Minnesota Vikings

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. Their home field is the U.S. Bank Stadium

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)
Current uniform
Team colors	Purple, Gold, White
Fight song	Skol, Vikings
Mascot	Viktor the Viking
Personnel
Owner(s)	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 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.

Other websites

• Minnesota Vikings Official Website
• Radio Home of the Minnesota Vikings Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Star Tribune Coverage of the Minnesota Vikings
• Pioneer Press Coverage of the Minnesota Vikings