EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings are opening their 2025 regular-season slate by visiting the Chicago Bears at 7:15 p.m. (CT) Monday, Sept. 8.
Quarterback J.J. McCarthy is set to make his first start at Soldier Field in his hometown.
It will mark the seventh time the Vikings have opened a season on Monday Night Football and the fifth time in the past 20 seasons (1971, 1972, 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2017). It will be the 19th time in Minnesota-Chicago series history for the franchises to meet on MNF.