Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
Current season
Logo	Wordmark
	Uniforms
General information
Founded	January 28, 1960
Inaugural season	1961
Stadium	U.S. Bank Stadium; Minneapolis, Minnesota
Headquartered	TCO Performance Center; Eagan, Minnesota
Colors	Purple, gold, white;
Fight song	Skol, Vikings
Mascot	Viktor the Viking
Website	vikings.com
Personnel
Owners	Zygi, Leonard and Mark Wilf
General manager	Vacant
Head coach	Kevin O'Connell
President	Mark Wilf
Nicknames
	The Vikes; The Purple and Gold; The Purple; The Purple People Eaters (defensive line, 1967–1977);
Team history
	Minnesota Vikings (1961–present);
Home fields
	Metropolitan Stadium (1961–1981); Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2013); TCF Bank Stadium (2014–2015); U.S. Bank Stadium (2016–present);
League / conference affiliations
	National Football League (1961–present) Western Conference (1961–1969) Central Division (1967–1969); ; National Football Conference (1970–present) NFC Central (1970–2001); NFC North (2002–present); ;
Championships
	League championships: 0†; NFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (1); 1969; † – Does not include 1969 NFL championship won during the same season that the Super Bowl was contested
	Conference championships: 4; NFL Western: 1969; NFC: 1973, 1974, 1976;
	Division championships: 21; 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, 2022;
Playoff appearances (32)
	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, 2019, 2022, 2024;
Owners
	Bill Boyer, Max Winter, & H. P. Skoglund (1960–1986); Irwin L. Jacobs & Carl Pohlad (1986–1987); Wheelock Whitney Jr., Jaye F. Dyer, Irwin L. Jacobs & Carl Pohlad (1987–1991); Ten equal partners (1991–1998); Red McCombs (1998–2005); Zygi Wilf (2005–present);

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The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion team, the team began play the following year. They are named after the Vikings of medieval Scandinavia, reflecting the prominent Scandinavian American culture of Minnesota. The team plays its home games at U.S. Bank Stadium in the Downtown East section of Minneapolis.

The Vikings have an all-time overall record of 537–438–11, the highest regular season and combined winning percentage among NFL franchises who have not won a Super Bowl, in addition the most playoff runs, division titles, and (tied with the Buffalo Bills) Super Bowl appearances. They also have the most conference championship appearances of non-winning Super Bowl teams, with them being one of four (along with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams) to appear in a conference championship every decade since the 1970s.