Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings:All-Time Matchup History

Matchup Overview

The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings have met 127 times in NFL regular-season and playoff games since 1961. Minnesota Vikings hold a dominant all-time edge, leading the series 81–44, with 2 draws. Detroit Lions have had the upper hand recently, going 3–2 in their last 5 meetings. Their most recent matchup ended 23–10 in favor of Minnesota Vikings on December 25, 2025. They are scheduled to meet again on November 1, 2026 at Ford Field, Detroit.

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All-Time Head-to-Head

Showing 127 games from available historical data. Preseason games are not included.

Date	Season	Away	Score	Home
Dec 25, 25	2025 W17	DET	10–23	MIN
Nov 2, 25	2025 W9	MIN	27–24	DET
Jan 5, 25	2024 W18	MIN	9–31	DET
Oct 20, 24	2024 W7	DET	31–29	MIN
Jan 7, 24	2023 W18	MIN	20–30	DET
Dec 24, 23	2023 W16	DET	30–24	MIN
Dec 11, 22	2022 W14	MIN	23–34	DET
Sep 25, 22	2022 W3	DET	24–28	MIN
Dec 5, 21	2021 W13	MIN	27–29	DET
Oct 10, 21	2021 W5	DET	17–19	MIN
Nov 8, 20	2020	DET	20–34	MIN
Dec 8, 19	2019	DET	7–20	MIN
Oct 21, 19	2019	MIN	42–30	DET
Dec 23, 18	2018	MIN	27–9	DET
Nov 4, 18	2018	DET	9–24	MIN
Nov 24, 17	2017	MIN	30–23	DET
Oct 1, 17	2017	DET	14–7	MIN
Nov 25, 16	2016	MIN	13–16	DET
Nov 6, 16	2016	DET	22–16	MIN
Oct 25, 15	2015	MIN	28–19	DET
Sep 20, 15	2015	DET	16–26	MIN
Dec 14, 14	2014	MIN	14–16	DET
Oct 12, 14	2014	DET	17–3	MIN
Dec 29, 13	2013	DET	13–14	MIN
Sep 8, 13	2013	MIN	24–34	DET
Nov 11, 12	2012	DET	24–34	MIN
Sep 30, 12	2012	MIN	20–13	DET
Dec 11, 11	2011	MIN	28–34	DET
Sep 25, 11	2011	DET	26–23	MIN
Sep 26, 10	2010	DET	10–24	MIN
Nov 14, 09	2009	DET	10–27	MIN
Sep 19, 09	2009	MIN	27–13	DET
Dec 6, 08	2008	MIN	20–16	DET
Oct 11, 08	2008	DET	10–12	MIN
Dec 1, 07	2007	DET	10–42	MIN
Sep 15, 07	2007	MIN	17–20	DET
Dec 9, 06	2006	MIN	30–20	DET
Oct 7, 06	2006	DET	17–26	MIN
Dec 3, 05	2005	MIN	21–16	DET
Nov 5, 05	2005	DET	14–27	MIN
Dec 18, 04	2004	MIN	28–27	DET
Nov 20, 04	2004	DET	19–22	MIN
Nov 22, 03	2003	DET	14–24	MIN
Sep 20, 03	2003	MIN	23–13	DET
Dec 28, 02	2002	MIN	38–36	DET
Oct 12, 02	2002	DET	24–31	MIN
Dec 15, 01	2001	MIN	24–27	DET
Oct 13, 01	2001	DET	26–31	MIN
Nov 29, 00	2000	DET	17–24	MIN
Sep 30, 00	2000	MIN	31–24	DET
Jan 1, 00	1999	DET	17–24	MIN
Oct 16, 99	1999	MIN	23–25	DET
Oct 24, 98	1998	MIN	34–13	DET
Sep 19, 98	1998	DET	6–29	MIN
Dec 13, 97	1997	DET	14–13	MIN
Nov 15, 97	1997	MIN	15–38	DET
Dec 7, 96	1996	MIN	24–22	DET
Aug 31, 96	1996	DET	13–17	MIN
Nov 22, 95	1995	MIN	38–44	DET
Sep 9, 95	1995	DET	10–20	MIN
Dec 16, 94	1994	MIN	19–41	DET
Sep 10, 94	1994	DET	3–10	MIN
Dec 4, 93	1993	MIN	13–0	DET
Oct 30, 93	1993	DET	30–27	MIN
Oct 14, 92	1992	DET	14–31	MIN
Sep 12, 92	1992	MIN	17–31	DET
Nov 23, 91	1991	DET	34–14	MIN
Oct 5, 91	1991	MIN	20–24	DET
Nov 10, 90	1990	MIN	17–7	DET
Oct 6, 90	1990	DET	34–27	MIN
Oct 21, 89	1989	MIN	20–7	DET
Oct 7, 89	1989	DET	17–24	MIN
Nov 23, 88	1988	MIN	23–0	DET
Nov 5, 88	1988	DET	17–44	MIN
Dec 19, 87	1987	MIN	17–14	DET
Sep 12, 87	1987	DET	19–34	MIN
Nov 8, 86	1986	MIN	24–10	DET
Sep 6, 86	1986	DET	13–10	MIN
Nov 16, 85	1985	MIN	21–41	DET
Nov 2, 85	1985	DET	13–16	MIN
Oct 20, 84	1984	DET	16–14	MIN
Sep 22, 84	1984	MIN	29–28	DET
Dec 4, 83	1983	MIN	2–13	DET
Sep 24, 83	1983	DET	17–20	MIN
Dec 18, 82	1982	MIN	34–31	DET
Dec 11, 81	1981	MIN	7–45	DET
Sep 19, 81	1981	DET	24–26	MIN
Nov 8, 80	1980	DET	0–34	MIN
Sep 27, 80	1980	MIN	7–27	DET
Nov 17, 79	1979	DET	7–14	MIN
Sep 29, 79	1979	MIN	13–10	DET
Dec 8, 78	1978	MIN	14–45	DET
Nov 4, 78	1978	DET	7–17	MIN
Dec 16, 77	1977	MIN	30–21	DET
Oct 8, 77	1977	DET	7–14	MIN
Nov 6, 76	1976	DET	23–31	MIN
Sep 25, 76	1976	MIN	10–9	DET
Dec 13, 75	1975	MIN	10–17	DET
Oct 18, 75	1975	DET	19–25	MIN
Oct 19, 74	1974	DET	20–16	MIN
Sep 21, 74	1974	MIN	7–6	DET
Nov 10, 73	1973	DET	7–28	MIN
Oct 6, 73	1973	MIN	23–9	DET
Nov 11, 72	1972	DET	14–16	MIN
Sep 23, 72	1972	MIN	34–10	DET
Dec 10, 71	1971	DET	10–29	MIN
Sep 19, 71	1971	MIN	16–13	DET
Nov 14, 70	1970	DET	20–24	MIN
Oct 31, 70	1970	MIN	30–17	DET
Nov 26, 69	1969	MIN	27–0	DET
Oct 25, 69	1969	DET	10–24	MIN
Nov 16, 68	1968	MIN	13–6	DET
Oct 5, 68	1968	DET	10–24	MIN
Dec 16, 67	1967	MIN	3–14	DET
Nov 11, 67	1967	DET	10–10	MIN
Dec 10, 66	1966	MIN	28–16	DET
Nov 12, 66	1966	DET	32–31	MIN
Dec 11, 65	1965	MIN	29–7	DET
Sep 25, 65	1965	DET	31–29	MIN
Nov 21, 64	1964	MIN	23–23	DET
Oct 10, 64	1964	DET	24–20	MIN
Nov 23, 63	1963	DET	31–34	MIN
Oct 26, 63	1963	MIN	10–28	DET
Dec 8, 62	1962	MIN	23–37	DET
Nov 17, 62	1962	DET	17–6	MIN
Dec 9, 61	1961	MIN	7–13	DET
Nov 18, 61	1961	DET	37–10	MIN

Games before the 2010 season: Data from FiveThirtyEight, used under the MIT License and limited to today's franchises.