The Pittsburgh Steelers were undaunted about facing a Minnesota Vikings defense that scored two touchdowns of its own in a blowout victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 3. The Steelers played a significant amount of smash mouth football against that defense as they registered a 24-21 victory in their Week 4 matchup at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland. Expand Tweet
The game marked the first time the Vikings had lost an international matchup. They had won 4 previous regular season games on foreign soil and 4 other preseason games played out of the country. The Steelers were able to build a 24-6 lead early in the fourth quarter before the Vikings mounted a comeback that turned the game into a close matchup.
However, Mike Tomlin's Steelers were able to do too much damage to let the