1983 Minnesota Vikings season

The 1983 Minnesota Vikings season was the franchise's 23rd season in the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of eight wins and eight losses.

Offseason

1983 Minnesota Vikings Draft
Draft order			Player name	Position	College	Notes
Round	Choice	Overall	Player name	Position	College	Notes
1	19	19	Joey Browner	Defensive back	USC
2	18	46	Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles^[a]
3	17	73	Walker Lee Ashley	Linebacker	Penn State
4	16	100	Mark Rush	Running back	Miami
5	15	127	Mark Stewart	Linebacker	Washington
6	19	159	Mike Jones	Wide receiver	Tennessee State
7	18	186	Carl Lee	Defensive back	Marshall
8	17	213	Norris Brown	Tight end	Georgia
9	15	239	Rod Achter	Wide receiver	Toledo
10	4	255	Melvin Brown	Defensive back	Mississippi	from Rams^[b]
10	15	266	Walter Tate	Center	Tennessee State
11	9	298	Brian Butcher	Offensive Guard	Clemson
12	18	325	Maurice Turner	Running back	Utah State

^{^[a]} Minnesota traded their 2nd round selection (46th overall) to Philadelphia for DT Charlie Johnson.

^{^[b]} The Rams traded their 10th round selection (255th overall) to Minnesota for OT Ron Yary.

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Location
1	August 6, 1983	St. Louis Cardinals	W 28-10	London, Eng
2	August 13, 1983	Baltimore Colts	L 10-7	Metrodome
3	August 19, 1983	at Seattle Seahawks	W 19-17	Kingdome
4	August 26, 1983	Denver Broncos	W 34-3	Metrodome

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	September 4, 1983	at Cleveland Browns	W 27–21	Cleveland Stadium	70,087
2	September 8, 1983	San Francisco 49ers	L 48–17	Metrodome	58,167
3	September 18, 1983	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 19–16 (OT)	Tampa Stadium	57,567
4	September 25, 1983	Detroit Lions	W 20–17	Metrodome	58,254
5	October 2, 1983	Dallas Cowboys	L 37–24	Metrodome	60,774
6	October 9, 1983	at Chicago Bears	W 23–14	Soldier Field	59,632
7	October 16, 1983	Houston Oilers	W 34–14	Metrodome	58,910
8	October 23, 1983	at Green Bay Packers	W 20–17 (OT)	Lambeau Field	55,236
9	October 30, 1983	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 41–31	Busch Stadium	42,575
10	November 6, 1983	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17–12	Metrodome	59,239
11	November 13, 1983	Green Bay Packers	L 29–21	Metrodome	60,113
12	November 20, 1983	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 17–14	Three Rivers Stadium	58,417
13	November 27, 1983	at New Orleans Saints	L 17–16	Superdome	59,502
14	December 5, 1983	at Detroit Lions	L 13–2	Silverdome	79,169
15	December 11, 1983	Chicago Bears	L 19–13	Metrodome	57,880
16	December 17, 1983	Cincinnati Bengals	W 20–14	Metrodome	51,565

Category	Total yards	Yards per game	NFL rank (out of 28)
Passing Offense	3,211 Yards	200.7 YPG	13th
Rushing Offense	1,808 Yards	113.0 YPG	20th
Total Offense	5,019 Yards	313.7 YPG	20th
Passing Defense	2,903 Yards	181.4 YPG	6th
Rushing Defense	2,584 Yards	161.5 YPG	25th
Total Defense	5,487 Yards	342.9 YPG	19th

Against the Detroit Lions in Week 14, the Vikings became the 35th team in NFL history and only the fifth since the 1970 NFL/AFL merger, to score only a safety in a game. This has happened only three times since, by the 1993 Cincinnati Bengals ten years and a week later,by the 2011 Atlanta Falcons in a loss in the Wild Card round of the playoffs to the 2011 New York Giants, and by the 2013 Jacksonville Jaguars on Week 1 of the 2013 season.

Minnesota Vikings

Founded in 1961 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Franchise	Franchise History Expansion draft Players First-round draft picks Quarterbacks Head coaches Seasons Statistics Draft

Stadiums	Metropolitan Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome TCF Bank Stadium U.S. Bank Stadium

Culture	Purple People Eaters "Skol, Vikings" Herschel Walker trade Love Boat scandal "Little Minnesota" (How I Met Your Mother episode) Cheerleaders

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers

Lore	The Wrong Way Run Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy Gary Anderson's missed field goal Hail Mary 2010 Metrodome roof collapse

Division championships (19)	1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1989 1992 1994 1998 2000 2008 2009 2015

Conference championships (4)	1969 1973 1974 1976

League championships (0^†)	^† does not include 1969 NFL championship

Retired numbers	10 53 70 77 80 88

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (56)	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Minnesota Vikings seasons

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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