REGULAR SEASON WEEK TWO NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS TCF BANK STADIUM • 9/14/14 REGULAR SEASON WEEK TWO - NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 - TCF BANK STADIUM - NOON - CBS 2014 VIKINGS SCHEDULE (1-0) GAME SUMMARY REGULAR SEASON The Minnesota Vikings (1-0) host the New England Patriots (0-1) in the Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Result team’s home opener at TCF Bank stadium on Sunday, September 14. Mike Zimmer 9/7 (Sun.) at St. Louis Noon W, 34-6 will make his home debut as a head coach in a contest scheduled to kickoff at noon 9/14 (Sun.) NEW ENGLAND Noon CBS central. The Vikings have dropped their last 3 games to the Patriots. 9/21 (Sun.) at New Orleans Noon FOX The Vikings showcased a revamped defense, in which they had 8 new 9/28 (Sun.) ATLANTA 3:25 p.m. FOX defensive starters from 2013, in a 34-6 win at St. Louis in Week 1. The 28-point win on the road was 10/2 (Thurs.) at Green Bay 7:25 p.m. CBS/NFLN the largest margin of victory since 1994 and ranks tied for 8th all-time in club history. New England 10/12 (Sun.) DETROIT Noon* FOX suffered a Week 1 defeat ,33-20, at division foe Miami. 10/19 (Sun.) at Buffalo Noon* FOX The Vikings and Patriots have played on the campus of University of Minnesota before. In 10/26 (Sun.) at Tampa Bay Noon* FOX 1971, New England visited Memorial Stadium in the preseason opener on August 8. The Patriots 11/2 (Sun.) WASHINGTON Noon* FOX will have the distinction of being the 1st team to play the Vikings in 4 different stadiums in 11/9 (Sun.) BYE WEEK Minnesota - Memorial, Met, Metrodome and TCF Bank. 11/16 (Sun.) at Chicago Noon* FOX 11/23 (Sun.) GREEN BAY Noon* FOX 11/30 (Sun.) CAROLINA Noon* FOX BROADCAST COVERAGE 12/7 (Sun.) NEW YORK JETS Noon* CBS NATIONAL TELEVISION: CBS - Ch. 4 in Twin Cities 12/14 (Sun.) at Detroit Noon* FOX Play-by-Play: Ian Eagle Analyst: Dan Fouts 12/21 (Sun.) at Miami Noon* FOX Sideline Reporter: Jenny Dell 12/28 (Sun.) CHICAGO Noon* FOX *Game time subject to change/flexible scheduling NATIONAL RADIO: SPORTS USA All regular season games will be radio broadcast on KFAN/ Play-by-Play: Larry Kahn Analyst: John Robinson KTCN (FM 100.3) Sideline Reporter: Troy West LOCAL RADIO: KFAN-FM 100.3/KTCN-AM 1130 Play-by-Play: Paul Allen Analyst: Pete Bercich WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE Sideline Reporter: Greg Coleman Monday, September 8 Pre-Game Show: Mike Mussman – 10: 00 a.m. CT 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. – Open Locker Room KFAN and KTCN serve as the flagship stations for the 72-station, 5-state Vikings Radio Network. 2:00 p.m. – Coach Zimmer Press Conference Tuesday, September 9 No Media Access – Players Day Off NORSEMAN NOTABLES Wednesday, September 10 11:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. – Coach Zimmer/Matt Cassel Press • RB Adrian Peterson needs 78 net yards to break WR Cris Carter’s record (12,410) for the most Conferences and Open Locker Room combined net yards in a career for a Viking. Peterson also needs 2 TDs to tie Randy Moss (93) 12:50 p.m. – Practice (Filming at beginning of practice) for the 2nd most TDs in Vikings history. Cris Carter leads the franchise with 110 TDs. Thursday, September 11 • The Vikings have scored a TD in 52 consecutive games, tied for 3rd all-time in team history. 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. – Edwards/Turner Press Conferences/ • WR Cordarrelle Patterson has scored a TD in 6 consecutive games, tied for 6th in club Open Locker Room (Peterson, Patterson) history. Patterson became the 1st WR in team history to rush for 100+ yards after rushing 12:50 p.m. – Practice (Filming at beginning of practice) for 102 yards on 3 carries vs. St. Louis. Patterson owns 4 career rushing TDs, tied with Percy Friday, September 12 Harvin for the most by a Vikings WR. 10:50 a.m. – Practice (Filming at beginning of practice) 12:30 p.m.-1:15 p.m. – Zimmer Press Conference/Open Locker Room • The Vikings 28-point margin of victory is the 2nd most in team history in season opening Saturday, September 13 road games (40-9 at New Orleans, 9/12/76). The 6 points allowed is the 2nd fewest ever in No Media Access an opening game (24-3 at Atlanta, 9/9/07). Sunday, September 14 • S Harrison Smith recorded his 3rd INT return TD on his 6th career INT with an 81-yard 12:00 p.m. – New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings on CBS return at St. Louis. Smith’s 3 INT return TDs are tied for 1st in team history. Monday, September 15 • DE Everson Griffen recorded 2.0 sacks in Week 1 on back-to-back plays. Griffen is 2nd in the 12:30 p.m.-1:15 p.m. – Open Locker Room NFL dating back to last season with 4.5 sacks in the last 3 games. 2:00 p.m. – Zimmer Press Conference • After catching his 16th career TD in Week 1, TE Kyle Rudolph moved into a tie for 4th with *Practice open to media at the beginning Joe Senser for most career TDs among Vikings TE’s all-time. Stu Voigt currently sits alone in Reminder - No blogging or tweeting from practice field or during practice time 3rd with 17 career TDs. • K Blair Walsh went 2-for-2 on FGs against the Rams, including his team record 13th from STAT OF THE WEEK 50+ yards (52). Walsh is 13/16 in his career from 50+ yards. He also leads NFL with 6 TBs. Cordarrelle Patterson set a team record for longest run by a • Entering Week 2, the Vikings are the only team in the NFL to not allow a TD. Vikings WR in Week 1 against St. Louis. Patterson now owns • The Vikings had 8 new defensive starters from 2013 against the Rams in Week 1. Only DE 2 of the top 3 longest runs for a WR in team history. Brian Robison, LB Chad Greenway and S Harrison Smith returned to their regular spots. 1) 67t Cordarrrelle Patterson at St. Louis, 9/7/2014 • The Vikings are tied with Jacksonville for the NFL lead with 5.0 sacks after Week 1. 2) 54 Bob Grim at N.Y. Giants, 10/31/1971 3) 50t Cordarrrelle Patterson vs. Detroit, 12/29/2013 * Statistical assistance throughout the Vikings weekly release is provided by Stats, Inc. & the NFL HEAD COACH MIKE ZIMMER MIKE ZIMMER NFL Head Coach: 1st Year coaching profession at Missouri where he served as an assistant from 1979-80. Overall NFL Experience: 21st Year Zimmer played QB and later LB at Illinois State, earning a degree in physical Coaching Experience: 36th Year education. He has 3 children, son Adam and daughters Corri and Marki. Adam Overall NFL Record: 1-0 (1.000) Regular Season: 1-0 (1.000) is coaching the Vikings LBs after having spent time with Kansas City, New Or- Postseason: 0-0 leans and Cincinnati as an assistant LBs and DBs coach. The father-son duo has Record with MIN: 1-0 (1.000) both earned Super Bowl titles with Adam’s coming following the 2009 season when the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV over Indianapolis. Coaching is a fam- Mike Zimmer was hired as the 9th Head Coach ily tradition with the Zimmers as Mike’s father, Bill, earned Illinois Hall of Fame in Vikings history on January 15, 2014. A veteran honors as a prep football and wrestling coach. Zimmer played football, base- defensive coordinator, Zimmer enters his 21st ball and wrestled at Lockport Township High School in suburban Chicago. Both season on an NFL sideline, the past 14 working Bill and Mike Zimmer have been inducted into the Lockport Hall of Fame and as defensive coordinator for Cincinnati (2008-13), Bill is also in the Bradley University (Peoria, IL) Hall of Fame. Atlanta (2007) and Dallas (2000-06). Vikki Zimmer, Mike’s wife of 27 years, passed away in Cincinnati on October Zimmer has been a part of 11 playoff teams in his NFL tenure and teams that 8, 2009. The Pro Football Writers of America recognized Zimmer overcoming have won 7 Division titles. He coached the Cowboys DBs when the team won the tragedy and the Bengals #4 ranked defense playing a key role in winning Super Bowl XXX over Pittsburgh after the 1995 season. Since 2009, Zimmer’s then AFC North title by voting him the winner of the Halas Award for the sea- Bengals defenses ranked in the NFL’s top 10 in total defense 4 times, climbing son, an annual award presented to the individual in the NFL that overcame the to #3 in 2013. Since 2011, the Bengals ranked #2 in the NFL with 139 sacks (46.3 most adversity to succeed. per season) and have allowed 18.8 points per game, ranking #4 in the NFL in Zimmer’s Background points allowed. The 2013 Bengals posted 20 INTs, the 5th-best mark in the NFL. Player Zimmer’s arrival in Cincinnati for the 2008 season signaled a franchise turn- 1974-76 ..............Illinois State (QB/LB) around on the defensive side of the ball. The Bengals notched top-10 defensive Coach rankings in 2009, ’11, ’12 and ’13 after only cracking the NFL’s top 10 once in 18 1979 ....................Missouri (Assistant Coach) seasons prior to Zimmer joining the team.