VIKINGS GAME NOTES Compiled by Minnesota Vikings Communications

VIKINGS GAME NOTES compiled by minnesota vikings communications

Week 9 | Minnesota Vikings at Kansas City Chiefs | November 3, 2019

GAME NOTES GAMEDAY WEATHER Vikings Captains: T Riley Reiff, QB Kirk Cousins, LB Anthony Barr, TE Kyle Rudolph, DT Linval Joseph • Conditions: Sunny • Coin Toss: Vikings called tails and lost. The Chiefs deferred to the second half. Temperature: 54º • The Vikings brought their three-and-out total to 21 for the season, forcing Kansas City to punt after three plays four times on Sunday. Entering Sunday’s contest, Minnesota’s defense was tied for 12th in the league with 17 three-and-outs forced. Wind: SW 15 MPH • Minnesota’s defense wrapped up 5.0 sacks for 45 yards against Kansas City, the fifth time this season the unit has reached at least 4.0 sacks in a single game. vikings inactives PLAYER NOTES 39 Marcus Epps S • QB Kirk Cousins finished the game 19 of 38 for 220 yards and three touchdowns. Cousins has now thrown 46 touchdown 51 Hercules Mata’afa DT passes as a Viking, moving ahead of QB Brett Favre (44) for eighth in team history. 61 Brett Jones C • TE Kyle Rudolph caught his second touchdown of the season and 43rd of his career in the fourth quarter, a three-yard reception that finished an 11-play, 75-yard drive that took 4:31. 73 Dru Samia G • RB Ameer Abdullah caught his first touchdown pass of the season to cap Minnesota’s opening drive of the second half, 74 Olisaemeka Udoh T marking his first score as a Minnesota Viking. The 16-yard touchdown pass finished a five-play, 28-yard drive. 92 Jalyn Holmes DT • Rookie WR Bisi Johnson caught his second-career touchdown reception, a four-yard pass from Cousins, to cap a 12-play, 75- yard drive in the first quarter. 96 Armon Watts DT • RB Dalvin Cook finished the game with 116 scrimmage yards (71 rushing, 45 receiving), marking the seventh game this season Cook has eclipsed 100 scrimmage yards. chiefs • WR Laquon Treadwell recorded a career-long 26-yard reception on third-and-eight with 6:48 left to play in the first quarter. inactives • Treadwell led the team with a career-high 58 receiving yards on the game, all coming in the first half. Treadwell’s previous career high was 51 yards vs. Green Bay on October 15, 2017. 15 Patrick Mahomes QB • FB C.J. Ham caught a career-long 32-yard pass from Cousins in the third quarter, marking the longest reception by a Vikings 29 Kendall Fuller CB FB since Zach Line’s 49-yard reception at Detroit on October 25, 2015. 34 Darwin Thompson RB • With his 12 rushing yards against Kansas City, WR Stefon Diggs has 22 rushing yards for the season, setting a single-season 55 Frank Clark DE career high. He previously recorded 20 rushing yards in 2018. 72 Eric Fisher OL • S Harrison Smith sacked Chiefs QB Matt Moore for a loss of 11 yards in the fourth quarter, giving him 13.0 sacks for his career. Smith’s 13.0 sacks are a franchise record among Vikings defensive backs. He forced a fumble on the same play, his second of 76 Laurent Duvernay-Tardif OL the season and sixth of his career. 97 Alex Okafor DE • DE Stephen Weatherly strip-sacked Moore for a loss of 11 yards with less than two minutes left to play in the game. It was Weatherly’s first sack of the season and second-career forced fumble. • DE Ifeadi Odenigbo notched an 11-yard sack in the fourth quarter, moving his season total to 3.0 sacks. • DE Everson Griffen recorded a two-yard sack in the fourth quarter, moving his season total to 5.5 sacks. • DT Jaleel Johnson and DE Danielle Hunter split a seven-yard sack of Moore with 2:58 left in the second quarter. Johnson’s season sack total stands at 0.5, while Hunter’s season sack total moves to 8.5. • CB Mike Hughes forced his second-career fumble on the opening kick of the second half. CB Holton Hill recovered the fumble for the first fumble recovery of his career. The Vikings capitalized on the play, scoring a touchdown. It’s the third takeaway by Minnesota’s defense this season that has resulted in points scored.

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OFFENSE DEFENSE OFFENSE DEFENSE WR Stefon Diggs DE Danielle Hunter WR Tyreek Hill DE Emannuel Ogbah LT Riley Reiff NT Linval Joseph LT Cam Irving DT Khalen Sanders LG Pat Elflein DT Shamar Stephen LG Andrew Wylie DT Derrick Nnadi C Garrett Bradbury DE Everson Griffen C Austin Reiter DE Tanoh Kpassagnon RG Josh Kline LB Eric Kendricks RG Martinas Rankin LB Anthony Hitchens RT Brian O’Neill LB Anthony Barr RT Mitchell Schwartz LB Damien Wilson TE Kyle Rudolph CB Mackensie Alexander TE Travis Kelce LB Reggie Ragland WR Adam Thielen CB Trae Waynes TE Blake Bell CB Chavarius Ward QB Kirk Cousins CB Xavier Rhodes QB Matt Moore CB Morris Claiborne FB C.J. Ham SS Harrison Smith RB LeSean McCoy FS Juan Thornill RB Dalvin Cook FS Anthony Harris WR Mecole Hardman SS Tyrann Mathieu