Schedule ;LEGEND: :Team names in
bold indicate Vikings' home games.
Game summaries Week 1: at San Diego Chargers Week 2: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions Week 4: at Kansas City Chiefs Week 5: vs. Arizona Cardinals Week 6: at Chicago Bears Week 7: vs. Green Bay Packers Week 8: at Carolina Panthers Week 10: at Green Bay Packers After being swept by the Packers, the Vikings dropped to 2–7. As of 2025, this is the Vikings' most lopsided loss to the Packers.
Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders Week 12: at Atlanta Falcons Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos With the loss, the Vikings were swept by the AFC West & fell to 2-10, resulting in them being eliminated from playoff contention for the second straight time. This game was also notable for being the first
NFL on Fox regular season game to have an NFC vs AFC match-up despite the AFC team (Denver) being the road team and the last until 2014. The game was originally meant to be on CBS. However, because of the Colts-Patriots match-up was flexed out of Sunday Night Football for Lions-Saints, FOX got the rights to air this game since CBS wasn't able to air due to not having enough members to air 7 1PM games involving AFC road teams.
Week 14: at Detroit Lions With the loss, the Vikings were swept by the Lions for the first time since
1997 and fell to 2-11.
Week 15: vs. New Orleans Saints Week 16: at Washington Redskins With the win, the Vikings improved to 3-12 & finished 2-6 on the road.
Week 17: vs. Chicago Bears With the loss, the Vikings finished their season at 3-13 (0-6 against the NFC North), their worst record since
1984, and they finished 1-7 at home.
Standings ==Statistics==