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Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

September 18, 1983
Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL

	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Minnesota VikingsMinnesota (2-1)	7	6	0	3	3	19
Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay (0-3)	0	6	3	7	0	16

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter			Min	TB
Min	7:50	Terry LeCount 8 pass from Tommy Kramer (Benny Ricardo Kick)	7	0
2nd Quarter			Min	TB
Min	1:11	FG Benny Ricardo 29	10	0
TB	9:33	James Owens 1 run (Run Failed)	10	6
Min	14:08	FG Benny Ricardo 37	13	6
3rd Quarter			Min	TB
TB	5:27	FG Bill Capece 40	13	9
4th Quarter			Min	TB
TB	6:31	James Wilder 5 pass from Jack Thompson (Bill Capece Kick)	13	16
Min	14:32	FG Benny Ricardo 38	16	16
Overtime			Min	TB
Min	9:27	FG Benny Ricardo 42	19	16

Team Stats

	MinnesotaMin	Tampa BayTB
First downs	18	20
Rushing	4	10
Passing	13	10
Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	354	306
Net Yards Rushing	90	114
Rushing Plays	33	42
Average Gain	2.7	2.7
Net Yards Passing	264	192
Att - Comp - Int	42-24-0	30-17-2
Sacked - Yds Lost	3-19	0-0
Gross Yards Passing	283	192
Avg. Yds/Att	6.7	6.4

	MinnesotaMin	Tampa BayTB
Punts - Average	8-39.1	4-41.8
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	2-16	3-13
Kickoff Returns	4-81	5-107
Interception Returns	2-0	0-0
Penalties - Yards	6-45	4-25
Fumbles - Lost	1-0	0-0
Field Goals	4-4	1-3
Third Downs	6-20-30%	4-14-28%
Total Plays	78	72
Average Gain	4.5	4.2
Time of Possession	35:00	34:27

Passing

Minnesota VikingsMinnesota	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Steve DilsS. Dils	33	16	205	6.2	0	0	48	3	19	68.4
Tommy KramerT. Kramer	8	8	78	9.8	1	0	19	0	0	146.9
Terry LeCountT. LeCount	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Jack ThompsonJ. Thompson	30	17	192	6.4	1	2	41	0	0	59.3

Rushing

Minnesota VikingsMinnesota	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Ted BrownT. Brown	21	61	2.90	11	0
Darrin NelsonD. Nelson	8	15	1.88	9	0
Tommy KramerT. Kramer	1	8	8.00	8	0
Steve DilsS. Dils	2	4	2.00	2	0
Tony GalbreathT. Galbreath	1	2	2.00	2	0

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
James OwensJ. Owens	22	55	2.50	15	1
James WilderJ. Wilder	16	45	2.81	9	0
Jack ThompsonJ. Thompson	2	12	6.00	7	0
Michael MortonM. Morton	2	2	1.00	2	0

Receiving

Minnesota VikingsMinnesota	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Ted BrownT. Brown	7	58	8.29	25	0
Terry LeCountT. LeCount	6	92	15.33	31	1
Rickey YoungR. Young	6	94	15.67	48	0
Bob BruerB. Bruer	2	30	15.00	17	0
Tony GalbreathT. Galbreath	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0
Darrin NelsonD. Nelson	1	5	5.00	5	0
Sammy WhiteS. White	1	7	7.00	7	0

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Gerald CarterG. Carter	5	85	17.00	41	0
James WilderJ. Wilder	4	35	8.75	15	1
Theo BellT. Bell	3	33	11.00	12	0
James OwensJ. Owens	2	9	4.50	7	0
Kevin HouseK. House	1	12	12.00	12	0
Jim ObradovichJ. Obradovich	1	9	9.00	9	0
Andre TylerA. Tyler	1	9	9.00	9	0

Kickoff Returns

Minnesota VikingsMinnesota	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Darrin NelsonD. Nelson	2	32	16.00	0	18	0
Jarvis RedwineJ. Redwine	2	49	24.50	0	30	0

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Michael MortonM. Morton	3	74	24.67	0	28	0
Mel CarverM. Carver	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
James OwensJ. Owens	1	22	22.00	0	22	0

Punt Returns

Minnesota VikingsMinnesota	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Rufus BessR. Bess	2	16	8.00	0	9	0

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Andre TylerA. Tyler	2	5	2.50	0	5	0
Theo BellT. Bell	1	8	8.00	0	8	0

Punting

Minnesota VikingsMinnesota	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Greg ColemanG. Coleman	8	313	39.1	65	0	3	13

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Frank GarciaF. Garcia	4	167	41.8	52	0	2	16

Kicking

Minnesota VikingsMinnesota	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Benny RicardoB. Ricardo	1/1	4/4	0/0	1/1	2/2	1/1	0/0	42	--	13

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Bill CapeceB. Capece	1/1	1/3	0/0	0/0	0/1	1/2	0/0	40	47,33	4

Defense

Minnesota VikingsMinnesota	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
John SwainJ. Swain	1	0	0.00	0	0	0.0
John TurnerJ. Turner	1	0	0.00	0	0	0.0

Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
John CannonJ. Cannon	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Andy HawkinsA. Hawkins	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Lee Roy SelmonL. Selmon	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

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