VIKINGS GAME NOTES compiled by minnesota vikings communications Week 5 | Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants | October 6, 2019 GAME NOTES • Vikings Captains: T Riley Reiff, QB Kirk Cousins, DE Everson • Minnesota’s 351 yards of offense in the first half at the Griffen, TE Kyle Rudolph, LB Anthony Barr, DT Linval Joseph Giants ranks second in the NFL this season. Baltimore recorded 389 yards in the first half vs. Miami in Week 1. It • Coin Toss: Minnesota called tails and lost. New York also marks the second time Minnesota has eclipsed 350 deferred and the Vikings received to start the game. yards of offense in the first half under Mike Zimmer, also • The Vikings notched their third opening possession score doing so vs. Atlanta on 9/28/14 (351 yards of offense). of the season when Dan Bailey kicked a 31-yard field goal in The Vikings defense held New York 0-for-3 on fourth-down the first quarter. • conversions and 0-for-2 on redzone attempts while limiting • Minnesota recorded a touchdown drive of 90 yards or more the Giants to 64 yards rushing in the game. for the third consecutive game with a 98-yard scoring drive Minnesota recorded 4.0 sacks in a game for the third time in the second quarter. Minnesota had previously posted • this season. The Vikings are 3-0 when sacking an opponent touchdown drives of 92 yards against both Oakland and at least four times in 2019. Chicago. • The Vikings controlled the clock in the first half, maintaining possession for 20:40 compared to the Giants’ 9:20. PLAYER NOTES • By playing his 137th career game today, DE Everson Griffen • With his 306 passing yards, Cousins passed Gus Frerotte moves past Doug Sutherland for the ninth-most games for 99th on the NFL’s all-time passing yardage list. His two played by a Vikings defensive lineman. touchdowns in the game also moved him into the top 100 on the NFL’s all-time passing touchdown list, tying Jeff • Rookie WR Olabisi Johnson notched a career high 43 yards Blake for 98th with 134. on four catches against the Giants. • In the second quarter, LB Anthony Barr wrapped up • RB Dalvin Cook set a new single-game career high with New York’s Jon Hilliman in the end zone for a safety, the 86 receiving yards on six receptions, beating his previous first of Barr’s career and the Vikings’ first since 12/31/17 single-game career high of 72 receiving yards vs. Tampa vs. Chicago. Only three other teams, the New York Jets, Bay on 10/1/17. Carolina Panthers and Tennessee Titans, have recorded • Cook also rushed for 132 yards on 21 carries, marking his safeties entering Sunday’s slate of games. sixth-career 100-yard rushing game. • Barr intercepted the Giants’ Daniel Jones in the fourth • Cook is the first player in franchise history to record 100- quarter, returning it two yards to give Minnesota the ball plus yards rushing and 80-plus yards receiving in a single on the NYG 27-yard line. The interception was Barr’s first of game. His 218 yards from scrimmage are a career-high. the season and second regular-season interception of his • WR Adam Thielen caught two touchdowns against the career (also 10/4/15 at Denver). Giants on Sunday, marking his third-career, two-score • DE Danielle Hunter brought down Giants QB Daniel Jones game and his second this season (also vs. Oakland on for a loss of nine yards on fourth down, giving him 2.0 9/22/19). Thielen has five touchdowns through the first sacks on the day and marking the ninth multi-sack game five games of 2019. of his career. Hunters has 5.0 sacks this year and 46.0 for • The Minnesota native finished the day with seven catches his career. for 130 yards and two touchdowns. It’s Thielen’s 17th career • DE Ifeadi Odenigbo recorded the first sack of his career game with over 100 yards receiving. in the second quarter, tackling Jones for a loss of 12 yards • QB Kirk Cousins was 22-of-27 for 306 yards passing and before making a third-down stop that forced a punt. two touchdowns. Cousins’ 138.6 passer rating is his best • K Dan Bailey connected on all four of his field goal as a Viking and highest since earning a rating of 150.7 vs. attempts (31, 48, 32, 45) while making two PATs on Oakland in 2017 while with Washington (minimum of 20 Sunday. His four field goals and 14 points are his most in passes). game since joining the Vikings. Bailey last scored 14 points on 12/18/16 against Tampa Bay when he was with the Cowboys..