Minnesota Vikings 2025 Schedule

The NFL has been releasing 2025 schedule teasers for a while now. The entire thing was released yesterday. 

Minnesota Vikings 2025 Schedule

Week	Day	Date	Opponent	Time (PT)
1	Monday	Sept. 8	@Chicago Bears	5:15 PM
2	Sunday	Sept. 14	Atlanta Falcons	5:20 PM
3	Sunday	Sept. 21	Cincinnati Bengals	10:00 AM
4	Sunday	Sept. 28	@Pittsburgh Steelers (Dublin)	6:30 AM
5	Sunday	Oct. 5	@Cleveland Browns (London)	6:30 AM
6	Sunday	Oct. 12	BYE
7	Sunday	Oct. 19	Philadelphia Eagles	10:00 AM
8	Thursday	Oct. 23	@Los Angeles Chargers	5:15 PM
9	Sunday	Nov. 2	@Detroit Lions	10:00 AM
10	Sunday	Nov. 9	Baltimore Ravens	10:00 AM
11	Sunday	Nov. 16	Chicago Bears	10:00 AM
12	Sunday	Nov. 23	@Green Bay Packers	10:00 AM
13	Sunday	Nov. 30	@Seattle Seahawks	1:05 PM
14	Sunday	Dec. 7	Washington Commanders	10:00 AM
15	Sunday	Dec. 14	@Dallas Cowboys	5:20 PM
16	Sunday	Dec. 21	@New York Giants	10:00 AM
17	Thursday	Dec. 25	Detroit Lions	1:30 PM
18	TBD	TBD	Green Bay Packers	TBD

Some Thoughts:

It sure looks like the NFL believes that the 2025 Minnesota Vikings will be an entertaining team. 

4 Prime Time Games

2 International Games

1 Christmas Day Game

The Vikings will have seven nationally televised games. Only the Kansas City Chiefs have more. It would seem that the NFL sees the Vikings as an entertaining and successful led by an intriguing young quarterback. J.J. McCarthy has won at every level of football. Why should that stop with the NFL?

I’ve heard some of the media’s talking heads rattle on about the international “away” games in Weeks #4 and #5 being a  competitive advantage for the Vikings. There’s nothing advantageous about packing up and moving an entire team to the UK for two weeks. These damn international games, no matter the duration, are the worst. I wish that the league would just bag the whole idea but that’s never going to happen. It’s all about the money. Plus, the games start at 6:30 in the damn morning.

I’d rather the Vikings not have to play on Christmas. That gives them two Thursday games and two short weeks. Those short weeks and and a two week international trip make for a challenging schedule even before you take a glance at the 17 matchups. 

Week 6 is a bit early for a BYE but it works this year because it comes off their international trip. 

I’ll be at the first Thursday game. At the Los Angeles Chargers on October 23. That should be fun.

A couple schedule curiosities:

-from Weeks 3-5, the Vikings play three consecutive AFC North teams

-from Weeks 14-16, the Vikings play three consecutive NFC East teams

Perhaps the best thing about the Vikings schedule is that they close the season with home games against the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers.