P: The Redskins started the regular season against the Minnesota Vikings at home on September 11, in the first game of an ESPN Monday Night Football doubleheader on opening weekend. The Redskins defense allowed Minnesota quarterback Brad Johnson and the Vikings' offense to convert often on third down, and the Vikings won the game 19-16 after a failed field goal attempt by John Hall late in the fourth quarter quieted any chance of a Redskins comeback. With the loss, the Redskins were 0-1.Stats
Answer this: How many losses did the Vikings have to start the game?

A: 0


P: Coming off their divisional win over the Browns, the Steelers stayed at home for a Week 7 interconference duel with the 6-0 Minnesota Vikings.  Pittsburgh got the game's opening score late in the first quarter with kicker Jeff Reed nailing a 39-yard field goal.  The Vikings would answer in the second quarter with a 2-yard touchdown run from running back Adrian Peterson, yet the Steelers struck back with Ben Roethlisberger completing a 40-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Mike Wallace. Both teams would swap field goals in the third quarter, with Reed booting a 27-yard field goal and Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell making an 18-yard field goal.  In the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh defense came up with a huge play as defensive end Brett Keisel forced a fumble off of Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, allowing linebacker LaMarr Woodley to return the fumble 77&#160;yards for a touchdown.  However, Minnesota immediately struck back as wide receiver Percy Harvin returned a kickoff 88&#160;yards for a touchdown. The Steelers' defense came up big again as linebacker Keyaron Fox returned a Favre interception 82&#160;yards for a touchdown. With the win, Pittsburgh went into their bye week at 5-2 while Minnesota dropped to 6-1.
Answer this: Which player kicked the shortest field goal?

A: Ryan Longwell


P: The Browns then traveled further west to take on the Chargers.  In the first quarter, the Chargers would score 2 field goals to start out:  Travis Coons kicked them both from 21 and 40 yards out to make the lead 3-0 to 6-0.  The Browns took the lead however when DeShone Kizer found David Njoku on a 28-yard pass to make it 7-6.  Though, the Chargers would move back into the lead when Coons kicked his third field goal of the day from 22 yards out to make it 9-7.  This would remain the halftime score as neither team scored in the second quarter.  In the third quarter however, the Chargers managed to increase their lead when Philip Rivers found Keenan Allen on a 7-yard pass to make it 16-7.  This would be followed up by Coons kicking a fourth field goal from 27 yards out to put his team up 19-7.  The Browns scored their only points in the half during the fourth quarter when Zane Gonzalez kicked a 35-yard field goal. The losing streak continued as the Browns fell to the Chargers 19-10.  With the loss, the Browns fell to 0-12 and the losing streak was extended to 13 consecutive games while their road losing streak was extended to 19 consecutive games.  The loss made the Browns 1-27 in the first 28 games under Jackson and Brown, overtaking the 1976-1977 Buccaneers (2-26) for the worst 28 game start under a HC and GM in NFL history. On the following Thursday, Brown was relieved of his GM duties.
Answer this: How many points were scored in the first half?

A:
13