Sunday, November 27, 1983
Minnesota Vikings 16, New Orleans Saints 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (7-6-0) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| New Orleans Saints (7-6-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| MIN | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Benny Ricardo 31 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NOR | Wayne Wilson 2 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Tony Galbreath 5 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 7 |
| NOR | Morten Andersen 25 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Benny Ricardo 27 yard field goal | 13 | 10 |
| 4th | NOR | Wayne Wilson 1 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 13 | 17 |
| MIN | Benny Ricardo 32 yard field goal | 16 | 17 |
| MIN | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-121-0 | 42-153-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-30-141-1-1 | 13-22-171-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 124 | 171 |
| Total yards | 245 | 324 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-15 | 6-41 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Galbreath | MIN | 14 | 58 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| Steve Dils | MIN | 13 | 30 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 18 | 54 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Bob Bruer | MIN | 2 | 37 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 2 | 33 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Mike A. Jones | MIN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Stabler | NOR | 13 | 22 | 171 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Rogers | NOR | 20 | 69 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 5 | 56 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 12 | 49 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Eugene Goodlow | NOR | 4 | 52 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Hokie Gajan | NOR | 7 | 41 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Lindsay Scott | NOR | 2 | 39 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Hoby Brenner | NOR | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Matt Blair | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leo Lewis | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Turner | MIN | 2 | 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 | |||
| Bruce Clark | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Duckett | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Groth | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Derland Moore | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jimmy Rogers | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Frank Wattelet | NOR | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Wilson | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||