2024 Minnesota Vikings season
| 2024 Minnesota Vikings season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Zygi Wilf |
| General manager | Kwesi Adofo-Mensah |
| Head coach | Kevin O'Connell |
| Offensive coordinator | Wes Phillips |
| Defensive coordinator | Brian Flores |
| Home stadium | U.S. Bank Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 14–3 |
| Division place | 2nd NFC North |
| Playoffs | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Rams) 9–27 |
| All-Pros | 3
|
| Pro Bowlers | 7
|
| Uniform | |
The 2024 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 64th in the National Football League (NFL), their ninth playing their home games at U.S. Bank Stadium, their 20th under the ownership of Zygi Wilf and their third under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kevin O'Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. The Vikings improved on their 7–10 record from 2023 after a Week 11 win over the Tennessee Titans and made the playoffs after a one-year absence.
After six seasons, the team lost starting quarterback Kirk Cousins when he signed with the Atlanta Falcons in the offseason. Despite the team being in a rebuilding year with very low expectations, they started 11–2 for the first time since 2009, anchored by a stout defensive unit and strong performance by quarterback Sam Darnold. In Week 15, they clinched a playoff berth when the Seattle Seahawks lost to the Green Bay Packers. After their win against the Packers in Week 17 to improve to 14–2, the Vikings achieved their best season since going 15–1 in 1998 with their 14th win. However, the Vikings ended their season with two blowout losses: first to the division rival Detroit Lions in their Week 18 game, which clinched the 1st seed for the Lions, then to the rival Los Angeles Rams in the wild card round, which eliminated the Vikings from the playoffs. All four of the team's losses this season happened at the hands of the Lions and the Rams during back-to-back weeks. The Vikings became the first 14-win wild card team in NFL history, but their loss to the Rams meant they set a new record for the most wins by a team that failed to reach the divisional round of the playoffs in the Super Bowl era.
On June 6, 2024, the Vikings unveiled their new "Winter Warrior" uniform, which is all-white and features the first white helmet in franchise history.
The team's first round pick in the 2024 NFL draft, J. J. McCarthy, missed the season after getting surgery on a knee injury he sustained during a preseason game.