Kirk Cousins hit Kyle Rudolph with a 4-yard fade on third-and-goal in overtime, and the Minnesota Vikings pulled out a 26-20 victory over the favored Saints in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs on Sunday.
The Vikings (11-6) advance to play top seed San Francisco in the divisional round of the playoffs on Saturday. It was Minnesota’s first road playoff win since Jan. 9, 2005, when the Vikings beat the rival Packers at Lambeau Field in the wild-card round.
New Orleans trailed by 10 at the start of the fourth quarter but forced overtime with Drew Brees‘ 20-yard touchdown pass to Taysom Hill and Wil Lutz‘s 49-yard field goal with 2 seconds left.