson-Robinson 17 pass to Proche; Thompson-Robinson 15 pass to Thrash on 4th-and-2. Minnesota 7, Cleveland 7.

MIN — FG Reichard 41, 4:26. Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards, 2:52. Key Play: Mullens 12 pass to Powell on 3rd-and-4. Minnesota 10, Cleveland 7.

Second quarter

MIN — FG Reichard 38, 7:41. Drive: 11 plays, 39 yards, 4:17. Key Plays: Mullens 19 pass to Tr.Jackson on 3rd-and-10; Gaskin 11 run; Mullens 4 pass to Gaskin on 3rd-and-3. Minnesota 13, Cleveland 7.

Third quarter

MIN — Knowles 1 pass from J.Hall (Reichard kick), 10:14. Drive: 2 plays, 8 yards, 00:44. Key Play: McGlothern 91 interception return to Cleveland 8. Minnesota 20, Cleveland 7.

CLE — FG York 33, 2:08. Drive: 14 plays, 55 yards, 8:06. Key Plays: Huntley 5 run on 3rd-and-5; Huntley 8 run on 3rd-and-5; Huntley 16 pass to Darden on 3rd-and-2; Huntley 4 pass to Welch on 3rd-and-11. Minnesota 20, Cleveland 10.

Fourth quarter

MIN — J.Jones 71 pass from J.Hall (Reichard kick), 10:20. Drive: 5 plays, 94 yards, 2:42. Minnesota 27, Cleveland 10.

CLE — safety, 1:54. Drive: 3 plays, -15 yards, 1:10. Minnesota 27, Cleveland 12.

MIN CLE

First downs 16 17

Rushing 5 4

Passing 10 11

Penalty 1 2

Third down eff 6-13 5-14

Fourth down eff 0-0 2-2

Total net yards 303 288

Total plays 58 63

Avg gain 5.2 4.6

Net yards rushing 113 56

Rushes 27 23

Avg per rush 4.185 2.435

Net yards passing 190 232

Sacked yds lost 5-32 3-29

Gross yds passing 222 261

Completed att 15-26 27-37

Had intercepted 0 3

Yds pass play 6.129 5.8

Kickoffs e z TB 6-5-4 3-2-2

Punts avg 4-44.0 6-50.167

Punts blocked 0 0

FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0

Total ret yardage 142 85

Punt returns 3-22 2-16

Kickoff returns 1-24 3-69

Interceptions 3-96 0-0

penalties yds 6-53 4-40

Fumbles lost 2-0 1-0

Time of poss 26:30 33:30

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — Minnesota, Nwangwu 7-45, Gaskin 9-45, McBride 6-17, Tr.Jackson 1-6, James 1-4, Mullens 1-(minus 1), Corral 2-(minus 3). Cleveland, Huntley 4-19, Foreman 10-18, Robbins 6-17, Strong 3-2.

Passing — Minnesota, Mullens 11-21-0-135, Hall 4-5-0-87. Cleveland, Huntley 14-20-2-135, Thompson-Robinson 13-17-1-126.

Receiving — Minnesota, Tr.Jackson 3-39, Muse 3-19, Powell 2-19, Gaskin 2-10, J.Jones 1-71, Nailor 1-31, Sherfield 1-23, Knox 1-9, Knowles 1-1. Cleveland, Foreman 5-46, Mitchell-Paden 4-59, Ricci 4-32, Thrash 3-25, Welch 2-26, Darden 2-21, Akins 2-15, Robbins 2-12, Proche 1-17, Landers 1-5, Strong 1-3.

Punt returns — Minnesota, L.Jackson 2-25, Francis 1-(minus 3). Cleveland, Darden 2-16.

Kickoff returns — Minnesota, Knowles 1-24. Cleveland, Darden 1-29, Foreman 1-21, A.Brown 1-19.

Tackles-assists-sacks — Minnesota, Gant 6-3-0, Cine 5-5-1, Taimani 4-2-0, Grugier-Hill 4-1-0, Ja.Ward 3-2-0, Carter 3-1-0, Asamoah 2-2-1, Kunaszyk 2-1-0, Green 2-0-0, Manoa 1-2-0, Shelley 1-2-0, McCain 1-1-0, Porter 1-1-0, Rodriguez 1-1-0, Richter 1-0-1, Evans 1-0-0, McGlothern 1-0-0, N.Wright 1-0-0, Lynch 0-3-0, Moreau 0-1-0, Turner 0-1-0. Cleveland, Edmonds 4-2-0, Cha.Williams 4-2-0, T.Brown 3-1-0, Bush 3-1-0, Reid 3-0-1, Chr.Williams 2-1-2, Martin 2-1-1, Mitchell 2-1-0, Thomas 2-0-1, Hailassie 2-0-0, Diabate 1-1-0, Hardee 1-1-0, Kamara 1-1-0, Coyle 1-0-0, Harden 1-0-0, C.Johnson 1-0-0, McGuire 1-0-0, Hall 0-1-0, Honeycutt 0-1-0.

Interceptions — Minnesota, McGlothern 1-91, James 1-5, Cine 1-0. Cleveland, None.

Missed field goals — None.

Officials — Referee Clete Blakeman, Ump Scott Campbell, HL Dana McKenzie, LJ Julian Mapp, FJ Karina Tovar, SJ James Coleman, BJ Jonah Monroe, Replay Chad Adams.