EDITOR’S NOTE: This in an abbreviated Game Notes looking at Sunday’s Vikings-Saints game. Sometimes you get what you pay for here. Hopefully the full Game Notes will return next week.
The Minnesota Vikings will play their third game in London Sunday when they play the New Orleans Saints at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Kickoff is at 8:30 a.m. The game is being televised by the NFL Network with Kevin Kugler on play-by-play, Mark Sanchez as analyst and Laura Okmin and Jamie Erdahl on the sidelines. It will also be available on KSTP-TV.
The Vikings will be wearing purple jerseys and pants, the same combo Minnesota donned in its Wild Card Round upset of New Orleans in January 2020 (and in a 2020 regular-season loss there on Christmas). It will be the 10th occurrence all-time for the team to wear purple jerseys and pants.
This will be the third regular-season appearance in London by each team. Minnesota and New Orleans are each 2-0 in previous contests.
Scores
Scores in the Minnesota Vikings-New Orleans Saints series
Vikings lead the series 23-13
10-13-1968: New Orleans Saints 20, Minnesota Vikings 17
09-27-1970: Minnesota Vikings 26, New Orleans Saints 0
11-21-1971: Minnesota Vikings 23, New Orleans Saints 10
11-05-1972: Minnesota Vikings 37, New Orleans Saints 6
12-01-1974: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 9
11-16-1975: Minnesota Vikings 20, New Orleans Saints 7
09-12-1976: Minnesota Vikings 40, New Orleans Saints 9
09-03-1978: New Orleans Saints 31, Minnesota Vikings 24
11-30-1980: Minnesota Vikings 23, New Orleans Saints 20
11-15-1981: Minnesota Vikings 20, New Orleans Saints 10
11-27-1983: New Orleans Saints 17, Minnesota Vikings 16
11-24-1985: New Orleans Saints 30, Minnesota Vikings 23
12-21-1986: Minnesota Vikings 33, New Orleans Saints 17
01-03-1988: Minnesota Vikings 44, New Orleans Saints 10
12-04-1988: Minnesota Vikings 45, New Orleans Saints 3 (NFC Wild Card)
09-16-1990: Minnesota Vikings 32, New Orleans Saints 3
09-22-1991: New Orleans Saints 26, Minnesota Vikings 0
11-28-1993: New Orleans Saints 17, Minnesota Vikings 14
11-06-1994: Minnesota Vikings 21, New Orleans Saints 20
11-19-1995: Minnesota Vikings 43, New Orleans Saints 24
11-08-1998: Minnesota Vikings 31, New Orleans Saints 24
01-06-2001: Minnesota Vikings 34, New Orleans Saints 16
10-07-2001: New Orleans Saints 28, Minnesota Vikings 15 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
12-15-2002: Minnesota Vikings 32, New Orleans Saints 31
10-17-2004: Minnesota Vikings 38, New Orleans Saints 31
09-25-2005: Minnesota Vikings 33, New Orleans Saints 16
10-06-2008: Minnesota Vikings 30, New Orleans Saints 27
01-24-2010: New Orleans Saints 31, Minnesota Vikings 28 (OT) (NFC Champiopnship)
09-09-2010: New Orleans Saints 14, Minnesota Vikings 9
12-18-2011: New Orleans Saints 42, Minnesota Vikings 20
09-21-2014: New Orleans Saints 20, Minnesota Vikings 9
09-11-2017: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 19
01-14-2018: Minnesota Vikings 29, New Orleans Saints 24 (NFC Divisional Playoff)
10-28-2018: New Orleans Saints 30, Minnesota Vikings 20
01-05-2020: Minnesota Vikings 26, New Orleans Saints 20 (OT) (NFC Wild Card)
12-25-2020: New Orleans Saints 52, Minnesota Vikings 33
Points scored: Minnesota Vikings 946, New Orleans Saints 714