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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
1983 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 442 points (27.6/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 338 points (21.1/g), 13th.
Differential of 104 points (6.5/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 10.5-5.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.8/g), 23rd.
Coached by Tom Flores (12-4-0)
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1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 4 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 20 | 10 | 22 | 257 | 133 | 124 | 1 | 17 | 261 | 203 | 58 | 3 |
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | box | W | 2-0 | Houston Oilers | 20 | 6 | 26 | 386 | 200 | 186 | 4 | 7 | 223 | 70 | 153 | 2 | |
| 3 | Mon | September 19 | box | W | 3-0 | Miami Dolphins | 27 | 14 | 21 | 271 | 119 | 152 | 1 | 19 | 308 | 207 | 101 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | box | W | 4-0 | @ | Denver Broncos | 22 | 7 | 11 | 214 | 132 | 82 | 1 | 16 | 268 | 138 | 130 | 4 |
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | box | L | 4-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 35 | 37 | 19 | 431 | 326 | 105 | 6 | 25 | 459 | 361 | 98 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 9 | box | W | 5-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 21 | 20 | 21 | 271 | 157 | 114 | 3 | 20 | 291 | 236 | 55 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 16 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 36 | 38 | 24 | 382 | 199 | 183 | 8 | 13 | 153 | 2 | 151 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | October 23 | box | W | 6-2 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 40 | 38 | 31 | 519 | 300 | 219 | 6 | 17 | 319 | 238 | 81 | 3 |
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | box | L | 6-3 | Seattle Seahawks | 21 | 34 | 22 | 380 | 255 | 125 | 5 | 20 | 352 | 169 | 183 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 6 | box | W | 7-3 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 28 | 20 | 22 | 323 | 232 | 91 | 1 | 20 | 357 | 276 | 81 | 3 |
| 11 | Sun | November 13 | box | W | 8-3 | Denver Broncos | 22 | 20 | 23 | 340 | 200 | 140 | 3 | 14 | 232 | 169 | 63 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 20 | box | W | 9-3 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 27 | 24 | 27 | 401 | 232 | 169 | 3 | 15 | 184 | 116 | 68 | 3 |
| 13 | Sun | November 27 | box | W | 10-3 | New York Giants | 27 | 12 | 22 | 381 | 243 | 138 | 20 | 341 | 283 | 58 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Thu | December 1 | box | W | 11-3 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 42 | 10 | 19 | 323 | 181 | 142 | 2 | 18 | 322 | 248 | 74 | 4 |
| 15 | Sun | December 11 | box | L | 11-4 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 34 | 23 | 327 | 212 | 115 | 4 | 26 | 366 | 217 | 149 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 18 | box | W | 12-4 | San Diego Chargers | 30 | 14 | 23 | 480 | 325 | 155 | 1 | 18 | 312 | 229 | 83 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | January 1 | box | W | 13-4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38 | 10 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 8 | box | W | 14-4 | Seattle Seahawks | 30 | 14 | |||||||||||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 22 | box | W | 15-4 | N | Washington Redskins | 38 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 442 | 5686 | 1101 | 5.2 | 356 | 301 | 504 | 3446 | 31 | 24 | 6.2 | 181 | 542 | 2240 | 18 | 4.1 | 143 | 49 | 25 | 32 |
| Team Defense | 338 | 4748 | 1024 | 4.6 | 484 | 282 | 531 | 3162 | 20 | 20 | 5.4 | 170 | 436 | 1586 | 13 | 3.6 | 285 | 36 | 16 | 29 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 26 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 13 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Plunkett | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 10-3-0 | 230 | 379 | 60.7 | 2935 | 20 | 5.3 | 18 | 4.7 | 99 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 12.8 | 209.6 | 82.7 | 42 | 363 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 10.0 |
| Marc Wilson | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 67 | 117 | 57.3 | 864 | 8 | 6.8 | 6 | 5.1 | 50 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 12.9 | 86.4 | 82.0 | 10 | 75 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 7.9 | |
| Marcus Allen | 23 | RB | 16 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 111 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 15.9 | 20.1 | 27.8 | 6.9 | 141.4 | 3 | 26 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 30.0 | |
| Greg Pruitt* | 32 | RET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 12-4-0 | 301 | 504 | 59.7 | 3910 | 31 | 6.2 | 24 | 4.8 | 99 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 13.0 | 244.4 | 84.8 | 55 | 464 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 9.8 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 282 | 531 | 53.1 | 3162 | 20 | 3.8 | 20 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 197.6 | 68.0 | 57 | 484 | 5.4 | 3.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Marcus Allen | 23 | RB | 16 | 15 | 266 | 1014 | 9 | 19 | 3.8 | 63.4 | 16.6 | 68 | 590 | 8.7 | 2 | 36 | 4.3 | 36.9 | 1604 | 11 | 14 |
| Frank Hawkins | 24 | 16 | 2 | 110 | 526 | 6 | 32 | 4.8 | 32.9 | 6.9 | 20 | 150 | 7.5 | 2 | 28 | 1.3 | 9.4 | 676 | 8 | 2 | |
| Kenny King | 26 | FB | 15 | 15 | 82 | 294 | 1 | 16 | 3.6 | 19.6 | 5.5 | 14 | 149 | 10.6 | 1 | 34 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 443 | 2 | 1 |
| Greg Pruitt* | 32 | RET | 16 | 0 | 26 | 154 | 2 | 18 | 5.9 | 9.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 160 | 2 | 10 |
| Jim Plunkett | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 26 | 78 | 0 | 20 | 3.0 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 78 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| Marc Wilson | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 122 | 0 | 23 | 9.4 | 12.2 | 1.3 | 122 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Rick Berns | 27 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chester Willis | 25 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cleo Montgomery | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 15 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 36 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ray Guy | 34 | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | -13 | 0 | -3 | -6.5 | -0.8 | 0.1 | -13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Cliff Branch | 35 | WR | 12 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 39 | 696 | 17.8 | 5 | 99 | 3.3 | 58.0 | 716 | 5 | 0 |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 35 | 513 | 14.7 | 1 | 41 | 2.2 | 32.1 | 525 | 1 | 0 |
| Derrick Jensen | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| David Humm | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Todd Christensen*+ | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 92 | 1247 | 13.6 | 12 | 45 | 5.8 | 77.9 | 1247 | 12 | 1 | |
| Dokie Williams | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 259 | 18.5 | 3 | 50 | 0.9 | 16.2 | 259 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Calvin Muhammad | 25 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 252 | 19.4 | 2 | 45 | 0.9 | 16.8 | 252 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Don Hasselbeck | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 2 | 13 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 542 | 2240 | 18 | 32 | 4.1 | 140.0 | 33.9 | 301 | 3910 | 13.0 | 31 | 99 | 18.8 | 244.4 | 6150 | 49 | 46 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 436 | 1586 | 13 | 3.6 | 99.1 | 27.3 | 282 | 3162 | 11.2 | 20 | 17.6 | 197.6 | 4748 | 33 | 31 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Greg Pruitt* | 32 | RET | 16 | 0 | 58 | 666 | 1 | 97 | 11.5 | 31 | 604 | 0 | 42 | 19.5 | 1430 |
| Cleo Montgomery | 28 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 464 | 0 | 48 | 22.1 | 500 | ||||||
| Dokie Williams | 23 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 19 | 17.6 | 347 | ||||||
| Matt Millen | 25 | LILB | 16 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9.5 | 19 | |||||
| Derrick Jensen | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | ||||||
| Rod Martin* | 29 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 58 | 666 | 1 | 97 | 11.5 | 61 | 1175 | 0 | 48 | 19.3 | 7991 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 35 | 2 | 68 | 1227 | 0 | 18.0 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Chris Bahr | 30 | K | 16 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 77.8% | 53 | 51 | 96.2% | ||||||||
| Ray Guy | 34 | P | 16 | 0 | 78 | 3336 | 67 | 0 | 42.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 77.8% | 53 | 51 | 96.2% | 78 | 3336 | 67 | 0 | 42.8 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 25 | 19 | 76.0% | 40 | 39 | 97.5% | 100 | 4060 | 40.6 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Greg Pruitt* | 32 | RET | 16 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marcus Allen | 23 | RB | 16 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Howie Long* | 23 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Townsend | 22 | 16 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Vann McElroy* | 23 | FS | 16 | 16 | 8 | 68 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Rod Martin* | 29 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 6.0 | 4 | 81 | 2 | 40 | |||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lyle Alzado | 34 | RDE | 15 | 15 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bill Pickel | 24 | 16 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||
| Mike Davis | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Marc Wilson | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Archie Reese | 27 | 10 | 0 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Hawkins | 24 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ted Hendricks* | 36 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Matt Millen | 25 | LILB | 16 | 15 | 2.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| Bob Nelson | 30 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Todd Christensen*+ | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Davis | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Lester Hayes* | 28 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Muhammad | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ted Watts | 25 | RCB | 16 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dokie Williams | 23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Stalls | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Caldwell | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Dalby | 33 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bruce E. Davis | 27 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Haynes | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Derrick Jensen | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kenny King | 26 | FB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Kinlaw | 26 | NT | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| Odis McKinney | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cleo Montgomery | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Squirek | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chester Willis | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 57.0 | 20 | 238 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 46 | 33 | 71 | 2 | 29 | 2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 55 | 31 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Bahr | 30 | K | 16 | 0 | 51 | 21 | 114 | |||||||||
| Marcus Allen | 23 | RB | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 72 | ||||||||
| Todd Christensen*+ | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Frank Hawkins | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Branch | 35 | WR | 12 | 12 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Greg Pruitt* | 32 | RET | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Dokie Williams | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Kenny King | 26 | FB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Rod Martin* | 29 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Muhammad | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Greg Townsend | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Malcolm Barnwell | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Jensen | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lyle Alzado | 34 | RDE | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 18 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 2 | 442 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 338 |