While the Minnesota Vikings’ defense hasn’t been recording quite the numbers as far as turnovers that we’ve become accustomed to in recent years, Sunday afternoon’s victory over the New York Giants saw them tie a mark that this franchise hasn’t seen since the days of the Purple People Eaters.
By keeping the Giants’ offense out of the end zone entirely in their 16-13 victory. . .New York’s lone touchdown came on a scoop-and-score fumble recovery. . .it marked the sixth consecutive game that the Vikings’ defense has gone without allowing a passing touchdown.
The last time an opposing offense scored a touchdown through the air against this Vikings defense came back in Week 10, when Lamar Jackson found Mark Andrews for a 2-yard score in the fourth quarter of the Vikings’ 27-19 loss to the Baltimore Ravens at U.S. Bank Stadium. The Vikings’ defense has allowed six touchdowns in the six games that have followed, but they’ve all come via the ground.
That ties the team mark set by the 1969 Vikings, who also went six consecutive games without allowing a touchdown through the air. It’s also one shy of the Super Bowl-era NFL record of seven games, which is currently shared by the 1972 Green Bay Packers, the 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers, and the 1987 Cleveland Browns.
The Vikings are going to have their work cut out for them next week if they’re going to join those three teams at seven straight games without a passing touchdown allowed. They’ve got a short turnaround ahead of them before they host the Detroit Lions and their high-flying offense at U.S. Bank Stadium on Christmas Day.
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