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MINNESOTASAN FRANCISCO VIKINGS 49ERS AT NEWAT MINNESOTA ENGLAND PATRIOTS VIKINGS SUNDAY,SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 31, 27, 2010 2009 WEEK EIGHT - MINNESOTA VIKINGS (2-4) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (5-1) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2010 - GILLETTE STADIUM - 3:15 P.M. - FOX GAME SUMMARY The Minnesota Vikings (2-4) will fi nish the team’s stretch of three road games in four weeks this Sunday, October 31, against the New England Patriots (5-1). Kickoff at Gillette Stadium is set for 3:15 p.m. CT. Sunday’s game will be the Vikings ninth consecutive road game that will not start at noon central time (last noon road game was at Pittsburgh on 10/25/09). Of the 2010 VIKINGS SCHEDULE Vikings fi rst seven games in 2010, just two have been noon kickoff s. PRESEASON The Vikings have a 4-6-0 all-time record against the Patriots. Minnesota is 2-2 against New England Date Opponent Time (CT) TV at home and 2-4 on the road. Head Coach Brad Childress has faced the Patriots just one time, a 31-7 8/14 (Sat.) at St. Louis W 28-7 1-0 loss in Childress’ fi rst year leading the Vikings (10/30/06). 8/22 (Sun.) at San Francisco L 10-15 1-1 8/28 (Sat.) SEATTLE W 24-13 2-1 BROADCAST COVERAGE 9/2 (Thurs.) DENVER W 31-24 3-1 TELEVISION: FOX (Channel 9 in Minneapolis) REGULAR SEASON Play-by-Play: Thom Brennaman Analyst: Troy Aikman Date Opponent Time (CT) TV Sideline Reporter: Pam Oliver 9/9 (Thurs.) at New Orleans L 9-14 0-1 9/19 (Sun.) MIAMI L 10-14 0-2 9/26 (Sun.) DETROIT W 24-10 1-2 NATIONAL RADIO: Sports USA Radio Play-by-Play: Larry Kahn Analyst: Ross Tucker 10/3 (Sun.) Bye Sideline Reporter: Tony Graziani 10/11 (Mon.) at New York Jets L 20-29 1-3 10/17 (Sun.) DALLAS W 24-21 2-3 KFAN-AM 1130/KTLK 100.3-FM 10/24 (Sun.) at Green Bay L 24-28 2-4 Play-by-Play: Paul Allen Analyst: Pete Bercich 10/31 (Sun.) at New England 3:15 p.m. FOX 11/7 (Sun.) ARIZONA Noon FOX Sideline Reporter: Greg Coleman Pre-Game Show: Mike Mussman – 1:15 p.m. CT 11/14 (Sun.) at Chicago Noon FOX 11/21 (Sun.) GREEN BAY Noon* FOX KFAN and KTLK serve as the fl agship stations for the 72-station, 5-state Vikings Radio Network. 11/28 (Sun.) at Washington Noon* FOX 12/5 (Sun.) BUFFALO Noon* CBS WHAT TO WATCH FOR 12/12 (Sun.) NEW YORK GIANTS Noon* FOX * This game will feature the NFL’s highest scoring off ense (New England - 29.5 ppg.) against the Vikings 12/20 (Mon.) CHICAGO 7:30 p.m. ESPN #2 ranked defense in off ensive points allowed (95 off ensive points allowed through six games). 12/26 (Sun.) at Philadelphia Noon* FOX * Both the Vikings and the Patriots punters rank in the top three in the NFL for net average in 2010. 1/2 (Sun.) at Detroit Noon* FOX Vikings P Chris Kluwe ranks second with a 41.8 net average while Patriots P Zoltan Mesko ranks *Game time subject to change/fl exible scheduling third with a 40.3 net average. * WR Randy Moss needs just four receptions (currently has 947 for his career) to move into 8th place All preseason and regular season games will be radio in NFL history for the most career receptions. He currently trails Andre Reed’s 951. broadcast on KFAN/KTLK (AM 1130). * If the Vikings win, it will be Head Coach Brad Childress’ 40th team victory (including playoff s). * The Vikings have now scored 20+ points in each of the last four games after scoring just 19 points WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE over the fi rst two contests combined. Wednesday, October 27 10:15 a.m. - Conference Call - Wes Welker STATS OF THE WEEK 10:30 a.m. - Conference Call - Bill Belichick 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. - Open locker room * The Vikings-Patriots game will be Minnesota’s ninth consecutive road game (including playoff s) 11:30 a.m. - Childress/Favre/Players available that hasn’t started at noon. The last time the Vikings played a noon road game was on 10/25/09 at 12:30 p.m. - Practice (fi lming available at beginning) Pittsburgh. Since then, the Vikings have played at Green Bay, Arizona, Carolina, Chicago, New Orleans Thursday, October 28 (playoff s), New Orleans, New York and Green Bay - all of which were either night or afternoon games. 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. - Open locker room * DE Jared Allen intercepted his third career pass last week against Green Bay and his second as a 11:30 a.m. - Bevell/Frazier/Murphy/Players available Viking, tying him for third in team history among defensive linemen. 12:30 p.m. - Practice (fi lming available at beginning) * QB Brett Favre started his 119th (90-29) game at Lambeau Field last week, breaking the NFL record Friday, October 29 for the most starts in a stadium. Favre was previously tied with John Elway at 118. 11:45 a.m. - Practice (fi lming available at beginning) * WR/KR Percy Harvin scored his fi rst career rushing touchdown at Lambeau last week. He became 1:15-2:00 p.m. Open locker room only the fi fth player in team history to score three diff erent ways in a season (one rush, three pass and Saturday, October 30 one kickoff return), and the fi rst since 2005. No media access * RB Adrian Peterson broke his own team record for most rushing yards through the fi rst six games of Sunday, October 31 any season (684; was 670). He is the fi rst Vikings player to reach 600 yards three times after game six. 3:15 p.m. - Minnesota Vikings at New England Patriots * DT Pat Williams is the oldest active defensive player in the NFL (turned 38 on 10/24/10). * Statistical assistance throughout the Vikings weekly release is provided by Nick Stamm & Stats, Inc. MEET THE HEAD COACHES just 31 rushing TDs during that time. Perhaps even more impressive than the CHILDRESS LEADS VIKINGS TO 2ND NORTH TITLE rush defense, however, was the Vikings league-leading 48 sacks on the year, NFL Head Coach: 5th Year the 5th-highest single season total in team history. DE Jared Allen became Overall NFL Experience: 13th Year just the 2nd player in NFL history (Reggie White) to notch at least 14 sacks in Coaching Experience: 33rd Year 3 consecutive seasons, as he led the team with 14.5 sacks. His counterpart, DE Overall NFL Record: 39-34-0 (.534) Ray Edwards, had a breakout season, fi nishing with a career-high 8.5 sacks Regular Season: 38-32-0 (.542) and setting a team playoff record with his 3.0 sacks vs. Dallas. The Vikings Postseason: 1-2 (.333) have now notched 131 sacks over the last 3 years, the 3rd-most of all teams Record with MIN: 39-34-0 (.534) during that time. Record vs. NE: 0-1 (.000) On the season, Minnesota held opponents to 60 3-and-out drives on 188 defensive series, or 31.9% of opponents’ posessions, the 2nd-highest percentage in the NFL. The Vikings 60 forced 3-and-outs were tied for the In his 33rd year of coaching and his 13th on 2nd-most of any team. The defensive unit was also great at preventing teams an NFL sideline, Head Coach Brad Childress is from extending drives, tying for the NFL lead by allowing just 69 3rd-down in his fi fth season as the leader of the Vikings in 2010. Last season, Childress conversions. The team also gave up just 19 drives of 10 or more plays, the led the 2009 team to a 12-4 regular season record and a 2nd-consecutive 2nd-fewest in the league. NFC North Championship, marking the fi rst time since 1977-78 the Vikings While the Vikings off ense protected the ball in 2009, the Vikings defense have won back-to-back division titles. Childress capped the season with an recovered 13 opponents’ fumbles, tied for the 6th-most in the NFL. One of appearance in the NFC Championship game, the Vikings fi rst in 10 years. the fumbles Allen returned 52 yards for a TD, moving the team’s defensive Childress’ 12 wins in 2009 tied as the second-most in team history. His touchdowns under Childress to 16 (9 interceptions and 7 fumble recoveries). teams have now improved by two wins in each of the last four years, fi nishing 6-10 in ‘06, 8-8 in ‘07, 10-6 in ‘08 and 12-4 in ‘09. This year’s 12 victories marked Minnesota’s second 10+ win season in nine years, while the 2009 NFC North Special Teams Shows Signifi cant Improvement title was the Vikings second since the NFC Central was realigned in 2002 and After struggling during the 2008 season, the Vikings special teams unit the team’s third division title since 2000. The Vikings 22 wins over the last two bounced back in ‘09, giving up just one return for a TD while scoring 2 in years are the most in the NFC (second-most in the NFL). the return game. Rookie WR/KR Percy Harvin fi nished 4th in the NFL with For Childress, the 2009 division title was his sixth in the past nine seasons, a 27.5 yard kickoff return average, setting a Vikings record as the fi rst player dating back to 2001 with Philadelphia, and the 2009 playoff s were his seventh to return 2 kickoff s for TDs in both a single season and a career.