🏈On August 6, 1983 the Minnesota Vikings defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 28-10 in an exhibition game played at London’s Wembley Stadium, marking the first NFL game ever played in the United Kingdom. In an era before the Internet and the cable television boom, the game was a novelty. British fans didn’t know much about American football, although the Super Bowl was televised for the first time in England the previous January and 4.5 million stayed up until 2:30 a.m. to watch it. However despite