![]() But on the final play of the first quarter, Vikings QB Tarvaris Jackson launched a 60-yard touchdown pass to Troy Williamson. The game was scoreless until Devin Hester returned a punt for an 89-yard touchdown with two minutes left in the first quarter. Signature Moment: On Octothe Bears hosted the Vikings at Soldier Field.Also memorable was the meeting between the two teams in 1998 when former Vikings linebacker Dwayne Rudd taunted a Chicago player en route to scoring a defensive touchdown. The upstart Minnesota Vikings upset the dominant Chicago Bears 37-13 in the Vikings first game as a franchise. Signature moment: The first meeting between the two teams in 1961.Another crazy sequence of plays was the 4th and goal defensive stand by the Vikings, followed by a 99-yard touchdown pass to the former Bear Bernard Berrian on the next play, enroute to a 34-14 Vikings win in 2008. The rivalry has also been home to seemingly improbable plays, like two special team disasters for the Vikings, which costed them 14 points in a 2008 48-41 loss to the Bears. But the Bears would too survive, winning on a Devin Aromashodu touchdown in overtime. Similarly, the Bears, huge underdogs in the 2009 matchup versus the Vikings, saw a 17 point and later 7 point lead erased, as the Vikings scored with 16 seconds left to tie. For example, the Vikings saw a 14 point lead erased in less than 2 minutes but then rallied for a last second field goal in 2007. The rivalry has generally seen the home team win and has recently been the sight of thriller games with huge swings. ![]() The first time these two teams met, the Vikings stunned the Bears 37-13. The rivalry began when the Minnesota Vikings entered the league as an expansion team in 1961. The Bears–Vikings rivalry is an NFL rivalry between two NFC North teams, the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings. In past 3 meetings, CB KYLE FULLER has 2 INTs.MIN: leads 52-48-2 (CHI lead playoffs 1-0) CB CRE'VON LE BLANC had INT in last meeting. S ADRIAN AMOS led team with 8 tackles last week. LB LEONARD FLOYD had sack in last home meeting. DE AKIEM HICKS had 2 sacks & PD in last home meeting. Has 2 sacks & FF in past 2 home meetings. * LB PERNELL MC PHEE aims for 3rd in row with sack. Had 7 receptions for 88 yards in last home meeting. division, TE ZACH MILLER has 10 receptions for 119 yards & TD. * WR KENDALL WRIGHT had TD catch last week, his 1st rec. Ranks 4th among rookies with 331 scrimmage yards. Rookie RB TARIK COHEN aims for 3rd in row at home with 100+ scrimmage yards. ![]() Had career-high 153 rush yards in last home meeting. In 2 career meetings, has 288 rush yards (144 per game) & TD. * RB JORDAN HOWARD ties for 2nd in NFL with 4 rush TDs. Passed for 4,762 yards, 30 TDs & 6 INTs at UNC in 2016. Is 1 of 2 (LUKE KUECHLY) in NFL since 2013 with 10+ INTs (10) & 6+ sacks (6.5).īears notes: QB MITCHELL TRUBISKY (rookie) makes NFL debut. S HARRISON SMITH has 2 INTs in past 4 at Chi. CB XAVIER RHODES has 8 PD & 2 INTs in past 7 meetings. DE DANIELLE HUNTER led team with 2 sacks last week, his 3rd career game with 2 sacks. * DE EVERSON GRIFFEN ranks 2nd in NFC with 5 sacks. yards (117) & had TD catch in last meeting. TE KYLE RUDOLPH set career-highs in receptions (11) & rec. Diggs (8) & Thielen (7) rank 1st & 2nd in NFL in catches of 20+ yards. ![]() WR ADAM THIELEN ranks 3rd in NFL with 358 rec. * WR STEFON DIGGS leads NFL with 391 rec. RB LATAVIUS MURRAY ranks 6th in NFL with 18 rush TDs since 2015. * RB JERICK MC KINNON had 110 scrimmage yards (89 rush, 21 rec.) & 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.) in last meeting. NFC North, has 2,020 pass yards (288.6 per game), 13 TDs & 3 INTs for 101.9 rating. QB SAM BRADFORD has 478 pass yards with 4 TDs & 1 INT for 100.8 rating in past 2 meetings. Vikings notes: QB CASE KEENUM has 588 pass yards (294 per game), 3 TDs & 0 INTs for 111.1 rating in past 2.
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