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Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 15 · U.S. Bank Stadium · Sunday Night

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Detroit Lions—Away
Minnesota Vikings—Home

Game details

Venue address
401 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55415, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

Detroit Lions 2–2 · Road 0–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 19 · 7 days of rest
Minnesota Vikings 4–0 · Home 2–0 · Streak W4 · Power Index No. 5 · 10 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · DET 4 games, MIN 4 games
MetricDETMIN
Points per game29.84th21.518th
Points allowed per game31.831st12.81st
Total yards per game389.36th262.831st
Passing yards per game303.52nd177.332nd
Rushing yards per game102.020th106.816th
Turnovers per game0.31st0.53rd
Sacks allowed per game2.013th3.330th
Penalty yards per game56.814th55.012th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Detroit Lions: recent results

  1. L 26–32 @ CAR Week 4
  2. W 31–24 vs NYJ Week 3
  3. L 31–41 @ BUF Week 2
  4. W 31–30 (OT) vs NO Week 1

Minnesota Vikings: recent results

  1. W 15–10 vs MIA Week 4
  2. W 23–16 @ TB Week 3
  3. W 9–3 @ CHI Week 2
  4. W 39–22 vs GB Week 1

Detroit Lions: season leaders

Passing
Jared Goff 1,214 yds
Rushing
Jahmyr Gibbs 353 yds
Receiving
Amon-Ra St. Brown 303 yds

Minnesota Vikings: season leaders

Passing
Kyler Murray 433 yds
Rushing
Aaron Jones 297 yds
Receiving
T.J. Hockenson 195 yds
Sacks
Dallas Turner 5.5

Detroit Lions: injury report

  • Out Ben Bartch LG
  • Out Brian Branch SS
  • Out Giovanni Manu LT
  • Out Kerby Joseph FS
  • Out Mason Miller
  • Out Rock Ya-Sin RCB
  • Questionable Tyleik Williams RDT

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Minnesota Vikings: injury report

  • Out Charles Demmings LCB
  • Out Christian Darrisaw LT
  • Questionable Ben Yurosek TE
  • Questionable Brian O'Neill RT
  • Questionable Jordan Addison WR
  • Questionable Justin Jefferson WR
  • Questionable Michael Jurgens C

6 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

DET 18 · MIN 36 in 54 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 17 DET 10, MIN 23
  2. 2025 · Week 9 MIN 27, DET 24
  3. 2024 · Week 18 MIN 9, DET 31
  4. 2024 · Week 7 DET 31, MIN 29
  5. 2023 · Week 18 MIN 20, DET 30

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

DET 49.8% · MIN 49.8%

Matchup quality 66.5 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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