Minnesota Vikings | |||||
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Established January 28, 1960[1] First season: 1961 Play in U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota Headquartered at TCO Performance Center Eagan, Minnesota[2] | |||||
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National Football League (1961–present)
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Uniforms | |||||
Team colors | Purple, gold, white[3][4][5] | ||||
Fight song | Skol, Vikings | ||||
Mascot | Viktor the Viking[6] | ||||
Website | vikings.com | ||||
Personnel | |||||
Owner(s) | Zygi, Leonard and Mark Wilf[7] | ||||
Chairman | Zygi Wilf | ||||
General manager | Kwesi Adofo-Mensah | ||||
President | Mark Wilf | ||||
Head coach | Kevin O'Connell | ||||
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Championships | |||||
League championships (0†)
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Conference championships (4) | |||||
Division championships (21) | |||||
Playoff appearances (32) | |||||
Home fields | |||||
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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.[8] 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.[9] 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 523–435–11,[a] 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.[10][11] 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.
The Vikings color palette stays true while featuring a refreshed brighter gold accent that allows the purple to stand out.
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