15 interesting facts about the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers
By Dustin Baker
If you’re looking for Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers stats and factoids, you’ve come to the right spot.
A rare peel-back of the curtain: Dustin Baker, here. Some of you reading this will know that I mass-post Minnesota Vikings statistics to my account on Twitter. I’ve done so since last January and have accumulated quite the vault of all-things Vikings. Before the official commencement of the Vikings season, I decided it’s an apropos time to show off the war chest.
The Vikings and Packers have never met during Week 1 in Minnesota. It will be a first for both teams in that regard. Meeting in Week 1 is nothing new, though. The teams have danced in the first matchup of the season six times — all at Lambeau Field. In the six contests, the Vikings and Packers have evenly split the series. For a while anyway, the 2020 Week 1 game will be the rubber match.
From an all-time perspective, the Packers lead the series 54-62-3 (.466) including playoff meetings. Recently, the two teams have a competitive rivalry. This more-or-less corresponds to the arrival of Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. There was a stretch from 2010-2015 when the Vikings only won a single game versus the Packers — in 12 tries. It was vomit-inducing.
On the whole, let’s have a peek and some interesting statistics surround the two teams (and mainly the Vikings).