Houston Oilers at Minnesota Vikings - October 16th, 1983
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | HOU | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vikings | Benny Ricardo 44 yard field goal | 0 | 3 | |
| Vikings | Charlie Johnson 50 yard defensive fumble return (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 10 | ||
| Oilers | Earl Campbell 13 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick) | 7 | 10 | ||
| Vikings | Steve Jordan 23 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 17 | ||
| 2 | Vikings | Benny Ricardo 28 yard field goal | 7 | 20 | |
| 3 | Oilers | Chris Dressel 35 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 14 | 20 | |
| 4 | Vikings | Ted Brown 4 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 27 | |
| Vikings | Ted Brown 7 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 34 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 17 | 31 | 197 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 35 | 58.1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 130 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Larry Moriarty | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Donnie Craft | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 25 | |||||
| Chris Dressel | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | |||||
| Tim Smith | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 11 | |||||
| Walt Arnold | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Herkie Walls | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | |||||
| Stan Edwards | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| Mike McCloskey | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Dils | MIN | 20 | 34 | 227 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 88.7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry LeCount | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 29 | ||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tony Galbreath | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 23 | |||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| Bob Bruer | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Dave Casper | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Archie Manning | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Defense
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