Regular season game 1: Minnesota Vikings at St. Louis Rams
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Game time: Sunday, Noon CT from Edward Jones Dome
NATIONAL TELEVISION: FOX
LOCAL RADIO: KFAN-FM 100.3/KTCN-AM 1130
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10 Fun facts about Vikings vs. Rams
The Vikings are 29-23-1 all-time in opening games.
Entering week 1, Cordarrelle Patterson has scored a touchdown in five consecutive games. If he makes it six he will tie for third-place in Vikings history.
Week 1 will mark Cullen Loeffler’s 156th game as a Viking, tying him for 25th place on the team’s all-time list.
Adrian Peterson needs 170 net yards to tie Cris Carter’s team record for most combined net yards (12,410).
Adrian Peterson needs 2 TDs to tie Randy Moss (93) for second place on the Vikings’ all-time list.
The last time the Vikings played the Rams, Blair Walsh tied an NFL record for most 50-plus yard field goals in a game with three.
Rams Head Coach Jeff Fisher played defensive back under current Vikings OC Norv Turner in 1980 when Turner coached DBs at USC.
Rams week 1 starting QB Shaun Hill entered the NFL in 2002 as an undrafted free agent with the Vikings. Hill was with the Vikings from 2002-06.
Norv Turner served as a coach with the Rams when they were in Los Angeles. He was on the LA Rams staff in 1988 when they played the Vikings in the playoffs.
Vikings DB coach Jerry Gray went to four Pro Bowls as a member of the Los Angeles Rams.