On a beautiful New Jersey day, Eli Manning threw for four TDs against the Minnesota Vikings. The only problem was three of his TD passes were interceptions. When all was said and done, Manning had thrown four intercepts and handed the game on a silver platter to the Vikings.

The Vikings, for a second consecutive week, had a big play to start the game off. On the second play from scrimmage, Tarvaris Jackson connected with a streaking Sidney Rice for a 60 yard TD pass to put the Vikings up 7-0. The Giants responded with an impressive 8 play, 65 yard drive that tied the score at seven all.

After a Vikings punt on the ensuing drive, the Giants got the ball back at their own 10 yard line looking to take control of the game. On the third play of the drive, Manning threw his first interception to Darren Sharper, who took it in for the score to put the Vikings ahead 14-7.

The two teams then traded possessions, the Giants got the ball back at their own 20 yard line. Eli Manning then threw his second interception to Dwight Smith, who returned the ball to the Giants' 8 yard line. On the next play, Chester Taylor had a bruising run into the end zone to extend the Vikings lead to 14 points. After tacking on a Ryan Longwell field goal, The Vikings took a 24-7 lead at half time.

VIKINGS LEAD 24-7 AT HALF

The Giants started the third quarter with a 10 play, 48 yard drive that resulted in a Lawrence Tynes 48 yard field goal to place the score of the game at 24-10. The Vikings then had a drive of their own that took 9:24 off of the clock and ended with a field goal by Ryan Longwell to put the score at 27-10.

Eli Manning and the Giants then engineered an impressive drive down to the Minnesota 11 yard line. Eli Manning then threw a quick slant to Jeremy Shockey, but the the ball was tipped by the Vikings' Ben Leber. Dwight Smith intercepted the tipped pass for his second interception of the day and took it 93 yards to the house to put the Vikings ahead 34-10. On the next Giants possession, Eli Manning through another INT for a TD via Chad Greenway, Manning's third INT for TD of the game.

The Greenway interception for a touchdown placed the Vikings in firm control of the game at 41-10. After the Giants added a late touchdown, they had one final chance to score 24 points in 5:09. On fourth down, Eli Manning was sacked for a 26 yard loss, and any hope (there was none) that the Giants could come back was crushed.



Final Score: VIKINGS 41 GIANTS 17

Of Note:

- Eli Manning threw four interceptions in one game for just the second time in his career, the other coming against the Vikings two years ago.

- The Vikings won their second straight game without Rookie star Adrian Peterson.

- Manning has thrown 8 interceptions in his last two meetings with the Vikings