It’s game day, ladies and gentlemen! Today, the Minnesota Vikings will take the field for the second time this preseason as they play host to the New England Patriots. These two teams have had joint practices this week, and now they’ll battle it out on the field to see what they’ve learned over the past few days. This will be the last time the Vikings will take the field at U.S. Bank Stadium until Week 2 of the regular season, as their final preseason game will be in Tennessee this coming Friday and their regular season opener is, of course, a road game in Chicago.
Let’s get you all of the information you need to follow along with all of the action this afternoon.
Television Info
Kickoff for this one is slated for noon Central time on Saturday afternoon. Unlike last week’s game (and next week’s), this game is not a nationally broadcast one, so you might have some trouble catching it live if you’re not in a place that’s showing it locally. Here are all of the networks around the Midwest that will be carrying the game, along with the Vikings Radio Network simulcast with Paul Allen and Pete Bercich.
- KMSP (FOX/9 – Minneapolis, MN)
- WDIO (ABC/10-13 – Duluth, MN)
- KTTC (CW/10.2 – Rochester, MN)
- KEYC (CBS/12 – Mankato, MN)
- KVRR (FOX/15 – Fargo, ND)
- KFYR (FOX/5.2 – Bismark, ND)
- KMOT (FOX/10.2 – Minot, ND)
- KSFY (ABC/13 – Sioux Falls, SD)
- KGAN (CBS/2 – Cedar Rapids, IA)
- KCCI (CBS/8 – Des Moines, IA)
- WLAX (FOX/25 – La Crosse, WI)
- WEUX (FOX/48 – Eau Claire, WI)
- KETV (MeTV/7.2 – Omaha, NE)
- KYES (CBS/5 – Anchorage, AK)
Hey, we’re big in Alaska. Who knew?
If you’re located in the northeast, here is the list of networks that will be showing the game with the Patriots’ broadcast team of Scott Zolak, Devin McCourty, and Jason McCourty.
- WBZ (CBS/4 – Boston, MA)
- WNAC (FOX/64 – Providence, RI)
- WCTX (My/9 – New Haven, CT)
- WWLP (NBC/22 – Springfield, MA)
- WMUR (ABC/9 – Manchester, NH)
- WMTW (ABC/8 – Portland, ME)
- WVII (ABC/7 – Bangor, ME)
- WCAX (CBS/3 – Burlington, VT)
If you are not in any of those cities. . .well, I’m afraid you’re going to have to wait for a replay to actually be able to see this one. Replays on the NFL Network are set for 5:00 AM Central on Sunday, 17 August, and 11:00 AM Central on Wednesday, 20 August.
Radio Info
If you’re going to be traveling around the upper Midwest or just prefer to listen on the radio, we have a full list of the Vikings Radio Network affiliates that we have updated for the 2025 season. If you have satellite radio, you can check out the Vikings feed on Channel 226 on both the Sirius and XM dials. If you’re using the SiriusXM app, the Vikings’ permanent home there is Channel 820.
Referee Info
According to the folks from Football Zebras, the officiating crew for this week’s game in Minneapolis will be led by Carl Cheffers.
Weather Info
With this game being played within the confines of U.S. Bank Stadium, the weather won’t affect the game itself or anything. If you’re traveling to and from the game, you might have some issues according to our friends at WeatherNation. There are supposed to be thunderstorms around the Twin Cities area for most of the morning but they’re currently forecast to move out a couple of hours before kickoff. After that, temperatures will be in the upper 70s to lower 80s with winds out of the east at 5-10 miles/hour.
Betting Info
According to the folks at the FanDuel Sportsbook, the Vikings come into this one as a 2.5-point favorite, with the over/under currently sitting at 38.5. Again. . .man, don’t bet on preseason games.
Streaming Info
If you have the NFL+ app, you should be able to stream this game on there. Otherwise, you are outside of the local broadcast areas listed above, you might not have a legal means of streaming this one.
As always, we’re not going to be doing any sharing of illegal streams on this platform. Doing so will get you banned, so don’t do it.
That should be all of the info you need for this one, folks. We’ll be along with an Open Thread for each half of today’s game, with the thread for the first half coming approximately 30 minutes before kickoff at 11:30 AM Central. We hope to see you there!
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