| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 25, 1983 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 58254 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 27 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Bob Bruer 3 pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Dave Huffman EZ blocked punt recovery (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Mark Nichols 41 pass from Eric Hipple (Eddie Murray kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 24 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Eric Hipple 1 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 24 FG | 17 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 23 | 85 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Eric Hipple | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Dils | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | 41 | 18 | 43.9 | 5 | 267 | 6.5 | 41t | 1 | 8 | 50 | 34.3 |
| James Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Steve Dils | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 1 | 147 | 4.7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 67.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mark Nichols | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 41t | 1 |
| James Jones | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Freddie Scott | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Horace King | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ulysses Norris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Jordan | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Bruer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Alvin Hall | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Carl Lee | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rufus Bess | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Swain | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joey Browner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Black | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 51 | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 7 | 311 | 44.4 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Rufus Bess | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Alvin Hall | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| James Caver | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Mike Jones | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Rufus Bess | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Jarvis Redwine | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Neil Elshire | 2.0 |
| Randy Holloway | 2.0 |
| Doug Martin | 2.0 |
| Matt Blair | 1.0 |
| Charlie Johnson | 1.0 |
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