Minnesota Vikings 2025 schedule release
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Happy NFL Schedule Release Day to all those who celebrate, which in 2025, seems like everybody. That’s because, at least locally, any news we can get on the Minnesota Vikings gets gobbled up like a Christmas Day feast.
Speaking of Christmas Day, we found out via multiple reports on Wednesday morning that the Vikings will play a stream-only contest against the division-rival Detroit Lions on December 25, this season. That news, coming off an official announcement on Tuesday that the Vikings will travel overseas for two regular season games abroad.
So far, those are the only two games that have been reported and/or announced by accredited NFL reporters. But there are more that have been rumored, and a couple that seem much closer to becoming legitimate reports.
2025 Minnesota Vikings schedule leaks and rumors
Going into Wednesday afternoon, we know about a few other schedule leaks that have been reported by NFL media members. Two are primetime bouts. If you would like to skip directly to the full rumored schedule (as we know it so far) scroll down.
The first reported game (per Maria Martin – ABC Atlanta) will be on Sunday Night Football vs the Atlanta Falcons. That game is supposedly scheduled for week 2 (per our friends @TPPSkol), right after the Vikings’ rumored opener on MNF vs the Bears — more on that shortly.
Hello #Falcons in prime time ⭐️
They are being given 5, yes FIVE primetime games this year, league sources tells me.
2 MNF – Bills/Rams at home
2 SNF – Vikings/49ers on the road
1 TNF – @ Bucs
— Maria Martin (@Ria_Martin) May 14, 2025
On Thursday Night Football week 8, the Minnesota Vikings will reportedly fly to the west coast to play the Los Angeles Chargers, per Alex Katson (WideLeft.com). Then in week 16, according to Art Stapleton (USA Today), they’ll travel to the Big Apple for a late-season contest vs the New York Giants.
Hottest schedule rumor: Vikings vs Bears on MNF to open season
The most notable rumor — which has yet to be verified by more official sources, but seems extremely credible — is a week 1 Monday Night Football showdown against the Chicago Bears. This schedule leak has been reported by @NerdingonNFL (who’s been correctly leaking a bunch of games this morning).
Accredited NFL reporters out of the Athletic have helped give this rumor some steam, however. Vikings beat writer Alec Lewis retweeted a MNF tease from his colleague out of Chicago, Kevin Fishbain, full with an eyeball emoji and everything. Might as well make it official now…
Week 1 Primetime Slate pic.twitter.com/47KmGTIJnQ
— NFL Nerd (@NerdingonNFL) May 14, 2025
👀 https://t.co/8B4zgqGOXd
— Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) May 14, 2025
What NFL fans are waiting for tonight — and what is being leaked today — is the “when” of these 2025 regular season games; as in what weeks/days they will be played and what platform they will air on. The Minnesota Vikings 2025 opponents have been revealed for months.
Updated 2025 Minnesota Vikings schedule (as we think we know it)
With that being said, here is what we know (or think we know) about the Minnesota Vikings 2025 schedule so far (see key at the bottom).
Wk Opponent Location
1 @ Bears (MNF) Chicago, IL
2 *Falcons (SNF) Minneapolis, MN
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4 @ Steelers Dublin, IE
5 @ Browns London, UK
6 BYE BYE
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8 @ Chargers Los Angeles, CA
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16 @ Giants New York, NY
17 Lions (Xmas) Minneapolis, MN
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– Reported by accredited NFL source– *Week of game in question
– More than a rumor but no accredited source
– Just a rumor but worth monitoring
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