Dan Bailey kicked a game-winning, 23-yard field goal with 1:49 remaining in overtime and Kirk Cousins passed for 305 yards and three touchdowns as the host Minnesota Vikings defeated the reeling Jacksonville Jaguars, 27-24, on Sunday for their fifth win in six games.
Jaguars quarterback Mike Glennon threw two interceptions, fumbled and was sacked in the end zone for a safety in Jacksonville's franchise-record 11th straight loss. Vikings safety Harrison Smith snagged Glennon's second interception inside Jaguars territory to set up Bailey's game-winning kick.
Justin Jefferson had nine catches for 121 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings, who outgained the Jaguars 420-390. Dalvin Cook overcame a slow start to finish with 32 carries for 120 yards.
Minnesota (6-6) remained in the NFC playoff hunt by regrouping after the Jaguars took a 16-6 lead early in the third quarter, their largest advantage of the season. The Vikings scored 18 consecutive points to take a 24-16 lead with 3:50 to go, but the Jaguars (1-11) rallied to tie the game with 1:08 to go on James Robinson's 1-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion pass from Glennon to Collin Johnson.
Moments after Bailey missed a 51-yard field goal that would have put Minnesota ahead with 13 seconds to go, Jaguars placekicker Chase McLaughlin, who was on the Vikings' practice squad this season, was short on a 62-yard field-goal attempt as time expired, sending the game to overtime.
Cousins was 28-of-43 passing for 305 yards, three touchdowns, one interception and a lost fumble. Glennon was 28-of-42 passing for 280 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, while Robinson had 18 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown.
Jacksonville added quickly to its three-point halftime lead, as linebacker Joe Schobert snagged a Cousins screen pass and raced 43 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown with 14:50 remaining in the third quarter. It marked the second successive week the Vikings have allowed a defensive touchdown on the first play of the second half.
--Field Level Media
Jacksonville | Minnesota | |
James Robinson | Player | Dalvin Cook |
18 | Attempts | 32 |
78 | Yards | 120 |
4.3 | Avg Yards | 3.8 |
1 | Touchdowns | 0 |
15 | Long | 12 |
Jacksonville | Minnesota | |
Collin Johnson | Player | Justin Jefferson |
4 | Receptions | 9 |
66 | Yards | 121 |
16.5 | Avg Yards | 13.4 |
0 | Touchdowns | 1 |
34 | Long | 40 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Jacksonville | 390 | 124 | 266 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 |
Minnesota | 420 | 145 | 275 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 |