DKphin
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MIAMI (1-0) At MINNESOTA (0-1)
Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE — Vikings by 6
RECORD VS. SPREAD — Minnesota 0-0-1; New Orleans 1-0-0
SERIES RECORD — Dolphins lead 6-4
LAST MEETING — Dolphins beat Vikings 24-20, Nov. 19, 2006
LAST WEEK — Dolphins beat Bills 15-10; Vikings lost to Saints 14-9.
VIKINGS OFFENCE — OVERALL (25), RUSH (19), PASS (23)
VIKINGS DEFENCE — OVERALL (17), RUSH (8), PASS (19)
DOLPHINS OFFENCE — OVERALL (19), RUSH (8), PASS (22)
DOLPHINS DEFENCE — OVERALL (1), RUSH (5), PASS (4)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Dolphins looking to go 2-0 for first time since 2002. ... Opened season with 15-10 victory at Buffalo. Win at Minnesota would give them two straight road victories to start season for first time since 1977. ... Dolphins top-ranked run defence held Buffalo rookie C.J. Spiller to 6 yards on seven carries in opener and now faces Vikings star Adrian Peterson. ... In first game as Dolphin, LB Karlos Dansby had sack and led team with eight tackles against Bills. ... Teams pulled off trade late in pre-season with Vikings sending CB Benny Sapp to Dolphins for WR Greg Camarillo. Sapp had three tackles and one pass defenced against Bills. Camarillo had one catch for 29 yards against Saints. ... Game features marquee matchup with Dolphins Pro Bowler LT Jake Long against Vikings DE Jared Allen, who leads NFL with 72 sacks since 2004. ... Vikings QB Brett Favre is two TD passes away from 500 for his career. ... Home opener for Vikings, who went 9-0, including victory over Dallas in NFC playoff semifinals, at Metrodome in 2009. ... TE Visanthe Shiancoe caught lone TD for Vikings last week. Now has 12 TD catches from Favre in 17 regular season games. ... Vikings will wear throwback uniforms to commemorate 50th NFL season.
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Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE — Vikings by 6
RECORD VS. SPREAD — Minnesota 0-0-1; New Orleans 1-0-0
SERIES RECORD — Dolphins lead 6-4
LAST MEETING — Dolphins beat Vikings 24-20, Nov. 19, 2006
LAST WEEK — Dolphins beat Bills 15-10; Vikings lost to Saints 14-9.
VIKINGS OFFENCE — OVERALL (25), RUSH (19), PASS (23)
VIKINGS DEFENCE — OVERALL (17), RUSH (8), PASS (19)
DOLPHINS OFFENCE — OVERALL (19), RUSH (8), PASS (22)
DOLPHINS DEFENCE — OVERALL (1), RUSH (5), PASS (4)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Dolphins looking to go 2-0 for first time since 2002. ... Opened season with 15-10 victory at Buffalo. Win at Minnesota would give them two straight road victories to start season for first time since 1977. ... Dolphins top-ranked run defence held Buffalo rookie C.J. Spiller to 6 yards on seven carries in opener and now faces Vikings star Adrian Peterson. ... In first game as Dolphin, LB Karlos Dansby had sack and led team with eight tackles against Bills. ... Teams pulled off trade late in pre-season with Vikings sending CB Benny Sapp to Dolphins for WR Greg Camarillo. Sapp had three tackles and one pass defenced against Bills. Camarillo had one catch for 29 yards against Saints. ... Game features marquee matchup with Dolphins Pro Bowler LT Jake Long against Vikings DE Jared Allen, who leads NFL with 72 sacks since 2004. ... Vikings QB Brett Favre is two TD passes away from 500 for his career. ... Home opener for Vikings, who went 9-0, including victory over Dallas in NFC playoff semifinals, at Metrodome in 2009. ... TE Visanthe Shiancoe caught lone TD for Vikings last week. Now has 12 TD catches from Favre in 17 regular season games. ... Vikings will wear throwback uniforms to commemorate 50th NFL season.
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