There will be a lot at stake when the Vikings come to Detroit next Sunday night and the final game of the 2024 regular season.
The winner of the game will be both the NFC North champions and the top seed in the NFC playoffs, so there would be plenty of interest in the matchup even if it wasn’t also historically significant. It will be the first regular season game between two teams that have won at least 13 games and it will be just the fourth game between teams that are both 10 games over .500.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Vikings-Lions game will join a 2005 game between the Seahawks and Colts, a 1983 Washington-Dallas clash and a 1926 clash between the Bears and the Frankford Yellow Jackets as the only games to kick off under such conditions.
Seattle and Washington both advanced to the Super Bowl after winning their games and the winner next Sunday will have the inside track on a similar fate.
