Sunday, September 4, 1983
Minnesota Vikings 27, Cleveland Browns 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| Cleveland Browns (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| MIN | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Ted Brown 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Benny Ricardo 23 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| CLE | Ricky Feacher 18 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| MIN | Ted Brown 5 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Mike Pruitt 6 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 14 |
| MIN | Ted Brown 10 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 14 | |
| MIN | Benny Ricardo 38 yard field goal | 27 | 14 | |
| 4th | CLE | Willis Adams 23 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 27 | 21 |
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-189-2 | 24-116-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-33-198-1-1 | 20-34-223-3-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-37 |
| Net pass yards | 198 | 186 |
| Total yards | 387 | 302 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-35 | 5-40 |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | ||||||||||||||