MINNESOTA VIKINGS Preseason Week Two
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2021 vikings MINNESOTA VIKINGS preseason week two Saturday, August 21, 2021 U.S. Bank Stadium (66,467) | 7 p.m. CT | FOX 9 2021 record vikings vs colts The Minnesota Vikings will host the Indianapolis PRESEASON ..................................... 0-1 Colts on Saturday, Aug. 21, for its final home OVERALL ..........................................0-0 preseason game of 2021. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. NFC NORTH ......................................0-0 CT at U.S. Bank Stadium and the game will be HOME ...............................................0-0 broadcast on FOX 9 as well as simulcast on KFAN AWAY ...............................................0-0 100.3 FM. The broadcast team features Paul Allen and Pete Bercich in the booth with Greg Coleman 2021 schedule and Ben Leber on the sideline. PRESEASON A.J. Rose, Jr. was a bright spot for the Vikings Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Results against the Broncos rushing the ball 25 times 8/14 (Sat.) DENVER 3 p.m. L, 33-6 for 100 yards, becoming the ninth player in team 8/21 (Sat.) INDIANAPOLIS 7 p.m. FOX 9 8/27 (Fri.) at Kansas City 7 p.m. FOX 9/ NFLN history to gain 100 yards rushing in a preseason REGULAR SEASON game. Rose’s 25 carries were the most in an NFL Week) Date Opponent Time (CT) TV preseason game since Jarveon Williams had 27 1) 9/12 (Sun.) at Cincinnati Noon FOX for the Bengals on August 31, 2017. 2) 9/19 (Sun.) at Arizona 3:05 p.m. FOX 3) 9/26 (Sun.) SEATTLE 3:25 p.m. FOX 4) 10/3 (Sun.) CLEVELAND Noon CBS QUICK HITS 5) 10/10 (Sun.) DETROIT Noon FOX 6) 10/17 (Sun.) at Carolina Noon FOX The last time the Vikings and Colts battled each 7) 10/24 (Sun.) BYE WEEK other in the preseason was in 2009, when the club 8) 10/31 (Sun.) DALLAS 7:20 p.m. NBC beat Indianapolis 13-3. 9) 11/7 (Sun.) at Baltimore Noon FOX 10) 11/14 (Sun.) at Los Angeles (LAC) 3:05 p.m. FOX 11) 11/21 (Sun.) GREEN BAY Noon FOX Under Mike Zimmer’s leadership, the Vikings have 12) 11/28 (Sun.) at San Francisco 3:25 p.m. FOX never lost back-to-back preseason games and have 13) 12/5 (Sun.) at Detroit Noon CBS only lost two preseason games in a single season 14) 12/9 (Thur.) PITTSBURGH 7:20 p.m. FOX/NFLN one time (2017). 15) 12/20 (Mon.) at Chicago 7:15 p.m. ESPN 16) 12/26 (Sun.) LOS ANGELES (LAR) Noon FOX 17) 1/2 (Sun.) at Green Bay 7:20 p.m. NBC preseason week 2 broadcast 18) 1/9 (Sun.) CHICAGO Noon FOX Home games capitalized TV BROADCAST/STREAM: *All game times are CT and subject to change FOX 9 (Channel 9 in Minneapolis/St. Paul) Paul Allen (PxP) | Pete Bercich (Analyst) | stat of the week Greg Coleman/Ben Leber (Sideline) EVERY ROSE HAS ITS A.J. RADIO BROADCAST/STREAM: Vikings rookie running KFAN-FM 100.3/KTLK-AM 1130 back A.J. Rose, Jr. set a Paul Allen (PxP) | Pete Bercich (Analyst) | team record for the most Greg Coleman/Ben Leber (Sideline) rushing attempts (25) in a preseason game. His 100 PRE-GAME SHOW: yards on the ground is the Mike Mussman – 5 p.m. CT most in a preseason game KFAN and KTLK serve as the flagship by a Viking since 2014. stations for the 63-station, 5-state Vikings Radio Network. MINNESOTA VIKINGS | VIKINGS.1RMG.COM 1 2021 vikings weekly media schedule RETURNERS Starters Returning: 15 (9 offense, 6 defense) Monday, Aug. 16 Starters Lost: 7 (Harris, Johnson, Odenigbo, Reiff, Rudolph, Stephen, Wilson) 12:15 - Ryan Ficken, Andre Patterson and select players Leading Returners Player (Total) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Pratice Passing Yards Tuesday, Aug. 17 Kirk Cousins (4,265) Rushing Yards 11:30 a.m. – Mike Zimmer and select players available Dalvin Cook (1,557) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Pratice Rushing TDs Wednesday, Aug. 18 Dalvin Cook (16) Receiving Yards 12:15 - Klint Kubiak, Adam Zimmer and Kirk Cousins Justin Jefferson (1,400) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Pratice Receiving TDs Thursday, Aug. 19 Adam Thielen (14) Tackles 12:15 p.m. - Mike Zimmer and select players Eric Wilson (122) 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Pratice Sacks Friday, Aug. 20 Yannick Ngakoue (5.0) Interceptions No media access Harrison Smith (5) Saturday, Aug. 21 Punt Return Yards 7:00 p.m Game vs Colts at U.S. Bank Stadium Chad Beebe (42) Kick Return Yards Sunday, Aug. 22 Ameer Abdullah (352) No mdia access ROSTER NOTES *Filming is allowed for a portion of practice Oldest Viking Player Britton Colquitt (36, born 3/20/85) communications staff Youngest Viking Player Ihmir Smith-Marsette (21, born 8/29/99) Bob Hagan 612.327.7069 Most Seasons as a Viking VP of Football & Media Communications Harrison Smith (10) Most NFL Seasons Jeff Anderson 612.247.4482 Britton Colquitt (12) VP of Strategic & Corporate Communications College with the most Vikings Tom West 612.327.7075 Alabama, LSU, North Carolina, Ohio State, Pitt (3) Director, Alumni & Youth Football Communications Home state with the most Vikings Florida (11) Jon Ekstom 612.418.6265 Conference with the most Vikings Director, Communications SEC (15 players on roster) Largest Viking Sam Newton 612.965.4712 Blake Brandel, Zach Davidson, Brian O’Neill (Height: 6-7) Senior Manager, Football Communications Michael Pierce (Weight: 340 lbs) Carly Bonk 612.718.4093 Smallest Viking Communications Coordinator Ameer Abdullah (Height: 5-9) Amari Henderson and Ihmir Smith-Marsette (Weight: 180 lbs) Taylor Garner 651.600.1683 Communications Associate Tim Wiemann 651.350.8201 1st-Round Draft Picks (7) Pro Bowlers (9) Communications Associate [5] Patrick Peterson (2011) Anthony Barr (4x) [9] Anthony Barr (2014) Dalvin Cook (2x) vikings media site [13] Sheldon Richardson (2013) Kirk Cousins (2x) All media members are encouraged to utilize the [18] Garrett Bradbury (2019) C.J. Ham (1x) Vikings’ media site (vikings.1rmg.com) to assist in [22] Justin Jefferson (2020) Danielle Hunter (2x) their coverage of the team. Materials provided by the [23] Christian Darrisaw (2021) Justin Jefferson (1x) communications department are available to view Eric Kendricks (1x) [29] Harrison Smith (2012) and download at the site, including media schedules, Patrick Peterson-ARI (8x) press releases, clips, quotes, photos, media guides, Sheldon Richardson-NYJ (1x) rosters, depth charts, etc. Harrison Smith (5x) Adam Thielen (2x) 2 PRESEASON WEEK 1 | VIKINGS AT SAINTS 2021 vikings key dates pronunciation guide August 31 PLAYERS PRONUNCIATION Clubs must reduce rosters to a Ameer Abdullah uh-meer ab-dool-uh maximum of 53 players on the Cohl Cabral cuh-BRAWL Active/Inactive List Dan Chisena cha-SEN-a September 9, 12-13 Britton Colquitt COLE-kwit Kickoff Weekend 2021 Andrew DePaola dee-PAUL-uh October 12-13 Dakota Dozier DOUGH-jher Fall League Meeting, TBD Jalyn Holmes JAY-lyn November 2, 3:00 p.m. CT Danielle Hunter duh-KNEEL Trade Deadline Bisi Johnson BEE-see January 15-16, 2022 Evin Ksiezarczyk Ki-ZARR-zak Wild Card Playoff Games Hercules Mata’afa MAH-Tah-AH-FAH January 22-23, 2022 Kene Nwangwu kuh-NAY Wong-woo Divisional Playoff Games Janarius Robinson juh-narr-iss January 20, 2022 Dru Samia sah-MEE-uh AFC and NFC Championship Games Ihmir Smith-Marsette ah-MEER smith MARR-sett Olisaemeka Udoh OH-lee-suh-MEE-kah OO-doe February 6, 2022 NFL Pro Bowl, Allegiant Stadium, Dede Westbrook DEE-dee Las Vegas, Nevada Xavier Woods ECK-zay-vee-er February 13, 2022 Super Bowl LVI, SoFi Stadium, COACHING STAFF Inglewood, California Imarjaye Albury im-MAR-jay AL-berry Andrew Janocko juh-NO-coe Klint Kubiak koo-bee-ack Keenan McCardell mih-car-DELL Brian Pariani PEAR-ee-ah-nee Sam Siefkes seef-kiss MINNESOTA VIKINGS | VIKINGS.1RMG.COM 3 2021 vikings STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE League-wide strength of schedules in 2021 based on opponents’ 2020 record. Rank Team .......................... Combined W-L .......... Pct. 1 ......Pittsburgh Steelers ........155-115-2 ................... 0.574 2 ......Baltimore Ravens ...........152-118-2 ...................0.563 u.s. bank stadium 3 ......Chicago Bears .................149-122-1 .....................0.55 4 .....Green Bay Packers ..........147-124-1 ...................0.542 HOME OF THE VIKINGS 5 ..... Minnesota Vikings ....... 144-127-1 ..................0.531 U.S. Bank Stadium opened on July 22, 6......Detroit Lions ..................143-127-2 ...................0.529 2016, with a two-day, public open house 6......Cincinnati Bengals ..........144-128-0 ..................0.529 welcoming over 190,000 Minnesotans 8 .....Las Vegas Raiders ..........142-128-2 ..................0.526 through its doors. 9......Cleveland Browns ...........140-130-2 .................. 0.518 10 ....Los Angeles Rams ..........140-132-0 .................. 0.515 • The Vikings earned the first win in 11 .....Seattle Seahawks ..........139-133-0 ...................0.511 their new home against then-San 11 .....Kansas City Chiefs ..........138-132-2 ....................0.511 Diego Chargers in the first pre- 13 ....Arizona Cardinals ...........138-134-0 ..................0.507 season game in the stadium on 13 ....Tennessee Titans ...........138-134-0 ..................0.507 August 28, 2016, winning 23-10. 15 ....Houston Texans .............137-135-0 .................. 0.504 The Purple and Gold continued 15 ....Washington Football Team ...136-134-2 ................. 0.504 the streak, taking away their first 17 ....Los Angeles Chargers .....133-137-2 ...................0.493 regular season win in the stadium 18 ....Jacksonville Jaguars ........133-138-1 ................... 0.491 against the Green Bay Packers on 19 ....San Francisco 49ers .......132-138-2 ...................0.489 September 18, 2016, winning 17-14. 19 ....New York Jets .................132-138-2 ...................0.489 19 ....New England Patriots ....133-139-0 ..................0.489 • On February 4, 2018, U.S.