GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Vikings arrived at Lambeau Field for the 51st time on a bright Sunday morning, taking the field at the historic venue 67 years to the day since then-Vice President Richard Nixon dedicated the stadium in a halftime ceremony Green Bay Packers first game.

The Vikings showed such dominance in the first 25 minutes of their 31-29 victory on Sunday that one had to look back to the penultimate year of Nixon's presidency to find a time when they were so far ahead in Lambeau.

They needed just five possessions to build a 28-0 lead over the Packers, their largest in Green Bay since December 8, 1973, when Bud Grant's second Super Bowl team won with a 31-7 win over Dan Devine's Packers took the lead with 31. There was more of a difference between the two teams then than there was on Sunday, as the undefeated Vikings struggled to maintain their NFC North lead over a Packers team that reached the divisional playoffs last year. But for most of the first half, the Packers simply seemed outclassed.

A team that had eight sacks a week ago didn't touch Sam Darnold once, as the Vikings quarterback completed 11 of his 15 passes for 136 yards in flawless pockets, even slipping past center Garrett Bradbury's collision with a Packers defender for 9 Yards to gain on a third-and-1. The Vikings analyzed Green Bay's man coverages with deep crossing routes and a stutter-go route from Jordan Addison for a 29-yard touchdown to open the scoring.

The defense intercepted Jordan Love twice and set up a fourth touchdown on a delayed Blake Cashman blitz before Shaq Griffin intercepted Love's fall from Tucker Kraft. And in the red zone, the Vikings were ice cold: Darnold used his third option to find Josh Oliver on the back of a pass play for a 2-yard score; Addison knocked Keisean Nixon to the ground with a 7-yard jet sweep; and Justin Jefferson fended off Nixon's thrilling coverage, snatched a 14-yard throw over his shoulder and shoved the cornerback away before doing the griddy he promised to dance in the Lambeau end zone.

And then everything changed. Green Bay scored its first touchdown before halftime after Jalen Nailor botched a punt while staring into the September sun; Xavier McKinney intercepted a Darnold throw to Aaron Jones for an interception at the Packers 2; Green Bay opened the fourth quarter with two consecutive touchdown drives; and coach Matt LaFleur ordered a two-point conversion that made the score 28-22.

In a game in which the Packers dropped five passes, turned the ball over four times and kicker Brayden Narveson missed two field goal attempts, they were just one onside kick away from completing the greatest comeback in their history.

The Vikings walked away with a win, although not in the emphatic manner that their fans might have preferred to use as fuel for work outbursts at the Wisconsin transplants on Monday. But they are 4-0 after three straight wins against teams that made the playoffs last year, and leave Green Bay with more support for their growing confidence.