After three touchdowns from Sam Darnold and a barrage of penalties from the Titans, the Vikings completed their sweep of the AFC South and improved to 8-2 with a 23-13 win at Tennessee on Sunday.

Darnold threw two touchdown passes and scored another on a QB sneak for Minnesota. Most importantly, he threw no interceptions after throwing five in the previous two weeks. Darnold looked a lot more like the early season version of himself in this game, which was played in front of a ton of Vikings fans at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. He completed 20 of 32 passes for 246 yards and made several plays while on the run after escaping pressure. He also got a potential fourth touchdown from Jalen Nailor in the fourth quarter.

Darnold technically did lose one turnover on a fumble in the first quarter, but that was mostly the fault of Aaron Jones, who couldn’t catch the ball on a toss play.

The Vikings played quite well in this game, but the story of the afternoon was the Titans’ series of high-impact penalties. They finished with 13 of them for 91 yards in the game. Four of them extended the Vikings’ offensive attacks. Another negated a touchdown. Some of the calls were obvious self-inflicted wounds by a poor and undisciplined Titans team. Others may have been lucky breaks for the visiting team.

The most notable and controversial call was a hit on Jordan Addison in the end zone by Titans safety Mike Brown in the second quarter. Brown hit Addison hard, forcing an incompletion on fourth down and the goal. But even though it looked like he hit him in the chest, the officials threw a flag for unnecessary roughness. Titans head coach Brian Callahan was so angry that he drew an unsportsmanlike conduct flag after the game (which moved the ball just a few inches closer to the goal line). Instead of turnovers on downs, the Vikings scored on the next play.

The Titans were also flagged for an illegal formation on what would have been a 51-yard touchdown against Calvin Ridley in the second half. They had flag after flag after flag on both sides of the ball. Had those been cut down, this could have been a much more exciting game, as the Vikings defense gave up some chunks to Will Levis through the air.

Justin Jefferson caught 6 passes for 81 yards for the Vikings on a day when he broke Torry Holt’s record for most receiving yards in the first five seasons by a player in NFL history. Addison caught a 47-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring for the Vikings. Defensively, Minnesota sacked Levis five times, with Andrew Van Ginkel and Pat Jones II getting two each. Harrison Smith ended the game with an interception in the closing minutes.

The Vikings remain one game behind the Lions – who blasted the Jaguars on Sunday – in the NFC North. Next up is a trip to Chicago to face the Bears next week, which will form a three-game road trip.