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MINNESOTA (4-2) at CHICAGO (2-4) Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox OPENING LINE -- Vikings by 2 1/2 RECORD VS SPREAD -- Vikings 5-1, Bears 3-3 SERIES RECORD -- Vikings lead 55-51-2 LAST MEETING -- Vikings beat Bears 13-9, Dec. 28, 2014 LAST WEEK -- Vikings beat Detroit, 28-19; Bears had bye, lost to Lions 37-34, OT, on Oct. 18 AP PRO32 RANKINGS -- Vikings No. 9, Bears No. 25 VIKINGS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (30), RUSH (6), PASS (30) VIKINGS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (7), RUSH (13), PASS (11) BEARS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (27), RUSH (16), PASS (24) BEARS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (10), RUSH (25), PASS (6) STREAKS, STATS AND Game notes
Bears have won 13 of 14 home games against Minnesota and seven straight against Vikings at Soldier Field. Lost in 2007, when Adrian Peterson ran for 224 yards -- most ever by Bears opponent. ... Win over Detroit was Vikings' first on road against division opponent since they beat Lions on Sept. 30, 2012. ... Vikings have league-low 35 penalties. ... Minnesota sacked Matthew Stafford seven times last week. ... Coach Mike Zimmer is from Lockport, Illinois, about 35 miles from Soldier Field. ... Peterson ranks fourth in NFL with 530 yards rushing, including 75-yard run against Lions. In 12 games against Chicago, he has 1,396 yards and 14 TDs. ... QB Teddy Bridgewater threw for 316 yards, one shy of career high, last week. ... Rookie WR Stefon Diggs aiming for third straight 100-yard game. ... LB Eric Kendricks is tied for NFL rookies lead with four sacks -- all in past three games. ... Bears coach John Fox is 10-3 in games following bye: 6-3 with Carolina, 4-0 with Denver. ... QB Jay Cutler, with 136 TD passes for Chicago, needs one to tie Hall of Famer Sid Luckman's team record. ... Matt Forte ranks second among NFL RBs to Atlanta's Devonta Freeman with 698 scrimmage yards. ... Martellus Bennett is tied for third among NFL TEs with 34 catches. ... LB Pernell McPhee leads team with four sacks. ... Bears cut DL Jeremiah Ratliff last week after heated discussion with GM Ryan Pace, and signed former Pittsburgh and Jacksonville DL Ziggy Hood. Fantasy Tip: This would be a good week to have Peterson given his production and Bears' struggles against running game. --- AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL
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