Minnesota Vikings

1983 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	COLLEGE
58	Walker Lee Ashley W. Lee Ashley	LB	6'0"	234	7/28/1960	23	Penn State
33	Ricky Bell R. Bell	RB	6'0"	205	10/18/1960	23	Saint John's (MN)
21	Rufus Bess R. Bess	DB	5'9"	184	9/13/1956	27	South Carolina State
59	Matt Blair M. Blair	LB	6'5"	232	9/20/1950	33	Iowa State
62	Brent Boyd B. Boyd	OL	6'3"	268	3/23/1957	26	UCLA
86	Norris Brown N. Brown	TE	6'3"	220	7/10/1961	22	Georgia
23	Ted Brown T. Brown	RB	5'10"	206	2/15/1957	26	North Carolina State
47	Joey Browner J. Browner	DB	6'2"	202	5/15/1960	23	Southern California
82	Bob Bruer B. Bruer	TE	6'5"	235	5/22/1953	30	Minnesota
44	Dave Casper D. Casper	TE	6'4"	240	9/26/1951	32	Notre Dame
8	Greg Coleman G. Coleman	P	6'0"	185	9/9/1954	29	Florida A&M
12	Steve Dils S. Dils	QB	6'1"	190	12/8/1955	28	Stanford
73	Neil Elshire N. Elshire	DL	6'6"	260	3/8/1958	25	Oregon
50	Dennis Fowlkes D. Fowlkes	LB	6'2"	238	3/11/1961	22	West Virginia
32	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	RB	6'0"	228	1/29/1954	29	Missouri
61	Wes Hamilton W. Hamilton	OL	6'3"	261	4/24/1953	30	Tulsa
45	Tom Hannon T. Hannon	DB	5'11"	193	3/5/1955	28	Michigan State
75	Randy Holloway R. Holloway	DL	6'5"	250	8/26/1955	28	Pittsburgh
51	Jim Hough J. Hough	OL	6'2"	267	8/4/1956	27	Utah State
56	Dave Huffman D. Huffman	OL	6'6"	271	4/4/1957	26	Notre Dame
76	Tim Irwin T. Irwin	OL	6'7"	300	12/13/1958	25	Tennessee
65	Charlie Johnson C. Johnson	DL	6'3"	266	2/17/1952	31	Colorado
52	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	LB	6'3"	234	6/19/1958	25	Southern California
53	Henry Johnson H. Johnson	LB	6'1"	235	3/20/1958	25	Georgia Tech
89	Mike Jones M. Jones	WR	5'11"	181	4/14/1960	23	Tennessee State
83	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	TE	6'3"	242	1/10/1961	22	Brown
9	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	QB	6'2"	200	3/7/1955	28	Rice
80	Terry LeCount T. LeCount	WR	5'10"	178	7/9/1956	27	Florida
39	Carl Lee C. Lee	DB	5'11"	185	2/6/1961	22	Marshall
87	Leo Lewis L. Lewis	WR	5'8"	170	9/17/1956	27	Missouri
4	Archie Manning A. Manning	QB	6'3"	212	5/19/1949	34	Mississippi
79	Doug Martin D. Martin	DL	6'3"	260	5/22/1957	26	Washington
84	Sam McCullum S. McCullum	WR	6'2"	203	11/30/1952	31	Montana State
88	Mardye McDole M. McDole	WR	5'11"	198	5/1/1959	24	Mississippi State
54	Fred McNeill F. McNeill	LB	6'2"	230	5/6/1952	31	UCLA
86	Mike Mularkey M. Mularkey	TE	6'4"	245	11/19/1961	22	Florida
77	Mark Mullaney M. Mullaney	DL	6'6"	242	4/30/1953	30	Colorado State
20	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	RB	5'9"	180	1/2/1959	24	Stanford
49	Keith Nord K. Nord	DB	6'0"	197	3/13/1957	26	St. Cloud State
22	Jarvis Redwine J. Redwine	RB	5'10"	203	5/16/1957	26	Nebraska
1	Benny Ricardo B. Ricardo	K	5'10"	175	1/4/1954	29	San Diego State
78	Steve Riley S. Riley	OL	6'5"	258	11/23/1952	31	Southern California
68	Curtis Rouse C. Rouse	OL	6'3"	316	7/13/1960	23	Chattanooga
57	Robin Sendlein R. Sendlein	LB	6'3"	225	12/1/1958	25	Texas
55	Scott Studwell S. Studwell	LB	6'2"	228	8/27/1954	29	Illinois
29	John Swain J. Swain	DB	6'1"	195	9/4/1959	24	Miami (FL)
67	Dennis Swilley D. Swilley	OL	6'3"	253	6/28/1955	28	North Texas
66	Terry Tausch T. Tausch	OL	6'5"	275	2/5/1959	24	Texas
37	Willie Teal W. Teal	DB	5'10"	195	12/20/1957	26	Louisiana State
27	John Turner J. Turner	DB	6'0"	197	2/22/1956	27	Miami (FL)
72	James White J. White	DL	6'3"	265	10/26/1953	30	Oklahoma State
85	Sammy White S. White	WR	5'11"	190	3/16/1954	29	Grambling
11	Wade Wilson W. Wilson	QB	6'3"	210	2/1/1959	24	Texas A&M-Commerce
91	Ray Yakavonis R. Yakavonis	DL	6'4"	250	1/20/1957	26	East Stroudsburg
34	Rickey Young R. Young	RB	6'2"	196	12/7/1953	30	Jackson State

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Pass Yards Leaders

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Love

2,146

Stafford

2,124

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Rush Yards Leaders

780

Robinson

773

Gibbs

770

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Rec Yards Leaders

985

Smith-Njigba

726

Higgins

709

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

20

Burrow

19

Cousins

17

Lawrence

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Allen

8

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Chase

QB Rating Leaders

112.6

Lawrence

111.6

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.5

Watt

7.0

Rousseau

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.3

29.4

29.0

28.1

28.0

27.6

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

15.9

18.0

18.7

18.9

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

395.4

393.1

387.3

384.4

383.1

371.4

Rush Yards Rankings

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150.8

148.4

134.8

134.1

133.5

Pass Yards Rankings

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281.1

280.8

280.6

273.1

269.9

Sack Leaders

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24.0

23.0

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161.8

Gibbs

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Walker

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Fantasy WR Rankings

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Smith-Njigba

108.3

Lamb

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Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

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NFL 2026 Betting

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	5	0	.375
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	4	4	0	.500
Rams	4	4	0	.500
Cardinals	3	5	0	.375

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	3	0	.625
Jets	2	6	0	.250
Dolphins	1	6	0	.143
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	5	2	0	.714
Browns	5	3	0	.625
Ravens	4	4	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	5	2	0	.714
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Colts	2	6	0	.250
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	6	2	0	.750
Chiefs	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	4	4	0	.500
Chargers	0	7	0	.000