Sunday, October 16, 1983
| HOU | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Benny Ricardo 44 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Vikings | Charlie Johnson 50 yard 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 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Benny Ricardo 28 yard field goal | 7 | 20 |
| 3rd | Oilers | Chris Dressel 35 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 4th | Vikings | Ted Brown 4 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 27 |
| Vikings | Ted Brown 7 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 14 | 34 |
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-145-1 | 28-120-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-31-197-1-2 | 20-34-227-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-34 | 3-18 |
| Net pass yards | 163 | 209 |
| Total yards | 308 | 329 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-5 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 7 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-9 | 6-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Bob Bruer | MIN | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Dave Casper | MIN | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Rickey Young | MIN | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Archie Manning | MIN | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Jesse Baker | HOU | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Brown | HOU | 0.0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Avon Riley | HOU | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0.0 | 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 | |||||||||||||
| Rufus Bess | MIN | 0.0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Turner | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| James White | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John James | HOU | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Coleman | MIN | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 0 | ||||
| Benny Ricardo | MIN | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |