Vikings vs. Seahawks results: Score, highlights from Monday Night Football

Jacob Janower

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It took a while, but the Seahawks offense finally matched the effort of their defense by putting points on the scoreboard and blowing out the Vikings 21-7. 

With both teams jockeying for wild card positioning in the NFC, Seattle extended its cushion heading into the final three weeks of the season, moving 1 1/2 games ahead of Minnesota for the No. 5 seed.

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The Vikings were flat out dominated by the Seahawks defense, which had a key goal line stand and a blocked field goal on top of only 276 yards allowed. Bobby Wagner, who blocked the field goal, added nine tackles to lead the defense. 

Russell Wilson had the lowest passing yards of his career (72) and threw a careless goal line interception, but he added a crucial 40-yard run on Seattle’s 63-yard drive at the end of the fourth quarter, which ended in a touchdown run from Chris Carson to put the game out of reach. 

Just for good measure, Justin Coleman added a fumble recovery for a touchdown.  

Minnesota remains in possession of the No. 6 seed in the NFC, but its grip is tenuous at best and questions still exist about whether its offense can perform well enough to push the team into the playoffs.

Sporting News provided live updates and highlights of Vikings-Seahawks on Monday Night Football.

Vikings vs. Seahawks: Score, results, highlights

(All times Eastern)

Vikings: 7
Seahawks: 21

Final: Seahawks 21, Vikings 7

11:09 p.m.: Seattle recovers the onside kick and it will likely just run out the clock in this one. 

11:06 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, VIKINGS. Minnesota quickly marches down and scores, as Cousins barely manages to stay behind the line of scrimmage on his touchdown pass to Dalvin Cook.  Seahawks 21, Vikings 7

10:56 p.m.: TOUCHDOWN, SEAHAWKS. Cousins is sacked and loses the ball on the first play of the Vikings' drive. Justin Coleman recovers the fumble and takes it into the end zone and suddenly this game is a blowout.  Seahawks 21, Vikings 0

10:51 p.m.:  TOUCHDOWN, SEAHAWKS. The first touchdown for either team in this game is a 2-yard run by Chris Carson, and the Seahawks have extended their lead to two possessions. Wilson follows up the touchdown by hitting Tyler Lockett on a two-point conversion.  Seahawks 14, Vikings 0

10:45 p.m.: Russell Wilson scrambles down to the 21-yard line for a 40-yard gain. Huge pickup for Seattle with a prime opportunity to extend the lead to two possessions. Chris Carson follows it with an 11-yard carry to get the Seahawks inside the 10.

10:43 p.m.: It's blocked! Dan Bailey attempts a 47-yard field goal and it's blocked by Bobby Wagner. Minnesota still can't get on the board.

10:37 p.m.: The Vikings start their drive at the Seahawks' 43-yard line, and have already entered into field goal range after an 11-yard completion and quick sneak for a first down to the 30.

10:33 p.m.: Seattle gets no yards and goes three-and-out. It will have to punt from the back of its end zone.

10:28 p.m.: Cook is short on third down and Cousins' pass falls incomplete on fourth down. It's a goal line stand for the Seahawks defense as they get a turnover on downs.

10:27 p.m.:  A run by Latavius Murray and an incompletion and Minnesota comes up empty on its first two goal-to-go plays.

10:24 p.m.: Cousins takes a shot down the field to Stefon Diggs and he makes the catch for a gain of 48 yards. Minnesota is in the red zone for the first time in this game.

10:19 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, SEAHAWKS. A sack by the Vikings and a pair of incompletions prevents the Seahawks from scoring a touchdown.  Seahawks 6, Vikings 0

10:17 p.m.: A 35-yard penalty on a pass interference has moved the Seahawks all the way down to the Vikings' 10-yard line.

End of third quarter: Seahawks 3, Vikings 0

10:08 p.m.: Several short gains got Minnesota into Seahawks territory, and the Vikings go for it on fourth-and-1, but Frank Clark stops Latavius Murray short of the first down marker. 

9:54 p.m.: Missed opportunity for the Vikings, as it looked like Cousins was trying to take a shot down the field on third-and-1, couldn't find anyone, and had to throw it away. A sneak or quick play action could have done the job their, but the VIkings opted for something different.

9:47 p.m.:  The Seahawks run seven plays in their first drive after the break, but a drop on a third-and-11 prevents a first down.

Halftime: Seahawks 3, Vikings 0

9:28 p.m.: INTERCEPTION, VIKINGS. Wilson stumbles after the snap, then tries to scramble around before throwing it right into the arms of Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks. Huge mistake by the Seahawks at the goal line.

9:28 p.m.: Wilson fails to get in the end zone, but picks up a first down. Seahawks have the ball at the 1-yard line with 16 seconds to play.

9:24 p.m.: Wilson goes with a deep strike to David Moore in the end zone, but he can't get two feet in bounds and the Seahawks miss out on a big chance.

9:20 p.m.: Facing a fourth-and-inches, Seattle converts and gets a Minnesota penalty to go along with it to get inside the Vikings' 40.

9:14 p.m.: Minnesota has now punted on all four of its drives and have yet to gain more than 25 yards on a possession.

9:07 p.m.: With the Seahawks nearing field goal range, Russell Wilson overthrows his target on third down and a skirmish resulting in a Seattle penalty pushes it back, forcing a punt. 

9:01 p.m.: Rashaad Penny gets a 17-yard gain the hard way. He went one way, found no openings, then crossed the field and got a few blocks to pick up substantial yards.

8:49 p.m.: FIELD GOAL, SEAHAWKS. Seattle makes its way into the red zone but a Danielle Hunter sack of Russell Wilson on third down pushes them back. Sebastian Janikowski converts the 37-yard field goal to give the home team the early lead.  Seahawks 3, Vikings 0

End of the first quarter: Vikings 0, Seahawks 0

8:43 p.m.: Russell Wilson is doing some damage with his legs this drive. He has run it twice for 18 yards and Rashaad Penny has added 12 yards to get Seattle inside the 30.

8:39 p.m.: Another empty Vikings possession, but Latavius Murray did make something out of this nearly impossible situation.

8:31 p.m.: Looked like Minnesota was bound for another three-and-out, but a personal foul on Bobby Wagner for "grabbing the helmet opening" moves the chains.

8:28 p.m.: Three Chris Carson runs for nine yards and the Seahawks match the Vikings' punt with one of their own.

8:20 p.m.: The Vikings follow up their first down with a pair of short-yard runs by Dalvin Cook and then Cousins can't handle Seattle's blitz on third down and he nearly gets intercepted. 

8:17 p.m.: Minnesota starts with the ball and gets a first down on just two plays.

7:47 p.m.: The Seahawks are getting fired up for Monday's game. Expect the fans at CenturyLink Field to follow suit.

 

Jacob Janower