Vikings Visiting AFC North Leader Ravens in Week 9

VIKINGS TOP PERFORMERS VS. RAVENS

Kirk Cousins: 2 games (with Washington), 1-0 as a starter; 31-of-43 passing, 72.1 completion percentage, 286 passing yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, 95.7 passer rating

Adam Thielen: 1 game; 5 receptions for 41 yards on 12 targets

Everson Griffen: 2 games; 8 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 1 FF

Eric Kendricks: 1 game; 13 tackles, 10 solo, 4 TFL

Nick Vigil: 6 games with Cincinnati; 44 tackles, 1.0 sack, 1 FR, 1 INT, 4 PD

Sheldon Richardson: 6 games with New York Jets (2) and Cleveland (4); 32 tackles, 8 TFL, 3.0 sacks, 1 FR

VIKINGS BIG DAYS VS. RAVENS

Cousins: 29-of-41 passing (70.7 percent), 260 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, passer rating of 85.4 with Washington at Baltimore on Oct. 9, 2016

Everson Griffen: 2.0 sacks, 1 FF in Minnesota on Oct. 22, 2017

VIKINGS-RAVENS SERIES NOTES

1. The Vikings are 3-3 against the Ravens, a series that began in 1998 with a 38-28 victory in Baltimore. The Vikings have lost the three games there since (2001, 2005 and 2013).

2. The six previous are the second-fewest vs. any current team for Minnesota. The series also is the tightest, with an all-time point differential of 6 (Baltimore has scored 153 and allowed 147). Houston (five games) is the only current team that Minnesota has played fewer times.

3. Minnesota and Baltimore combined for 42 points in the fourth quarter of their 2013 game, the most in a Vikings game. The Ravens entered the fourth quarter with a 7-6 lead and eventually prevailed 29-26 by scoring the winning touchdown with four seconds remaining.

Longest Vikings winning streak in series: 1 game (Victories occurred Dec. 13, 1998, Oct. 18, 2009 and Oct. 22, 2017)

Longest Vikings losing streak in series: 2 games (Jan. 7, 2002 through Dec. 25, 2005)