VIKINGS GAME NOTES compiled by communications

WeekWeek 13 14 | Minnesota| Vikings at Minnesota at Seattle SeahawksVikings | December| December 8, 2,2019 2019

GAME NOTES • Captains: TE Kyle Rudolph, T Riley Reiff, QB , DE Everson The Eagles had -4 yards of total offense in the opening frame of that Griffen, DT , LB Anthony Barr contest. • Honorary Captain: Jerry Reichow • Detroit finished the game with 231 yards of total offense, marking the third time this season the Vikings defense has held an opponent to 250 • Coin Toss: The Lions called heads and lost the toss. Minnesota deferred yards of offense or less. Minnesota has recorded 15 such games since to the second half and Detroit received to start the game. hiring as head coach in 2014. • The Vikings defense limited Detroit to 98 total yards of offense through Lions QB finished the first half by completing seven-of-14 three quarters. It’s the fourth time since 1991 the team has held an • passes for 59 yards and a of 61.3. The Vikings defense has opponent to 100 yards of offense or less through three quarters of a now held opposing QBs to a first-half passer rating of 75.0 or less in single contest. four games this season. • The Vikings defense held Detroit to 13 total yards of offense in the first Blough finished the game with a passer rating of 60.9, marking the quarter of Sunday’s game, marking the fewest allowed yards in a first • fourth game this season that the Vikings defense has held opponents quarter since Minnesota’s Week 5 game at Philadelphia on 10/7/18. to a passer rating of 75.0 or less.

PLAYER NOTES • In his 75th career game, DE eclipsed 50.0 career sacks • Rookie WR Bisi Johnson caught his third career pass from on the third play, taking down Detroit QB David Blough for a six-yard Cousins, a nine-yard strike to cap a 10-play, 82-yard drive that took 4:40, loss that forced a three-and-out. Reaching the mark at 25 years and 40 on the Vikings second drive of the quarter. days old, Hunter became the youngest player in NFL history to reach • Johnson is the first Minnesota rookie with three or more receiving 50.0 career sacks. The record was previously held by Robert Quinn, who in a season since WR Stefon Diggs recorded four as a rookie reached 50.0 career sacks at 25 years and 167 days of age. in 2015. • Hunter is also the third Vikings player to tally 50.0 sacks in his first five • FB C.J. Ham’s 25-yard reception in the second quarter moved his season seasons with the team, joining Jared Allen and Keith Millard. total to 12 receptions for 124 yards, both new career highs. • Hunter picked up his second sack of the first quarter on Detroit’s third • RB Dalvin Cook notched his 13th rushing touchdown of the 2019 season possession of the game, dropping Blough for a loss of 14 yards on third in the second quarter, becoming the fourth player in Vikings history to down. record 13 or more rushing scores in a season (also Adrian Peterson in • Hunter tracked down Blough for a third time in the first half on Sunday 2009, Terry Allen in 1992 and Chuck Foreman in 1975 and 1976). for a loss of 12 yards, moving his season total to 12.5 sacks. It’s the second • Cook caught two passes for 13 yards on Sunday to surpass 100 career three-sack game of Hunter’s career, and his first career three-sack half. receptions and 500 receiving yards for the season. He has eclipsed 10.0 sacks in a season for the third time since entering the league in 2015. • WR Stefon Diggs reeled in his seventh reception of 40 or more yards from Cousins in the second quarter. Entering the game, Cousins had a 139.6 In the third quarter, S Harrison Smith intercepted Blough at the MIN 36, • passer rating when targeting Diggs on deep pass attempts (20-plus air his second of the season and the 22nd of his career. Smith yards). and S have combined for six on the year, more than any other NFC safety duo this season. • Rookie RB Alexander Mattison finished the day with 46 yards on 14 carries and two receptions for 18 yards. His 462 rushing yards this season S added an interception of his own in the fourth quarter, • are the eighth-most by a Vikings rookie running back in franchise history picking off Blough in the end zone to seal the Vikings victory. Sendejo and the most in a player’s first season since Jerick McKinnon tallied 538 now has two interceptions in three game appearances since rejoining yards in 2014. Minnesota in Week 11. • TE Tyler Conklin caught a career-high three passes for 13 yards on Minnesota safeties have combined for nine interceptions in 2019, most • Sunday. Conklin’s seven receptions so far in 2019 also mark a single- among NFL safety groups this season. season career high. • QB Kirk Cousins completed passes to 10 of the 12 eligible receivers that • K Dan Bailey went 2-for-2 on field goal attempts against the Lions, were active in Sunday’s game, a season-high for the Vikings . making kicks from 27 and 50 yards out. Bailey is 3-for-3 on field goals of C Garrett Bradbury also caught a tipped pass for the first reception of his 50-plus yards this season. career. • Sunday marked career milestones for several Vikings as TE Kyle Rudolph • Cousins is tied for third in the league with a 100-plus passer rating in 39 played in his 125th career game, WR Laquon Treadwell played in his games since 2015. 50th career game and G Josh Kline made his 10th start for Minnesota on Sunday.