SNF Highlights: Packers 44 – Vikings 31

MINNEAPOLIS – Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes to Jordy Nelson and Green Bay pounded the ball on the ground in a 44-31 over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football.

The Packers ran the ball 42 times in all for 182 yards. Eddie Lacy was the workhorse, picking up 94 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries.

The game started in record-breaking fashion for Minnesota, as Cordarelle Patterson took the opening kickoff back 109 yards for a touchdown to set a new NFL mark for longest kickoff return. Micah Hyde of the Packers also had a long return for a TD on a punt late in the first half. Hyde’s return went for 93 yards.

Kevin Kugler and James Lofton called the action on WestwoodOne Sports.

(Cordarrelle Patterson returns the opening kickoff an NFL-record 109 yards for a TD)

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(Green Bay ties it at 7-7 on Jordy Nelson’s TD grab)

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(It’s 17-10 as Nelson breaks away for a long TD)

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(Micah Hyde’s 93-yd punt return TD makes it 24-10 Green Bay)

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(Adrian Peterson’s TD run cuts it to 24-17)

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(Eddie Lacy’s TD run makes it 31-17)

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(It’s 38-17 after a 25-yd James Starks TD run)

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(Eddie Lacy’s postgame interview with WestwoodOne sideline reporter Darren Sharper)

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(Postgame recap from Kevin Kugler and James Lofton)

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