| Minnesota Vikings at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 4, 1983 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 70087 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 84 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Benny Ricardo 23 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ricky Feacher 18 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 5 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 6 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 10 pass from Tommy Kramer (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Benny Ricardo 38 FG | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Willis Adams 23 pass from Brian Sipe (Matt Bahr kick) | 27 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Terry LeCount |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Hough |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 76 | ROT | Tim Irwin |
| 82 | TE | Bob Bruer |
| 9 | QB | Tommy Kramer |
| 23 | RB | Ted Brown |
| 20 | RB | Darrin Nelson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Doug Martin |
| 65 | NT | Charlie Johnson |
| 77 | RDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 59 | LOLB | Matt Blair |
| 55 | LILB | Scott Studwell |
| 52 | RILB | Dennis Johnson |
| 54 | ROLB | Fred McNeill |
| 29 | LCB | John Swain |
| 45 | LS | Tom Hannon |
| 27 | RS | John Turner |
| 37 | RCB | Willie Teal |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Ricky Feacher |
| 89 | WR | Bobby Jones |
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 68 | LOG | Bob Jackson |
| 61 | C | Mike Baab |
| 64 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 45 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Reggie Camp |
| 79 | NT | Bob Golic |
| 99 | RDE | Keith Baldwin |
| 56 | LOLB | Chip Banks |
| 52 | LILB | Dick Ambrose |
| 50 | RILB | Tom Cousineau |
| 57 | ROLB | Clay Matthews |
| 47 | LCB | Larry Braziel |
| 49 | SS | Clinton Burrell |
| 21 | FS | Mike Whitwell |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 19 | 74 | 3.9 | 12 | 2 |
| Darrin Nelson | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 17 | 94 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Dwight Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 33 | 22 | 66.7 | 1 | 198 | 6.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 33 | 20 | 60.6 | 2 | 223 | 6.8 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 85.8 |
| Paul McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Sammy White | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Bruer | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ozzie Newsome | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Logan | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 20 | 1 |
| Bobby Jones | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6t | 1 |
| Willis Adams | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Johnny Davis | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rufus Bess | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Teal | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Keith Nord | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Whitwell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jeff Gossett | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Rufus Bess | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dino Hall | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Dwight Walker | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Dino Hall | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Randy Holloway | 1.0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 1.0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 1.0 |
| Keith Nord | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
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