MINNESOTA (2-4) At NEW ENGLAND (5-1)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – No line
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Minnesota 2-3-1; New England 4-2
SERIES RECORD – Patriots lead 6-4
LAST MEETING – Patriots beat Vikings 31-7, Oct. 30, 2006
LAST WEEK – Packers beat Vikings 28-24; Patriots beat Chargers 23-20
VIKINGS OFFENSE – OVERALL (20), RUSH (7), PASS (24)
VIKINGS DEFENSE – OVERALL (6), RUSH (11), PASS (13)
PATRIOTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (19), RUSH (14), PASS (17)
PATRIOT DEFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (9), PASS (30)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Teams face each other for first time since Patriots traded WR Randy Moss to Vikings on Oct. 6. … Tom Brady goes for 24th straight regular-season win at home as starter. Only Minnesota’s Brett Favre has more, 25 with Green Bay. Patriots would improve to 6-1, same record they had after beating Vikings in their last meeting. Minnesota coach Brad Childress said Monday that New England stole signs in that game and that his team also does it. … Favre hoping to extend NFL-record streak of 291 consecutive games started, 315 including playoffs, despite two fractures in his left ankle. … Moss has 12 catches and two touchdowns in three games with Minnesota. … Adrian Peterson has five TDs in last five games and is second in NFL with 684 yards rushing. … Percy Harvin has five TDs in last four games, three scores as a receiver, one as a runner and one as a returner. … Three of Vikings losses have been by five points or less. … LB Chad Greenway had at least 10 tackles in each of last three games and leads Minnesota with 63. … Brady 2-0 against Vikings with seven TD passes and one interception. … Patriots have at least five wins in first six games for fourth time in 11 seasons under Bill Belichick. … New England leads NFL with 29.5 points per game but coming off its worst offensive performance with 179 yards at San Diego. … Patriots are 34-6, including playoffs, against NFC teams since 2001. They are 3-1 in Super Bowls in that stretch. … Three Patriots rookies have played well – TE Aaron Hernandez with 355 yards receiving, second among NFL rookies, DE Brandon Deaderick with two sacks in last two games and CB Devin McCourty with first interception last Sunday.
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