2013 Minnesota Vikings season

The  Minnesota Vikings season is the franchise's 53rd season in the National Football League, as well as the third full season under head coach Leslie Frazier. It will also mark the Vikings' final season playing their home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, as the team will temporarily play their home games at TCF Bank Stadium for the 2014 and 2015 seasons while construction of a new stadium, which is slated to open in 2016, will occur on the site of the Metrodome. The Vikings failed to improve their 10-6 record from 2012.

2013 draft

 * Notes
 * undefined Seattle traded their first-round (25th overall), seventh-round (214th overall) and 2014 third-round selections to Minnesota in exchange for wide receiver Percy Harvin.
 * undefined Minnesota traded their second-, third- and their seventh-round selections (52nd, 83rd and 229th overall), as well as Detroit's fourth-round pick (102nd overall), to New England to move up to the 29th overall selection.
 * undefined Detroit traded their 2012 seventh-round selection (219th overall—Trevor Guyton) and their 2013 fourth-round selection (102nd overall) to Minnesota for their 2012 fifth-round selection (138th overall—Tahir Whitehead) and the 2012 seventh-round selection (223rd overall—Travis Lewis) that they received from New England in the trade for Randy Moss in 2010.
 * undefined During the 2012 NFL Draft, Tennessee traded their 2013 sixth-round selection (176th overall) for the 2012 seventh-round selection (211th overall—Scott Solomon) that Minnesota had obtained from Cleveland.
 * undefined Minnesota traded Tennessee's sixth-round selection (176th overall) to Arizona for their seventh-round selection (213th overall) and CB A. J. Jefferson.
 * undefined Tampa Bay traded Denver's sixth-round selection (196th overall) and Minnesota's original seventh-round selection (229th overall) that they received from New England in a trade for RB LeGarrette Blount to Minnesota for their sixth-round selection (189th overall).

Roster changes

 * undefined Denotes this is a reserve/future contract.


 * Note:undefinedAdam Thielen, Rodney Smith, Darius Eubanks, Joe Banyard, Travis Bond, Chase Ford, Everett Dawkins and Kevin Murphy were all re-signed September 1, 2013 to the Vikings' Practice Squad. The Vikings also added DE Tristan Okpalaugo, who was a member of the Miami Dolphins during the preseason, to the practice squad on September 2, 2013.

Schedule
The Vikings' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 4, 2013. The preseason campaign will begin against the Houston Texans at Mall of America Field on August 8–10, followed by road games against the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers; the game against the 49ers will be the Vikings' second preseason matchup against the same opposition in two years. The preseason program will conclude at home to the Tennessee Titans on August 29.

Schedule

 * LEGEND
 * Team names in bold indicate Vikings' home games.
 * undefined Simulcast on WCCO-TV.
 * undefined Simulcast on WFTC.
 * # Blue/Red indicates the International Series game in London.
 * Yellow indicates that the network and time are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.

Week 4: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
NFL International Series

Week 10: vs. Washington Redskins
