Minnesota Vikings

	Minnesota Vikings
	Established 1961 ; Play in U.S. Bank Stadium ; Minneapolis, Minnesota
	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); ;
	Team Details
Team colors	Purple, Gold, White
Fight song	Skol, Vikings
Mascot	Viktor the Viking
	Personnel
Owner	Zygi Wilf
General Manager	Rick Spielman
Head Coach	Mike Zimmer
	Team history
	Minnesota Vikings (1961–present);
	Team Nicknames
	The Vikes, The Purple, The Purple People Eaters
	Championships
	League Championships (1) NFL Championships (1); 1969;
	Conference Championships (4) NFL Western: 1969; NFC: 1973, 1974, 1976;
	Division Championships (16) NFL Central: 1968, 1969; NFC Central: 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000;
	Home fields
	Metropolitan Stadium (1961–1981); Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2013); TCF Bank Stadium (2014–2015); U.S. Bank Stadium (2016–current);

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings play in the National Football Conference of the National Football League (NFL). They are in the NFC North division. The Vikings have won their division 16 times, which is the third most among teams that are playing in the NFL now. They appeared in four Super Bowls during the 1970s, and lost all four of them.

The team is called the Vikings because the state of Minnesota was settled by a great many people of Scandinavian ancestry. The historical Vikings originated in Scandinavia.

Minnesota Vikings Media

Head Coach Bud Grant (1967–1983 and 1985)
The Vikings were upset by the Chiefs 23–7 in Super Bowl IV.
The Vikings' famed Purple People Eaters defensive line stopping a Rams rush in the 1977 NFC Divisional Playoff game.
"Two-minute" Tommy Kramer (1977–1989)
Cris Carter's Hall of Fame display. Carter was a Viking from 1990 to 2001.
Randy Moss (1998–2004 and 2010)
All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson was selected 7th overall by the Vikings in the 2007 NFL Draft, and played for the Vikings from 2007 to 2016.
Brett Favre played for the Vikings in 2009 and 2010.
Defensive end Jared Allen played for the Vikings from 2008 to 2013.
In 2012, Adrian Peterson rushed for 2,097 yards – 8 yards short of Eric Dickerson's single-season record.

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