Vikings Get The NY Teams, Pats

The Vikings will open the 2010 season against the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints on Thursday night, September 9th at the site of last year's disappointment, the Louisiana Superdome. It is also the first NFL game of the regular season. (Have you noticed that both ESPN and NBC must have the previous year's champions in both baseball and football respectively for the very first game of the year?)

They will also play both New York teams in 2010. The Jets first at the new Meadowlands stadium (whatever it will be called, I guess after whatever corporation ponies up the most cash for the name) on October 11, a Monday night game. They play the Giants for the third straight September at the Metrodome, on December 12th.

I was very curious to see that the Vikes take on the New England Patriots on October 31st at Foxboro. It will be the only time I will call Professor Thom's hostile territory.

The Vikings open their home schedule against Miami on September 19th, and close the season on January 2nd in Detroit. (The NFL is scheduling nothing but divisional games that final week of the season. Interesting idea.) They will also have an early bye this year, in Week 4.

They will also play one other game on Monday night, against Chicago on December 20th, and one Sunday night game, October 24th in Green Bay.

Here is the complete Vikings schedule:

Wk	Date	Game	Stadium	Time (ET)		Network
1	Sep 09	MIN @ NO	Superdome	8:30 PM		NBC
2	Sep 19	MIA @ MIN	Mall of America Field	1:00 PM		CBS
3	Sep 26	DET @ MIN	Mall of America Field	1:00 PM		FOX
4	Bye
5	Oct 11	MIN @ NYJ	New Meadowlands Stadium	8:30 PM		ESPN
6	Oct 17	DAL @ MIN	Mall of America Field	4:15 PM		FOX
7	Oct 24	MIN @ GB	Lambeau Field	8:20 PM		NBC
8	Oct 31	MIN @ NE	Gillette Stadium	4:15 PM		FOX
9	Nov 07	ARI @ MIN	Mall of America Field	1:00 PM		FOX
10	Nov 14	MIN @ CHI	Soldier Field	1:00 PM		FOX
11	Nov 21	GB @ MIN	Mall of America Field	1:00 PM		FOX
12	Nov 28	MIN @ WAS	FedEx Field	1:00 PM		FOX
13	Dec 05	BUF @ MIN	Mall of America Field	1:00 PM		CBS
14	Dec 12	NYG @ MIN	Mall of America Field	1:00 PM		FOX
15	Dec 20	CHI @ MIN	Mall of America Field	8:30 PM		ESPN
16	Dec 26	MIN @ PHI	Lincoln Financial Field	1:00 PM		FOX
17	Jan 02	MIN @ DET	Ford Field	1:00 PM		FOX