Minnesota Vikings are a American football professional team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the NFL – National Football League as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season.[4] The team competes in the NFC – National Football Conference North division.
Minnesota Vikings Current season :
Established January 28, 1960; 58 years ago[1]
First season: 1961
Play in U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota
Headquartered at TCO Performance Center Eagan, Minnesota.
Vikings League/conference affiliations
National Football League (1961–present) Recods –
> Western Conference (1961–1969)
> Central Division (1967–1969)
> National Football Conference (1970–present)
> NFC Central (1970–2001)
> NFC North (2002–present)
Vikings Personnel:
Owner(s) – Zygi Wilf
Chairman – Zygi Wilf
President – Mark Wilf
General manager – Rick Spielman
Head coach – Mike Zimmer
Vikings Team history
> Minnesota Vikings (1961–present)
Team nicknames
The Vikes
The Purple People Eaters
The Purple and Gold
Championships
League championships (0†)
NFL Championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (1)
1969
Conference championships (4)
NFL Western: 1969
NFC: 1973, 1974, 1976
Division championships (20)
NFL Central: 1968, 1969
NFC Central: 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000
NFC North: 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017
† – Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL–NFL Super Bowl championships before the 1970 AFL–NFL merger
Playoff appearances (29)
NFL: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017
Home fields
Metropolitan Stadium (1961–1981)
Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2013)
TCF Bank Stadium (2014–2015)
U.S. Bank Stadium (2016–present)