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10 Vikings-Packers Numbers of Note

4 — interceptions this season by Harrison Smith, who picked off Jay Cutler and returned the ball 52 yards Sunday; Smith is tied for third in the NFL in the category this season and has nine picks for his career, including the last interception that Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers threw at Lambeau Field (Dec. 2, 2012); Rodgers has just three interceptions this season

6 — Vikings players with 20 or more receptions this season, led by 36 catches for 463 yards by Greg Jennings and followed by 28 receptions for 332 yards by Cordarrelle Patterson; Jarius Wright (26 for 315), Matt Asiata (25 for 211), Jerick McKinnon (24 for 126) and Chase Ford (20 for 216) round out the list

8 — NFL ranking for Minnesota's pass defense and Green Bay's pass offense; the Vikings are allowing 225.2 passing yards per game, and the Packers have averaged 267.3 passing yards per game; Minnesota ranks 12th in total defense (340.5 yards allowed per game) and Green Bay ranks ninth in total offense (369.5 yards per game)

14 and (plus-14) — the first number references the number of total takeaways by the Vikings defense this season that includes interceptions by Xavier Rhodes (first of his career) and Smith in Week 10; the second instance refers to the Packers league-leading turnover ratio; Green Bay has recorded 22 take-aways and has committed just eight giveaways this season

17 (and 18) — respective rankings of yards rushing this season for Green Bay's Eddie Lacy (547 yards) and Minnesota's Jerick McKinnon (484 yards), who has the second highest rushing total among rookies this season

19 — combined receiving touchdowns for Green Bay's Randall Cobb, whose 10 TD catches are second-most in the NFL, and Jordy Nelson, who is tied for third in the league; Nelson's 998 receiving yards rank third, and Cobb's 779 are 12th this season

20.6 — kickoff return average allowed by the Vikings, which ranks fourth in the NFL; the Packers are averaging 21.7 return yards on kickoffs this season (26th) but rank second in the NFL with a punt return average of 13.3 yards; Minnesota's opponents are averaging 7.1 yards per punt return (eighth-best in the NFL)

52 — number of times the Vikings have hosted the Packers; Minnesota is 26-26 in those games and 49-57-2 all-time against Green Bay; this will be the first outdoor game between the two teams in Minnesota since 1981 and the second time the teams have met on the campus of the University of Minnesota (a 19-7 win by the Vikings in 1969 at Memorial Stadium where TCF Bank Stadium now stands)

120.1 — NFL leading passer rating for Rodgers, which is fueled by his league-bests of 8.9 TD percentage and 1.0 interception percentage; Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater has a passer rating of 75.0, which is second among rookies by 1.8 points; Rodgers ranks first in the league with a 126.7 rating on third down, and Bridgewater is 17th in the league with a passer rating of 89.3 on third downs

208 — points scored by Green Bay in first halves this season, which is more than double the 95 points allowed by the Packers in the same stanzas; Green Bay has scored 31 or more in six games this season, including the past two weeks with 55-14 and 53-20 home wins against Chicago and Philadelphia

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