| Minnesota Vikings at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1983 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Stadium Attendance: 38796 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 57 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 31 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 14 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Pat Tilley 9 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Stump Mitchell 4 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ted Brown 1 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 52 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 47 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Benny Ricardo 39 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Green 4 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ottis Anderson 10 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sam McCullum 49 pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bob Bruer 2 pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 24 | 34 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Green 5 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 24 | 41 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 5 pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 31 | 41 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Hough |
| 67 | C | Dennis Swilley |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 76 | ROT | Tim Irwin |
| 44 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 12 | QB | Steve Dils |
| 23 | RB | Ted Brown |
| 20 | RB | Darrin Nelson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Doug Martin |
| 65 | NT | Charlie Johnson |
| 73 | RDE | Neil Elshire |
| 59 | LOLB | Matt Blair |
| 55 | LILB | Scott Studwell |
| 52 | RILB | Dennis Johnson |
| 54 | ROLB | Fred McNeill |
| 21 | LCB | Rufus Bess |
| 45 | LS | Tom Hannon |
| 27 | RS | John Turner |
| 37 | RCB | Willie Teal |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 64 | C | Randy Clark |
| 61 | ROG | Dan Audick |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 80 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | FB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Bubba Baker |
| 65 | LDT | David Galloway |
| 78 | RDT | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | RDE | Curtis Greer |
| 52 | LLB | Charlie Baker |
| 54 | MLB | E.J. Junior |
| 50 | RLB | Bob Harris |
| 48 | LCB | Lionel Washington |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 23 | FS | Benny Perrin |
| 44 | RCB | Wayne Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Darrin Nelson | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 24 | 136 | 5.7 | 43 | 1 |
| Wayne Morris | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Randy Love | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Steve Dils | 38 | 27 | 71.1 | 3 | 314 | 8.3 | 49t | 3 | 3 | 25 | 89.1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 0 | 241 | 8.6 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 130.2 |
| Benny Perrin | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ted Brown | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Bruer | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Sam McCullum | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 49t | 1 |
| Dave Casper | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Green | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 49 | 2 |
| Pat Tilley | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Doug Marsh | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Kenny Thompson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Ahrens | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Benny Perrin | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Lionel Washington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 50 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Birdsong | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Earl Ferrell | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Rickey Young | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Darrin Nelson | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Dave Huffman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Earl Ferrell | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Joey Browner | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Curtis Greer | 2.0 |
| David Galloway | 1.0 |
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