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Houston Oilers 14 at Minnesota Vikings 34
Sunday, October 16, 1983
Houston Oilers 14, Minnesota Vikings 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-7-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Minnesota Vikings (5-2-0) | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| HOU | MIN | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | Benny Ricardo 44 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| MIN | Charlie Johnson 50 yard fumble return (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 10 |
| HOU | Earl Campbell 13 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick) | 7 | 10 |
| MIN | Steve Jordan 23 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| MIN | Benny Ricardo 28 yard field goal | 7 | 20 |
| HOU | Chris Dressel 35 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 14 | 20 |
| MIN | Ted Brown 4 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 27 |
| MIN | Ted Brown 7 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 34 |
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-145-1 | 28-120-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-31-197-1-2 | 20-34-227-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-34 | 3-18 |
| Net pass yards | 163 | 209 |
| Total yards | 308 | 329 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-5 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 7 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-9 | 6-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 29 | 130 | 1 | ||||||||