2015 Minnesota Vikings season
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance NFL.com recap
HOF August 9 Pittsburgh Steelers W 14-3 1-0 Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium ( Canton , Ohio ) 22,364 Recap
1 August 15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 26-16 2-0 TCF Bank Stadium 50,610 Recap
2 August 22 Oakland Raiders W 20-12 3-0 TCF Bank Stadium 50,656 Recap
3 August 29 at Dallas Cowboys W 28-14 4-0 AT & T Stadium 86,082 Recap
4 September 3 at Tennessee Titans L 17-24 4-1 Nissan Stadium 61,294 Recap
Preseason -- Schedule
On February 11 , 2015 , the National Football League announced that the Vikings would play the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game . The game was played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton , Ohio , on Sunday , August 9 . [ 33 ] The remainder of the Vikings ' preliminary preseason schedule was announced on April 9 . The Vikings first hosted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders before road games against the Dallas Cowboys and the Tennessee Titans , [ 34 ] making this the third consecutive year in which the Vikings face the Titans in the preseason .
The 2015 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 55th season in the National Football League and their second under head coach Mike Zimmer. It marked the last season in which the Vikings played their home games at the University of Minnesota's on-campus TCF Bank Stadium, before moving into U.S. Bank Stadium, which opened in July 2016, located on the site of the now-demolished Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Vikings improved on their 7-9 record from 2014 and clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2012. They also won their first NFC North title since 2009 with a Week 17 victory at the Packers. As a result, they hosted the Seattle Seahawks in the wild card round of the 2015-16 NFL playoffs, but lost 10-9 after kicker Blair Walsh missed a potential game-winning 27-yard field goal in the final seconds.