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Cleveland Browns face one of the team’s closest to home in Week 5 today against the Minnesota Vikings. Here are some notes about the matchup & information on how you can watch or listen to the game.
Game Information
- Game Time/Date: Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. ET
- Location: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England
- TV Channel: NFL Network – Kenny Albert (play-by-play) & Jonathan Vilma (analyst).
- Local Radio: 92.3 The Fan (WKRK-FM), ESPN 850 WKNR, WNCX (98.5 FM) with Andrew Siciliano, Nathan Zegura, Je’Rod Cherry (sidelines)
- Weather: Dome
- Odds: Vikings by 3.5
- Over/under: 35.5
TV Distribution Map
The game will be televised on NFL Network.
Uniform & Poster
- The Browns’ uniform will be brown jerseys, white pants, and orange helmets.
- Here is the Week 5 poster for the Browns vs. Vikings game:
Connections
- Browns Head Coach Kevin Stefanski started his NFL career with the Vikings and spent 2006-19 in Minnesota.
- Browns Assistant Wide Receivers Stephen Bravo-Brown was a Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellow in 2018 with the Vikings.
- Browns Cornerbacks Coach Brandon Lynch’s first full season NFL coaching opportunity was with the Vikings in 2013 as Minnesota’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching fellow.
- Browns Tight Ends Coach Christian Jones spent 2019-21 at the Vikings as the Offensive Quality Control coach and the Assistant Wide Receivers coach.
- Browns Quarterbacks Coach Bill Musgrave was the offensive coordinator in Minnesota from 2011-13.
- Browns Pass Game Coordinator/ Wide Receivers Coach Chad O’Shea spent 2006-08 at the Vikings as the offensive assistant/ wide receivers coach.
- Browns T Cam Robinson played for the Vikings in 2024.
- Vikings General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah served as the Vice President of Football Operations for the Browns from 2020-21.
- Vikings Head Coach Kevin O’Connell began his NFL coaching career with the Browns as the quarterbacks coach in 2015.
- Vikings Wide Receivers Coach Keenan McCardell played four seasons with the Browns from 1992-95.
- Vikings Quarterbacks Coach Josh McCown started 11 games for the Browns at quarterback in two seasons (2015-16).
- Vikings Assistant Head Coach Mike Pettine spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as the Head Coach of the Browns.
- Vikings Passing Game Coordinator, Tight Ends Coach Brian Angelichio spent two seasons with the Browns coaching tight ends (2014-15).
- Vikings Game Management Coordinator, Pass Game Specialist Ryan Cordell spent three seasons with the Browns from 2019-21, starting as a football research analyst before joining the coaching staff where he worked with the offensive line.
- Vikings Quality Control (Offense) Coach Derron Montgomery briefly worked with the Cleveland Browns in July 2014 and 2015 as training camp volunteer.
- Vikings Defensive Assistant Coach Charlie Frye was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft, and he played from 2005-07 in Cleveland.
- Vikings LB Sione Takitaki was drafted by the Browns in 2019 and played from 2019-23.
- Vikings S Tavierre Thomas played for the Browns from 2018-20.
History
- The Browns have a 5-11 all-time record against the Vikings.
- The last time these two teams met was in Minneapolis on October 3, 2021, when the Browns defeated the Vikings 14-7. It was a low-scoring game between Baker Mayfield and Kirk Cousins, but the Browns’ defense limited the damage and got two late field goals to extend their lead.
- The Browns’ previous international game was also against Minnesota, back on October 29, 2017, when they lost 33-16.
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