Minnesota Vikings

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Minnesota Vikings
First Season
1961
Team History
Minnesota Vikings (1961-present)
Conference/Division
National Football League (1961–present)
  • National Football Conference (NFC) (1970–present)
    • NFC North (2002–present)
    • NFC Central (1970–2001)
  • Western Conference (1961–1969)
    • Central Division (1967–1969)
Venue
U.S. Bank Stadium (2016-present)
TCF Bank Stadium (2014-15)
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982-2013)
Metropolitan Stadium (1961-81)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives


The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.

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1960s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1960
preseason August 13 vs. Cleveland Browns Briggs Stadium
preseason August 25 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Briggs Stadium
Week 6 November 6 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 7 November 13 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tiger Stadium
Week 8 November 20 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
Week 10 December 4 at Baltimore Colts Memorial Stadium
Week 12 December 11 vs. Dallas Cowboys Briggs Stadium
1961
preseason August 11 vs. Cleveland Browns Tiger Stadium
Week 5 October 15 vs. Los Angeles Rams Briggs Stadium
Week 7 October 29 at Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 12 December 3 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
Week 14 December 17 vs. Philadelphia Eagles Tiger Stadium
1962
preseason September 1 vs. St. Louis Cardinals Omaha Municipal Stadium
Week 4 October 7 at Green Bay Packers City Stadium
Week 5 October 14 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tiger Stadium
Week 7 October 28 vs. Chicago Bears Tiger Stadium
Week 9 November 11 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 13 December 9 vs. Minnesota Vikings Tiger Stadium
Week 14 December 16 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
1963
preseason August 17 vs. New York Giants Cleveland Stadium
Week 2 September 22 at Green Bay Packers Milwaukee County Stadium
Week 3 September 29 vs. Chicago Bears Tiger Stadium
Week 9 November 10 at Baltimore Colts Memorial Stadium
Week 11 November 24 at Minnesota Vikings Metropolitan Stadium
Week 14 December 15 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
1964
Week 1 September 13 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 2 September 19 at Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 3 September 28 vs. Green Bay Packers Tiger Stadium
Week 4 October 4 vs. New York Giants Tiger Stadium
Week 6 October 18 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
Week 9 November 8 at Green Bay Packers City Stadium
Week 11 November 22 vs. Minnesota Vikings Tiger Stadium
Week 12 November 26 vs. Chicago Bears Tiger Stadium
Week 13 December 6 at Baltimore Colts Memorial Stadium
Week 14 December 13 vs. San Francisco 49ers Tiger Stadium
1965
preseason August 20 vs. Baltimore Colts Tiger Stadium
preseason September 12 at Washington Redskins Fawcett Stadium
Week 1 September 19 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tiger Stadium
Week 3 October 3 vs. Washington Redskins Tiger Stadium
Week 4 October 10 at Baltimore Colts Memorial Stadium
Week 6 October 24 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
Week 7 October 31 at Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 8 November 7 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 12 December 5 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 13 December 12 vs. Minnesota Vikings Tiger Stadium
1966
preseason August 6 at Minnesota Vikings Tulane Stadium
preseason August 11 vs. St. Louis Cardinals Tiger Stadium
preseason August 21 at New York Giants Yale Bowl
preseason September 1 vs. Baltimore Colts Tiger Stadium
Week 1 September 11 vs. Chicago Bears Tiger Stadium
Week 2 September 18 at Pittsburgh Steelers Pitt Stadium
Week 4 October 2 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 5 October 9 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tiger Stadium
Week 6 October 16 at Baltimore Colts Memorial Stadium
Week 7 October 23 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 8 October 30 vs. Green Bay Packers Tiger Stadium
Week 9 November 6 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
Week 11 November 20 vs. Baltimore Colts Tiger Stadium
Week 13 December 11 vs. Minnesota Vikings Tiger Stadium
1967
preseason August 5 at Denver Broncos Denver University Stadium
preseason August 14 vs. Buffalo Bills Tiger Stadium
preseason August 26 vs. Baltimore Colts Tiger Stadium
preseason September 8 vs. St. Louis Cardinals Tiger Stadium
Week 1 September 17 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 4 October 8 vs. Green Bay Packers Tiger Stadium
Week 5 October 15 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
Week 7 October 29 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 8 November 5 vs. Chicago Bears Tiger Stadium
Week 10 November 19 at Baltimore Colts Memorial Stadium
Week 13 December 10 at New York Giants Yankee Stadium
Week 14 December 17 vs. Minnesota Vikings Tiger Stadium
1968
preseason August 5 at Buffalo Bills War Memorial Stadium
preseason September 7 vs. New York Jets Cleveland Stadium
Week 1 September 15 at Dallas Cowboys Cotton Bowl
Week 3 September 29 at Green Bay Pakcers Lambeau Field
Week 5 October 13 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
Week 9 November 10 at Baltimore Colts Tiger Stadium
Week 10 November 17 vs. Minnesota Vikings Tiger Stadium
Week 11 November 24 vs. New Orleans Saints Tiger Stadium
Week 14 December 15 at Washington Redskins D.C. Stadium
1969
preseason August 9 at Kansas City Chiefs Municipal Stadium
preseason August 15 vs. Buffalo Bills Tiger Stadium
preseason August 25 at Boston Patriots Jarry Park Stadium
preseason August 30 at Washington Redskins Tampa Stadium
preseason September 12 vs. New Orleans Saints Tiger Stadium
Week 6 October 26 at Minnesota Vikings Metropolitan Stadium
Week 7 November 2 at San Francisco 49ers Kezar Stadium
Week 10 November 23 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 12 December 7 at Baltimore Colts Memorial Stadium
Week 14 December 21 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field

1970s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1970
Week 1 September 20 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 6 October 25 at Chicago Bears Wrigley Field
Week 7 November 1 vs. Minnesota Vikings Tiger Stadium
postseason December 26 at Dallas Cowboys Cotton Bowl
1971
preseason August 7 vs. New York Jets Tampa Stadium
preseason August 14 vs. Cincinnati Bengals Tiger Stadium
preseason September 4 vs. Buffalo Bills Tiger Stadium
preseason September 12 at Philadelphia Eagles Veterans Stadium
Week 1 September 20 vs. Minnesota Vikings Tiger Stadium
Week 2 September 26 at New England Patriots Schaefer Stadium
Week 3 October 3 vs. Atlanta Falcons Tiger Stadium
Week 4 October 10 vs. Green Bay Packers Tiger Stadium
Week 5 October 17 at Houston Oilers Astrodome
Week 8 November 7 at Denver Broncos Mile High Stadium
Week 9 November 14 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tiger Stadium
Week 10 November 21 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
Week 14 December 19 at San Francisco 49ers Candlestick Park
1972
preseason September 10 at New England Patriots Schaefer Stadium
Week 3 October 1 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
Week 6 October 22 vs. San Diego Chargers Tiger Stadium
Week 7 October 30 at Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium
Week 11 November 23 vs. New York Jets Tiger Stadium
Week 12 December 3 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
1973
preseason September 1 at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Stadium
Week 14 December 15 at Miami Dolphins Orange Bowl
1974
Week 1 September 15 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
Week 3 September 29 at Green Bay Packers Milwaukee County Stadium
Week 9 November 10 at Oakland Raiders Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Week 12 November 28 vs. Denver Broncos Tiger Stadium
1975
preseason August 10 at Oakland Raiders Memorial Stadium
Week 8 November 9 vs. Cleveland Browns Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium
Week 12 December 7 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1976
preseason July 24 vs. Denver Broncos Fawcett Stadium
Week 4 October 3 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 7 October 24 at Seattle Seahawks Kingdome
Week 9 November 7 at Minnesota Vikings Metropolitan Stadium
1977
Week 1 September 18 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
Week 12 December 4 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
1978
preseason August 12 at Cincinnati Bengals Riverfront Stadium
1979
Week 1 September 1 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Stadium
Week 3 September 16 at New York Jets Shea Stadium
Week 7 October 14 at Green Bay Packers Milwaukee County Stadium
Week 14 December 2 at Philadelphia Eagles Veterans Stadium

1980s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1980
Week 3 September 21 vs. St. Louis Cardinals Pontiac Silverdome
Week 10 November 9 at Minnesota Vikings Metropolitan Stadium
1981
Week 9 November 1 at Los Angeles Rams Anaheim Stadium
Week 13 November 26 vs. Kansas City Chiefs Pontiac Silverdome
1982
preseason August 7 at Cleveland Browns Doyt Perry Stadium
1983
postseason December 31 at San Francisco 49ers Candlestick Park
1984
Week 1 September 2 vs. San Francisco 49ers Pontiac Silverdome
Week 12 November 18 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1985
Week 5 October 6 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 8 October 27 vs. Miami Dolphins Pontiac Silverdome
1986
Week 1 September 7 at Minnesota Vikings Metrodome
1987
Week 1 September 13 at Minnesota Vikings Metropolitan Stadium
Week 9 November 15 at Washington Redskins RFK Stadium
Week 15 December 27 at Atlanta Falcons Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
1988
Week 15 December 11 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1989
preseason September 2 at Los Angeles Rams Anaheim Stadium

1990s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1990
preseason August 9 at Houston Oilers Astrodome
1991
preseason July 27 at Denver Broncos Fawcett Stadium
Week 5 September 29 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pontiac Silverdome
1992
Week 1 September 6 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1993
Week 3 September 19 at New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome
Week 11 November 25 vs. Chicago Bears Pontiac Silverdome
postseason January 8, 1994 vs. Green Bay Packers Pontiac Silverdome
1994
Week 12 November 24 vs. Buffalo Bills Pontiac Silverdome
1995
Week 3 September 17 vs. Arizona Cardinals Pontiac Silverdome
Week 11 November 19 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1996
Week 3 September 15 at Philadelphia Eagles Veterans Stadium
Week 6 October 6 vs. Atlanta Falcons Pontiac Silverdome
1997
Week 3 September 14 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1998
Week 5 October 4 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1999
Week 10 November 21 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field

2000s

Week Date Opponent Venue
2000
Week 3 September 17 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pontiac Silverdome
2001
Week 1 September 9 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 8 November 4 at San Francisco 49ers 3Com Park
2002
Week 3 September 22 vs. Green Bay Packers Ford Field
2003
Week 2 September 14 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
2004
Week 1 September 12 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
Week 13 December 12 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
2005
Week 2 September 18 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
2006
preseason August 25 at Oakland Raiders McAfee Coliseum
2007
Week 7 October 21 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ford Field
2008
Week 12 November 27 vs. Tennessee Titans Ford Field
Week 16 December 28 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
2009
Week 1 September 13 at New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome
Week 12 November 26 vs. Green Bay Packers Ford Field

2010s

Week Date Opponent Venue
2010
Week 4 October 3 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 5 October 10 vs. St. Louis Rams Ford Field
2011
Week 15 December 24 vs. San Diego Chargers Ford Field
2012
Week 10 November 11 at Minnesota Vikings Metrodome
2014
Week 6 October 12 at Minnesota Vikings TCF Bank Stadium
Week 8 October 26 at Atlanta Falcons Wembley Stadium
Week 15 December 21 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
postseason January 4, 2015 at Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium
2015
Week 2 September 20 at Minnesota Vikings TCF Bank Stadium
2016
Week 3 September 25 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
2017
Week 8 November 6 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
2018
Week 9 November 11 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field

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