Sunday, October 30, 1983
Minnesota Vikings 31, St. Louis Cardinals 41| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (6-3-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 31 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (3-5-1) | 14 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| MIN | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Pat Tilley 9 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| STL | Stump Mitchell 4 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Ted Brown 1 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 14 |
| STL | Neil O'Donoghue 52 yard field goal | 7 | 17 | |
| STL | Neil O'Donoghue 47 yard field goal | 7 | 20 | |
| MIN | Benny Ricardo 39 yard field goal | 10 | 20 | |
| 3rd | STL | Roy Green 4 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 27 |
| STL | Ottis Anderson 10 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 34 | |
| 4th | MIN | Sam McCullum 49 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 17 | 34 |
| MIN | Bob Bruer 2 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 34 | |
| STL | Roy Green 5 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 24 | 41 | |
| MIN | Sammy White 5 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 31 | 41 |
| MIN | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 19-59-1 | 40-182-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 27-38-314-3-3 | 20-29-245-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-25 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 289 | 238 |
| Total yards | 348 | 420 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-81 | 9-78 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Dils | MIN | 27 | 38 | 314 | 3 | 3 | 49 | ||||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 9 | 45 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 84 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 10 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 3 | 70 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Dave Casper | MIN | 3 | 44 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 3 | 29 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Bob Bruer | MIN | 4 | 22 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 24 | 136 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Neil Lomax | STL | 19 | 28 | 241 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Roy Green | STL | 6 | 79 | 2 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Doug Marsh | STL | 3 | 71 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 5 | 48 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 7 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||
| Ken Thompson | STL | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Randy Love | STL | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Dave Ahrens | STL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Benny Perrin | STL | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Joey Browner | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Huffman | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 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 | |||
| Earl Ferrell | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Galloway | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Greer | STL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Benny Perrin | STL | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lionel Washington | STL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||