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The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis , Minnesota . They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Vikings have won one NFL championship and were the first team to both play in and lose four Super Bowls. The Vikings have won their division 16 times, third most among teams currently playing in the division.
The club was founded in 1961 after the ownership group withdrew membership to the American Football League and agreed to join the NFL as an expansion team. The team played home games at Metropolitan Stadium through the 1981 NFL season and have played their home games at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome since 1982.
Minnesota Vikings: Top 5 Position Battles to Watch in Training Camp This is why they play the games. The Minnesota Vikings , theoretically, have most of their positions set for the upcoming 2012 season. Many of the lineup changes that will occur will have been made from in-house promotions and the 2012 NFL draft, but there were a handful of free agents signed, too. There are far more battles that will go unheralded during training camp; battles that others won't ...
Minnesota Vikings: Greg Childs Could Be a Steal of the Draft, but Not This Year Minnesota Vikings rookie receiver Greg Childs could very well be the steal of the 2012 draft class, but he probably won't be seen that way this year. Childs recently said on Vikings Tonight with Mike Wobschall and Paul Allen that he views himself as the steal of the class and that he was overlooked because he came back too early after injuring his knee. He believes that he's ready to go and ...
Minnesota Vikings a vote away from new stadium ST. PAUL, MINN. — The Minnesota Vikings' hopes of a new stadium are one affirmative vote away from becoming reality. Only a state Senate vote stands between the franchise and the $975 million stadium the Vikings would move into ahead of the 2016 season.
10 Minnesota Vikings No One Is Talking About With the signing of the stadium bill by Governor Mark Dayton, the focus for the Minnesota Vikings can once more turn to matters facing the roster heading into 2012. The Vikings announced the opening of their 2012 training camp will be July 26th. For 22 days, until the team breaks camp on August 16th, plenty of fans will trek southwest of the Twin Cities to Mankato, where the Vikings have held ...