MINNESOTA (13-4) At NEW ORLEANS (14-3)
6:30 pm. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE – Saints by 4 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Minnesota 10-6-1; New Orleans 9-8
SERIES RECORD – Vikings lead 20-7
LAST MEETING – Vikings beat Saints 30–27, Oct. 6, 2008
LAST WEEK – Vikings beat Cowboys 34-3; Saints beat Cardinals 45-14
VIKINGS OFFENSE – OVERALL (5), RUSH (13), PASS (8)
VIKINGS DEFENSE – OVERALL (6), RUSH (2), PASS (19)
SAINTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (1), RUSH (6), PASS (4)
SAINTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (25), RUSH (21), PASS (26)
for 330 yards and a touchdown. All-Pro S Darren Sharper, who played for Packers with Favre and then was with Vikings until this season, tied for league lead with nine INTs. Sharper set NFL record for most interception return yards in a season with 376 and had three TDs. … DE Will Smith had 13 sacks, second to Allen in NFC. … RB Reggie Bush had huge game in win over Arizona with 83-yard punt return TD, 84 yards rushing on just five carries, with a TD, and four receptions. Bush became second player in postseason history with touchdown rushing and on punt runback in same game, tying Hall of Famer Charley Trippi.
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