Vikings...35 Cardinals...14

Tarvaris Jackson got another shot at quarterback, and he made the most of it.

Playing in place of injured Gus Frerotte, Jackson threw for four touchdowns and the Minnesota Vikings beat NFC West champion Arizona, 35-14, to stay alone atop the NFC North.

Adrian Peterson rushed for 165 yards in 28 carries, his franchise-record ninth 100-yard game of the season for the Vikings (9-5), who won their fourth in a row. They can clinch the division title with another victory or loss by Chicago.

Bernard Berrian scored Minnesota’s first two touchdowns -- on an 82-yard punt return and a 41-yard reception -- as the Vikings led 21-0 in the first quarter and 28-0 at the half.

Jackson, who lost his starting job two games into the season, had touchdown passes of 41, six, 11 and 59 yards. The last was to Bobby Wade in the waning seconds of the third quarter after Arizona had cut the lead to 28-14. Jackson was 11 for 17 for 163 yards.

Arizona (8-6) fell flat a week after clinching its first division title in 33 years.

Quoteworthy: “He looked poised, he looked comfortable out there. He made some big plays.” -- Adrian Peterson, Vikings running back, on Tarvaris Jackson