1983 Minnesota Vikings season
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1983 Minnesota Vikings season
| 1983 Minnesota Vikings season | |
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| Head coach | Bud Grant |
| Home field | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| Results | |
| Record | 8-8 |
| Division Place | 4th NFC Central |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
| Timeline | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| 1982 | 1984 |
1983 was the 23nd year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of eight wins and eight losses.
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Offseason
NFL Draft
Main article: 1983 NFL Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
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Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 4, 1983 | at Cleveland Browns | W 27-21 |
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| 2 | September 8, 1983 | San Francisco 49ers | L 48-17 |
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| 3 | September 18, 1983 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 19-16 (OT) |
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| 4 | September 25, 1983 | Detroit Lions | W 20-17 |
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| 5 | October 2, 1983 | Dallas Cowboys | L 37-24 |
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| 6 | October 9, 1983 | at Chicago Bears | W 23-14 |
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| 7 | October 16, 1983 | Houston Oilers | W 34-14 |
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| 8 | October 23, 1983 | at Green Bay Packers | W 20-17 (OT) |
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| 9 | October 30, 1983 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 41-31 |
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| 10 | November 6, 1983 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 17-12 |
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| 11 | November 13, 1983 | Green Bay Packers | L 29-21 |
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| 12 | November 20, 1983 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | W 17-14 |
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| 13 | November 27, 1983 | at New Orleans Saints | L 17-16 |
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| 14 | December 5, 1983 | at Detroit Lions | L 13-2 |
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| 15 | December 11, 1983 | Chicago Bears | L 19-13 |
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| 16 | December 17, 1983 | Cincinnati Bengals | W 20-14 |
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Standings
| NFC Central | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 347 | 286 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 429 | 439 |
| Chicago Bears | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 311 | 301 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 316 | 348 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 241 | 380 |
Awards, records, and honors
- 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 once since, by the 1993 Cincinnati Bengals ten years and a week later.
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