Minnesota Vikings (NFC North - 11-6) at San Francisco 49Ers (NFC West 13-3)
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EST. 1961 DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS EST. 1946 Minnesota Vikings (NFC North - 11-6) at San Francisco 49ers (NFC West 13-3) NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS // SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 2020 // 4:35 PM ET // LEVI’S STADIUM // REFEREE: WALT ANDERSON SERIES HISTORY (INCL. PLAYOFFS) LEADER: All-time series tied, 23-23-1 LAST GAME: 9/9/18: 49ers 16 at Vikings 24 STREAKS: Vikings have won 4 of past 5 LAST GAME AT SITE: 9/14/15: 49ers 20, Vikings 3 PLAYOFF SERIES HISTORY LEADER: 49ers lead all-time series, 4-1 LAST GAME: 1/3/98: Vikings 22 at 49ers 38 STREAKS: 49ers have won past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 1/3/98 MINNESOTA VIKINGS SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 21-29 PLAYOFF RECORD 30-20 W 26-20 (OT) at New Orleans LAST WEEK Bye (Week 17: W 26-21 at Seattle) 3-3 (Atl 1-0, GB 0-2, NO 1-0, Sea 0-1, Was 1-0) VS. COMMON OPP. 4-2 (Atl 0-1, GB 1-0, NO 1-0, Sea 1-1, Was 1-0) 25.4/18.9 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 29.9/19.4 353.5 OFFENSE 381.1 Kirk Cousins: 307-444-3603-26-6-107.4 PASSING Jimmy Garoppolo: 329-476-3978-27-13-102.0 Dalvin Cook: 250-1135-4.5-13 RUSHING Raheem Mostert: 137-772-5.6-8 Stefon Diggs: 63-1130-17.9-6 RECEIVING George Kittle (TE): 85-1053-12.4-5 341.6 DEFENSE 281.8 Danielle Hunter: 14.5 SACKS Arik Armstead: 10 Anthony Harris: 6 INTS Richard Sherman: 3 +11 (31/20) TAKE/GIVE +4 (27/23) Mike Hughes: 7.4 PR Richie James: 8.0 Ameer Abdullah: 25.0 KR Richie James: 21.4 Britton Colquitt: 45.2 (42.6) PUNTING (NET) Mitch Wishnowsky (R): 44.9 (41.6) Dan Bailey: 121 (40/44 PAT; 27/29 FG) KICKING Robbie Gould: 110 (41/42 PAT; 23/31 FG) HEAD COACH: MIKE ZIMMER HEAD COACH: KYLE SHANAHAN 1-1 VS. OPPONENT 0-1 2-2 PLAYOFF RECORD 0-0 VIKINGS TEAM NOTES 49ERS TEAM NOTES • MINNESOTA qualified for the postseason & won 10+ games • SAN FRANCISCO won NFC West for 1st time since 2012 & for the 2nd time in the past 3 seasons. won 13+ games for 1st time since 2011. • MIKE ZIMMER has won 8+ games in 5 of his 6 seasons as • KYLE SHANAHAN makes postseason debut as head coach. Vikings head coach. • 49ERS ranked 3rd in NFC in takeaways (27) & led NFL with 21 • VIKINGS tied for 5th in NFL in fewest points allowed per FFs in 2019. game (18.9) & sacks (48) this season. • SAN FRANCISCO led NFC in points per game (29.9) & ranked • MINNESOTA was 1 of 4 teams (NEW ENGLAND, PITTSBURGH 4th in NFL in total yards of offense per game (381.1). & SEATTLE) with 30+ takeaways (31) in 2019 & ranked 5th in • 49ERS led NFC in total defense (281.8) & ranked 3rd in NFL in turnover differential (+11). conference in scoring defense (19.4). • VIKINGS had 3 players selected to the 2020 Pro Bowl: RB • SAN FRANCISCO had 4 players selected to 2020 Pro Bowl: DALVIN COOK, DE DANIELLE HUNTER & S HARRISON DE NICK BOSA, FB KYLE JUSZCZYK, TE GEORGE KITTLE & SMITH. CB RICHARD SHERMAN. TV: NBC (4:35 PM ET): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya (field reporter) ON THE AIRWAVES NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: Ryan Radtke, Tony Boselli, Scott Kaplan (field reporter) SIRIUS: 82 (Min), 83 (SF) | XM: 226 (Min), 225 (SF) EST. 1961 DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS EST. 1946 Minnesota Vikings (NFC North - 11-6) at San Francisco 49ers (NFC West 13-3) VIKINGS NOTES 49ERS NOTES • QB KIRK COUSINS passed for 242 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs for • QB JIMMY GAROPPOLO makes 1st career postseason 96.4 rating at NO in NFC-W. Had career-high 107.4 rating & 26 start. Passed for 3,978 yards in 2019, most by SF QB since TDs vs. 6 INTs in 2019. Is only QB with 25+ pass TDs in each of JEFF GARCIA (4,278 in 2000). Was 1 of 5 NFC QBs with 100+ past 5 seasons. Has 574 pass yards (287 per game) & 5 TDs (4 rating (102) & joined HOFers JOE MONTANA & STEVE YOUNG pass, 1 rush) vs. INT for 98.8 rating in 2 career games vs. SF. as only SF QBs with 100+ rating since 1950. • RB DALVIN COOK had 130 scrimmage yards (94 rush, 36 rec.) • RB RAHEEM MOSTERT had 8 TDs (7 rush, 1 rec.) from Week & 2 rush TDs in playoff debut last week. Had 95 scrimmage 12-17, tied with DERRICK HENRY for most in NFL. Aims for yards (55 rec., 40 rush) in last meeting. Has 8 rush TDs in last his 7th in row with rush TD. RB TEVIN COLEMAN has 60+ 9 road games, incl. postseason. Became 3rd RB (TED BROWN scrimmage yards in 4 of 5 career postseason games. & CHUCK FOREMAN) in franchise history with 1,000+ rush • TE GEORGE KITTLE ranked 3rd among TEs in rec. yards yards (1,135) & 500+ rec. yards (519) in single season. (1,053) & 4th in receptions (85) & had 5 rec. TDs in 2019. Has • WR STEFON DIGGS had career-high 1,130 rec. yards in 2019. 2,945 career rec. yards & surpassed HOFer MIKE DITKA Had TD catch in last meeting. WR ADAM THIELEN had 7 (2,774) for most rec. yards by TE in 1st 3 seasons in NFL catches & 129 rec. yards last week. Had 6 receptions for 102 history. Had 5 catches for 90 yards in last meeting. In his yards in last meeting. TE KYLE RUDOLPH had GW-TD in OT past 5 at home, has 498 rec. yards (99.6 per game) & 3 rec. last week. Aims for his 3rd playoff game in row with TD catch. TDs. WR EMMANUEL SANDERS aims for his 6th postseason Has 3 rec. TDs in 3 career games vs. SF. game in row with 5+ receptions. WR DEEBO SAMUEL ranked • DE DANIELLE HUNTER tied for 4th in NFL & tied his career 4th among rookies in catches (57) & rec. yards (802). Had 3 high with 14.5 sacks this season. Had 1.5 sacks & FF last games with 100+ rec. yards, most by rookie in SF history. week. Aims for his 3rd postseason game in row with sack. Had • DL NICK BOSA had 16 TFL in 2019, tied most among sack in last meeting. DE EVERSON GRIFFEN had 1.5 sacks in rookies. DL ARIK ARMSTEAD had career-high 10 sacks this NFC-W. Has sack in 4 of his 5 career postseason games. S season. DL DEFOREST BUCKNER had 2.5 sacks & 3 TFL in HARRISON SMITH led team with 11 tackles last week. Had last meeting. LB FRED WARNER was 1 of 2 (LOGAN RYAN) sack, FR & INT in last meeting. S ANTHONY HARRIS has INT with 100+ tackles (118), 3+ sacks (3) & 3 FFs (3) in 2019. CB in 4 of his past 5 & aims for his 4th in row with INT. RICHARD SHERMAN had FR in last meeting. PLAYERS TIGHT ENDS RUSHING WITH MOST 1,000+ YARDS RECEIVING YARDS RECEIVING IN FIRST THREE SEASONS WITH & 500+ YARDS IN NFL HISTORY IN A SINGLE SEASON GEORGE KITTLE IN TEAM HISTORY SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS CHUCK FOREMAN 2,945 RECEIVING YARDS 1,070 RUSH, 691 REC. 1975 SEASON MIKE DITKAHOF CHUCK FOREMAN CHICAGO BEARS 1,155 RUSH, 567 REC. 2,774 RECEIVING YARDS 1976 SEASON TED BROWN ROB GRONKOWSKI 1,063 RUSH, 694 REC. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 1981 SEASON 2,663 RECEIVING YARDS DALVIN COOK JIMMY GRAHAM 1,135 RUSH, 519 REC. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 2019 SEASON 2,648 RECEIVING YARDS EST. 1960 DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS EST. 1996 Tennessee Titans (AFC South - 10-7) at Baltimore Ravens (AFC North - 14-2) AFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS // SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 2020 // 8:15 PM ET // M&T BANK STADIUM // REFEREE: BILL VINOVICH SERIES HISTORY (INCL. PLAYOFFS) LEADER: Ravens lead all-time series, 12-11 LAST GAME: 10/14/18: Ravens 21 at Titans 0 STREAKS: Ravens have won 2 of past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 11/9/14: Ravens 21, Titans 7 PLAYOFF SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Ravens lead all-time series, 2-1 LAST GAME: 1/10/09: Ravens 13 at Titans 10 STREAKS: Ravens have won 2 of past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 1/3/04: Titans 20, Ravens 17 TENNESSEE TITANS BALTIMORE RAVENS 16-20 PLAYOFF RECORD 15-9 W 20-13 at New England LAST WEEK Bye (Week 17: W 28-10 vs. Pittsburgh) 4-2 (Buf 0-1, Cle 1-0, Hou 1-1, KC 1-0, NE 1-0) VS. COMMON OPP. 4-2 (Buf 1-0, Cle 1-1, Hou 1-0, KC 0-1, NE 1-0) 25.1/20.7 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 33.2 (1L)/17.6 362.8 OFFENSE 407.6 Ryan Tannehill: 201-286-2742-22-6-117.5 (1L) PASSING Lamar Jackson: 265-401-3127-36 (1L)-6-113.3 Derrick Henry: 303-1540 (1L)-5.1-16 (T1L) RUSHING Mark Ingram: 202-1018-5.0-10 A.J. Brown (R): 52-1051-20.2-8 RECEIVING Mark Andrews (TE): 64-852-13.3-10 359.5 DEFENSE 300.6 Harold Landry: 9 SACKS Matthew Judon: 9.5 Kevin Byard: 5 INTS Marlon Humphrey, Marcus Peters: 3 +6 (23/17) TAKE/GIVE +10 (25/15) Adam Humphries: 6.5 PR De’Anthony Thomas: 7.2 Kalif Raymond: 22.4 KR De’Anthony Thomas: 16.6 Brett Kern: 47.1 (43.1) PUNTING (NET) Sam Koch: 46.4 (39.8) Greg Joseph: 9 (9/9 PAT; 0/0 FG) KICKING Justin Tucker: 141 (57/59 PAT; 28/29 FG) HEAD COACH: MIKE VRABEL HEAD COACH: JOHN HARBAUGH 0-1 VS.