Capsules for Week 6 of the NFL season:
Sunday, Oct. 12
DETROIT (0-4) AT MINNESOTA (2-3)
1 p.m. EDT, FOX
OPENING LINE – Vikings by 12.
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Detroit 0-4-0, Minnesota 2-3-0.
SERIES RECORD – Vikings lead 61-30-2.
LAST MEETING – Vikings 42, Lions 10, Dec. 2, 2007.
LAST WEEK – Lions lost to Bears 34-7; Vikings beat Saints 30-27.
LIONS OFFENSE – OVERALL (28), RUSH (31), PASS (19).
LIONS DEFENSE – OVERALL (32), RUSH (30), PASS (29).
VIKINGS OFFENSE – OVERALL (18), RUSH (12), PASS (20).
VIKINGS DEFENSE – OVERALL (9), RUSH (3), PASS (24).
rst four games by average of more than 20 points. … Lions S Dwight Smith spent previous two seasons with Vikings. … Vikings RB Adrian Peterson had 15 carries for 116 yards and two touchdowns in last meeting against Lions last year, his first game back following knee injury. Last week against Saints, Peterson gained only 32 yards on 21 carries. … Gus Frerotte was last QB to lead Lions to playoffs, in 1999. … Vikings will honor former LB Wally Hilgenberg before game. He died on Sept. 23 of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
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