Minnesota Vikings Schedulegami: Every Opponent Never Faced in Primetime

Every opponent, every matchup window

All 31 opponents, most meetings first. Each count is the number of games in that window, 1966 through 2025, and opens the head-to-head page; “never” means the pairing is open there, and “2026 first” means this season’s schedule carries their first.

Venue notes: primetime windows where every Vikings meeting with that opponent has been in one city. A game in the other city would be a venue first, not a schedulegami.

• All 2 Bears–Vikings Thursday night games have been in Minnesota, never in Chicago.
• All 2 Lions–Vikings Monday night games have been in Detroit, never in Minnesota.
• All 2 Vikings–Buccaneers Sunday night games have been in Tampa Bay, never in Minnesota.
• The only Vikings–49ers Sunday night game was in Mexico City, never in Minnesota.
• All 2 Falcons–Vikings Monday night games have been in Atlanta, never in Minnesota.
• All 2 Rams–Vikings Thursday night games have been in Los Angeles, never in Minnesota.
• The only Cardinals–Vikings Monday night game was in St. Louis, never in Minnesota.
• The only Vikings–Giants Sunday night game was in Minnesota, never in New York.
• All 2 Cowboys–Vikings Monday night games have been in Minnesota, never in Dallas.
• All 3 Vikings–Eagles Monday night games have been in Philadelphia, never in Minnesota.
• The only Vikings–Commanders Sunday night game was in Minnesota, never in Washington.
• All 2 Vikings–Seahawks Monday night games have been in Seattle, never in Minnesota.
• The only Panthers–Vikings Sunday night game was in Carolina, never in Minnesota.
• The only Colts–Vikings Sunday night game was in Minnesota, never in Indianapolis.
• The only Vikings–Steelers Monday night game was in Minnesota, never in Pittsburgh.
• The only Bengals–Vikings Monday night game was in Minnesota, never in Cincinnati.
• The only Chargers–Vikings Thursday night game was in Los Angeles, never in Minnesota.
• The only Raiders–Vikings Monday night game was in Minnesota, never in Las Vegas.
• The only Bills–Vikings Monday night game was in Minnesota, never in Buffalo.
• The only Vikings–Patriots Monday night game was in Minnesota, never in New England.
• All 2 Vikings–Jets Monday night games have been in New York, never in Minnesota.
• The only Ravens–Vikings Monday night game was in Baltimore, never in Minnesota.
• The only Jaguars–Vikings Sunday night game was in Minnesota, never in Jacksonville.

Vikings schedulegamis in 2026

2027 opponents and their open windows

The projected 2027 opponents from the Vikings team page, with the windows each pairing has never played through the 2026 schedule. 3 opponents depend on Week 18 standings.

Vikings schedulegami FAQ

How many opponents have the Vikings never faced in primetime?

4 opponents have never met the Vikings on Monday night, Sunday night, or Thursday night, 1966 through 2025: Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Miami Dolphins, and Houston Texans. By window, the Vikings have never faced 9 opponents on Monday night, 12 on Sunday night, and 18 on Thursday night.

Which teams have the Vikings never played on Monday night?

Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Chargers, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans. That is 9 of 31 opponents, 1970 through 2025, counting every Monday game as Primetime & Holiday History counts it.

Which opponents have the Vikings never met outside a Sunday afternoon?

Houston Texans: this pairing has met only in Sunday afternoon windows since 1966. Nothing on the 2026 schedule changes that.

How many schedulegamis do the Vikings have on the 2026 schedule?

3 games: Week 9 vs Bills Monday night (scheduled); Week 11 at 49ers Sunday night and International (scheduled); Week 14 at Patriots Thursday night (scheduled).

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About the data

A schedulegami is a game placed in a broadcast window where those two teams have never met before. The pair is unordered. Venue does not matter: a pairing that has only ever met on Sunday night in one city has still met on Sunday night, so the same game in the other city is not a schedulegami. Sunday afternoon windows are never a schedulegami. Two levels are tracked: window-level, the first time a pairing meets in one window, and standalone-level, the first time a pairing meets outside a Sunday afternoon window.

Game history is the same file as Primetime & Holiday History, regular season only, with franchises carried forward under their current names. Coverage by window: Monday night: since 1970, every Monday game as Slot History counts it; Sunday night: since 1987; Thursday night: all Thursday games since 1966 as Slot History counts them; the first non-Thanksgiving Thursday game in the data is 1978; the weekly package began in 2006; Thanksgiving: since 1966; Christmas: since 1966; Saturday: since 1966; Kickoff Game: since 2002; International: since 2005; Friday: since 1966; Wednesday: all-time. A Sunday international game with a verified 8 PM ET or later kickoff counts as International and Sunday night; two games qualify, the 2005 49ers at Cardinals game in Mexico City and the 2026 Vikings at 49ers game in Mexico City. Schedulegami is a MockSlate term, first published September 2026.