Report: Vikings to Close Season at Home Against Bears
A familiar routine returns
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - NOVEMBER 16: Jordan Addison #3 of the Minnesota Vikings catches a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears at U. S. Bank Stadium on November 16, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(Photo by Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images) | Getty Images We have our second Minnesota Vikings-related schedule leak ahead of Thursday’s formal release of the 2026 regular season slate, and it once again sees a familiar scenario for the Vikings to end a regular season with. Ben Goessling of the Minnesota Star-Tribune is reporting that the Vikings will finish up the 2026 regular season with a home game at U. S.
Bank Stadium against the Chicago Bears. This is how the Vikings finished the home slate for the first six seasons of U. S.
Bank Stadium’s existence. Each season from 2016 to 2021, the final home game of the Vikings’ season was played against the Bears, with the game coming in the last week of the regular season in five of those six seasons (the 2020 Vikings had two road games after that final home game). Since all of the games in Week 18 of the regular season are divisional matchup, we can also conclude that the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions will be matching up in Week 18 as well.