Sunday, September 18, 1983
Minnesota Vikings 19, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (2-1-0) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-3-0) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| MIN | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Terry LeCount 8 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Benny Ricardo 29 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| TAM | James Owens 1 yard rush (run failed) | 10 | 6 | |
| MIN | Benny Ricardo 37 yard field goal | 13 | 6 | |
| 3rd | TAM | Bill Capece 40 yard field goal | 13 | 9 |
| 4th | TAM | James Wilder 5 yard pass from Jack Thompson (Bill Capece kick) | 13 | 16 |
| MIN | Benny Ricardo 38 yard field goal | 16 | 16 | |
| OT | MIN | Benny Ricardo 42 yard field goal | 19 | 16 |
| MIN | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-90-0 | 42-114-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-42-283-1-0 | 17-30-192-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-19 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 264 | 192 |
| Total yards | 354 | 306 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-45 | 4-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ted Brown | MIN | 21 | 61 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 58 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Steve Dils | MIN | 16 | 33 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 6 | 94 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Terry LeCount | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 92 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| Tommy Kramer | MIN | 8 | 8 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Bob Bruer | MIN | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 8 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jack Thompson | TAM | 17 | 30 | 192 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Gerald Carter | TAM | 5 | 85 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 16 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| James Owens | TAM | 22 | 55 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 3 | 33 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Kevin House | TAM | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Andre Tyler | TAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jim Obradovich | TAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Michael Morton | TAM | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Swain | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Turner | MIN | 1 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Cannon | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mel Carver | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Andy Hawkins | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Morton | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Owens | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lee Roy Selmon | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Tyler | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||