are the vikings in the nfc?
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The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. ... The Vikings have won 20 division titles, and have made 30 playoff appearances.
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The Vikings' magic number to clinch a playoff spot is one with two regular-season games left. ... Vikings make playoffs if … they win one of their last two regular-season games, Monday against Green Bay (11-3) and Dec. 29 against the Chicago Bears (7-7), or the Los Angeles Rams (8-6) lose one of their last two.
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The Vikings missed the playoffs after being the last unbeaten team in 2016, while the Panthers fell to the Broncos in the Super Bowl in 2015. Now, it's the 49ers who are the only team with an unblemished record.
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A loss to the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings' win over the Miami Dolphins Sunday officially eliminated the Packers from playoff contention with two games left. ... The Bears officially clinched the NFC North title with the win, their 10th of the season.
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The Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams has won four and the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers have won three apiece. The San Francisco 49ers have also been the NFC runner up, as a result of losing the NFC Championship Game, a record nine times. The Rams and Cowboys have each been the runner up six times.
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The San Francisco 49ers have won seven. The Washington Redskins and New York Giants have each won five NFC championships. The Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams has won four and the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers have won three apiece.
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In 1969, their dominant defense led to a league championship, the last NFL championship prior to the merger of the NFL with the AFL. The Vikings are arguably the most successful NFL franchise to never win a Super Bowl.
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But it's a lot more than just groupings and geography that makes games between these two teams so great. In franchise history, the Vikings have played the Packers 115 times with the outcomes pretty evenly split. Minnesota has won 53 of those games with Green Bay picking up 59 victories and there being three ties.
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Vikings earn No. 6 seed if … they clinch a playoff berth and don't win the division and aren't the No. 5 seed.
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The Vikings will be playing in January. Minnesota secured a spot in the postseason field on Saturday night when the Los Angeles Rams lost at San Francisco. ... Seattle, Green Bay, New Orleans and San Francisco previously clinched playoff spots. Dallas can clinch the remaining spot — and win the NFC East and a No.
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Vikings' potential playoff opponents. The Vikings' most likely first-round playoff opponent appears to be Drew Brees and the Saints, but there are three other possibilities as well. The Vikings are locked into the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs and will play the No.
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The NFL's conference call The San Francisco 49ers are the highest-ranked team from the NFC, having also played in 16 championship games – the last of which came in the 2019/20 season.
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The Dallas Cowboys have won the most NFC Championships at 8. The Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings are the only two NFC teams to appear in at least one NFC Championship game in every decade since 1970.
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The team played in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX and XI, but failed to win any of them. In addition, they have lost in their last six NFC Championship Game appearances, stretching back to 1978. The Vikings have 15 members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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The Vikings' magic number to clinch a playoff spot is one with two regular-season games left. ... Vikings win NFC North if … they beat the Packers and Bears, and Green Bay loses at Detroit (3-10-1) on Dec. 29.
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The National Football Conference – Western Division or NFC West is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). It currently has four members: the Arizona Cardinals, the Los Angeles Rams, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Seattle Seahawks.
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A Packers win over the Bears and a Cowboys win over the Los Angeles Rams would clinch a playoff berth for the Packers in Week 15. ... They can, however, win the division title by beating the Bears and then beating the Vikings on Dec.