Sam Darnold threw for a career-high 377 yards, leading the Vikings to a 27-25 win over the Packers.
Minnesota (14-2) heads to Detroit (13-2) next week, with the winner taking the NFC North title and the No. 1 seed in the conference. The Lions’ game against San Francisco on Monday night now is meaningless. The Packers fell to 11-5.
The Packers trailed 13-3 at halftime and 20-3 and 27-10 in the third quarter. Like their Week 4 meeting when the Vikings led 28-0 early before having to hold on for a 31-29 win, the Packers rallied but fell short.
Emanuel Wilson scored on a 5-yard run with 6:12 left and then Jordan Love completed a pass to Romeo Doubs for the 2-point conversion before Malik Heath caught a 3-yard touchdown pass with 2:18 remaining.
But the Vikings ran out the clock by picking up two first downs, including a naked bootleg on third-and-2 from the Green Bay 49 with 1:49 left as Cam Akers bobbled the ball but held on.
Darnold threw three touchdown passes, a 31-yarder to Jalen Nailor, an 18-yarder to Jordan Addison and a 9-yarder to Akers. He completed 33 of 43 passes and threw an interception that the Packers converted into their first touchdown, a 2-yard run by Josh Jacobs.
Justin Jefferson had eight catches for 92 yards, and Nailor added five catches for 81 yards.
Will Reichard made field goals of 25 and 50 but missed a 57-yard field goal after the kick hit the crossbar and a 43-yarder after the kick hit the left upright. He also missed a 55-yarder, but officials ruled Edgerrin Cooper offsides and Reichard made the 50-yarder on the final play of the first half.
The Vikings outgained the Packers 441 to 271.
Love was 19-of-30 for 185 yards and a touchdown, and Jacobs ran for 69 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries but also lost a fumble. Doubs led the Packers with seven receptions for 58 yards.
