Vikings' rally sends Jags to 11th straight loss

Dan Bailey kicked a game-winning, 23-yard field goal with 1:49 remaining in overtime and Kirk Cousins passed for 305 yards and three touchdowns as the host Minnesota Vikings defeated the reeling Jacksonville Jaguars, 27-24, on Sunday for their fifth win in six games.

Jaguars quarterback Mike Glennon threw two interceptions, fumbled and was sacked in the end zone for a safety in Jacksonville's franchise-record 11th straight loss. Vikings safety Harrison Smith snagged Glennon's second interception inside Jaguars territory to set up Bailey's game-winning kick.

Justin Jefferson had nine catches for 121 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings, who outgained the Jaguars 420-390. Dalvin Cook overcame a slow start to finish with 32 carries for 120 yards.

Adam Thielen made eight receptions for 75 yards, including the Vikings opening touchdown on a three-yard pass from Kirk Cousins in the second quarter.

Thielen continued to move up Vikings’ historical statistical lists. His 37 career receiving touchdowns put him sixth in team history behind Kyle Rudolph (48). Cris Carter (1990-2001) leads the list with 110.

Thielen surpassed 5,000 career receiving yards and is eighth overall with 5,016. He is 1,400 yards away from a top four spot behind Carter (12,383), Randy Moss (9,316) and Anthony Carter (7,636). Jake Reed is fourth all-time with 6,434 yards.

Cousins and Thielen have connected for 27 touchdowns, which is behind only Daunte Culpepper and Moss (53) for the most as a Vikings quarterback, receiver duo.

Moss caught 17 touchdowns in two seasons 1998 and 2003; Cris Carter was the first to do it in 1995. Thielen currently has 12 TD receptions. He joins Cris Carter and Moss as the only Vikings to reach that mark.

Tyreek Hill (Kansas City) and Davante Adams (Green Bay) currently hold the NFL lead for receiving touchdowns this season with 13.

Minnesota (6-6) remained in the NFC playoff hunt by regrouping after the Jaguars took a 16-6 lead early in the third quarter, their largest advantage of the season. The Vikings scored 18 consecutive points to take a 24-16 lead with 3:50 to go, but the Jaguars (1-11) rallied to tie the game with 1:08 to go on James Robinson's 1-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion pass from Glennon to Collin Johnson.

Moments after Bailey missed a 51-yard field goal that would have put Minnesota ahead with 13 seconds to go, Jaguars placekicker Chase McLaughlin, who was on the Vikings' practice squad this season, was short on a 62-yard field-goal attempt as time expired, sending the game to overtime.

Cousins was 28-of-43 passing for 305 yards, three touchdowns, one interception and a lost fumble. Glennon was 28-of-42 passing for 280 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, while Robinson had 18 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown.

Jacksonville added quickly to its three-point halftime lead, as linebacker Joe Schobert snagged a Cousins screen pass and raced 43 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown with 14:50 remaining in the third quarter. It marked the second successive week the Vikings have allowed a defensive touchdown on the first play of the second half.

( Field Level Media contributed to this report)