Vikings Game Today: Bills Lead the Vikings 10-6 at Halftime on Monday Night Football
Monday night's meeting of 6-1 teams is a defensive game at the half in Minneapolis: Josh Allen's perfect late touchdown drive gave Buffalo a 10-3 lead, and Will Reichard's 53-yard field goal at the gun pulled Minnesota within 10-6.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Vikings game today is a field-goal fight at halftime. Buffalo leads Minnesota 10-6 at U.S. Bank Stadium on Monday Night Football, in a first half that produced one touchdown, three field goals and two defenses that have given up almost nothing cheap.
Buffalo scored first after back-to-back turnovers, on Tyler Bass's 39-yard field goal, and Will Reichard tied it 3-3 from 43 yards with four minutes left in the half. Then Josh Allen took over the half's last real drive: six completions in six attempts for 71 yards on an 80-yard march, finished by a 25-yard touchdown to rookie tight end Keleki Latu — the first touchdown of Latu's career — with 44 seconds left.
Minnesota answered with its best drive of the night, 46 yards in seven plays, and Reichard hit from 53 yards with five seconds left to make it 10-6 at the break. The halftime numbers tell the defensive story: Buffalo outgained Minnesota just 142-86 and held the ball for 20:29 of the half, with Carson Wentz — starting for the inactive Kyler Murray — still looking for a rhythm against the Bills' front.
Minnesota receives the second-half kickoff. The winner leaves Monday night alone at 7-1; the Sports Desk files the final when the game ends.
