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1983 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 316 points (19.8/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 348 points (21.8/g), 17th.
 Differential of -32 points (-2.0/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.0/g), 2nd.

Coached by Bud Grant (8-8-0)

1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 4 box W 1-0 @ Cleveland Browns 27 21 24 387 198 189 2 17 302 186 116 4
2 Thu September 8 box L 1-1 San Francisco 49ers 17 48 23 340 272 68 6 21 413 216 197 1
3 Sun September 18 box W 2-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 16 18 354 264 90 20 306 192 114 2
4 Sun September 25 box W 3-1 Detroit Lions 20 17 14 181 141 40 2 24 371 217 154 6
5 Sun October 2 box L 3-2 Dallas Cowboys 24 37 14 316 272 44 3 28 400 200 200 3
6 Sun October 9 box W 4-2 @ Chicago Bears 23 14 15 368 177 191 1 23 425 186 239 5
7 Sun October 16 box W 5-2 Houston Oilers 34 14 17 329 209 120 1 17 308 163 145 7
8 Sun October 23 box W 6-2 @ Green Bay Packers 20 17 24 410 199 211 27 414 327 87 4
9 Sun October 30 box L 6-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 31 41 23 348 289 59 3 24 420 238 182 2
10 Sun November 6 box L 6-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12 17 18 247 179 68 1 11 275 67 208 2
11 Sun November 13 box L 6-5 Green Bay Packers 21 29 23 419 261 158 3 20 343 180 163 1
12 Sun November 20 box W 7-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 14 20 338 188 150 2 14 236 128 108 1
13 Sun November 27 box L 7-6 @ New Orleans Saints 16 17 17 245 124 121 1 18 324 171 153 5
14 Mon December 5 box L 7-7 @ Detroit Lions 2 13 19 224 130 94 2 14 268 101 167 2
15 Sun December 11 box L 7-8 Chicago Bears 13 19 18 255 206 49 2 16 303 93 210
16 Sat December 17 box W 8-8 Cincinnati Bengals 20 14 16 258 102 156 3 24 379 238 141 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 316 5019 1068 4.7 303 310 555 3211 15 22 5.4 169 470 1808 17 3.8 112 32 10 22
Team Defense 348 5487 1104 5.0 318 263 478 2903 23 25 5.5 150 579 2584 16 4.5 147 48 23 21
Lg Rank Offense 18 20 18 7 13 23 11 26 21 20 10 21 5 2
Lg Rank Defense 17 19 16 6 6 18 9 5 26 25 18 26 4 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
12 Steve Dils 28 QB 16 12 5-7-0 239 444 53.8 2840 11 2.5 16 3.6 68 6.4 5.3 11.9 177.5 66.8 37 254 5.4 4.3 7.7
9 Tommy Kramer 28 3 3 2-1-0 55 82 67.1 550 3 3.7 4 4.9 49 6.7 5.2 10.0 183.3 77.8 3 27 6.2 4.7 3.5
11 Wade Wilson 24 1 1 1-0-0 16 28 57.1 124 1 3.6 2 7.1 36 4.4 1.9 7.8 124.0 50.3 3 22 3.3 1.0 9.7
80 Terry LeCount 27 WR 11 10 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.7 16 8-8-0 310 555 55.9 3514 15 2.7 22 4.0 68 6.3 5.1 11.3 219.6 67.5 43 303 5.4 4.2 7.2
Opp Total 16 263 478 55.0 3229 23 4.8 25 5.2 6.8 5.4 12.3 201.8 70.3 47 326 5.5 4.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
20 Darrin Nelson 24 RB 15 9 154 642 1 56 4.2 42.8 10.3 51 618 12.1 0 68 3.4 41.2 1260 1 5
23 Ted Brown 26 FB 10 8 120 476 10 43 4.0 47.6 12.0 41 357 8.7 1 25 4.1 35.7 833 11 2
32 Tony Galbreath 29 fb 13 7 113 474 4 52 4.2 36.5 8.7 45 348 7.7 2 23 3.5 26.8 822 6 4
34 Rickey Young 30 16 4 39 90 2 9 2.3 5.6 2.4 21 193 9.2 0 48 1.3 12.1 283 2 0
12 Steve Dils 28 QB 16 12 16 28 0 8 1.8 1.8 1.0 28 0 13
22 Jarvis Redwine 26 RET 16 1 10 48 0 21 4.8 3.0 0.6 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 52 0 1
9 Tommy Kramer 28 3 3 8 3 0 8 0.4 1.0 2.7 3 0 2
11 Wade Wilson 24 1 1 3 -3 0 2 -1.0 -3.0 3.0 -3 0 1
80 Terry LeCount 27 WR 11 10 2 42 0 40 21.0 3.8 0.2 21 318 15.1 2 49 1.9 28.9 360 2 1
85 Sammy White 29 WR 11 10 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.6 0.1 29 412 14.2 4 43 2.6 37.5 419 4 0
87 Leo Lewis 27 14 4 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 12 127 10.6 0 18 0.9 9.1 129 0 0
89 Mike A. Jones 23 16 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 0.6 0.1 6 95 15.8 0 47 0.4 5.9 104 0 0
8 Greg Coleman 29 P 16 0 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.6 0.1 -9 0 0
4 Archie Manning 34 2 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.5 0.5 -1 0 0
82 Bob Bruer 30 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 315 10.2 2 26 1.9 19.7 315 2 0
84 Sam McCullum 31 wr 11 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 314 15.0 2 49 1.9 28.5 314 2 0
83 Steve Jordan 22 13 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 212 14.1 2 28 1.2 16.3 212 2 0
44 Dave Casper 32 te 10 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 172 13.2 0 34 1.3 17.2 172 0 0
88 Mardye McDole 24 15 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 29 9.7 0 10 0.2 1.9 29 0 1
Team Total 26.7 16 470 1808 17 56 3.8 113.0 29.4 310 3514 11.3 15 68 19.4 219.6 5322 32 33
Opp Total 16 579 2584 16 4.5 161.5 36.2 263 2903 11.0 23 16.4 181.4 5487 39 33

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Jarvis Redwine 26 RET 16 1 38 838 0 41 22.1 890
21 Rufus Bess 27 lcb 14 6 21 158 0 17 7.5 2 44 0 30 22.0 202
20 Darrin Nelson 24 RB 15 9 18 445 0 50 24.7 1705
87 Leo Lewis 27 14 4 3 52 0 34 17.3 1 25 0 25 25.0 206
56 Dave Huffman 26 15 0 3 42 0 15 14.0 42
34 Rickey Young 30 16 4 3 27 0 15 9.0 310
89 Mike A. Jones 23 16 0 2 31 0 16 15.5 135
33 Rick Bell 23 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Team Total 26.7 16 24 210 0 34 8.8 68 1466 0 50 21.6 6998
Opp Total 16 40 0 70 1392 0 19.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
8 Greg Coleman 29 P 16 0 91 3780 65 0 41.5
1 Benny Ricardo 29 K 16 0 10 9 14 12 9 4 33 25 75.8% 34 33 97.1%
Team Total 26.7 16 10 9 14 12 9 4 33 25 75.8% 34 33 97.1% 91 3780 65 0 41.5
Opp Total 16 27 18 66.7% 42 40 95.2% 77 3026 39.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
39 Carl Lee 22 16 3 1 31 0 31 49
12 Steve Dils 28 QB 16 12 13 6 0 0
79 Doug Martin 26 LDE 16 16 13.0 0 2 0 0
73 Neil Elshire 25 RDE 16 10 9.5 0 3 0 0
47 Joey Browner 23 16 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 4 0
27 John Turner 27 FS 16 15 1.0 6 37 0 14 0 2 24 0
75 Randy Holloway 28 16 2 7.5 0 1 7 0
59 Matt Blair 33 LOLB 16 16 4.5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
32 Tony Galbreath 29 fb 13 7 4 2 0 0
20 Darrin Nelson 24 RB 15 9 5 1 0 0
29 John Swain 24 LCB 14 7 6 12 0 11
37 Willie Teal 26 RCB 16 16 3 26 0 12 0 3 5 0
21 Rufus Bess 27 lcb 14 6 3 38 0 19 2 0 0 0
77 Mark Mullaney 30 7 4 2.5 0 1 0 0
23 Ted Brown 26 FB 10 8 2 1 0 0
65 Charlie Johnson 31 NT 16 16 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 1 50 1
9 Tommy Kramer 28 3 3 2 1 0 0
55 Scott Studwell 29 LILB 16 16 2.0 0 1 0 0
45 Tom Hannon 28 SS 16 16 0.5 0 2 17 0
50 Dennis Fowlkes 22 11 0 0 2 5 0
56 Dave Huffman 26 15 0 0 2 0 0
80 Terry LeCount 27 WR 11 10 1 1 0 0
49 Keith Nord 26 3 0 1.0 1 0 0 0
68 Curtis Rouse 23 16 1 0 2 0 0
72 James White 30 16 0 1.0 1 22 0 22
76 Tim Irwin 25 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
52 Dennis Johnson 25 RILB 16 16 1.0
84 Sam McCullum 31 wr 11 5 0 1 0 0
88 Mardye McDole 24 15 1 1 0 0 0
22 Jarvis Redwine 26 RET 16 1 1 0 0 0
78 Steve Riley 31 LT 16 15 0 1 0 0
11 Wade Wilson 24 1 1 1 0 0 0
54 Fred McNeill 31 ROLB 16 15 0.5
Team Total 26.7 16 47.0 25 168 0 31 0 33 43 112 1 49
Opp Total 16 43 33 10 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Benny Ricardo 29 K 16 0 33 25 108
23 Ted Brown 26 FB 10 8 10 1 11 66
32 Tony Galbreath 29 fb 13 7 4 2 6 36
85 Sammy White 29 WR 11 10 4 4 24
82 Bob Bruer 30 TE 16 10 2 2 12
83 Steve Jordan 22 13 2 2 2 12
80 Terry LeCount 27 WR 11 10 2 2 12
84 Sam McCullum 31 wr 11 5 2 2 12
34 Rickey Young 30 16 4 2 2 12
56 Dave Huffman 26 15 0 1 1 6
65 Charlie Johnson 31 NT 16 16 1 1 6
20 Darrin Nelson 24 RB 15 9 1 1 6
Team Total 26.7 16 17 15 1 1 34 33 25 312
Opp Total 16 16 23 40 18 1 348