Matchup History
Minnesota Vikings
Los Angeles Chargers
Vikings vs Chargers
An interconference series that rarely comes around, the Vikings and Chargers have split their 16 all-time meetings dead even, 8-8. There is no division rivalry here, no annual grudge, just a handful of games every few years, most recently a 37-10 Chargers win in Week 8 of the 2025 season. Here is the complete head-to-head record, the last meeting, and what to know before these two teams meet again.
All-time series
Tied 8-8
Total meetings
16 (regular season only)
Last meeting
Oct 23, 2025, Chargers 37-10
2026 schedule
Not on the 2026 schedule
Series overview
An occasional matchup, not a rivalry built on a schedule
The Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Chargers do not share a division and have never met in the playoffs, so their history has been written a game or two at a time, usually three or four years apart under the NFL's rotating interconference scheduling formula. Since their first meeting in 1971, the two teams have played 16 times, and the series could hardly be closer: 8 wins for Minnesota, 8 for Los Angeles (which also played this series as the San Diego Chargers for most of its history), no ties.
This page is a permanent reference for the series as a whole. It is not tied to a single season, since the two teams do not play every year. When a Vikings-Chargers game is added to a future schedule, the season-context section below will point to it; for now, this hub tracks the all-time record, the most recent game, and the meetings that have defined the series so far.
All-time record
Vikings vs Chargers head-to-head record
Regular-season meetings only, through the October 23, 2025 game, the most recent between the two teams. The franchise played as the San Diego Chargers for the first 46 years of the series before relocating to Los Angeles in 2017.
16 meetings, series tied 8-8
The two teams have never met in the postseason. The series has swung back and forth in blocks: Minnesota won 4 of the first 6 meetings between 1971 and 1985, the Chargers took 2 of the next 3 through the 1990s and early 2000s, and the two sides have split the eight games played since 2007 evenly, four apiece, including the Chargers' most recent win in 2025.
| Total meetings | 16 |
|---|---|
| Vikings wins (all-time) | 8 |
| Chargers wins (all-time) | 8 |
| Ties | 0 |
| Playoff meetings | 0 |
| First meeting | December 5, 1971 (Chargers 30, Vikings 14) |
| Largest Chargers win | 42-13 (September 2, 1984) |
| Largest Vikings win | 39-10 (December 15, 2019) |
Most recent meeting
Latest completed game: Week 8, 2025 season
The only Vikings-Chargers game since 2023, and the most recent result in the all-time series.
Thursday, October 23, 2025 • SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
Week 8 • 2025 regular season • Final
Vikings
10 – 37
Final
Chargers
Los Angeles led 7-0 after the first quarter and put the game away with 14 points in the second, going up 21-3 at halftime. Minnesota's only touchdown came on a third-quarter drive, but the Chargers answered with 13 fourth-quarter points to close it out. The result dropped the Vikings to 3-4 on the 2025 season and improved the Chargers to 5-3.
Chargers passing
Justin Herbert: 18/25, 227 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
Chargers rushing
Kimani Vidal: 23 car, 117 yds, 1 TD
Vikings passing
Carson Wentz: 15/27, 144 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Vikings receiving
Justin Jefferson: 7 rec, 74 yds
Scoring by quarter (MIN–LAC)
0-7, 3-14, 7-3, 0-13
Records after the game
Vikings 3-4 • Chargers 5-3
Match history
Notable meetings in the series
The two teams have met infrequently, so the series has few games and no dynasty on either side. These are the results that stand out, plus the most recent game.
| Date | Result | Venue | Recap |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 23, 2025 | Chargers 37, Vikings 10 | SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA | Full stats |
| December 15, 2019 | Vikings 39, Chargers 10 | U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis | — |
| September 2, 1984 | Chargers 42, Vikings 13 | Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington | — |
| December 5, 1971 | Chargers 30, Vikings 14 | San Diego Stadium, San Diego | — |
The 2019 game was Minnesota's largest margin of victory in the series, an early Kirk Cousins-led rout at U.S. Bank Stadium. The 1984 game remains the Chargers' largest win in the series, a 29-point blowout at the Vikings' old outdoor home, Metropolitan Stadium. The December 1971 game was the first-ever meeting between the two franchises. Not an exhaustive list of all 16 meetings.
Who to watch
Key players to watch on both sides
The faces of each roster heading into any future meeting, based on 2025 season production and current standing on the depth chart.
Minnesota Vikings
Justin Jefferson
Minnesota's leading receiver in 2025 with 1,048 yards, and the player who caught 7 passes for 74 yards in the 2025 loss to the Chargers.
Minnesota's 2025 passing leader. Carson Wentz started the Week 8, 2025 game against the Chargers; McCarthy is the team's current quarterback heading into future meetings.
Minnesota's leading rusher in 2025 with 758 yards; he did not play in the Week 8, 2025 meeting with the Chargers.
The longtime Vikings safety and defensive leader, who recorded 9 total tackles in the 2025 game against Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Chargers
Justin Herbert
Threw for 227 yards and 3 touchdowns against Minnesota in the 2025 meeting, posting a 122.8 passer rating.
Ladd McConkey
Herbert's leading target in the 2025 meeting, catching 6 passes for 88 yards and a touchdown.
Kimani Vidal
Ran 23 times for 117 yards and a touchdown against the Vikings, the workhorse in the Chargers' 2025 win.
Khalil Mack
The veteran pass rusher recorded a sack in the 2025 meeting and remains a focal point of the Los Angeles defensive front.
2025-season context
The Chargers game was Minnesota's Week 8 of the 2025 season
The October 23, 2025 loss to Los Angeles came in the middle of Minnesota's 2025 schedule, sandwiched between other regular-season games. It is the only meeting between these two teams in the current run of NFL schedules, and the Chargers are not on Minnesota's 2026 regular-season schedule. See the full slate of 2025 results and the live 2026 schedule for the games around it.
Planning ahead
How to watch, and game day info
Los Angeles is not on Minnesota's 2026 schedule, so there is no upcoming Vikings-Chargers kickoff to plan around. Here is what is known, and what genuinely is not, for whenever the series resumes.
How to watch
- Next meeting
- Not scheduled — the Chargers are not on Minnesota's 2026 schedule.
- Broadcast network
- Not applicable in 2026 — interconference games are assigned a network once scheduled, typically CBS or Fox depending on the home team.
- Streaming
- Check the site's Where to Watch guides once a game is added to the schedule.
Game day info
- Venue
- Not scheduled — would be U.S. Bank Stadium (Minneapolis) or SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, CA), depending on which team hosts.
- Kickoff time
- Not scheduled — no Vikings-Chargers game in 2026.
- Tickets
- No Vikings-Chargers game is currently on sale. See all Vikings tickets for games that are.
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