Minnesota Vikings 2021 Schedule

Since the end of the 2020 NFL Season, the teams that the Minnesota Vikings will face in 2021 have been known. The location of those games have been known. When those games take place have been the only unknown. With last night’s NFL schedule release, all that unknown is now known. 

Minnesota Vikings 2021 Schedule

Week 1: Sunday-9/12-10:00 a.m. PDT

@ Cincinnati Bengals

Week 2: Sunday-9/19-1:05 p.m. PDT

@ Arizona Cardinals

Week 3: Sunday-9/26-1:25 p.m. PDT

Seattle Seahawks

Week 4: Sunday-10/3-10:00 a.m. PDT

Cleveland Browns

Week 5: Sunday-10/10-10:00 a.m. PDT

Detroit Lions

Week 6: Sunday-10/17-10:00 a.m. PDT

@Carolina Panthers

Week 7: BYE WEEK

Week 8: Sunday-10/31-5:20 p.m. PDT

Dallas Cowboys

Week 9: Sunday-11/7-10:00 a.m. PDT

@Baltimore Ravens

Week 10: Sunday-11/14-1:05 p.m. PDT

@Los Angeles Chargers

Week 11: Sunday-11/21-10:00 a.m. PDT

Green Bay Packers

Week 12: Sunday-11/28-1:25 p.m. PDT

@ San Francisco 49ers

Week 13: Sunday-12/5-10:00 a.m. PDT

@Detroit Lions

Week 14: Thursday-12/9-5:20 p.m. PDT

Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 15: Monday-12/20-5:15 p.m. PDT

@Chicago Bears

Week 16: Sunday-12/26-10:00 a.m. PDT

Los Angeles Rams

Week 17: Sunday-1/2-5:20 p.m. PDT

@Green Bay Packers

Week 18: Sunday 1/9-10:00 a.m. PDT

Chicago Bears

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A couple Vikings Schedule thoughts:

I love seeing the Vikings on the west coast. I already have tickets to the 49ers game and I’m working on the logistics for a bigger trip surrounding the Chargers game. 

Speaking of the west coast, it’d be nice if the two California trips were separated by more than a single week. If there’s a gripe to the schedule, it’s the traveling to start November. @Baltimore, @Los Angeles, home against the Packers, and @San Francisco (Santa Clara). Over a four week stretch, the Vikings will travel to the coast three times. That’s a rough travel schedule. 

A Week 7 Bye could be worse. This year’s bye weeks start in Week 6. Later is better for a season that’s had a game added to it. 

The Week 14 Thursday Night game against the Pittsburgh Steelers creates a late season “mini-bye.” That’s nice. 

Judging in May, it looks like the toughest part of the Vikings 2021 schedule comes when they return from that Week 7 Bye. Cowboys, @Ravens, @Chargers, Packers, and @49ers. That’s a grind. The travel doesn’t help. 

The NFL’s three-week preseason schedule was also announced. The Vikings preseason schedule:

Week 1

Denver Broncos

Week 2

Indianapolis Colts 

Week 3

@ Kansas City Chiefs