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Tracking The Takeaways
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Takeaways have been a big part of the Vikings' recent dominance over the Lions; during their 10-game winning streak in the series, the Vikings won the turnover battle eight times and tied the other two. They added five more takeaways Sunday -- giving them 15 against Detroit in three games under coach Brad Childress -- but it was countered by four Tarvaris Jackson interceptions and the fumbled snap in overtime that led to the Vikings' downfall:
Date Location Turnovers (int/fum) Result
Lions Vikings
Oct. 13, 2002 Minnesota 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) Vikings 31-24
Dec. 29, 2002 Detroit 3 (3/0) 2 (1/1) Vikings 38-36
Sept. 21, 2003 Detroit 3 (3/0) 1 (1/0) Vikings 23-13
Nov. 23, 2003 Minnesota 4 (4/0) 2 (1/1) Vikings 24-14
Nov. 21, 2004 Minnesota 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) Vikings 22-19
Dec. 19, 2004 Detroit 3 (2/1) 1 (1/0) Vikings 28-27
Nov. 6, 2005 Minnesota 3 (2/1) 1 (0/1) Vikings 27-14
Dec. 4, 2005 Detroit 1 (0/1) 0 (0/0) Vikings 21-16
Oct. 8, 2006 Minnesota 4 (3/1) 3 (1/2) Vikings 26-17
Dec. 10, 2006 Detroit 6 (3/3) 2 (1/1) Vikings 30-20
Sept. 16, 2007 Detroit 5 (3/2) 5 (4/1) Lions 20-17 (OT)
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| Date/Opponent | Time | W | L | Score |
| Sep 13 - at Cleveland | 12:00 PM | 1 | 0 | 34-20 |
| Sep 20 - at Detroit | 12:00 PM | 2 | 0 | 27-13 |
| Sep 27 - vs. San Francisco | 12:00 PM | 3 | 0 | 27-24 |
| Oct 5 - vs. Green Bay | 7:30 PM | 4 | 0 | 30-23 |
| Oct 11 - at St. Louis | 12:00 PM | 5 | 0 | 38-10 |
| Oct 18 - vs. Baltimore | 12:00 PM | 6 | 0 | 33-31 |
| Oct 25 - at Pittsburgh | 12:00 PM | 6 | 1 | 17-27 |
| Nov 1 - at Green Bay | 3:15 PM | 7 | 1 | 38-26 |
| Open | ||||
| Nov 15 - vs. Detroit | 12:00 PM | 8 | 1 | 27-10 |
| Nov 22 - vs. Seattle | 12:00 PM | 9 | 1 | 35-9 |
| Nov 29 - vs. Chicago | 3:15 PM | |||
| Dec 6 - at Arizona | 7:20 PM | |||
| Dec 13 - vs. Cincinnati | 12:00 PM | |||
| Dec 20 - at Carolina | 7:20 PM | |||
| Dec 28 - at Chicago | 7:30 PM | |||
| Jan 3 - vs. NY Giants | 12:00 PM |
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