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Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings start season with 4-0 records

The Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings have both opened the NFL season 4-0 after missing the playoffs in 2025.

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The Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings have both opened the season with 4-0 records, according to ProFootballTalk, Yahoo Sports, and NBC Sports. The NFL features only three undefeated teams remaining after four weeks of play. Both franchises failed to qualify for the postseason during the 2025 campaign. [1][2][8]

ProFootballTalk reported that NBC Sports research confirms this is the first time since 2013 that multiple NFL teams started 4-0 after missing the playoffs in the preceding season. In 2013, the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints accomplished the feat after recording 2-14 and 7-9 records respectively in 2012. [1]

The Chiefs finished the 2025 season with a 6-11 record following three consecutive Super Bowl appearances, ProFootballTalk reported. The Vikings finished 2025 with a 9-8 record after closing the year with five consecutive victories. The 2025 NFL season concluded with Super Bowl LX on February 8, where the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots. [1][9]

Minnesota currently holds the longest active winning streak in the league at nine games, according to ProFootballTalk. The team will play on Sunday for a tenth straight victory, which would tie the second-longest winning streak in franchise history. [1]

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In short

  • The Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings are both 4-0 after missing the 2025 playoffs.
  • Only three NFL teams remain undefeated four weeks into the season.
  • The Minnesota Vikings hold the longest active winning streak in the NFL at nine games.
  • This marks the first time since 2013 that two non-playoff teams from the previous year started 4-0.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Chiefs, Vikings are first pair of non-playoff teams since 2013 to start 4-0ProFootballTalk, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Chiefs, Vikings are first pair of non-playoff teams since 2013 to start 4-0Yahoo Sports Top, 1h ago
  3. [3]Mercyhurst women’s hockey sweeps Lindenwood with 4-0 Friday road winYahoo Sports Top, 3h ago
  4. [4]Are the Texans cooked after their 0-4 start? Why a sliver of hope still remains for HoustonCBS NFL, 8h ago
  5. [5]Why Bengals' defense might be in trouble against 0-4 DolphinsYahoo Sports Top, 8h ago
  6. [6]Texans 'might be the greatest 0-4 team in the history of football,' Titans coach saysYahoo Sports Top, 9h ago
  7. [7]Cowboys got boatraced by 0-4 Buccaneers on Thursday night – All aTwitterYahoo Sports Top, 21h ago
  8. [8]Chiefs, Vikings are first pair of non-playoff teams since 2013 to start 4-0NBC Sports, 1h ago

Background

  1. [9]2025–26 NFL playoffs on Wikipedia
  2. [10]Saints–Vikings rivalry on Wikipedia
  3. [11]Vikings on Grokipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 11 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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