EAGAN, Minn. — The last time the Vikings hosted the Colts (a Saturday in December 2022), the greatest comeback in NFL history unfolded after halftime (33 points in a 39-36 overtime win by Minnesota).
Even though it has only been two seasons, the rosters for both teams are already quite different. Justin Jefferson and C.J. Ham are the only remaining Vikings who scored two of the five touchdowns to fulfill former cornerback Patrick Peterson's legendary locker room request.
Jefferson's 8-yard scoring reception occurred against current teammate Stephon Gilmore. The phenom receiver was asked if he had brought up the game after Gilmore joined Minnesota (5-2) in August.
"I've never brought it up. If anything, I'll bring it up as some fuel and motivation for him to go out and get this 'dub' on our side," Jefferson said Thursday. "But I mean just that matchup alone during that game, and just those circumstances, it definitely was an exciting matchup, especially with all that was going on. You know, we're two competitors that love the game of football, so I enjoyed that matchup, and I'm excited that he's on our side now."
Jefferson recalled the "slow start" by the Vikings, who clinched the NFC North that day with the comeback victory.
"Being down by 33 points is never a good position to be in, especially in the NFL. I mean, it's flat out embarrassing, to be honest," Jefferson said. "So just going into the locker room and the leaders of the team just kind of said a couple words, and all we had to do at that moment was just go out there and play. I mean, being down 33 is not something that you can really dial up a plan to come back on.
"It was just all about, you know, what did everybody want to do? Did we want to come back, or did we just want to bow our heads and just look on toward [the] next week? But we locked in and were all focused on coming back and winning that game, which we did. It was definitely a crazy experience, just being there and getting that victory," Jefferson said.
The Vikings want to return to the win column after dropping their past two games and prefer not to have to replicate that kind of comeback against the Colts (4-4).
Here are all the ways to catch the action.
NATIONAL TELEVISION
NBC (KARE-11 in the Twin Cities)
Kickoff: 7:20 p.m. (CT)
Play-by-Play: Mike Tirico
Analyst: Cris Collinsworth
Sideline reporter: Melissa Stark
Note: The broadcast will be streamed live on Peacock.
LOCAL/REGIONAL RADIO
KFAN (100.3-FM), KTLK 1130-AM and the five-state Vikings Radio Network
Play-by-Play: Paul Allen
Analyst: Pete Bercich
Sideline reporter: Ben Leber
Note: The pregame radio show on the Vikings Radio Network will begin at 5 p.m. (CT).
Audio Streaming Option: Catch the audio broadcast on your smart devices through the KFAN channel on the iHeart app.
NATIONAL RADIO
Westwood One (station finder)
Play-by-Play: Ryan Radtke
Analyst: Mike Golic
Sideline reporter: Scott Graham
SPANISH RADIO
Catch the Vikings on Tico Sports at WREY "El Rey" 94.9 FM and 630 AM in the Twin Cities and on Tico-Sports.com, elrey949fm.com and Vikings.com.
Play-by-Play: Gabriel Rios
Analyst: Isaias Zendejas
SATELLITE RADIO
Minnesota: SiriusXM 85 or 225/Vikings Team Page
Indianapolis: SiriusXM 81 or 226/Colts Team Page
National: SiriusXM 88
Spanish: Sirius 162 or 227
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
Click here for the full bevy of options that include over-the-air, cable, satellite, over-the-top and streaming methods.
NFL+ AND NFL+ PREMIUM
Watch out-of-market Vikings preseason games live or on-demand with NFL+ or NFL+ Premium. It is available in the NFL app and at NFL.com/plus.
NFL+ is available for $6.99/month or $49.99/year and offers the following:
- Live out-of-market preseason games across devices
- Live local and prime-time regular-season and postseason games on your phone or tablet
- Live game audio (home, away & national calls) for every game of the season
- NFL Films on-demand content, ad-free
- Ad-free highlights from every NFL game
- Fantasy+
- NFL Network
NFL+ Premium is available for $14.99/month or $99.99/year and offers all NFL+ features and the following:
- Full-game replays across devices
- Condensed game replays across devices
- Coaches film
- RedZone from NFL Network
