Monday night’s Vikings season opener wasn’t a thing of beauty as they were beaten by the San Francisco 49ers 20-3 at Levis Stadium in San Francisco.
While it was Adrian Peterson’s first game in more than a year, it was a different No. 28 that controlled the night. Carlos Hyde gashed the Vikings defense for 168 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the 49ers to the victory.
We all thought #28 would have a huge game tonight!
— Mark Rosen (@KFANRosen) September 15, 2015
Colin Kaepernick finished 17-of-26 for 165 yards. Kaepernick also ran for 41 yards on the night. He is now 5-0 in his career on Monday night football games.
Hyde and Kapernick led the 49ers offense which put up 395 yards of total offense.
This is the #Vikings' 7th-straight loss on Monday Night Football. Last win: 2009 with Brett Favre over Green Bay.
— Andrew Krammer (@Andrew_Krammer) September 15, 2015
The Vikings offense was much less efficient. Peterson was held to 31 yards rushing, on 10 carries. AP also caught three passes for 21 yards.
Teddy Bridgewater’s night wasn’t much better. Bridgewater completed 23 of 32 passes for 232 yards and an interception.
Now that was an ugly interception by Bridgewater. He's been shaky all night.
— Matt Vensel (@mattvensel) September 15, 2015
Afterwards, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was critical of Bridgewater saying that at times the second-year signal caller looked unsure.
Mike Zimmer said it didn't look like teddy out there
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) September 15, 2015
The Vikings put up just 248 yards against the San Francisco defense, which lost seven starters off its squad from last season.
The Vikings (0-1) return to TCF Bank Stadium Sunday to face NFC North rival Detroit. Kickoff is at noon.
#MNTwins (7) outscored #Vikings (3) today.
The last time that happened on the same day:
September 5, 1993
Twins win 8-3
Vikings lose 24-7— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) September 15, 2015
Scoring Summary
2nd quarter – S.F. Carlos Hyde 10 yd Touchdown run (PAT) 7-0 S.F.
3rd quarter – S.F. Phil Dawson 30 yd Field Goal 10-0 S.F.
4th quarter – MIN Blair Walsh 36 yd Field Goal 10-3 S.F.
4th quarter – S.F. Carlos Hyde 17 yd Touchdown run (PAT) 17-3 S.F.
4th quarter – S.F. Phil Dawson 25 yd. Field Goal 20-3 S.F.
