| First quarter | |||
| Scores | |||
| 7-0 Vikings | :02 | 12 plays, 90 yards, 6:41 | |
| Adrian Peterson 1-yard run (Ryan Longwell kick). Key play: Peterson, below, gained 20 yards on six carries, but the big play came from his backup. Toby Gerhart gained 31 yards on a sweep around left end to the Bucs 25. |
7-0
| Second quarter | |||
| Scores | |||
| 10-0 Vikings | 5:06 | 14 plays, 72 yards, 7:45 | |
| Ryan Longwell 22-yard field goal. Key play: The Vikings rode QB Donovan McNabb's arm and legs for most of the yards, the biggest gain being a 19-yard pass to Percy Harvin to the Bucs 21. | |||
| 17-0 Vikings | :52 | 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:47 | |
| Adrian Peterson 9-yard run (Ryan Longwell kick). Key play: Peterson picked up 19 yards early. But it was his backup, Toby Gerhart, who, again, made the big play. On third and 16, he turned a short pass into a 42-yard gain to the Tampa Bay 4. Peterson scored two plays later. |
17-0
| Third quarter | |||
| Scores | |||
| 17-7 Vikings | 10:59 | 2 plays, 44 yards, :40 | |
| LeGarrette Blount 27-yard run (Connor Barth kick). Key play: The Bucs finally got on the scoreboard and did it quickly as Josh Freeman opened with a 17-yard pass to TE Luke Stocker. Blount followed with a run off right tackle for the touchdown. | |||
| 17-10 Vikings | :29 | 7 plays, 52 yards, 4:59 | |
| Connor Barth 36-yard field goal. Key play: The best play didn't count, Mike Williams' 17-yard touchdown catch negated by an illegal shift. WR Preston Parker's 51-yard catch and run to the Vikings 21 on third and 12, however, helped pull the Bucs within a touchdown. |
17-10
| Fourth quarter | |||
| Scores | |||
| 20-10 Vikings | 9:41 | 12 plays, 69 yards, 5:48 | |
| Ryan Longwell 29-yard field goal. Key play: Minnesota's longest gain came on a 23-yard pass interference against rookie LB Mason Foster. | |||
| 20-17 Vikings | 6:39 | 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:02 | |
| Arrelious Benn 25-yard pass from Josh Freeman (Connor Barth kick). Key play: A 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on top of a 19-yard completion to WR Dez Briscoe gave the Bucs a first down at the Vikings 25. | |||
| 24-20 Bucs | :31 | 9 plays, 61 yards, 3:41 | |
| LeGarrette Blount 4-yard run (Connor Barth kick). Key play: Josh Freeman's 6-yard completion to WR Preston Parker on third and 4 from the Minnesota 10 came one play before the winning touchdown. |
24-20
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