It’s finally Monday, which means the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings finally square off under the brightest football lights of Monday Night Football to close out Week 9 of NFL action. Buffalo and Minnesota share more than a few similarities as two smaller-market teams that have yet to win a Super Bowl despite each franchise having had four tries at the Lombardi Trophy.
Bills Mafia and the SKOL Family hope this season is different with both teams entering tonight’s game at 6-1. Yet, the circumstances
in both getting to this point are far different. It’s Buffalo’s top-scoring offense (33.3 ppg) against Minnesota’s top-ranked, stingy scoring defense (13.3 ppg allowed).
The Bills have struggled on defense a fair bit this season, while the Vikings have problems of their own on offense. Now, Minnesota turns to quarterback Carson Wentz again because starting quarterback Kyler Murray deals with a hamstring injury that has him listed as week-to-week.
The Bills and Vikings have played just 15 times dating back to their first matchup in October 1971. Minnesota leads the all-time series 9-6, having won the last game between the two franchises. That 33-30 overtime loss for Buffalo came in Orchard Park, NY back in November 2022.
Josh Allen is 1-1 against the Vikings since entering the NFL, with his first professional win coming in a 27-6 victory back in September of his rookie season in 2018. That game is now part of Bills lore, thanks to Allen’s hurdle of linebacker Anthony Barr.
Read on below to learn how you can catch all the action live from home or on the go during Bills-Vikings in Week 9.
Bills-Vikings Week 9 game details
- Date: Monday, November 9, 2026
- Time: 8:15 p.m. EST
- Location: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
- Weather forecast: Indoor stadium
- Head Referee: Carl Cheffers (and crew)
Bills-Vikings TV info
Television broadcast (8:15 p.m. EST):
- ABC
- ESPN
- ESPN2 (Monday Night Football Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show)
- ESPN Deportes (Spanish-language broadcast)
- NFL Network: MNF Playbook with Next Gen Stats
ESPN/ABC broadcast team:
- Joe Buck (play-by-play)
- Troy Aikman (color analysis)
- Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge (sideline reporters)
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How to watch Bills-Vikings in Canada
- CTV2 Network
- TSN1/3
- RDS
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International TV coverage
- NFL Game Pass
- Streaming: Watch every Bills game on DAZN
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Bills-Vikings radio info
Buffalo Bills Radio Network broadcast team:
- Chris Brown (play-by-play)
- Eric Wood (analyst)
- Sal Capaccio (sideline reporter)
New York radio broadcast stations:
- Buffalo, NY (WGRF 96.9 FM)
- Rochester, NY (WAIO 95.1 FM)
- Syracuse NY (WSKO 1260 AM)
- Albany, NY (WOFX 92.5 FM)
- Auburn, NY (WAUB 1590AM)
- Binghamton, NY (WENE 1430 AM)
- Cobleskill/Schoharie (WSDE 1190 AM)
- Cortland/Ithaca (WIII 99.9 FM)
- Dunkirk, NY (1410 AM)
- Elmira (WMTT 94.7 FM)
- Geneva, NY (WGVA 1240AM)
- Hornell/Elmira (105.3 FM)
- Jamestown, NY (WWSE 93.3 FM)
- New York, NY (WEPN 1050 AM)
- Newark, NY (WACK 1420 AM)
- Ogdensburg, NY (WQTK 92.7 FM)
- Olean, NY (WPIG 95.7 FM)
- Utica, NY (WKLL 94.9 FM)
- Watertown, NY (WOTT 94.1 FM)
Pennsylvania radio broadcast stations:
- Bradford, PA (100.1 FM WBRR)
- Erie, PA (WRKT 104.9 FM)
- Williamsport, PA (WRAK 1400 AM)
Additional national radio broadcast stations:
- West Palm Beach, FL (WESP 106.3 FM)
- Cheyenne, WY (KGAB 650 AM)
Canadian radio broadcast stations:
- Montreal, QC (CKGM 690 AM)
- Ottawa, ON (CFGO 1200 AM)
- Toronto, ON (CHUM 1050 AM)
National and SiriusXM Satellite Radio
- Westwood One Sports: (Kevin Harlan and Kurt Warner)
- Bills feed: Ch. 193 (car)/Ch. 803 (app)
- Vikings feed: Ch. 192 (car)/Ch. 820 (app)
- National broadcast: Ch. 88
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