| San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 8, 1983 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 58162 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 13 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 48 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 38 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dwight Clark 21 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 32 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Earl Cooper 2 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Eric Wright 60 interception return (Ray Wersching kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 14 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 34 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Wendell Tyler 6 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 41 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Benny Ricardo 32 FG | 41 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Terry LeCount 30 pass from Tommy Kramer (Benny Ricardo kick) | 41 | 17 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Roger Craig 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 48 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 77 | LOT | Bubba Paris |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 26 | RB | Wendell Tyler |
| 33 | FB | Roger Craig |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 67 | NT | Pete Kugler |
| 79 | RDE | Jim Stuckey |
| 59 | LOLB | Willie Harper |
| 50 | LILB | Ed Judie |
| 38 | RILB | Blanchard Montgomery |
| 45/52 | ROLB | Bobby Leopold |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 24 | SS | Rick Gervais |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 19 | 107 | 5.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Tom Orosz | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 0 | 230 | 9.6 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 140.6 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Tommy Kramer | 41 | 25 | 61.0 | 3 | 274 | 6.7 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 58.4 |
| Steve Dils | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 31 | 4.4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Dwight Clark | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 21t | 1 |
| Renaldo Nehemiah | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Terry LeCount | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 49 | 1 |
| Ted Brown | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Bruer | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mardye McDole | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Eric Wright | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Ronnie Lott | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bobby Leopold | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Orosz | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dana McLemore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Rufus Bess | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dana McLemore | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Dave Huffman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Fred Dean | 2.0 |
| Pete Kugler | 1.0 |
| Bobby Leopold | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Matt Blair | 1.0 |
| Neil Elshire | 1.0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 1.0 |
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