WEEK 15
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (4-8-1) @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS (10-3)
DATE: Saturday (12/17/22)
STADIUM: U.S. Bank Stadium
TIME: 1:00 PM ET
REFEREE: Tra Blake
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Colts lead all-time series, 17-7-1
STREAKS Colts have won past 6
LAST GAME 9/20/20: Vikings 11 at Colts 28
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/18/16: Colts 34, Vikings 6
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
LAST WEEK: Bye (L 54-19 at Dallas in Week 13)
COACH VS. OPP. Jeff Saturday: 0-0
PTS. FOR 16.1
OFFENSE 318.0
PASSING Matt Ryan: 290-428-2,875-13-13-84.0
RUSHING Jonathan Taylor: 192-861-4.5-4
RECEIVING Michael Pittman: 76-755-9.9-2
PTS. AGAINST 22.9
DEFENSE 314.8
SACKS Yannick Ngakoue: 8.5
INTs Stephon Gilmore: 2
TAKE/GIVE -14 (12/26)
PUNTING (NET) Matt Haack: 44.8 (40.4)
KICKING Chase McLaughlin: 79 (13/13 PAT; 22/27 FG)
COLTS NOTES
• QB MATT RYAN needs 125 pass yards to become 8th QB in NFL history with 3,000+ pass yards in 13 straight seasons. Passed for 371 yards & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs with 136.6 rating in his last start vs. Min. (10/18/20 w/ Atl.). Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Min. with 300+ pass yards & 2+ TD passes.
• RB JONATHAN TAYLOR had 103 scrimmage yards (82 rush, 21 rec.) in Week 13. Aims for 5th in row overall with 90+ scrimmage yards & 3rd in row on road with 100+ scrimmage yards. Has rush TD in 3 of past 4. Rushed for 101 yards & TD in last meeting. Needs 9 scrimmage yards to join HOFer Marshall Faulk as only players in franchise history with 1,000+ scrimmage yards in each of 1st 3 seasons.
• WR MICHAEL PITTMAN has 6+ catches & 50+ rec. yards in 3 of past 4.
• WR ALEC PIERCE (rookie) had 4 catches for career-high 86 yards & 2nd TD of season in Week 13. Ranks 5th among rookies with 510 rec. yards in 2022.
• WR ASHTON DULIN had 1st TD catch of season in Week 13.
• TE MO ALIE-COX had 5 catches for career-high 111 yards in last meeting.
• DE YANNICK NGAKOUE has 1.5+ sacks in 2 of his past 3 & 0.5+ sacks in 6 of his past 7. Had FF in only career game vs. Min. (12/11/16 w/ Jax.). Totaled 5 sacks & 2 FFs in 6 games with Min. in 2020.
• DE KWITY PAYE had career-high 5th sack of 2022 in Week 13. Has sack in 2 of past 3.
• LB ZAIRE FRANKLIN led team with 10 tackles & had TFL & PD in Week 13. Aims for 5th in row overall with 10+ tackles & 5th in row on road with TFL.
• CB STEPHON GILMORE had 6 tackles, 2 PD & 2nd INT of season in Week 13. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with 5+ tackles & 2+ PD.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
LAST WEEK: L 34-23 at Detroit
COACH VS. OPP. Kevin O’Connell: 0-0
PTS. FOR 24.0
OFFENSE 342.0
PASSING Kirk Cousins: 321-490-3,358-20-9-91.2
RUSHING Dalvin Cook: 213-950-4.5-8
RECEIVING Justin Jefferson: 99-1,500-15.2-6
PTS. AGAINST 24.1
DEFENSE 403.7
SACKS Za’Darius Smith: 9.5
INTs Harrison Smith: 5
TAKE/GIVE +6 (20/14)
PUNTING (NET) Ryan Wright (R): 47.6 (43.2)
KICKING Greg Joseph: 86 (29/34 PAT; 19/24 FG)
VIKINGS NOTES
• QB KIRK COUSINS completed 31 of 41 atts. (75.6 pct.) for season-high 425 yards & 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 124.5 rating in Week 14, his 7th-career 400-yard game. Is only QB with 3,000+ pass yards & 20+ TD passes in each of past 8 seasons. Has 13 TDs (11 pass, 2 rush) vs. 2 INTs for 98 rating in 7 home starts in 2022.
• RB DALVIN COOK had 8th rush TD of season last week & aims for his 3rd in row with rush TD. Is 1 of 5 with 1,100+ scrimmage yards in each of past 4 seasons & needs 50 rush yards for 4th-straight season with 1,000+ rush yards. Had rush TD in last meeting.
• WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON had 11 receptions for career high 223 yards in Week 14, most rec. yards in single game in 2022. Leads NFL with 1,500 rec. yards & is 1st player ever with 1,400+ rec. yards in each of his 1st 3 career seasons. Has 5 games with 175+ rec. yards, tied with HOFer Lance Alworth (5) for most by player in 1st 3 career seasons all-time. Needs 5 receptions to become 3rd player ever (Christian McCaffrey & Michael Thomas) with 300+ catches in 1st 3 career seasons.
• WR ADAM THIELEN had 4th rec. TD of season. Has 63 receptions in 2022, his 3rdstraight & 6th-career 60-catch season.
• TE T.J. HOCKENSON has 5+ catches in 5 of his 6 games with Min. in 2022.
• LB ZA’DARIUS SMITH ranks tied-2nd in NFL with 15 TFL.
• LB JORDAN HICKS had 8 tackles, TFL & PD last week. Has 106 tackles in 2022, his 4th-straight 100-tackle season.
• LB ERIC KENDRICKS has 107 tackles in 2022, his 7th-straight 100-tackle season.
• S HARRISON SMITH leads all active players with 34 career INTs. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Ind. with 5+ tackles & PD.
