Minnesota Vikings will make NFL history during the 2025 season with latest schedule leak

Minnesota Vikings set to achieve NFL history in 2025

Playing in two international games isn't the most common thing. In fact, the Vikings will be the first team to do so after just the Jacksonville Jaguars did in both 2023 and 2024. It's what one of those games will mean that becomes NFL history.

The matchups against both the Steelers and the Browns will be just the second and third instances of a repeat matchup in the NFL International Series, the Vikings and Steelers will be the first NFL matchup ever to be playing in three different countries during the regular season.

Just in the last 12 seasons, the Vikings will have played the Steelers four times in four different stadiums:

• 2013: Wembley Stadium, London, England
• 2017: Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2021: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
• 2025: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland

Many teams have played matchups in multiple stadiums and even in a different country, but no matchup in the regular season has played in three countries before. This could end up becoming the norm with a team bound to be placed outside the United States of America. However, it's noteworthy that it's happening now, especially with the international series having had so few games in it.

It isn't just the Vikings and Steelers that are a repeat matchup. The Vikings played against the Cleveland Browns in 2017 when the Vikings went 13-3 with Case Keenum as the starting quarterback. This will extend the Vikings streak of not playing in Cleveland since the infamous 2009 season opener when Adrian Peterson went wild.

Having two international games might not be considered by everyone to be an advantage, but it takes two of the Vikings' nine road games and essentially turns them into neutral-site games. That's an incredible advantage to have, and it's especially nice considering the Vikings will have a first time starting quarterback this season.