Broncos-Vikings preseason finale set for Friday night at Empower Field

The Denver Broncos will finish their preseason schedule with a home game against the Minnesota Vikings on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. The matchup is scheduled for 7 p.m. MT at Empower Field at Mile High, a primetime end to a stretch of work that typically prioritizes evaluation over results.

Denver’s Vikings game marks the last stop in the preseason for both teams’ coaching staffs, which will use the final rehearsal to sharpen game plans and make clearer decisions about roles heading into the regular season. Preseason finales often provide coaches with their best look at depth units, third-and-long situations, and late-game discipline, since staffs can be more deliberate about who plays and how long.

The Broncos have published an official live in-game blog for the contest, indicating that fans can follow key in-game updates in real time. That format generally pairs play-by-play style scoring updates with organizational notes from the team, giving supporters a direct line into how Denver is handling substitutions, tempo, and situational football.

For the Vikings, the trip to Denver completes a late-season set of opportunities to evaluate roster depth and continuity. Minnesota, like Denver, will be looking for consistent execution across positions that may be on the fringe, including backup offensive combinations and special teams units, where preseason reps can have outsized influence on roster decisions.

This is also the type of game where individual performances can carry different weight than they do in the regular season. Preseason stat lines are not usually a reliable indicator of season-long outcomes, but strong and repeatable execution, particularly in team-defined roles, tends to resonate with coaches as they narrow down the final depth chart.

As of Aug. 29, 2026, the most confirmed information centers on the timing and the fact that this will be Denver’s preseason finale at home. Specific details that usually follow a live event, such as which players logged the majority of snaps or how the scoring unfolded, are not established in the available materials for this publication and would require confirmed in-game reporting.