Yearly Results: 1981-85

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1981

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (1-3)

8/8	L	6	Miami	45,165	20
8/14	L	13	at Washington	44,662	27
8/22	W	20	Atlanta	42,908	19
8/27	L	31	at Los Angeles	60,141	34

Regular Season (7-9)

Finish: Fourth in NFC Central

9/5	L	13	at Tampa Bay	66,287	21
9/14	L	10	Oakland	47,186	36
9/20	W	26	Detroit	45,340	24
9/27	W	30	at Green Bay (Milw)	55,012	13
10/4	W	24	Chicago	43,827	21
10/11	W	33	at San Diego	50,708	31
10/18	W	35	Philadelphia	45,459	23
10/25	L	17	at St. Louis	48,039	30
11/2	L	17	at Denver	74,834	19
11/8	W	25	Tampa Bay	47,038	10
11/15	W	20	New Orleans	45,215	10
11/23	L	30	at Atlanta	54,086	31
11/29	L	23	Green Bay	46,025	35
12/6	L	9	at Chicago	50,766	10
12/12	L	7	at Detroit	79,428	45
12/20	L	6	Kansas City	41,110	10

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1982

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (3-2)

8/7	W	30	Baltimore at Canton	23,379	14
8/14	L	17	at Atlanta	49,831	20
8/21	W	7	Seattle	57,880	3
8/28	L	17	at Denver	73,371	27
9/3	W	24	New Orleans	59,810	21

Regular Season (5-4)

9/12	W	17	Tampa Bay	58,440	10
9/16	L	22	at Buffalo	77,753	23
11/21	L	7	at Green Bay (Milw)	44,681	26
11/28	W	35	Chicago	54,724	7
12/5	L	14	at Miami	45,721	22
12/12	W	13	Baltimore	53,981	10
12/19	W	34	at Detroit	73,058	31
12/26	L	14	NY Jets	58,672	42
1/3/83	W	31	Dallas	60,007	27

 NFC First Round Playoffs

 Metrodome

1/9/83

W

30

Atlanta

60,560

24

 NFC Second Round Playoffs

 RFK Stadium

1/15/83

L

7

Washington

54,593

21

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1983

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (3-1)

8/6	W	28	St. Louis at London	32,847	10
8/13	L	7	Baltimore	56,061	10
8/19	W	19	at Seattle	54,402	17
8/26	W	34	Denver	59,435	3

Regular Season (8-8)

Finish: Fourth in NFC Central

9/4	W	27	at Cleveland	70,087	21
9/8	L	17	San Francisco	58,167	48
9/18	W	19	at Tampa Bay	47,567 (OT)	16
9/25	W	20	Detroit	58,254	17
10/2	L	24	Dallas	62,136	37
10/9	W	23	at Chicago	59,632	14
10/16	W	34	Houston	58,910	14
10/23	W	20	at Green Bay	55,236 (OT)	17
10/30	L	31	at St. Louis	38,796	41
11/6	L	12	Tampa Bay	59,239	17
11/13	L	21	Green Bay	60,113	29
11/20	W	17	at Pittsburgh	58,417	14
11/27	L	16	at New Orleans	59,502	17
12/5	L	2	at Detroit	79,169	13
12/11	L	13	Chicago	57,880	19
12/17	W	20	Cincinnati	51,565	14

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1984

Head Coach Les Steckel

Preseason (1-3)

8/4	W	37	Atlanta	51,693	6
8/11	L	7	Miami	54,003	29
8/18	L	10	Philadelphia	51,743	31
8/24	L	0	at St. Louis	35,864	31

Regular Season (3-13)

Finish: Fifth in NFC Central

9/2	L	13	San Diego	57,276	42
9/9	L	17	at Philadelphia	55,942	19
9/16	W	27	Atlanta	53,955	20
9/23	W	29	at Detroit	57,511	28
9/30	L	12	Seattle	57,171	20
10/7	L	31	at Tampa Bay	47,405	35
10/14	L	20	at LA Raiders	49,276	23
10/21	L	14	Detroit	57,953	16
10/28	L	7	at Chicago	57,517	16
11/4	W	27	Tampa Bay	54,949	24
11/11	L	17	at Green Bay (Milw)	52,931	45
11/18	L	21	at Denver	74,716	42
11/25	L	3	Chicago	56,881	34
11/29	L	17	Washington	55,017	31
12/8	L	7	at San Francisco	61,384	51
12/16	L	14	Green Bay	51,197	38

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1985

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (3-1)

8/10	W	16	at Miami	41,129	13
8/17	W	41	Pittsburgh	56,887	34
8/24	L	10	Seattle	56,562	27
8/30	W	13	at Denver	69,373	9

Regular Season (7-9)

Finish: Third in NFC Central

9/8	W	28	San Francisco	53,375	21
9/15	W	31	at Tampa Bay	46,188	16
9/19	L	24	Chicago	61,242	33
9/29	W	27	at Buffalo	45,667	20
10/6	L	10	at LA Rams	61,139	13
10/13	L	17	at Green Bay (Milw)	54,674	20
10/20	W	21	San Diego	61,670	17
10/27	L	9	at Chicago	63,815	27
11/3	W	16	Detroit	58,012	13
11/10	L	17	Green Bay	59,970	27
11/17	L	21	at Detroit	54,647	41
11/24	L	23	New Orleans	54,117	30
12/1	W	28	at Philadelphia	54,688	23
12/8	W	26	Tampa Bay	51,593	7
12/15	L	13	at Atlanta	14,167	14
12/22	L	35	Philadelphia	49,722	37

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