Minnesota Vikings

StaTuesday: Vikings' Diggs, Cousins pull off rare home feats

Published Oct. 15, 2019 12:41 p.m. ET

The sight of Stefon Diggs burning Philadelphia cornerbacks and catching a Kirk Cousins pass were plentiful on Sunday during Minnesota’s 38-20 victory.

It was also a rare sight for home fans.

Diggs finished with seven catches on 11 targets for 167 yards and three touchdowns – the three scores coming from distances of 62, 51 and 11 yards.

Cousins, who completed 22 of 29 passes for 333 yards, also threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Adam Thielen to open the scoring

Three TDs for Diggs, four for Cousins. A home game in Minnesota has featured a wide receiver with three touchdowns and a quarterback throwing for four and with 300+ yards only twice previously in Vikings history – Tommy Kramer and Sammy White in 1982 and Randall Cunningham and Randy Moss in 1998.

Including the postseason, Diggs had just the 17th three-receiving touchdown game in Vikings history and 11th at home. The last to do it was Sidney Rice in an NFC Division playoff game on Jan. 17, 2010. The last to do it in a regular-season game was Marcus Robinson against Cleveland in 2005. Robinson only had three catches in the game totaling 32 yards – or less than two of Diggs’ TDs.

Diggs’ 167 yards against the Eagles are the fourth-highest in any three TD game in Vikings history, topped only by White and Randy Moss (twice).

ALL-TIME VIKINGS 3 RECEIVING TD GAMES

PLAYER	DATE	OPP	RESULT	REC	YDS
Jerry Reichow	12/17/1961	at Bears	L, 52-35	6	90
Charley Ferguson	11/11/1962	at Bears	L, 31-30	3	130
Gene Washington	11/9/1969	vs. Browns	W, 51-3	7	119
Sammy White	12/11/1976	at Dolphins	W, 29-7	9	120
Ahmad Rashad*	9/2/1979	vs. 49ers	W, 28-22	7	152
Sammy White	11/28/1982	vs. Bears	W, 35-7	10	177
Cris Carter	9/25/1994	vs. Dolphins	W, 38-35	7	81
Cris Carter	12/21/1997	vs. Colts	W, 39-28	5	89
Randy Moss	11/26/1998	at Cowboys	W, 46-36	3	163
Randy Moss	12/6/1998	vs. Bears	W, 48-22	8	106
Cris Carter	11/14/1999	at Bears	W, 27-24	9	141
Randy Moss	10/1/2000	at Lions	W, 31-24	7	168
Randy Moss	11/19/2001	vs. Giants	W, 28-16	10	171
Randy Moss	9/28/2003	vs. 49ers	W, 35-7	8	172
Marcus Robinson	11/27/2005	vs. Browns	W ,24-12	3	32
Sidney Rice**	1/17/2010	vs. Cowboys	W, 34-3	6	141
Stefon Diggs	10/13/2019	vs. Eagles	W, 38-20	7	167

* -- Rashad had four touchdowns

** -- playoff game

Cousins became the 14th Vikings quarterback, including playoffs, to throw four or more touchdowns in a home game and the 26th time overall. The others: Todd Bouman, Teddy Bridgewater, Daunte Culpepper (twice), Cunningham (twice), Brett Favre (three), Gus Frerotte, Jeff George, Brad Johnson (twice), Joe Kapp, Kramer (six), Warren Moon and Fran Tarkenton (four). Six of those 26 games occurred in the playoffs.

The last Vikings quarterback to throw for four TDs in a home contest was Bridgewater at TFC Bank Stadium on Dec. 20. 2015. But he only had 231 yards passing that day. It had been nine years since the home faithful saw a Vikings QB have four touchdowns and 300 yards passing, and it’s been done only 10 times total.

VIKINGS QBS W/ 4+ TD, 300+ YARDS IN A HOME GAME

PLAYER	DATE	OPP	RESULT	YDS	TD
Fran Tarkenton	9/20/1964	Bears	L, 34-28	311	4
Joe Kapp	9/28/1969	Colts	W, 52-14	449	7
Tommy Kramer	12/14/1980	Browns	W, 28-23	456	4
Tommy Kramer	11/28/1982	Bears	W, 35-7	342	5
Warren Moon	11/19/1995	Saints	W, 43-24	338	4
Randall Cunningham	12/6/1998	Bears	W, 48-22	349	4
Jeff George	11/28/1999	Chargers	W, 35-27	363	4
Todd Bouman	12/9/2001	Titans	W, 42-24	348	4
Brett Favre	1/3/2010	Giants	W, 44-7	316	4
Kirk Cousins	10/13/2019	Eagles	W, 38-20	333	4