Vikings to Renew Rivalry with Bears at Soldier…

Vikings RB Dalvin Cook with Edwards and DT Eddie Goldman at Florida State

Minnesota T Brian O’Neill and Chicago TE J.P. Holtz at Pittsburgh

Vikings TE Irv Smith, Jr., and Tomlinson with Bears S Eddie Jackson at Alabama

Minnesota RB Kene Nwangwu with Chicago RB David Montgomery at Iowa State

Herndon with Burns and Bears S Deon Bush at Miami

Vikings G Wyatt Davis with Bears QB Justin Fields at Ohio State

Minnesota T Blake Brandel with Chicago RB Ryan Nall at Oregon State

Vikings T Christian Darrisaw with Bears RB Khalil Herbert at Virginia Tech

VIKINGS TOP PERFORMERS VS. BEARS

Kirk Cousins: 7 games (2 starts with WAS, 5 with MIN), 3-4 as a starter (1-4 with MIN); 168-of-246 passing, 68.3 completion percentage, 1,760 passing yards, 9 TDs, 5 INT, 92.5 passer rating

Dalvin Cook: 5 games; 88 carries, 314 rushing yards, 2 TDs

Adam Thielen: 13 games; 36 receptions, 374 yards, 4 TDs

Justin Jefferson: 2 games; 16 receptions, 239 yards

Harrison Smith: 15 games; 73 tackles, 5 INT, 110 interception return yards (56-yard TD), 1 FR, 9 PD

Bashaud Breeland: 4 games (2 starts with Washington, 1 with Green Bay, 1 with Kansas City); 10 tackles, 2 INT, 4 passes defended

(tackles are league stats)

VIKINGS BIG DAYS VS. BEARS

Cousins: 25-of-36 passing (69.4 percent), 292 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, passer rating of 100.7 at Soldier Field on Nov. 16, 2020

Jefferson: 8 catches, 135 yards at Soldier Field on Nov. 16, 2020

Thielen: 3 catches, 68 yards (first career receiving TD on a 44-yard catch) on Dec. 28, 2014

Smith: 56-yard interception return for a touchdown, 7 tackles vs. Chicago on Dec. 9, 2012

Breeland (with Washington on Dec. 24, 2016): 2 INT, 1 kickoff return for 18 yards

VIKINGS-BEARS SERIES NOTES

1. The Vikings have a 61-57-2 record against the Bears, a series that began in Minnesota’s Inaugural Game. Fran Tarkenton came off the bench to throw four touchdowns and rushed for another to spark the massive upset.

2. The two longest pass plays in Vikings history have come against the Bears. Tarkenton completed an 89-yard touchdown pass to Charley Ferguson on Nov. 11, 1962, and Gus Frerotte set an unbreakable record with a 99-yard touchdown to Bernard Berrian on Nov. 30, 2008.

3. Except for the strike-shortened 1982 season, the teams have met twice yearly in every regular season. This will be the latest first meeting of a season between the squads in series history.

Longest Vikings winning streak in series: 8 games (Dec. 3, 1972 – Oct. 10, 1976)

Longest Vikings losing streak in series: 6 games, twice (Dec. 11, 1983 – Oct. 5, 1986 an Dec. 28, 2009 — Nov. 25, 2012)