MINNESOTA (3-5) At CHICAGO (5-3)
Sunday, 1 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Vikings by 1 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Minnesota 2-5-1; Chicago 3-4-1
SERIES RECORD – Vikings lead 52-44-2
LAST MEETING – Bears beat Vikings 36-30 in OT, Dec. 28, 2009
LAST WEEK – Vikings beat Arizona 27-24 in OT; Bears beat Buffalo 22-19 in Toronto
VIKINGS OFFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (9), PASS (16)
VIKINGS DEFENSE – OVERALL (5), RUSH (7), PASS (10)
BEARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (27), PASS (21)
BEARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (8), RUSH (3), PASS (19)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Last time teams met, Bears’ Jay Cutler threw for 273 yards and four TDs, including winning 39-yarder to Devin Aromashodu. … Minnesota has dropped eight straight on road, including last season’s NFC championship game at New Orleans. Last road win was Nov. 1, 2009 at Green Bay. … Vikings have three straight games with more than 400 yards on offense. … Brett Favre threw for career-high 446 yards to rally Vikings from 14 points down in final 4 1/2 minutes against Arizona last week; Ryan Longwell kicked winning 35-yard field goal in OT. It was Favre’s first 400-yard game since Dec. 5, 1993, when he threw for 402 at Chicago as a Packer. And the 16 years, 337 days between 400-yard games was the longest gap in NFL history. … Percy Harvin set career-highs with nine catches for 126 yards last week. … Adrian Peterson racked up 144 total yards and two TDs for Vikings against Arizona. He needs 143 yards rushing to reach 1,000 for fourth consecutive season. … Longwell is 8 for 8 on field goals. … DE Jared Allen had 2 1/2 sacks last week and has 3 1/2 on year after finishing with at least 14 1/2 the past three seasons. … Chris Kluwe is averaging 42.2 net yards per punt, second in NFL. … Bears will wear throwback 1940s uniforms honoring “Monsters of the Midway” for the second time this season. … WR Johnny Knox has 27 receptions for 527 yards and is fifth in the league in receiving average at 19.5 per catch. The 527 yards match his total as a rookie last season, and he is on pace to become Bears’ first 1,000-yard receiver since Marty Booker in 2002. … Cutler leads league with 28 sacks, although he was sacked just once last week after going down 19 times in previous three games.
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