As you’d imagine for teams in different conferences, the Minnesota Vikings and the New England Patriots don’t have a whole lot of history against each other. The two teams have only met 12 times since the Vikings came into existence back in 1961, and the first game between these two teams was actually between the Vikings and the Boston Patriots in 1970, the first year after the NFL-AFL merger.
Of those twelve games, the Vikings have won. . .well, not very many. It’s also been a while since the last time they beat the Patriots anywhere, whether it’s Minneapolis or Foxborough.