Vikings' home game against the Colts scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 17

The Vikings will play back-to-back Saturday games this month after the Week 15 kickoff against the Colts was flexed, the league announced Monday.

December 5, 2022 at 6:30PM
C.J. Ham and the Vikings last played the Colts at home in the 2021 preseason. (ANTHONY SOUFFLE, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Vikings will have one fewer day to prepare for the Colts following this week's game in Detroit. The Week 15 home game, the kickoff time of which had been TBA all season, was scheduled for noon on Saturday, Dec. 17, the league announced on Monday. It will be aired on KSTP (Ch. 5) locally and NFL Network nationally.

The Dec. 17 tripleheader will also include Ravens-Browns (3:30 p.m.) and Dolphins-Bills (7:15 p.m.).

The Vikings will play back-to-back Saturday games this month. With Christmas on a Sunday this year, the NFL scheduled most of its Week 16 games for Saturday, Dec. 24, including the Vikings game against the Giants at U.S. Bank Stadium.

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Andrew Krammer covers the Vikings for the Minnesota Star Tribune, entering his sixth NFL season. From the Metrodome to U.S. Bank Stadium, he's reported on everything from Case Keenum's Minneapolis Miracle, the offensive line's kangaroo court to Adrian Peterson's suspension.

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