I had been reading speculation the Vikings would play a home game but it would not be at the dome. On Tuesday October 16th at the owners meeting the official announcement was made public.
The 2013 NFL season the Minnesota Vikings will be the home team when they face the Pittsburgh Steelers at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday September 29th. The game will be played at 5:00 UK time which is noon (CST).
The Vikings will be part of NFL history next season as their game will be the first of 2 played at Wembley Stadium. On Sunday October 27th the Jacksonville Jaguars will host the San Francisco 49ers.
I have had season tickets 13 seasons and have only missed 1 home game and that was a preseason game. This will be my second miss. It is hard to know I will not be able to attend but on the positive side the bill for next season will be one less game. I always try to be positive about things in life.
The Vikings since their 1961 beginning have played 4 games across seas and all four were exhibition games. The Vikings are 4-0 which is a neat fact and would be even better if they could improve to 5-0.
The Vikings and Steelers both have fans that travel well so it will be neat to see on TV which team gets the bigger amount of fans.
This is one season we do not have to wait until the summer when the dates are announced. We know the teams the Vikings play early in the year, just not the dates. At least for just this one week in 2013 the Vikings we know when and who they play.
Overseas Game by Game
1983- London- Vikings 28 St. Louis Cardinals 10
1984- Goteburg, Sweden- Vikings 28 Chicago Bears 21
1993- Berlin- Vikings 20 Buffalo Bills 6
1994- Tokyo- Vikings 17 Kansas City Chiefs 9
Next up: Need to deal the Cards a loss
Thanks for reading
Purplestick
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