The remainder of the Vikings' points came from kicker Greg Joseph, who made five field goals - but missed a point-after attempt - to help the Vikings beat New Orleans. Minnesota scored only two touchdowns on the day, a 15-yard touchdown reception by Alexander Mattison in the first quarter and a 3-yard jet sweep by Justin Jefferson in the fourth quarter. Minnesota, Jefferson 12-123, Osborn 10-157, Cook 4-95, Thielen 3-41, Hockenson 3-33, Mundt 1-7, Ham 1-4.The Vikings survived their trip to London with a game marked by spectacular special teams play, beating the Saints 28-25 after Wil Lutz missed a would-be, game-tying 61-yard field goal at the end of regulation. Min-Cook 64 pass from Cousins (Hockenson pass from Cousins), 2:15. Min-Thielen 1 pass from Cousins (Joseph kick), 5:30. Min-Jefferson 8 pass from Cousins (Joseph kick), 12:52. Min-Osborn 2 pass from Cousins (Joseph kick), 8:22. Ind-Blackmon 17 interception return (McLaughlin kick), 5:50. Ind-D.Jackson 1 pass from Ryan (McLaughlin kick), 3:51. Ind-Domann 24 blocked punt return (McLaughlin kick), 8:12. The previous regular season comeback record was 28 points in 1980, when San Francisco rallied from down 35-7 to win 38-35. The last team to overcome a deficit of 24-plus points to win a regular season game was Washington over Tampa Bay in 2015, when Cousins was the quarterback. The intermission deficit for Minnesota was the second-biggest in franchise history, behind a 45-10 score at Seattle in 2002. 4, the Colts came back fresh from their bye week and stunned the Vikings with a 33-0 halftime lead that was the second-largest in the NFL this season. Outscored 33-0 in the fourth quarter of their most recent game, a 54-19 loss to Dallas on Dec. "We would have closed the game out and ended the game," Saturday said. Hockenson for the two-point conversion to tie the game before the two-minute warning. Then Cousins hit Dalvin Cook for a 64-yard touchdown on a screen pass on the next play and T.J. Ryan was stopped short on a fourth-and-1 sneak at the Minnesota 36 with 2:19 left in regulation. "It's a special group, a lot of fighters," Thielen said.Ĭolts interim Coach Jeff Saturday didn't exactly get conservative in this collapse. Ifeadi Odenigbo was called for delay of game for lying on Jefferson to try to keep the Vikings from setting up for the kick, putting Joseph 5 yards closer for the winner. Then he threw to Justin Jefferson for 13 yards to move into range. He found Adam Thielen - who had the second of three fourth-quarter touchdown passes - for 21 yards. Osborn - who caught the first score and had a career-high 157 yards - for 15 yards. The Vikings took this rally all the way to their second possession of overtime. We showed that in Buffalo," said cornerback Patrick Peterson, who aided a 33-30 overtime victory over the Bills on Nov. "When you have chances to put people away, we've got to do a better job than we've done up until this point," quarterback Matt Ryan said.Īccording to Sportradar data, the Vikings became only the second team in 1,551 regular-season or playoff games since 1930 that a team trailed by 30 or more points in and won. ![]() They blew a 32-point lead (35-3) and lost to Buffalo (41-38) in overtime. The Colts (4-9-1) stumbled onto the infamous side of the list, just ahead of the Houston Oilers in the 1992 postseason. "We're going to grind it out until they tell us there's no more ball left to play," Coach Kevin O'Connell said. Kirk Cousins passed for 460 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Vikings (11-3), who trailed 36-7 late in the third quarter and became just the third team in league history to win 10 games in a season by eight points or fewer. MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Vikings completed the biggest comeback in NFL history, erasing a 33-point deficit by beating the Indianapolis Colts 39-36 on Greg Joseph's 40-yard field goal with three seconds left in overtime Saturday to win the NFC North division in their typical dramatic fashion.
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