The Minnesota Vikings are a professional
American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings
compete in the National Football Conference of the National Football
League (NFL). They have been a member of the North Division since
the NFL realigned in 2002. Prior to the realignment, they had
been a member of the Central Division, also known as the Black
& Blue Division. The Vikings have won one NFL championship
(Pre-1970 AFL-NFL Merger) losing 23-7 to the Kansas City Chiefs
in Super Bowl IV and were the first team to both play in and lose
four Super Bowls. The Vikings have won their division 16 times,
third most among teams currently playing in the NFL.
The club was founded in 1961 after the
ownership group withdrew membership to the American Football League
and agreed to join the NFL as an expansion team. The team played
home games at Metropolitan Stadium through the 1981 NFL season
and have played their home games at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
(the home of the American League baseball team Minnesota Twins)
since 1982.