{"id":891582,"date":"2026-05-15T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/891582\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:00:28","slug":"minnesota-vikings-2026-preseason-schedule-dates-times-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/891582\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Vikings 2026 preseason schedule: Dates, times, opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/2026-vikings-schedule-dates-times-235052939.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 NFL schedule is now set;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;2026 NFL schedule is now set&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NFL schedule is now set<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/minnesota-vikings\/347\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Vikings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Minnesota Vikings&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>\u00a0have a tough stretch in the coming months in terms of games to battle through. In addition to their NFC North rivals, the Vikings face the AFC East and the NFC South. While their AFC foes do not present an insurmountable threat, the NFC South is going to be an interesting one for them to navigate.<\/p>\n<p>Before they get to the regular season, they, of course, have to navigate the preseason. It will be interesting to watch it unfold as the team will have a quarterback battle unfolding between <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/40905\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:J.J. McCarthy;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;J.J. McCarthy&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J.J. McCarthy<\/a> and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/31833\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kyler Murray;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kyler Murray&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyler Murray<\/a>. How they play in those games could dictate the course of the Vikings&#8217; season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Here are the three preseason matchups lined up for the Vikings in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/vikingswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/vikings\/2026\/05\/14\/vikings-2026-preseason-schedule-dates-times-opponents\/90091012007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vikings 2026 preseason schedule: Dates, times, opponents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Vikings 2026 preseason schedule&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Vikings 2026 preseason schedule: Dates, times, opponents<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NFL schedule is now set, and the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0have a tough stretch in the coming months in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2073],"tags":[104526,1992,117,258,7,1519,4827,233,259,2529,56,1591,6,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-891582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-2026-nfl-schedule","9":"tag-afc-east","10":"tag-baltimore-ravens","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-j-j-mccarthy","14":"tag-kyler-murray","15":"tag-minnesota","16":"tag-minnesota-vikings","17":"tag-minnesotavikings","18":"tag-new-york-giants","19":"tag-nfc-south","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116576598370746471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}