What is Minnesota Vikings?
{{NFL team | name = Minnesota Vikings | founded = 1961 | city = [[U.S. Bank Stadium]] <br>[[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] | colors = Purple, Gold, White | coach = Mike Zimmer | owner = Zygi Wilf | general manager = Rick Spielman | mascot = Viktor the Viking | song = Skol, Vikings | nicknames = The Vikes, The Purple, The Purple People Eaters | hist_yr = 1961 | NFL_start_yr = 1961 | division_hist = *Western Conference (1961-1969) **Central Division (1967-1969) *'''[[National Football Conference]] (1970-present)''' **NFC Central (1970-2001) **'''NFC North (2002-present)''' | no_league_champs = 1 | no_conf_champs = 4 | no_div_champs = 16 | league_champs = *'''[[List of NFL champions|NFL Championships]] (1)'''<br />[[NFL Championship Game, 1969|1969]] | conf_champs = *'''NFL Western:''' 1969 *'''NFC:''' 1973, 1974, 1976 | div_champs = *'''NFL Central:''' 1968, 1969 *'''NFC Central:''' 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000 | stadium_years = *[[Metropolitan Stadium]] (1961–1981) *[[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] (1982–2013) *TCF Bank Stadium (2014–2015) *[[U.S. Bank Stadium]] (2016–current) }} The '''Minnesota Vikings''' are a professional [[American football]] team in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. The Vikings play in the [[National Football Conference]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). They are in the NFC North division. The Vikings have won their division 16 times, which is the third most among teams that are playing in the NFL now. They appeared in four [[Super Bowl]]s during the 1970s, and lost all four of them. Their home field is the [[U.S. Bank Stadium]] The team is called the Vikings because the state of Minnesota was settled by a great many people of [[Scandinavia]]n ancestry. The historical [[Viking]]s originated in Scandinavia. == Other websites == * [http://www.vikings.com/ Minnesota Vikings Official Website] * [http://www2.kfan.com/content/vikings/default.aspx Radio Home of the Minnesota Vikings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501030833/