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Houston Oilers 14 at Minnesota Vikings 34

Sunday, October 16, 1983

Houston Oilers 14, Minnesota Vikings 34

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Houston Oilers (0-7-0)707014
Minnesota Vikings (5-2-0)17301434

Scoring

HOUMIN
1stMINBenny Ricardo 44 yard field goal03
MINCharlie Johnson 50 yard fumble return (Benny Ricardo kick)010
HOUEarl Campbell 13 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick)710
MINSteve Jordan 23 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick)717
2ndMINBenny Ricardo 28 yard field goal720
3rdHOUChris Dressel 35 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick)1420
4thMINTed Brown 4 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick)1427
MINTed Brown 7 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick)1434

Team Stats

HOUMIN
First downs1717
Rush-yards-TDs34-145-128-120-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-31-197-1-220-34-227-1-0
Sacked-yards6-343-18
Net pass yards163209
Total yards308329
Fumbles-lost5-51-1
Turnovers71
Penalties-yards2-96-45

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Earl Campbell HOU 29 130 1 29 2 13 0 13
Gifford Nielsen HOU 17 31 197 1 2 35 2 8 0 6
Mike Renfro HOU 5 63 0 25
Chris Dressel HOU 1 35 1 35
Tim Smith HOU 4 26 0 11
Walt Arnold HOU 2 21 0 12
Herkie Walls HOU 1 17 0 17
Stan Edwards HOU 1 16 0 16
Mike McCloskey HOU 1 6 0 6
Larry Moriarty HOU 2 5 0 3
Donnie Craft HOU 1 2 0 2
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Darrin Nelson MIN 13 74 0 30 4 57 0 29
Steve Dils MIN 20 34 227 1 0 29 1 8 0 8
Steve Jordan MIN 2 44 1 23
Tony Galbreath MIN 5 12 0 5 2 28 0 23
Sammy White MIN 3 32 0 18
Ted Brown MIN 4 20 2 13 2 11 0 6
Terry LeCount MIN 1 2 0 2 2 14 0 9
Sam McCullum MIN 1 14 0 14
Bob Bruer MIN 2 14 0 10
Dave Casper MIN 2 13 0 8
Rickey Young MIN 3 5 0 3
Archie Manning MIN 1 -1 0 -1

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
Jesse Baker HOU 1.5 0 0 0 0
Steve Brown HOU 0 0 0 0 5 119 23.8 0 0
Bob Hamm HOU 0.5 0 0 0 0
Daryl Hunt HOU 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 0 0
Avon Riley HOU 0.5 0 0 0 0
Carl Roaches HOU 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0 3 30 10.0 0 0
Brian Sochia HOU 0.5 0 0 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
Rufus Bess MIN 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0
Matt Blair MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Neil Elshire MIN 3.0 0 0 0 0
Tom Hannon MIN 0.5 0 0 0 0
Randy Holloway MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Doug Martin MIN 0.5 0 0 0 0
Jarvis Redwine MIN 0 0 0 0 3 94 31.3 0 0
John Turner MIN 1 14 0 0
James White MIN 1 22 0 0