List of Minnesota Vikings seasons

The Vikings compete in the NFL as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division.

The team was established in 1959, when three Minneapolis businessmen – Bill Boyer, H. P. Skoglund and Max Winter – were awarded a franchise in the new American Football League (AFL).

[1] In January 1960, the ownership group forfeited its AFL membership and, along with Bernie Ridder and Ole Haugsrud, was awarded the NFL's 14th franchise, with play to begin in 1961.

[2] The team's worst season was 1962, when they won two games, lost eleven, and tied one (a 0.154 winning percentage).

[5] With an overtime loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the Vikings became the first 15–1 team in NFL history not to reach the Super Bowl.

Stadium with a glass wall.
The Vikings have played at U.S. Bank Stadium since 2016.