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Vikings hold off Pack for division title

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Minnesota Vikings won the NFC North by holding on for a 20-13 win Sunday night over the Green Bay Packers.

Adrian Peterson ran for a touchdown, cornerback Captain Munnerlyn returned a fumble 55 yards for a score, and Minnesota (11-5) claimed its first division title since 2009.

The Vikings will host the Seattle Seahawks in a wild-card playoff game next weekend. The Packers (10-6) will travel to Washington after watching their four-year reign atop the NFC North end.

The upstart Vikings survived despite a shaky finish in hostile territory. The defence knocked away a desperatio­n pass in the end zone from Aaron Rodgers on fourth down as time expired.

Packers kicker Mason Crosby forced a fumble on Cordarrell­e Patterson’s potentiall­y fieldflipp­ing 70-yard kickoff return with 5:21 left. But the Packers’ next drive ended with Rodgers being intercepte­d in the end zone by Xavier Rhodes.

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