On another day, it would have been bigger news.

After all, it's not every day that an NFL running back sets a couple of franchise records and passes the 6,000-yard rushing barrier on the same day. If the Vikings hadn't faded down the stretch yet again you can bet Adrian Peterson would have been a lot happier talking about accolades and achievements.

But not Sunday.

"Right now, it doesn't mean anything to me," Peterson said. "We didn't come out with a win."

Peterson ran with his reckless style and -- at least early -- got a lot of help from his line and lead blocker Jim Kleinsasser. For a while it looked like the Vikings game with Tampa Bay was going to be all about A.P.

His 1-yard TD run that gave Minnesota a 7-0 first-quarter lead was the 53rd of his career, giving him the Vikings record, one more than Chuck Foreman and Bill Brown. His explosive 9-yard TD run in the final minute of the second quarter extended that mark.

Peterson's 25 rushes gave him 32 games with 20 or more, another career mark, separating him from Foreman (31) and Robert Smith (30). And his 120 rushing yards gave him an even 6,000 for his career in his 63rd game, easily the fastest in Vikings history.

There's more. He's only the second Vikings back with 6,000 yards, now has 25 career 100-yard games and he's tied with Foreman for second in team history with 36 games scoring a touchdown.

But Peterson didn't feel good. Heck, he didn't seem to feel at all. He seemed numb.

"Yeah, pretty stunned," he said. "It's the second week in a row we let one get away. We've got a job that we need to finish."

His stats mirror the fate of the team. Peterson averaged 5.5 yards on 15 first-half rushes, with two TDs. In the second, he averaged 3.7 yards on 10 rushes as the Vikings ran Peterson into stacked fronts.

"That's one thing we'll have to talk about going forward, the pros and cons of running into an eight-man front versus trying to come up with a better play out of that," Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said.

That's way more important than recording Peterson's inexorable march into the team's record book. Peterson, tied for ninth in league history for most rushing touchdowns in his first five seasons, is also eighth in Vikings history in net yards.

But who cares how many touchdowns he's scored if the team doesn't win? He doesn't.

"It's a big accomplishment, but then again it's a sour taste in my mouth," Peterson said. "Because ultimately, we play to win. It's a great feeling, but we play this game to win and we lost. I'm happy, but then again, I'm not."