FYI: Washington Redskins (7-7) at Minnesota Vikings (8-6)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007...12:30 am by Lee Gibbons

FYI: Washington Redskins (7-7) at Minnesota Vikings (8-6)

SUNDAY NIGHT

WASHINGTON REDSKINS (7-7) AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (8-6)

SERIES

	REDSKINS	VIKINGS
SERIES LEADER	7-6
STREAKS		3 of past 4
COACHES VS. OPP.	Gibbs: 8-1	Childress: 1-0
LAST WEEK	W 22-10 at Giants	W 20-13 vs. Bears
LAST GAME	9/11/06: Vikings 19 at Redskins 16. Minnesota K Ryan Longwell connects from 31 yards with 1:00 remaining to give Vikings head coach Brad Childress victory in coaching debut.
LAST GAME AT SITE	10/18/98: Vikings 41, Redskins 7. Minnesota QB Randall Cunningham passes for 259 yards & 2 TDs. Vikings’ defense registers 5 sacks & allows just 177 total net yards.
BROADCAST	NBC (7:15 PM CT): Al Michaels, John Madden, Andrea Kremer (Field reporter). Westwood One Radio: Dave Sims, Bob Trumpy. SIRIUS: 123 (Westwood); 122 (Was.), 126 (Min.).

STATS

PASSING	Collins: 23-45-390-2-0-95.6	Jackson: 130-222-1,516-6-10-69.6
RUSHING	Portis: 280-1,082 (3C)-3.9-8	Peterson (R): 218-1,278 (1C)-5.9-12 (1C)
RECEIVING	Cooley (TE): 60-711-11.9-7	Wade: 46-521-11.3-1
OFFENSE	329.5	339.1
TAKE/GIVE	-7	+7 (3C)
DEFENSE	317.0	334.4
SACKS	Carter: 10.5	Edwards, Udeze: 5
INTs	Fletcher: 3	Sharper, Smith: 4
PUNTING	Frost: 40.9	Kluwe: 44.4
KICKING	Suisham: 101 (23/24 PAT; 26/32 FG)	Longwell: 93 (36/37 PAT; 19/22 FG)

NOTES

REDSKINS: QB TODD COLLINS led team to win last week in 1st start since 12/14/97. Passed for 299 yards in only start vs. Min. (8/31/97 with Buf.)…In only game at Min. (10/19/03 with Den.), RB CLINTON PORTIS rushed for 117 yards & 1 TD. Had 126 yards & 1 TD last week. When Portis has 100+ rush yards, his teams are 27-9 (.750). Had TD in last meeting. RB-KR ROCK CARTWRIGHT is 3rd in NFC with 26.1 KR avg…TE CHRIS COOLEY has 26 TDs since entering NFL in 2004, most in NFC among TEs. WR SANTANA MOSS has 8 catches for 180 yards (22.5 avg.) in 2 career games vs. Min. Incl. playoffs, WR-PR ANTWAAN RANDLE EL has 22 TDs (11 rec., 6 PR, 4 pass, 1 KR)…DE ANDRE CARTER has 14.5 sacks in past 19. DE DEMETRIC EVANS has 2.5 sacks in 2 meetings & aims for 3rd in row vs. Min. with 1+ sack. DE PHILLIP DANIELS has 5 sacks in past 9 vs. Min. CB FRED SMOOT played 2 seasons in Min. (2005-06)…VIKINGS: Aim for 6th consecutive win. Averaging 31.8 points per game in past 5. QB TARVARIS JACKSON has won 6 starts in row & is 8-2 (.800) as starter this year. Passed for career-high 249 yards last week…Club leads NFL in rushing (172.2). Rookie RB ADRIAN PETERSON leads NFL averaging 106.5 yards per game. Leads NFC with 1,278 rushing yards & can become 1st rookie to lead NFC since HOFer BARRY SANDERS in 1989. Ran for 2 TDs last week & is 2nd in NFL with 12 rush TDs. RB CHESTER TAYLOR has 443 rush yards (88.6 per game) & 6 TDs in past 5. Rushed for 88 yards & 1 TD in last meeting…WR BOBBY WADE leads team with career-high 46 catches & 521 yards…Rush defense leads NFL allowing 67.9 yards per game. Club led NFL in category last season (61.6). DT KEVIN WILLIAMS has 1.5 sacks, 1 INT & 1 FF in 2 career meetings. S DARREN SHARPER has 48 INTs since 2000, most in NFL.