All-time coldest games for NFL, Seahawks, Vikings

Published 1:41 pm Saturday, January 9, 2016

With the temperature for Sunday’s wild-card playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings forecast around zero degrees, here are the coldest games on record, according to the NFL and each team:

 

NFL records

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Minus 13 degrees, Dec. 31, 1967, Dallas at Green Bay, NFL championship game.

Minus 9 degrees, Jan. 10, 1982, San Diego at Cincinnati, AFC championship game.

Minus 1 degree, Jan. 20, 2008, New York at Green Bay, NFC championship game.

 

Seattle Seahawks records

16 degrees, Dec. 3, 2006, Seattle at Denver.

18 degrees, Dec. 27, 2009, Seattle at Green Bay.

20 degrees, Jan. 4, 2004, Seattle at Green Bay, NFC wild-card playoff game.

21 degrees, Nov. 16, 2014, Seattle at Kansas City.

22 degrees, Dec. 10, 2000, Seattle at Denver.

24 degrees, Jan. 16, 2011, Seattle at Chicago, NFC divisional playoff game.

26 degrees, Dec. 6, 1992, Seattle at Pittsburgh.

27 degrees, Dec. 19, 1989, Seattle at Denver.

30 degrees, Dec. 10, 1989, Seattle at Cincinnati.

 

Minnesota Vikings records

Minus 2 degrees, Dec. 3, 1972, Chicago at Minnesota.

Zero, Dec. 10, 1972, Green Bay at Minnesota.

5 degrees, Nov. 29, 1964, Los Angeles at Minnesota.

9 degrees, Dec. 5, 1970, Chicago at Minnesota.

9 degrees, Dec. 27, 1970, San Francisco at Minnesota, NFC divisional playoff game.

11 degrees, Jan. 4, 1970, Cleveland at Minnesota, NFL championship game.

12 degrees, Nov. 30, 2014, Carolina at Minnesota.

12 degrees, Dec. 26, 1976, Los Angeles at Minnesota, NFC championship game.

13 degrees, Dec. 27, 2015, New York at Minnesota.