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November 21, 2016

Vikings beat visiting Cardinals 30-24

Filed under: Football — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 12:48

With the CFL’s Eastern and Western conference finals being played, there was no Canadian broadcast coverage of the Arizona Cardinals visiting Minnesota that I could access, so I had to follow the course of the game on Twitter. Many Vikings bloggers were billing this game as a make-or-break for the Vikings season after enduring a four-game losing streak and yet more injuries on the offensive line. It would be especially important because the team is playing again on Thursday in Detroit. Another loss and a short week before facing the Lions at home was probably going to be too steep a hill to climb.

During the pre-game introductions, a Fox sound technician had an unwelcome encounter with the Vikings defence:

Despite the violence of the collision, he was able to continue working after the hit, and had a brief cameo during the halftime coverage.

The Vikings scored first (although they had to challenge the initial ruling on the field) on a Sam Bradford pass to Adam Thielen at the goal line:

They also had to challenge the initial ruling on their second touchdown play, on a two-yard plunge by Matt Asiata. The extra point was blocked (according to several reports, the first successful conversion got the biggest cheer anyone had ever heard for a single point). Late in the first half, the Cardinals were driving for the go-ahead score, but Carson Palmer’s pass was intercepted by cornerback Xavier Rhodes on the goal line and run back for a touchdown:

It was the longest interception return in team history, beating a 97-yard return by Reggie Rutland in a game against the Los Angeles Rams in December 1991.

To start the second half, Cordarrelle Patterson took the kickoff back for a touchdown:

Later in the half, Arizona fans were probably getting quite irate about the officials, if even the Viking bloggers were commenting about it:

Then the Cardinals got a break as Sam Bradford was sacked and the ball was recovered by Arizona, with just over nine minutes left in the game. The home crowd was tense:

Eventually, Xavier Rhodes notched his second interception of Palmer and the game was out of reach for the Cardinals.

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