GAME THREAD: NFL: CHICAGO (5-8) at MINNESOTA (7-6)

NFL: CHICAGO at MINNESOTA

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CHICAGO 13
MINNESOTA 20 10:50 LEFT, 4TH QTR

CHI BALL ON CHI 21 YD LINE
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CHICAGO 13
MINNESOTA 20 7:23 LEFT, 4TH QTR

MIN BALL ON MIN 2 YD LINE
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NFL: CHICAGO at MINNESOTA

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CHICAGO 13
MINNESOTA 20 2:45 LEFT, 4TH QTR

CHI BALL ON CHI 10 YD LINE
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NFL: CHICAGO at MINNESOTA

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CHICAGO 13
MINNESOTA 20

CHI BALL ON CHI 45 YD LINE
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CHICAGO 13
MINNESOTA 20 1:38 LEFT, 4TH QTR

MIN BALL ON MIN 39 YD LINE
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NFL: CHICAGO at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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CHICAGO 3 10 0 0 13
MINNESOTA 0 6 6 8 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 29 YD, 4:19. Drive: 4
plays, 2 yards in 1:29. Key plays:
Urlacher 12-yard interception
return to Minnesota 14; Otron
11-yard pass to Peterson on
3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 11. CHICAGO
3-0
2ND QUARTER: MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 42 YD, 4:53. Drive: 6
plays, 38 yards in 2:20. Key plays:
Jackson 19-yard pass to Alison to
Chicago 43. CHICAGO 3-3
CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 47 YD, 8:03. Drive: 8
plays, 14 yards in 3:10. Key plays:
Davis 34-yard kickoff return to
Minnesota 43; Orton 1-yard run on
4th-and-1 to Minnesota 33. CHICAGO
6-3
CHI - TD, JASON MCKIE 1 YD RUN (ROBBIE GOULD
KICK), 14:30. Drive: 2 plays, 12
yards in 0:13. Key plays: Vasher
34-yard interception return to
Minnesota 12; Orton 11-yard pass to
Muhammed to Minnesota 1. CHICAGO
13-3
MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 48 YD, 15:00. Drive:
4 plays, 43 yards in 0:30. Key
plays: Jackson 18-yard run to
Minnesota 45; Jackson 10-yard pass
to Rice to Chicago 30. CHICAGO 13-6
3RD QUARTER: MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 1 YD RUN (PAT
FAILED), 4:31. Drive: 4 plays, 73
yards in 2:08. Key plays: Jackson
71-yard pass to Ferguson on
3rd-and-9 to Chicago 1. CHICAGO
13-12
4TH QUARTER: MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 8 YD RUN (BROOKS
BOLLINGER RUN FOR TWO-POINT
CONVERSION), 4:04. Drive: 11 plays,
65 yards in 6:18. Key plays:
Peterson 16-yard run to Chicago 49;
Jackson 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to
Chicago 39; Jackson 19-yard pass to
Wade to Chicago 20. MINNESOTA 20-13

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 3 10 0 0 13
MINNESOTA 0 6 6 8 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:19 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 29 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 1:29.
Key plays: Urlacher 12-yard interception return to Minnesota 14;
Otron 11-yard pass to Peterson on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 11. CHICAGO 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

4:53 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 42 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards in 2:20.
Key plays: Jackson 19-yard pass to Alison to Chicago 43. CHICAGO
3-3.
8:03 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 47 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 14 yards in 3:10.
Key plays: Davis 34-yard kickoff return to Minnesota 43; Orton
1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Minnesota 33. CHICAGO 6-3.
14:30 CHI - TD, JASON MCKIE 1 YD RUN (ROBBIE GOULD KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 12 yards in 0:13.
Key plays: Vasher 34-yard interception return to Minnesota 12; Orton
11-yard pass to Muhammed to Minnesota 1. CHICAGO 13-3.
15:00 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 48 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 43 yards in 0:30.
Key plays: Jackson 18-yard run to Minnesota 45; Jackson 10-yard pass
to Rice to Chicago 30. CHICAGO 13-6.

3RD QUARTER:

4:31 MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 1 YD RUN (PAT FAILED).
Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 2:08.
Key plays: Jackson 71-yard pass to Ferguson on 3rd-and-9 to Chicago
1. CHICAGO 13-12.

4TH QUARTER:

4:04 MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 8 YD RUN (BROOKS BOLLINGER RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION).
Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards in 6:18.
Key plays: Peterson 16-yard run to Chicago 49; Jackson 1-yard run on
4th-and-1 to Chicago 39; Jackson 19-yard pass to Wade to Chicago 20.
MINNESOTA 20-13.

CHICAGO - MINNESOTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CHICAGO MINNESOTA

FIRST DOWNS 11 21
Rushing 3 9
Passing 7 9
Penalty 1 3
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-14-7% 5-14-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 209 372
Total offensive plays 56 65
Average gain per play 3.7 5.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 32 136
Rushing attempts 17 34
Average gain per rush 1.9 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 7-11
NET YARDS PASSING 177 236
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-7 2-13
Gross passing yards 184 249
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 38-22-1 29-18-3
Avg gain per pass play 4.5 7.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 9-43.8 6-46.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.6 44.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 80 54
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-29 3-13
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-78 4-70
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 3-51 1-41
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 11-95 4-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 1 2
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-2-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 24:15 35:45


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CHICAGO MINNESOTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 9 26 2.9 5 0 A PETERSON 20 78 3.9 28 2
G WOLFE 3 5 1.7 4 0 C TAYLOR 5 31 6.2 10 0
K ORTON 3 1 0.3 1 0 T JACKSON 7 25 3.6 18 0
J MCKIE 1 1 1.0 1 1 T RICHARDS 1 2 2.0 2 0
D HESTER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 A ALLISON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K ORTON 22-38-184 1 0 19 T JACKSON 18-29-249 3 0 71

Sacked-Yards Lost: K ORTON 1-7. Sacked-Yards Lost: T JACKSON 2-13.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 8 51 6.4 18 0 B WADE 6 70 11.7 19 0
D HESTER 4 28 7.0 11 0 R FERGUSON 2 79 39.5 71 0
M MUHAMMAD 2 30 15.0 19 0 A ALLISON 2 23 11.5 19 0
B BERRIAN 2 23 11.5 15 0 T RICHARDS 2 13 6.5 9 0
G OLSEN 2 18 9.0 13 0 J DUGAN 2 4 2.0 3 0
G WOLFE 2 10 5.0 9 0 J KLEINSAS 1 26 26.0 26 0
M BRADLEY 1 15 15.0 15 0 A PETERSON 1 17 17.0 17 0
D CLARK 1 9 9.0 9 0 S RICE 1 10 10.0 10 0
C TAYLOR 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
N VASHER 1 34 34.0 34 0 D SHARPER 1 41 41.0 41 0
B URLACHER 1 12 12.0 12 0
B MCGOWAN 1 5 5.0 5 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MAYNARD 9 394 43.8 1 2 56 C KLUWE 6 278 46.3 0 4 60

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 4 29 7.3 17 0 B WADE 3 13 4.3 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 3 44 14.7 17 0 A ALLISON 4 70 17.5 25 0
R DAVIS 1 34 34.0 34 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R GOULD 1/1 2/2 R LONGWELL 0/1 2/2
Dist.: 29 47 Dist.: 42 48

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D HESTER 1 0 0 0-0 T JACKSON 1 1 0 0-0
O KREUTZ 1 0 0 0-0
B URLACHER 0 0 0 0-1
K ORTON 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
C TILLMAN 12 11 1 0-0 E HENDERSON 7 7 0 0-0
B MCGOWAN 8 5 3 0-0 A WINFIELD 6 6 0 0-0
L BRIGGS 6 6 0 0-0 D SMITH 4 4 0 0-0
B URLACHER 6 4 2 2-13 C GRIFFIN 4 4 0 0-0
I IDONIJE 5 4 1 0-0 K WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0
J WILLIAMS 4 1 3 0-0 C GREENWAY 4 3 1 0-0
- TEAM 3 3 0 0-0 C GORDON 4 3 1 0-0
H HILLENMEYER 3 3 0 0-0 K UDEZE 3 3 0 1-7
D MANNING 3 3 0 0-0 P WILLIAMS 3 1 2 0-0
N VASHER 3 2 1 0-0 S JOHNSON 2 1 1 0-0
A BROWN 3 2 1 0-0 B LEBER 2 0 2 0-0
M TOEAINA 2 2 0 0-0 D SHARPER 1 1 0 0-0
T HARRIS 2 1 1 0-0 B ROBISON 1 0 1 0-0
A OGUNLEYE 1 1 0 0-0 J MITCHELL 1 0 1 0-0
T MCBRIDE 1 1 0 0-0
J KENNEDY 1 0 1 0-0

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By Mike Weimerskirch
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) - Adrian Peterson had two touchdown runs,including the go-ahead score with just under 11 minutes to go,to lead the Minnesota Vikings to a 20-13 victory over theChicago Bears on Monday night.


Ryan Longwell added field goals of 42 and 48 yards as Minnesotaovercame a 10-point deficit to notch its fifth consecutivevictory.


The win kept the Vikings (8-6) one game ahead of the New OrleansSaints and Washington Redskins for the final wild card spot inthe NFC.


Having never led in the game, the Vikings put together an11-play, 65-yard drive in the fourth quarter that led toPeterson's 12th rushing touchdown of the season from 8 yardsout.


Peterson, who shredded the Bears for three touchdowns and 224yards in the earlier meeting this season, finished with 78 yardsrushing - 56 of those coming in the second half.


Backup quarterback Brooks Bollinger ran for the two-pointconversion to give the Vikings a 20-13 lead with 10:56 to play.

Chicago had a final chance to pull even but Kyle Orton's passwas intercepted by safety Darren Sharper in the end zone.

Making his first start since 2005, Orton completed 22-of-38passes for 184 yards and an interception.


Chicago used four turnovers to take a 13-3 first-half lead,thanks to interceptions by Brian Urlacher and Nathan Vasher, whowas playing for the first time after missing 10 games with agroin injury.


Urlacher's first-quarter interception led to a 29-yard RobbieGould field goal to open the scoring. Urlacher also had afumble recovery and two sacks.


Vasher's 34-yard interception return in the final minute of thefirst half gave Chicago the ball at the Minnesota 12-yard line.Two plays later, fullback Jason McKie ran in from the 1-yardline to give the Bears a 13-3 lead.


The Vikings answered with a Ryan Longwell 48-yard field as thefirst half ended. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on theBears set up the kick.


The Vikings came back in the third quarter when Robert Fergusonbroke free of Ricky Manning's tackle at the Minnesota 40 andraced another 59 yards before Charles Tillman caught him at the1-yard line.


Peterson plowed in on the next play to bring the Vikings towithin a point at 13-12 with 10:29 left in the quarter. A lowsnap caused Longwell to pull the extra point attempt to theleft.


Tarvaris Jackson completed 18-of-29 passes for 249 yards andthree interceptions. He left the game with a leg cramp one playbefore Peterson's decisive score. Bollinger handed off toPeterson for the decisive score before running in for theconversion.


Peterson finished with 78 yards rushing, 56 of those coming inthe second half.

 

NFL: CHICAGO at MINNESOTA

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
CHICAGO 3 10 0 0 13
MINNESOTA 0 6 6 8 20 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:19 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 29 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 1:29.
Key plays: Urlacher 12-yard interception return to Minnesota 14;
Otron 11-yard pass to Peterson on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 11. CHICAGO 3-0.

2ND QUARTER:

4:53 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 42 YD.
Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards in 2:20.
Key plays: Jackson 19-yard pass to Alison to Chicago 43. CHICAGO
3-3.
8:03 CHI - FG, ROBBIE GOULD 47 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 14 yards in 3:10.
Key plays: Davis 34-yard kickoff return to Minnesota 43; Orton
1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Minnesota 33. CHICAGO 6-3.
14:30 CHI - TD, JASON MCKIE 1 YD RUN (ROBBIE GOULD KICK).
Drive: 2 plays, 12 yards in 0:13.
Key plays: Vasher 34-yard interception return to Minnesota 12; Orton
11-yard pass to Muhammed to Minnesota 1. CHICAGO 13-3.
15:00 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 48 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 43 yards in 0:30.
Key plays: Jackson 18-yard run to Minnesota 45; Jackson 10-yard pass
to Rice to Chicago 30. CHICAGO 13-6.

3RD QUARTER:

4:31 MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 1 YD RUN (PAT FAILED).
Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 2:08.
Key plays: Jackson 71-yard pass to Ferguson on 3rd-and-9 to Chicago
1. CHICAGO 13-12.

4TH QUARTER:

4:04 MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 8 YD RUN (BROOKS BOLLINGER RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION).
Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards in 6:18.
Key plays: Peterson 16-yard run to Chicago 49; Jackson 1-yard run on
4th-and-1 to Chicago 39; Jackson 19-yard pass to Wade to Chicago 20.
MINNESOTA 20-13.

CHICAGO - MINNESOTA Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS CHICAGO MINNESOTA

FIRST DOWNS 11 21
Rushing 3 9
Passing 7 9
Penalty 1 3
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-14-7% 5-14-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 209 372
Total offensive plays 56 65
Average gain per play 3.7 5.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 32 136
Rushing attempts 17 34
Average gain per rush 1.9 4.0
Tackles for loss-yards 2-2 7-11
NET YARDS PASSING 177 236
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-7 2-13
Gross passing yards 184 249
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 38-22-1 29-18-3
Avg gain per pass play 4.5 7.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 4-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 9-43.8 6-46.3
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 40.6 44.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 80 54
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-29 3-13
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-78 4-70
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 3-51 1-41
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 11-95 4-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 1 2
Passing 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 2-2-100%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 24:15 35:45


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

CHICAGO MINNESOTA

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 9 26 2.9 5 0 A PETERSON 20 78 3.9 28 2
G WOLFE 3 5 1.7 4 0 C TAYLOR 5 31 6.2 10 0
K ORTON 3 1 0.3 1 0 T JACKSON 7 25 3.6 18 0
J MCKIE 1 1 1.0 1 1 T RICHARDS 1 2 2.0 2 0
D HESTER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 A ALLISON 1 0 0.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K ORTON 22-38-184 1 0 19 T JACKSON 18-29-249 3 0 71

Sacked-Yards Lost: K ORTON 1-7. Sacked-Yards Lost: T JACKSON 2-13.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 8 51 6.4 18 0 B WADE 6 70 11.7 19 0
D HESTER 4 28 7.0 11 0 R FERGUSON 2 79 39.5 71 0
M MUHAMMAD 2 30 15.0 19 0 A ALLISON 2 23 11.5 19 0
B BERRIAN 2 23 11.5 15 0 T RICHARDS 2 13 6.5 9 0
G OLSEN 2 18 9.0 13 0 J DUGAN 2 4 2.0 3 0
G WOLFE 2 10 5.0 9 0 J KLEINSAS 1 26 26.0 26 0
M BRADLEY 1 15 15.0 15 0 A PETERSON 1 17 17.0 17 0
D CLARK 1 9 9.0 9 0 S RICE 1 10 10.0 10 0
C TAYLOR 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
N VASHER 1 34 34.0 34 0 D SHARPER 1 41 41.0 41 0
B URLACHER 1 12 12.0 12 0
B MCGOWAN 1 5 5.0 5 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B MAYNARD 9 394 43.8 1 2 56 C KLUWE 6 278 46.3 0 4 60

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 4 29 7.3 17 0 B WADE 3 13 4.3 6 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D HESTER 3 44 14.7 17 0 A ALLISON 4 70 17.5 25 0
R DAVIS 1 34 34.0 34 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R GOULD 1/1 2/2 R LONGWELL 0/1 2/2
Dist.: 29 47 Dist.: 42 48

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D HESTER 1 0 0 0-0 T JACKSON 1 1 0 0-0
O KREUTZ 1 0 0 0-0
B URLACHER 0 0 0 0-1
K ORTON 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
C TILLMAN 12 11 1 0-0 E HENDERSON 7 7 0 0-0
B MCGOWAN 8 5 3 0-0 A WINFIELD 6 6 0 0-0
L BRIGGS 6 6 0 0-0 D SMITH 4 4 0 0-0
B URLACHER 6 4 2 2-13 C GRIFFIN 4 4 0 0-0
I IDONIJE 5 4 1 0-0 K WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0
J WILLIAMS 4 1 3 0-0 C GREENWAY 4 3 1 0-0
- TEAM 3 3 0 0-0 C GORDON 4 3 1 0-0
H HILLENMEYER 3 3 0 0-0 K UDEZE 3 3 0 1-7
D MANNING 3 3 0 0-0 P WILLIAMS 3 1 2 0-0
N VASHER 3 2 1 0-0 S JOHNSON 2 1 1 0-0
A BROWN 3 2 1 0-0 B LEBER 2 0 2 0-0
M TOEAINA 2 2 0 0-0 D SHARPER 1 1 0 0-0
T HARRIS 2 1 1 0-0 B ROBISON 1 0 1 0-0
A OGUNLEYE 1 1 0 0-0 J MITCHELL 1 0 1 0-0
T MCBRIDE 1 1 0 0-0
J KENNEDY 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Travis Corrall, Umpire-Steve Wilson, Head
Linesman-John Mcgrath, Line Judge-Ron Blum, Field Judge-Craig
Wrolstad, Side Judge-Dyrol Prioleau, Back Judge-D Carey.

Att: 63,800 Time of Game: 3:05</div>

 

By Mike Weimerskirch
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) - Adrian Peterson had two touchdown runs,including the go-ahead score with just under 11 minutes to go,to lead the Minnesota Vikings to a 20-13 victory over theChicago Bears on Monday night.


Ryan Longwell added field goals of 42 and 48 yards as Minnesotaovercame a 10-point deficit to notch its fifth consecutivevictory.


The win kept the Vikings (8-6) one game ahead of the New OrleansSaints and Washington Redskins for the final wild card spot inthe NFC.


"(It was) an NFC and NFC North game, so it's a huge game,"Vikings coach Brad Childress said.


Having never led in the game, the Vikings put together an11-play, 65-yard drive in the fourth quarter that led toPeterson's 12th rushing touchdown of the season from 8 yards outon a broken play.


"It was a communication error, but we were able to make a bigplay out of it," Peterson said. "I saw (Bears linebacker Brian)Urlacher in the hole, and cut it backside."


Peterson, who shredded the Bears for three touchdowns and 224yards in the earlier meeting this season, finished with 78 yardsrushing - 56 of those coming in the second half.


"After halftime, we came out more focused," Peterson said."Eventually we got some big plays."


Backup quarterback Brooks Bollinger ran for the two-pointconversion to give the Vikings a 20-13 lead with 10:56 to play.

Chicago had a final chance to pull even but Kyle Orton's passwas intercepted by safety Darren Sharper in the end zone.

"We did a good job of slowing them down when we had turnoversand they were in our red zone, holding them to three points,"Sharper said. "We had three turnovers in the first half. Youare fortunate to be down only seven points when you turn theball over that much."


Making his first start since 2005, Orton completed 22-of-38passes for 184 yards and an interception as the Bears (5-9)officially were eliminated from postseason contention.

"It was a tough game, it's been a tough season," Orton said."Everybody in here is disappointed."


Chicago used four turnovers to take a 13-3 first-half lead,thanks to interceptions by Brian Urlacher and Nathan Vasher, whowas playing for the first time after missing 10 games with agroin injury.


"It was a tough game, it's been a tough season," Orton said."Everybody in here is disappointed."


Urlacher's first-quarter interception led to a 29-yard RobbieGould field goal to open the scoring. Urlacher also had afumble recovery and two sacks.


"Urlacher is a great player," Bears coach Lovie Smith said. "Hekept us in the game."


Vasher's 34-yard interception return of Tarvaris Jackson's passin the final minute of the first half gave Chicago the ball atthe Minnesota 12-yard line. Two plays later, fullback JasonMcKie ran in from the 1-yard line to give the Bears a 13-3 lead.

"I never should have thrown it," Jackson said. "It gave themseven points at the end of the half."


The Vikings answered with a Ryan Longwell 48-yard field as thefirst half ended. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on theBears set up the kick.


The Vikings came back in the third quarter when Robert Fergusonbroke free of Ricky Manning's tackle at the Minnesota 40 andraced another 59 yards before Charles Tillman caught him at the1-yard line.


"It was a little crossing route and I just tried to squeezethrough the defenders," said Ferguson, who was suffering allweek with the flu. "I was running on fumes just short of theend zone."


Peterson plowed in on the next play to bring the Vikings towithin a point at 13-12 with 10:29 left in the quarter. A lowsnap caused Longwell to pull the extra point attempt to theleft.


Jackson completed 18-of-29 passes for 249 yards and threeinterceptions. He left the game with a leg cramp one playbefore Peterson's decisive score. Bollinger handed off toPeterson for the decisive score before running in for theconversion.


"I don't know if I didn't communicate something with(Peterson)," Bollinger said. "I thought he was going one way,and he was going the other. It worked out pretty well."