The 2013
season started out with week 1 in Detroit and now in Week 17 on Sunday December
29th the Vikes will play host to the Lions to conclude the season.
It will also end Mall of America Field history. The game will be the Vikings
250th regular season game plus 10 playoff home games making a grand
total of 260 played in the dome. The Vikes are 167-92 at home.
Game info
Game time:
noon on Fox
TV
announcers: Gus Johnson and Charles Davis with Charissa Thompson on the
sidelines
Las Vegas
odds: Minnesota by 3.5
Pregame
Vikings will
honor Matt Birk in pregame as well as Matt will be an honorary captain for the
coin toss.
Former
Vikings Great Coach, Bud Grant will blow the Gjallarhorn
VIKINGS-LIONS ALL TIME SERIES
Minnesota
leads 68-34-2 all time. Minnesota is 37-13-1 at home overall between the Old
Met and Mall of America Field. They are 23-7 against the Lions at the dome
including winning 14 of the last 15 at home.
This will be
the 6th time in the series where the 2 teams faced each other to
conclude the season. The Vikings have a 3-2 edge.
The Vikings
are 3-3 at home this season so a win would give the Vikings a 22nd
season of winning home football since 1982.
CORDARRELLE PATTERSON INFO
Patterson
needs 4 yards to break the all-time rookie record held by Buster Rhymes.
Patterson is also averaging 33.6 yards per return which is the 2nd
highest average since the 1970 merger of the AFL and NFL. Is that impressive or
what?
OVERALL
It’s been a frustrating
season to say the least but let’s make this week something we will never
forget. A win in the last game at Mall of America Field would be what the
doctor ordered. We can worry about 2014 after that. I just want to leave the
dome with a smile. A win would be 4 in a row at home after losing the first 3.
I feel good about this Sunday and know my favorite team will play their butts
off and give the fans something to remember.
Thanks for
reading
Purplestick
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