Vikings 34, Texans 7

Houston 0 0 7 0 — 7 Minnesota 14 0 7 13 — 34

First quarter

MIN — Jefferson 6 pass from Darnold (Reichard kick), 12:11. Drive: 6 plays, 21 yards, 2:21. Key Plays: Grugier-Hill 5 interception return to Houston 21; Darnold 9 pass to Jefferson on 3rd-and-7. Minnesota 7, Houston 0.

MIN — A.Jones 8 pass from Darnold (Reichard kick), 1:12. Drive: 6 plays, 56 yards, 3:23. Key Play: Darnold 28 pass to Jefferson. Minnesota 14, Houston 0.

Third quarter

MIN — Nailor 4 pass from Darnold (Reichard kick), 10:26. Drive: 9 plays, 77 yards, 4:38. Key Plays: Gaskin kick return to Minnesota 23; Darnold 18 pass to Nailor. Minnesota 21, Houston 0.

HOU — Akers 8 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn kick), 4:00. Drive: 7 plays, 72 yards, 3:31. Key Plays: Stroud 19 pass to Dell; Stroud 34 pass to Collins on 3rd-and-11. Minnesota 21, Houston 7.

Fourth quarter

MIN — FG Reichard 35, 14:53. Drive: 11 plays, 43 yards, 4:03. Key Plays: Darnold 13 pass to Powell on 3rd-and-14; Nailor 3 run on 4th-and-1. Minnesota 24, Houston 7.

MIN — Mundt 2 pass from Darnold (Reichard kick), 10:16. Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards, 3:47. Key Plays: Bynum 3 interception return to Minnesota 47; A.Jones 4 run on 3rd-and-1; A.Jones 39 run. Minnesota 31, Houston 7.

MIN — FG Reichard 58, 4:43. Drive: 6 plays, 15 yards, 3:06. Minnesota 34, Houston 7.

HOU MIN

First downs 17 19

Rushing 0 5

Passing 16 12

Penalty 1 2

Third down eff 4-14 6-13

Fourth down eff 2-4 1-1

Total net yards 296 274

Total plays 63 60

Avg gain 4.7 4.6

Net yards rushing 38 118

Rushes 14 28

Avg per rush 2.714 4.214

Net yards passing 258 156

Sacked yds lost 5-49 4-25

Gross yds passing 307 181

Completed att 28-44 17-28

Had intercepted 2 0

Yds pass play 5.265 4.875

Kickoffs e z TB 2-0-0 7-7-6

Punts avg 4-44.25 4-48.25

Punts blocked 0 0

FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0

Total ret yardage 32 37

Punt returns 3-5 1-10

Kickoff returns 1-27 1-19

Interceptions 0-0 2-8

penalties yds 11-88 5-30

Fumbles lost 0-0 1-0

Time of poss 30:42 29:18

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — Houston, Akers 9-21, Stroud 3-12, Taylor 1-3, Brooks 1-2. Minnesota, A.Jones 19-102, Chandler 7-13, Nailor 1-3, Mullens 1-0.

Passing — Houston, Stroud 20-31-2-215, Mills 7-12-0-79, Diggs 1-1-0-13. Minnesota, Darnold 17-28-0-181.

Receiving — Houston, Diggs 10-94, Dell 5-62, Collins 4-86, Ogunbowale 2-28, Woods 2-18, Schultz 2-11, Taylor 2-0, Akers 1-8. Minnesota, Jefferson 6-81, A.Jones 5-46, Nailor 3-31, Powell 1-13, Sherfield 1-8, Mundt 1-2.

Punt returns — Houston, Sims 3-5. Minnesota, Powell 1-10.

Kickoff returns — Houston, Sims 1-27. Minnesota, Gaskin 1-19.

Tackles-assists-sacks — Houston, Al-Shaair 9-1-0, Pitre 5-3-0, Lassiter 4-0-0, To’oTo’o 3-2-0, Bullock 3-0-0, Ward 2-3-0, Settle 2-1-2, Barnett 2-1-1, Fatukasi 2-1-0, Anderson 1-1-1, Hunter 1-1-0, Davis 1-0-0, Stingley 1-0-0, Edwards 0-1-0, Hughes 0-1-0, Murray 0-1-0. Minnesota, Van Ginkel 5-1-1, Bynum 5-1-0, Smith 4-2-0, B.Murphy 4-0-0, Metellus 3-2-0, Greenard 3-1-3, Bullard 2-2-0, Cashman 2-2-0, Gilmore 2-2-0, Grugier-Hill 2-1-0, Griffin 1-2-0, P.Jones 1-1-0, Redmond 1-0-1, Th.Jackson 1-0-0, Phillips 1-0-0, Richter 1-0-0, Asamoah 0-1-0.

Interceptions — Houston, None. Minnesota, Grugier-Hill 1-5, Bynum 1-3.

Missed field goals — Houston, Fairbairn 54.

Officials — Referee Shawn Hochuli, Ump Terry Killens, HL Patrick Holt, LJ Tim Podraza, FJ Jason Ledet, SJ Jim Quirk, BJ Jimmy Russell, Replay Jamie Nicholson.