Minnesota Vikings Game Schedule
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference North division.
Minnesota Vikings Game Schedule
Sept 13: Minnesota Vikings vs Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox
Sept. 20: Minnesota Vikings vs Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m., Fox
Sept. 27: Minnesota Vikings vs Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m., CBS
Oct. 4: Minnesota Vikings vs Houston Texans, 1 p.m., Fox
Oct. 11: Minnesota Vikings vs Seattle Seahawks, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Oct. 18: Minnesota Vikings vs Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., Fox
Nov. 1: Minnesota Vikings vs Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., Fox
Nov. 8: Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., CBS
Nov. 16: Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
Nov. 22: Minnesota Vikings vs Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., Fox
Nov. 29: Minnesota Vikings vs Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m., Fox
Dec. 6: Minnesota Vikings vs Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m., CBS
Dec. 13: Minnesota Vikings vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m., Fox
Dec. 20: Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears, 1 p.m., Fox
Dec. 25: Minnesota Vikings vs New Orleans Saints, 4:30 p.m., Fox, NFL Network, Amazon
Jan. 3: Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions, 1 p.m., Fox
Match-ups
The division title will be particularly important for Minnesota this season because the NFC wild-card race figures to become a crowded mess, and no team wants to place their fate in the hands of tiebreakers.
In turn, the Vikings' two most important games are the head-to-head meetings with the Green Bay Packers. A sweep would not only put the team on pace to take the division, but it would also give it the inside track on possibly capturing the top seed in the NFC.
Beyond that, the focus will be on six games against teams they may end up battling for wild-card berths—the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. At minimum, they'll likely need a 4-2 record from those contests.
The bottom line is Minnesota will be playing an important game pretty much every week, and it wouldn't be a surprise if its playoff fate comes right down to the final weeks, if not the last contest. Whether that constant pressure takes a cumulative toll is a factor to consider as the year goes on.
