VIKINGS 30, SEAHAWKS 17 (final)
NOTES FROM THE GAME:
Vikings Captains: C.J. Ham, Brian O’Neill
• Coin Toss: Seahawks call tails. Minnesota wins. Vikings defer, Seahawks
to receive the kickoff
• Doors: Open
• Conditions: 77, clear
• Attendance: 66,729
• Since 2020, the Vikings are now tied with the Titans (11) for the most 100-yard rushing games recorded by a running back (Cook – 9, Mattison 2). All 11 100-yard rushing games by the Titans have came from RB Derrick Henry.
• QB Kirk Cousins started his 50th career game with the Vikings in Week 3. Cousins’ 26 wins is the most in team history among all QBs in their first 50 career starts with the franchise.
• Cousins’ eight touchdowns is the most in the opening three games of the season.
• Cousins became the first Vikings QB to throw for 300 yards against the Seahawks in a single game.
• Cousins hasn’t thrown and interception in 199 attempts, closing in on his record set in 2019.
– 201 Kirk Cousins, 10/13/19 – 12/2/19
– 199 Kirk Cousins, – Present
• RB Alexander Mattison set a new career high in rushing yards with 112, matching a career high set against Seattle in 2020.
• Mattison set a new career high in receiving yards with 59.
• WR Adam Thielen (418) passes WR Jake Reed (413) and now has the sixth-most receptions in Vikings history.
• WR Justin Jefferson became the fastest Vikings player to 100 catches in team history (19 games), breaking Stefon Diggs’ and Jermaine Wiggins’ record of 20 games.
• Jefferson’s receiving yards (1,655), ranks only behind Odell Beckham Jr (1,829 yards) for the most in NFL history through a player’s first 19 career games.
• TE Tyler Conklin records a new career high in receiving yards (70), surpassing his previous career high of 57 set against the Bears in Week
15 in 2020.
• Conklin set a career high in receptions with (7), surpassing his previous total of five against the Buccaneers in Week 14 in 2020.
• DE Everson Griffen recorded his first sack as a Viking since 12/8/19 against Detriot.
• Everson Griffen reaches 75 career QB sacks as a Vikings player. He is the seventh player to accomplish. He has 81.5 in his NFL career.
1) 130.0 Carl Eller, 1964-78
2) 127.0 Jim Marshall, 1961-79
3) 114.0 John Randle, 1990-2000
4) 108.5 Alan Page, 1967-78
5) 96.5 Chris Doleman, 1985-93, 1999
6) 85.5 Jared Allen, 2008-13
7) 75.5 Everson Griffen, 2010-19, 2021