REGULAR SEASON WEEK TEN MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT OAKLAND RAIDERS OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM • 11/15/15 REGULAR SEASON WEEK TEN - MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT OAKLAND RAIDERS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2015 - OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM - 3:05 p.m. - FOX 2015 VIKINGS SCHEDULE (6-2) GAME SUMMARY REGULAR SEASON Date Opponent Time (CT) TV/Result The Minnesota Vikings (6-2), winners of 4 consecutive games for the 1st time since 2012, travel to take on the Oakland Raiders (4-4) at 3:05 p.m. CT at 9/14 (Mon.) at San Francisco 9:20 p.m. L, 3-20 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Raiders own a 2-2 record at home this 9/20 (Sun.) DETROIT Noon W, 26-16 season while the Vikings also hold a 2-2 mark on the road. 9/27 (Sun.) SAN DIEGO Noon W, 31-14 In Week 9 the Vikings registered their 2nd straight walk-off victory after 10/4 (Sun.) at Denver 3:25 p.m. L, 20-23 defeating the St. Louis Rams, 21-18, in OT at TCF Bank Stadium. The Oakland Raiders dropped their 10/11 (Sun.) BYE WEEK Week 9 contest at the Pittsburgh Steelers, 35-38. 10/18 (Sun.) KANSAS CITY Noon W, 16-10 RB Adrian Peterson, who recorded his 46th career 100+ rushing yard game in Week 9, is 1st 10/25 (Sun.) at Detroit Noon W, 28-19 in the NFL with 758 rushing yards and has added 4 TDs on the ground. Peterson currently has 10,948 11/1 (Sun.) at Chicago Noon W, 23-20 career rushing yards and trails RB Warrick Dunn (10,967) by 19 yards for 21st all-time. As a team, the Vikings rank 6th in rushing yards per game with 132.7 per game. Since making his NFL debut in 11/8 (Sun.) ST. LOUIS Noon W, 21-18 Week 4, WR Stefon Diggs is 8th in the NFL in receiving yards with 461 on 28 catches in 5 games. In 11/15 (Sun.) at Oakland 3:05 p.m. FOX that same span, Diggs has hauled in 11 receptions of 20+ yards, tied for the most in the NFL. 11/22 (Sun.) GREEN BAY 3:25 p.m. FOX The Vikings are the only team in the NFL to hold their opponents to 23 or fewer points in every 11/29 (Sun.) at Atlanta Noon FOX game this season and are tied for the 2nd-fewest points allowed per game (17.5) in the NFL. Vikings 12/6 (Sun.) SEATTLE Noon FOX S Harrison Smith leads the 6th-ranked passing defense in the NFL, allowing only 220.6 passing yards 12/10 (Thurs.) at Arizona 7:25 p.m. NFLN per game. With 8 tackles, 3 TFLs and a half sack vs. the Rams in Week 9, DT Linval Joseph helped limit 12/20 (Sun.) CHICAGO Noon FOX the Rams offensive unit and held RB Todd Gurley to a 3.6 yards per rush avg. and a long rush of 16 yards. 12/27 (Sun.) NEW YORK GIANTS Noon FOX 1/3/16 (Sun.) at Green Bay Noon FOX All preseason and regular season games will be radio BROADCAST COVERAGE broadcast on KFAN/KTLK (FM 100.3) NATIONAL TELEVISION: FOX (Ch. 9 in the Twin Cities) Play-by-Play: Chris Myers Analyst: Ronde Barber WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE Sideline: Holly Sonders Tuesday, November 10 No Media Access – Player’s Day Off LOCAL RADIO: KFAN-FM 100.3/KTLK-AM 1130 Wednesday, November 11 Play-by-Play: Paul Allen Analyst: Pete Bercich 11:30 a.m. – Zimmer/Bridgewater Press Conferences & Sideline Reporter: Greg Coleman Open Locker Room Pre-Game Show: Mike Mussman – 1:00 p.m. CT 1:30 p.m. – Practice (Filming available at beginning) KFAN and KTLK serve as the flagship stations for the 72-station, 5-state Vikings Radio Network. Thursday, November 12 11:00 a.m. – Coordinator Press Conferences & Open Locker Room 1:00 p.m. – Practice (Filming available at beginning) NORSEMAN NOTABLES Friday, November 13 10:30 a.m. – Practice (Filming available at beginning) • The Vikings defense is 2nd in NFL on 3rd down holding opponents to a 29.7% (30-of-101) 11:30 p.m. – Zimmer Press Conference & Open Locker Room converstion rate on 3rd down. Saturday, November 14 • With 3 runs of 40+ yards, RB Adrian Peterson (43t, 48t, 75) trails only Rams RB Todd Gurley No Media Access (52, 55, 48, 71t) for the most 40+ yard runs in the NFL this season. Sunday, November 15 • Since Week 2, the Vikings defense ranks 6th in the NFL allowing only 94.7 rush yards per game. 3:05 p.m. – Minnesota Vikings at Oakland Raiders on FOX • WR Stefon Diggs, despite only being active for 5 games, has the 2nd-most receiving Monday, November 16 yards among all rookies with 461 yards, trailing only Oakland WR Amari Cooper who has 12:15 p.m. – Open Locker Room 653 playing in 8 games. 2:00 p.m.– Coach Zimmer Press Conference • S Harrison Smith leads the Vikings with 59 tackles and has 1 INT, 1.0 sack, 1 TFL and 1 FF in 2015. *Practice open to media at the beginning • With a .750 win percentage (9-3), the Vikings have the highest home win percentage all- Reminder - No blogging or tweeting from practice field or during practice time time among teams playing in a temporary stadium. • The Vikings are tied with Kansas City for the fewest penalties in the NFL, only being flagged 45 times. The Vikings offense is the least penalized offensive unit in the league with only 15 STAT OF THE WEEK penalties. The Vikings special teams also has the fewest in the NFL with 3 penalties. • QB Teddy Bridgewater set new career marks for road contests with 316 passing yards and Adrian Peterson had his 25th career game with 125+ rush- 118.3 passer rating at Detroit (10/25). Bridgewater has totaled 772 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT and a ing yards in Week 9 vs. the St. Louis Rams, ranking him 6th 95.3 passer rating in his last 3 road games. all-time behind 5 Hall of Famers. • K Blair Walsh has made 15 straight FGs and is tied for the NFL lead with 19 on the season. Walsh connected on his 5th career game-winning FG, nailing a 40-yarder vs. St. Louis (11/8) in OT. Player ................. Gms of 125+ rush yds. 1) Barry Sanders .........................46 • The Vikings are the only team in the NFL with 2 rookies with at least 1.5 sacks - LB Eric 2) Jim Brown ................................41 Kendricks has 4.0 sacks while DE Danielle Hunter has corralled 1.5 sacks. 3) Walter Payton .........................38 • PR Marcus Sherels returned his 3rd career punt for a TD at Chicago (11/1) setting a new 4) Eric Dickerson ........................36 mark for the most PR TDs in Vikings history. Sherels also holds the team record for career PR 5) Emmitt Smith .........................34 average with 10.6. 6) Adrian Peterson ...............25 WEEK 10 - VIKINGS AT RAIDERS HEAD COACH MIKE ZIMMER MIKE ZIMMER NFL Head Coach: 2nd year the Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl XXX with a win over Pittsburgh and one of Zimmer’s Overall NFL Experience: 22nd Year pupils, CB Larry Brown, won the Super Bowl MVP award with a pair of INTs in the game. Coaching Experience: 37th Year Brown is 1 of only 3 DBs to earn Super Bowl MVP honors in the history of the game. Overall NFL Record: 13-11 (.541) Before moving to the NFL ranks, Zimmer spent 15 seasons coaching at the collegiate Regular Season: 13-11 (.541) level. He spent his final 5 seasons in the college ranks as defensive coordinator at Washing- Postseason: 0-0 ton State from 1989-93. Zimmer was at Weber State from 1981-88, serving as defensive co- Record with MIN: 13-11 (.541) ordinator from ‘83-88. He entered the profession at Missouri as an assistant from 1979-80. Zimmer played QB and later LB at Illinois State, earning a degree in physical educa- Mike Zimmer held true to his football principles in his tion. He has 3 children- son, Adam, and daughters Corri and Marki. Adam is coaching the 1st season as the Vikings Head Coach in 2014. The Vikings Vikings LBs after having spent time with Kansas City, New Orleans and Cincinnati as an defense made vast improvements over the previous sea- assistant LBs and DBs coach. The father-son duo has both earned Super Bowl titles with son, highlighted by jumping from #32 in the NFL in of- Adam’s coming following the 2009 season when the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV over In- fensive points allowed to #13 and going from #31 in pass dianapolis. Coaching is a family tradition with the Zimmers as Mike’s father, Bill, earned defense to #7. The improved defesense, combined with Illinois Hall of Fame honors as a prep football and wrestling coach. Zimmer played football, the emergence of rookie QB Teddy Bridgewater in the baseball and wrestled at Lockport Township High School in suburban Chicago. Both Bill final month of the season, gives the Vikings a strong starting point for the 2015 campaign. and Mike Zimmer have been inducted into the Lockport Hall of Fame and Bill is also in the Zimmer was hired as the 9th Head Coach in Vikings history on January 15, 2014. A vet- Bradley University (Peoria, IL) Hall of Fame. eran defensive coordinator, Zimmer enters his 22nd season on an NFL sideline in 2015.