Vikings-Tennessee Titans Preview

The Minnesota Vikings play in their last preseason game of the year as they travel to play the Tennessee Titans (1-2) at Nissan Field at 7:00pm on Thursday September 3, 2015.

The game will once again be simulcast on KFAN 100.3FM and Fox TV with the play by play call by Paul Allen and Pete Bercich. The sideline will be handled by Ben Leber and Greg Coleman.

The Vikings have played Tennessee 7 times in the preseason through the years and have a winning record of 6-1 against the Titans.

The regular season battles between these 2 teams finds Minnesota has an 8-4 winning record with a 7-1 record at home and 1-3 on the road.

VIKINGS-TITANNS CONNECTIONS

-Titans TE coach, Mike Mularkey played for the Vikings from 1993-1998

-Vikings Defensive Back Coach, Jerry Gray held the same position for Tennessee from 1999-2000 and was Tennessee’s Defensive Coordinator from 2011-2013

LOCAL CONNECTION

-Titans running back, David Cobb was a draft choice in 2015 out of the University of Minnesota where he played from 2011-2014 for the Gophers

VIKINGS UPDATED TEAM STATS

Total net Yards

Minnesota 1183 Opponent 985

Total net yards rushing

Minnesota 362 Opponent 361

Total Net yards passing

Minnesota 821 Opponent 624

Quarterback passing percent

Minnesota 75.6% Opponent 50.8

Total TD’s

Minnesota 11 Opponent 5

3^rd down efficiency

Minnesota 27.5% vs opponent 27.3%

Scoring Quarter by Quarter

Minnesota       12  44  25  7  0  0- 88

Opponent          9  26  10  0  0  0- 45

As you can see Minnesota has outscored their opponent 32-10 in the 2^nd half and even better has not given up a 4^th quarter point all preseason

VIKINGS INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING TOP 4

Dominique Williams 20-93

DuJuan Harris 18-66

Matt Asiata 15-60

Joe Banyard 18-51 (cut this past week)

RECEVING TOP 4

Jerick McKinnon 10-77

Matt Asiata 8-67

Chase Ford 8-37

Adam Thielen 7-104

Stefon Diggs 7-89

Kyle Rudolph 7-61

QUARTERBACKS

Teddy Bridgewater  29-35 295 yds 82.9%

Tyler Heinicke 30-41 237 yds 73.2%

Shaun Hill 25-34 236 yds 73.5%

Mike Kafka 9-13 75 yards 69.2

Total quarterbacks  93 for 123 completions is unbelievable and Bridgewater’s 82.9 is downright amazing

PUNT RETURNS

Stefon Diggs  9-188  20.9 avg

KICKOFF RETURNS

Cordarrelle Patterson 3-157  52.3 avg

TACKLES

Gerald Hodges  12

Erick Kendricks 10

Andrew Sendejo 8

Anthony Harris, Tom Johnson and Trae Waynes with 7

SACKS

Minnesota has 10 with Tom Johnson leading the way with 2

MINNESOTA VIKINGS FUN FACTS

- Minnesota Franchise Founded- January 28, 1960

- Vikings first game ever September 17, 1961 Minnesota beats Chicago Bears 37-13

- Vikings All Time record (Regular season and playoffs) 457-401-10

- Vikings Home Record 271-155-4

   - Metropolitan Stadium (1961-1981) 97-59-4

   - HHH Metrodome (1982-2013) 168-92-0

   - TCF Bank Stadium (2014-present) 5-4-0

- Vikings road record all time- 185-241-6

Thanks for reading enjoy the Tennessee game and then get ready for the Monday night Week 1 game in San Francisco

Go Vikes

Todd Walkingstick