Alvin Kamara ties the NFL mark with six TDs after Saints defeat the Vikings at Christmas

New Orleans – Alvin Kamara is facing a fine for wearing a pair of Christmas-themed shoes that would, as it turned out, also deserve a Hall of Fame show.

With a red shoe on his right leg and a green one on his left, Kamara tied an NFL record set in 1929 by running for six touchdowns in a game. He finished with a 155-yard touchdown run to help New Orleans beat the Minnesota Vikings 52-33 on Friday and clinch a fourth straight NFC Southern title.

“It feels good to have one of those days, just for the team,” said Kamara, showering credit on the offensive line and claiming he did “the small part. ”

“I don’t focus on personal goals, therefore, goals and goals and stuff like that,” Kamara continued. “As long as the team is successful, personal success will come. ”

And it has come all season for Kamara, who signed a five-year training camp worth up to $ 75 million during training camp. Since then he has set Saints records to rip TDs in a season with 16 and total TDs with 21 (he has five wins).

Regarding wearing shoes that did not conform to NFL dress codes, Kamara said, “If they fine me, whatever it is, I just match it and donate to charity. You know, the Grinch are always trying to steal Christmas. ”

Kamara slipped a couple tack attempts and then sprinted into the clear field for a round of 40-yards on the game’s opening tour. He scored 1, 5, 6, 7 and 3 yards against a Minnesota defensively beaten hard by injury, and was the equivalent of Ernie Nevers ’Hall of Fame fullback.

Minnesota (6-9) eliminated playoff contention while allowing the most points by any Scandinavian team since 1963.

“It’s just that they faced us,” said Viking coach Mike Zimmer, saying his defense was “the worst I’ve ever been” as a coach. “We couldn’t make them slower. It would be an 8-yard gain, a 7-yard gain. “

The Saints (11-4) never took a penalty, and set a record of yards earned in a game by a Viking opponent with 583.

Saints coach Sean Payton said it felt like a CFL game, with a lot of first-down conversions coming before New Orleans even got third place down. The Saints might have won by a bigger margin had it not been for two comments on Drew Brees, one of whom had a pass out of the hands of catcher Emmanuel Sanders.

Brees finished 19 of 26 throws for 311 yards in his second game back from rib and lung injuries that sidelined him for four games.

Sanders had four catches for 83 yards, while tight end Jared Cook scored three passes for 82 yards. New Orleans’ 264 yards was the biggest rip-off by a Viking opponent in Zimmer’s seven seasons.

New Orleans native Irv Smith Jr. scored a pair of passes in the third quarter for the Vikings, with the latter cutting the Saints’ lead to 31-27. But the Saints responded with two short-run runs by Kamara and another by QB Taysom Hill in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.

Kirk Cousins ​​passed for 283 yards and three touchdowns for the Vikings, who never led and did for good after Kamara’s second TD in the first quarter.

Kamara was equal to the Nevers record set for the Cardinals ’way back when they called home Chicago.

“It was awful,” Brees said. “Six touches to run back is just amazing.”

Saints players last marked the TD by letting them make snow angels on the Superdome turf, which center Erik McCoy had planned during the last drive as something in keeping with the Christmas theme.

Payton, who spent part of his youth in the Chicago area, was contemplating Gale Sayers’ six-TD game (four rips, two catches) against San Francisco in 1965 when he called the shot. played Kamara’s sixth TD with just under two minutes left.

“I’d say most of those players have no idea how good Gale Sayers was,” said Payton, adding that TD Kamara’s sum was a big issue. He played wonderfully. ”