Vikings Advance to NFC Championship
The Minnesota Vikings will meet the New Orleans Saints in the NFC championship Sunday. The Vikings advanced to the conference championship game with a 34-3 pounding of the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round playoff game.
Quarterback Brett Favre and wide receiver Sidney Rice combined for three touchdowns passes while Favre threw a fourth TD pass to Visanthe Shiancoe. The four TD passes was a career playoff high for Favre.
Viking championship shirts are available, marking them as the 2009 NFC North Division champs.
The Vikings won the NFC North championship with a 12-4 record. That earned them a #2 seed in the NFC and a first round bye. Dallas won in the wildcard round to advance to the divisional round playoff against Minnesota.
But the Cowboys were completely shut down by the Minnesota defense. The Vikings forced four fumbles, two of which they recovered, and intercepted one Tony Romo pass. Ray Edwards led the Viking defense with three sacks while Cedric Griffin and Ben Leber had nine and eight tackles, respectively.
The Vikings will play the New Orleans Saints Sunday January 24 in the NFC championship game. The game will be in New Orleans by virtue of the Saints earning the number one seed with a 13-3 regular season record. The Vikes were 12-4 in the regular season.
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