Editing Minnesota Vikings (section)

===All-purple uniforms===
On October 11, 1964, for a home game against the Detroit Lions, the Vikings decided to wear their road uniform of white jerseys and purple pants; however, the Lions mistakenly only brought their white jerseys to Minnesota. The game began with both teams wearing white, but it proved too confusing, and ahead of the second quarter, the Vikings changed into their purple jerseys; however, they did not change their pants, resulting in the first time the Vikings wore all-purple for a game.<ref>{{cite web |first=John |last=Turney |title=1964 Lions at Vikings—Purple over Purple Uniforms |url=http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2016/06/1964-lions-at-vikingspurple-over-purple.html |work=Pro Football Journal |date=June 19, 2016 |access-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902155235/http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2016/06/1964-lions-at-vikingspurple-over-purple.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was not until 43 years later, on December 17, 2007 (a Monday Night Football game against the Chicago Bears) that the Vikings again wore both purple jerseys and purple pants—the first time they wore all-purple intentionally. They repeated this three years later, the wearing all-purple for the November 7, 2010, home game against the Arizona Cardinals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vikings-jersey.net/?tag=purple-pants |title=All Purple Jerseys |publisher=Viking Jersey Blog |date=August 2, 2011 |access-date=December 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114181446/http://www.vikings-jersey.net/?tag=purple-pants |archive-date=January 14, 2012 }}</ref>

The NFL introduced "[[Color Rush]]" uniforms for all 32 teams in the 2016 season, specifically for ''[[Thursday Night Football]]'' games. The Vikings had an all-purple uniform with gold numbers and stripes on the pants, which made its only appearance as a Color Rush uniform in Week 13 at home against the Dallas Cowboys. After the program was discontinued in 2018, these uniforms have become the team's primary alternate and are now known under the name "Primetime Purple"; however, the Vikings only wear these uniforms during home Thursday Night games. They wore the uniforms under the Primetime Purple name for the first time during a game against the Washington Redskins in 2019. In the team's Wild Card game against the New Orleans Saints during the 2019 season, the Vikings wore all purple again; however, instead of the regular alternates, they wore the regular home uniforms with the away purple pants.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peters|first=Craig|title=Purple Dominates Vikings Color Rush Uniforms|url=http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Purple-Dominates-Vikings-Color-Rush-Uniforms/2cffd320-785b-41eb-99c7-89821aec7005#start|publisher=Minnesota Vikings|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=October 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914165217/http://www.vikings.com/news/article-1/Purple-Dominates-Vikings-Color-Rush-Uniforms/2cffd320-785b-41eb-99c7-89821aec7005#start|archive-date=September 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the Vikings' win in this game, they have worn this combination in two subsequent games against the Saints, which took place in 2020 and 2022.

In 2020, despite the Vikings not having a Thursday Night game scheduled, the Primetime Purple uniforms made an appearance for a late-afternoon game against the Cowboys. The following season, they were worn again for a Thursday Night home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.<ref name="e702">{{cite web | last=Forness | first=Tyler | title=The Vikings will be rocking their Primetime Purple on Thursday | website=Vikings Wire|publisher=USA Today | date=November 21, 2022 | url=https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2022/11/21/vikings-alternate-jerseys-thanksgiving-patrick-peterson/ | access-date=August 29, 2024}}</ref> The most recent appearance for these uniforms came during a [[NFL on Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day]] game against the New England Patriots in 2022.