2024 Minnesota Vikings season
The 2024 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 64th in the National Football League, their ninth playing their home games at U.S. Bank Stadium, their 20th under the ownership of Zygi Wilf and their third under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kevin O'Connell and Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. The Vikings improved on their 7–10 record from 2023 after a Week 11 win over the [2024 2024 Tennessee Titans season|Tennessee Titans season|Tennessee Titans] and made the playoffs after a one-year absence.
After six seasons, the team lost starting quarterback Kirk Cousins when he signed with the Atlanta Falcons in the offseason. Despite the team being in a rebuilding year with very low expectations, they started 11–2 for the first time since 2009, anchored by a stout defensive unit and strong performance by quarterback Sam Darnold. In Week 15, they clinched a playoff berth when the [2024 2024 Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks season|Seattle Seahawks] lost to the [2024 2024 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]. After their win against the Packers in Week 17 to improve to 14–2, the Vikings achieved their best season since going 15–1 in 1998 with their 14th win. However, the Vikings ended their season with two blowout losses: first to the division rival [2024 2024 Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions season|Detroit Lions] in their Week 18 game, which clinched the 1st seed for the Lions, then to the rival [2024 2024 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams] in the wild card round, which eliminated the Vikings from the playoffs. All four of the team's losses this season happened at the hands of the Lions and the Rams during back-to-back weeks. The Vikings became the first 14-win wild card team in NFL history, but their loss to the Rams meant they set a new record for the most wins by a team that failed to reach the divisional round of the playoffs in the Super Bowl era.
On June 6, 2024, the Vikings unveiled their new "Winter Warrior" uniform, which is all-white and features the first white helmet in franchise history.
The team's first round pick in the 2024 NFL draft, J. J. McCarthy, missed the season after getting surgery on a knee injury he sustained during a preseason game.
Offseason
Draft
| Name | Position | College | Ref. |
| Matt Cindric | G | California | |
| K. J. Cloyd | LB | Miami (FL) | |
| Jeremy Flax | OT | Kentucky | |
| Dallas Gant | LB | Toledo | |
| Devron Harper | WR | Mercer | |
| Ty James | WR | Mercer | |
| Jeshaun Jones | WR | Maryland | |
| Trey Knox | TE | South Carolina | |
| Tyler Manoa | DE | [2023 2023 Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona Wildcats football team|Arizona] | |
| Donovan Manuel | LB | FIU | |
| Dwight McGlothern | CB | Arkansas | |
| Gabriel Murphy | OLB | UCLA | |
| Doug Nester | G | West Virginia | |
| Owen Porter | OLB | Marshall | |
| Bo Richter | OLB | Air Force | |
| Spencer Rolland | OT | North Carolina | |
| Taki Taimani | DT | Oregon |
'''Draft trades'''
Preseason
Schedule
The Vikings' preseason opponents and preliminary schedule was announced on May 15, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule.| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Recap |
| 1 | Las Vegas Raiders | W 24–23 | 1–0 | U.S. Bank Stadium | ||
| 2 | at [2024 2024 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns] | W 27–12 | 2–0 | Cleveland Browns Stadium | ||
| 3 | at [2024 2024 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles] | W 26–3 | 3–0 | Lincoln Financial Field |
Regular season
Schedule
The Vikings' schedule for the 2024 NFL season was announced on May 15, 2024. In addition to home and away matchups against each of their NFC North divisional rivals, they were also scheduled to play against each of the teams in the NFC West and AFC South, as well as the teams that also finished in third place in each of the NFC South, NFC East and AFC East. Their AFC East opponent, the New York Jets, served as the opposition for the Vikings' home game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, which is part of the NFL International Series.Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.