| Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1983 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 57567 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 83 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Terry LeCount 8 pass from Tommy Kramer (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 29 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | James Owens 1 run (Bob Hewko run failed) | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 37 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Bill Capece 40 FG | 13 | 9 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | James Wilder 5 pass from Jack Thompson (Bill Capece kick) | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 38 FG | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 42 FG | 19 | 16 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 21 | 61 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Dils | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Owens | 22 | 55 | 2.5 | 15 | 1 |
| James Wilder | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Thompson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Michael Morton | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Steve Dils | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 0 | 205 | 6.2 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 68.4 |
| Tommy Kramer | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 0 | 78 | 9.8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146.9 |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Jack Thompson | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 2 | 192 | 6.4 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 31 | 1 |
| Bob Bruer | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Gerald Carter | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 41 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Theo Bell | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| James Owens | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Andre Tyler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Swain | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 8 | 313 | 39.1 | 65 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Rufus Bess | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Andre Tyler | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Darrin Nelson | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Michael Morton | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| James Owens | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Mel Carver | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| John Cannon | 1.0 |
| Andy Hawkins | 1.0 |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 1.0 |
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