Kirk Cousins completed 30 of 38 passes for 323 yards and three touchdowns as the Minnesota Vikings earned their first victory of the season, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 30-17 Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Alexander Mattison, playing for Dalvin Cook, who was sidelined by an ankle injury, rushed 26 times for 112 yards for the Vikings (1-2) and added 59 yards on six receptions.
Greg Joseph, who missed a last-second, 37-yard field goal attempt that would've given the Vikings a victory at Arizona last week, made all three of his kicks to account for all of the scoring after the intermission.
The Seahawks (1-2) blew a double-digit lead for the second consecutive week after losing to visiting Tennessee 33-30 in overtime the previous Sunday.
Russell Wilson was 23-of-32 passing for 298 yards and a touchdown for the Seahawks. Chris Carson rushed 12 times for 80 yards and a score.
The Vikings rallied from an early 17-7 deficit.
Cousins found Adam Thielen for a 15-yard touchdown pass to cut Seattle's lead to 17-14 with 5:28 left in the first half.
Seattle had a chance to score on its first four drives of the game, but Jason Myers missed a 44-yard field goal late in the second quarter. It snapped a streak of 37 consecutive field goals for Myers, the fourth-longest in NFL history.
The Vikings took advantage, with Cousins driving them down the field and hitting Justin Jefferson with a 3-yard touchdown pass with 16 seconds left in the half to give Minnesota a 21-17 advantage. Jefferson had a game-high nine receptions for 118 yards.
The Seahawks tallied on their first drive of the game, as Wilson hit DK Metcalf with a 10-yard scoring strike.The Vikings responded with a 70-yard drive capped by Cousins' 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tyler Conklin.
Seattle got a 53-yard field goal from Myers with 27 seconds left in the opening quarter to take a 10-7 lead. The Seahawks scored again on their next possession as Carson rushed for a 30-yard TD, making it 17-7.
--Field Level Media
Seattle | Minnesota | |
Chris Carson | Player | Alexander Mattison |
12 | Attempts | 26 |
80 | Yards | 112 |
6.7 | Avg Yards | 4.3 |
1 | Touchdowns | 0 |
30 | Long | 24 |
Seattle | Minnesota | |
DK Metcalf | Player | Justin Jefferson |
6 | Receptions | 9 |
107 | Yards | 118 |
17.8 | Avg Yards | 13.1 |
1 | Touchdowns | 1 |
28 | Long | 28 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sck | FF |
Seattle | 389 | 106 | 283 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 |
Minnesota | 453 | 140 | 313 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |