Minnesota Vikings facts for kids

Minnesota Vikings
	Established 1961
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;

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 have been part of the 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.

Images for kids

Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton in 2010.
A ticket for the 1988 NFC Wildcard Game between the Vikings and the Los Angeles Rams.
A Vikings preseason game at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in August 1999.
All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson was selected 7th overall by the Vikings in the 2007 NFL Draft.
Vikings RB Chester Taylor #29, QB #7 Tarvaris Jackson, OT #74 Bryant McKinnie, C #78 Matt Birk, and others in a 2009 NFC Wild Card Game.
Brett Favre played for the Vikings in 2009 and 2010.
Minnesota Vikings 50th Anniversary logo: 2010
Jared Allen played for the Vikings from 2008 to 2013.
The Vikings moved to U.S. Bank Stadium in 2016
Minnesota Vikings Uniform: 2006–2012
Minnesota Vikings uniform: 1996–2005
Minnesota Vikings Alternate: 2007–2011
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