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Minnesota Vikings 27 at Cleveland Browns 21

Sunday, September 4, 1983

Minnesota Vikings 27, Cleveland Browns 21

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Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0)71010027
Cleveland Browns (0-1-0)077721

Scoring

MINCLE
1stMINTed Brown 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick)70
2ndMINBenny Ricardo 23 yard field goal100
CLERicky Feacher 18 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick)107
MINTed Brown 5 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick)177
3rdCLEMike Pruitt 6 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick)1714
MINTed Brown 10 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Benny Ricardo kick)2414
MINBenny Ricardo 38 yard field goal2714
4thCLEWillis Adams 23 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick)2721

Team Stats

MINCLE
First downs2417
Rush-yards-TDs39-189-224-116-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT22-33-198-1-120-34-223-3-3
Sacked-yards0-04-37
Net pass yards198186
Total yards387302
Fumbles-lost3-13-1
Turnovers24
Penalties-yards4-355-40

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Ted Brown MIN 19 74 2 12 6 63 1 13
Tommy Kramer MIN 22 33 198 1 1 18 6 -5 0 0
Darrin Nelson MIN 10 70 0 34 2 19 0 15
Terry LeCount MIN 1 40 0 40 2 15 0 11
Sammy White MIN 4 43 0 18
Rickey Young MIN 1 3 0 3 2 16 0 10
Bob Bruer MIN 3 19 0 7
Tony Galbreath MIN 2 7 0 9 1 7 0 7
Leo Lewis MIN 1 12 0 12
Mike A. Jones MIN 1 4 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Brian Sipe CLE 20 33 223 3 2 25 3 7 0 0
Mike Pruitt CLE 17 94 0 15 3 8 1 6
Dave Logan CLE 4 83 0 25
Ricky Feacher CLE 3 50 1 20
Ozzie Newsome CLE 5 35 0 13
Bobby Jones CLE 3 25 0 12
Willis Adams CLE 1 23 1 23
Johnny Davis CLE 3 12 0 7 1 -1 0 -1
Dwight Walker CLE 1 3 0 3
Paul McDonald CLE 0 1 0 0 1 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Rufus Bess MIN 1 19 0 0 4 24 6.0 0 0
Randy Holloway MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Johnson MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Mark Mullaney MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Darrin Nelson MIN 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0
Keith Nord MIN 1.0 1 0 0 0
Jarvis Redwine MIN 0 0 0 0 2 56 28.0 0 0
Willie Teal MIN 1 12 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dino Hall CLE 0 0 0 0 2 34 17.0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 0
Dwight Walker CLE 0 0 0 0 4 92 23.0 0 0
Mike Whitwell CLE 1 24 0 0