Minnesota Vikings facts for kids

Minnesota Vikings
	Established January 28, 1960; 60 years ago; First season: 1961
Logo	Wordmark
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
Chairman	Zygi Wilf
President	Mark Wilf
General manager	Rick Spielman
Head coach	Mike Zimmer
Team history
	Minnesota Vikings (1961–present);
Team nicknames
	The Vikes; The Purple People Eaters; The Purple and Gold;
Championships
	League championships (1); NFL Championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (1); 1969;
	Conference championships (4) NFL Western: 1969; NFC: 1973, 1974, 1976;
	Division championships (20) NFL Central: 1968, 1969; NFC Central: 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000; NFC North: 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017;
Playoff appearances (30)
	NFL: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019;

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.

During the 1960s, the Vikings' record was typical for an expansion franchise, but improved over the course of the decade, resulting in a Central Division title in 1968. In 1969, their dominant defense led to the Vikings' league championship, the last NFL championship prior to the merger of the NFL with the AFL.

The team plays its home games at U.S. Bank Stadium in the Downtown East section of Minneapolis.

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
Map of radio affiliates