1983 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Official Media Guide Fact Book

The NFL of the 1980s is remembered for the destruction that occurred in its Roman-numeral games - the Super Bowl. Kennedy said defeat is an orphan. For the '80s AFC, it was a shamed brotherhood. The National Conference punished the decade. Of the ten Super Bowls played, it won eight - by an average romp of 37-15. In a league designed for parity, its title game had become a slaughterhouse, a televised execution that repeated every year, far into the 1990s.