The first 16 teams to do it combined for an. That made Minnesota the 17th team in the Super Bowl era to take a lead of at least seven points in each of the first 11 games. The Vikings scored on their second drive of the game when Cousins hit Thielen on a 2-yard pass on fourth-and-goal to take a 7-0 lead. The Vikings have allowed 66 points in the final two minutes of the first half, the most for any team through 11 games since at least 2000. The Niners used an 87-yard drive to tie the game late in the second quarter on Garoppolo’s 3-yard pass to Jauan Jennings with 18 seconds left in the half. Mitchell ran it in from 6 yards on the next play. The 49ers scored twice in a 22-second span of the third quarter starting when Samuel capped the first drive of the half with a 3-yard run.Īzeez Al-Shaair got an interception on the next play from scrimmage, capping Cousins' streak of 212 straight passes without an interception. Minnesota drove to the San Francisco 38 before turning it over on downs when Cousins missed Jefferson on fourth-and-8. The Niners drove down into field-goal range, but Robbie Gould missed from 42 yards with 1:56 left and a chance to put the game away. But he also had an interception that set up a short San Francisco scoring drive in the third quarter and couldn't connect with Justin Jefferson on the fourth down from the 3 after burning a timeout when he lined up under the guard instead of the center. Kirk Cousins threw for 238 yards and two TDs to Adam Thielen for the Vikings (5-6). It was about eliminating that and we didn’t do it.” They have a lot of people to block and open up for it. “We knew that their run game was really good. “They came with it,” Vikings linebacker Erick Kendricks said. San Francisco finished with 208 yards rushing on 39 carries. Samuel had six carries for 66 yards and also caught one pass for 15 yards before leaving with a groin injury that he hopes is not serious. Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 230 yards and a TD, but the Niners once again did more of their work on the ground with Samuel's two scores making him the first receiver since the merger to run for five TDs in a season. But I’m proud of our guys and how they handled it.” It’s not always the most fun tense-wise for everybody. When two teams are playing inspired and have everything on the line, that’s why it’s a good football game for people to watch. “We have ground to make up and that’s why we believed it would be like a playoff game. “I think both of us are playing really good ball these last couple of weeks,” Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said. 500 teams fighting for wild-card spots was a highly entertaining one with six scores in the third quarter alone, including a 99-yard kickoff return score by Minnesota's Kene Nwangwu.īut the 49ers (6-5) made just enough plays, including a fourth-down stop near the goal line midway through the fourth quarter to win their third straight following a stretch of five losses in six games. We had to execute better and now we're starting to execute at the right time.”
“We're all excited to be back in the mix and have the season in our control,” defensive end Nick Bosa said. The midseason skid that looked as though it could derail the San Francisco 49ers season is firmly in the past.Īfter getting back to a successful formula of dominating on the ground, the Niners have won three straight games and again look like a contender in the NFC.ĭeebo Samuel ran for two touchdowns before leaving with an injury and Elijah Mitchell rushed for 133 yards and a score, leading the 49ers to a 34-26 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. NFL, San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings 49ers beat Vikings 34-26 for 3rd straight win