1983 Minnesota Vikings

1983 Minnesota Vikings season
Head Coach	Bud Grant
Home Field	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Results
Record	8-8
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.

Offseason

NFL Draft

• Main article: 1983 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Regular season

Schedule

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

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.