Game Summary
The Minnesota Vikings (1-0) will travel to Philadelphia to face the Eagles (1-0) in a Week 2 showdown on Monday Night Football, the team’s lone MNF Game of the 2022 season, scheduled to air on ABC at 7:30 p.m. CT. This will be Minnesota’s third time playing Philadelphia on MNF, and the club’s first trip to the city since 2018, a 23-21 Vikings win.
Last week, Minnesota defeated Green Bay 23-7 at home in their first NFC North matchup of the season, and Philadelphia came out on top in the 38-35 victory at Detroit.
In the win over Green Bay, Kevin O’Connell became the fifth Vikings head coach to win their head coaching debut, joining Norm Van Brocklin (1961), Dennis Green (1992), Brad Childress (2006) and Mike Zimmer (2014).
WR Justin Jefferson set a career high and led all players in the NFL with 184 receiving yards in Week 1. Jefferson also had the highest yards per catch (20.4) of any player with at least five receptions in the opening week. RB Dalvin Cook surpassed 100 yards from scrimmage (90 rushing yards, 18 receiving yards) in the first game with O’Connell as the play-caller. QB Kirk Cousins recorded a 118.9 passer rating, which is fourth in the league in Week 1, and now owns a 5-3-1 record against the Packers.
The Vikings defense registered 4.0 sacks, one interception and a forced fumble under new Defensive Coordinator Ed Donatell. New Vikings LB Jordan Hicks led the team with 14 total tackles and added 1.0 sack, where he also forced a fumble. OLBs Za’Darius Smith and Danielle Hunter also registered 1.0 sack each in Week 1 and S Harrison Smith tallied his 30th career interception.
Norseman Noteables
• QB Kirk Cousins connected with WR Justin Jefferson on a 64-yard pass, the third-longest pass in a Vikings season opener and the longest since Randy Moss had a 66-yard catch in 2000.
• Jefferson now has five career games with at least 150 receiving yards. Randy Moss (six) is the only player in NFL history with more 150-yard receiving games before the age of 23.
• The third-year wide receiver notched 158 receiving yards in the first half, setting the franchise record for most receiving yards in a half. He has now surpassed 100 receiving yards in a single half eight times since entering the league in 2020, the most in the NFL.
• K Greg Joseph connected on a career-long 56-yard field goal, tying the franchise record for the longest field goal made. Joseph now has eight 50-plus yard field goals since the start of last season, the most in the NFC.
• In his Vikings debut, LB Jordan Hicks notched 14 total tackles, tying his career high. He now has recorded double-digit tackles in 22 career games. His 14 tackles in Week 1 are tied for second-most in the league.
• OLB Za’Darius Smith and Hicks each notched a sack in their first game in purple. Smith now has 45.5 career sacks and Hicks has 11.5.
• S Harrison Smith grabbed his 30th career interception, which is the league lead among active safeties since 2012.
• The Vikings defense tallied 4.0 sacks in Week 1, which is tied for the fifth-most in the NFL this season.
• The Vikings’ 262 yards of offense in the first half against Green Bay is the seventh-most in the first half for the Vikings over the last five seasons and the most the team has had since the matchup against Pittsburgh (12/9/21), when the Vikings had 300 yards.
VIKINGS VS. EAGLES ALL-TIME
Won 15, Lost 14, Tie 0; Home 8-4, Away 7-10
2010………….Philadelphia……….. Minnesota 24-14
2013………….Minnesota …………Minnesota 48-30
2016………….Philadelphia……… Philadelphia 21-10
2017 ………….$Philadelphia…….. Philadelphia 38-7
2018………….Philadelphia……….. Minnesota 23-21
2019………….Minnesota …………Minnesota 38-20
Vikings-Eagles Series Notes
• Monday’s game will mark the third time Minnesota has played Philadelphia on MNF, with the previous meeting coming in Week 2 of the 2004 season, which resulted in a 27-16 loss in Philadelphia.
• This will be Minnesota’s first trip to Philadelphia since 2018, when the Vikings took down the Eagles 23-21 and DT Linval Joseph tallied a 64-yard fumble returned for a touchdown.
• The Vikings scored 28 points in the 4th quarter of the game on 12/22/85 to help them overcome a 23-point deficit, the 2nd-largest deficit overcome in Vikings franchise history.
• Weather delayed the 2010 match up between the two teams, pushing it from Sunday to Tuesday. The Vikings won the game at Philadelphia, 24-14. QB Joe Webb made his first career start and led the Vikings to victory.
