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1983 Washington Redskins

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Record: 14-2-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

1983 NFC Champions

Scored 541 points (33.8/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 332 points (20.8/g), 11th.
 Differential of 209 points (13.1/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 12.2-3.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +43 (2.7/g), 1st.

Coached by Joe Gibbs (14-2-0)

1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 5 box L 0-1 Dallas Cowboys 30 31 26 447 299 148 1 16 356 173 183
2 Sun September 11 box W 1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 23 13 14 285 135 150 17 312 277 35 2
3 Sun September 18 box W 2-1 Kansas City Chiefs 27 12 17 333 153 180 2 17 330 297 33 3
4 Sun September 25 box W 3-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 27 17 17 293 162 131 20 308 234 74 2
5 Sun October 2 box W 4-1 Los Angeles Raiders 37 35 25 459 361 98 1 19 431 326 105 6
6 Sun October 9 box W 5-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 38 14 22 320 138 182 18 310 228 82 4
7 Mon October 17 box L 5-2 @ Green Bay Packers 47 48 33 552 368 184 1 23 473 403 70 1
8 Sun October 23 box W 6-2 Detroit Lions 38 17 26 441 232 209 1 12 176 95 81 3
9 Mon October 31 box W 7-2 @ San Diego Chargers 27 24 24 482 313 169 1 21 428 307 121 8
10 Sun November 6 box W 8-2 St. Louis Cardinals 45 7 23 374 165 209 2 15 267 188 79 5
11 Sun November 13 box W 9-2 @ New York Giants 33 17 18 278 138 140 16 306 281 25 4
12 Sun November 20 box W 10-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 42 20 28 467 276 191 2 18 191 108 83 5
13 Sun November 27 box W 11-2 Philadelphia Eagles 28 24 21 419 248 171 1 18 388 311 77 4
14 Sun December 4 box W 12-2 Atlanta Falcons 37 21 21 370 215 155 1 24 398 269 129 6
15 Sun December 11 box W 13-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 31 10 20 336 170 166 1 13 205 172 33 4
16 Sat December 17 box W 14-2 New York Giants 31 22 18 283 141 142 4 23 385 306 79 4
Playoffs
Division Sun January 1 box W 15-2 Los Angeles Rams 51 7
ConfChamp Sun January 8 box W 16-2 San Francisco 49ers 24 21
SuperBowl Sun January 22 box L 16-3 N Los Angeles Raiders 9 38

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 541 6139 1127 5.4 353 278 463 3514 29 11 7.1 173 629 2625 30 4.2 165 18 7 15
Team Defense 332 5264 970 5.4 504 301 570 3975 28 34 6.4 196 349 1289 9 3.7 290 61 27 18
Lg Rank Offense 1 3 3 19 7 5 2 3 1 3 1 12 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 11 12 16 28 28 24 1 22 1 1 1 7 1 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Joe Theismann*+ 34 QB 16 16 14-2-0 276 459 60.1 3714 29 6.3 11 2.4 84 8.1 7.6 13.5 232.1 97.0 34 242 7.0 6.6 6.9
Bob Holly 23 5 0 1 1 100.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 87.5 1 9 -2.0 -2.0 50.0
Art Monk 26 WR 12 11 1 1 100.0 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 46 46.0 46.0 46.0 3.8 118.7 0 0 46.0 46.0 0.0
John Riggins+ 34 RB 15 15 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
Joe Washington 30 15 1 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 26.6 16 14-2-0 278 463 60.0 3765 29 6.3 11 2.4 84 8.1 7.7 13.5 235.3 97.0 35 251 7.1 6.6 7.0
Opp Total 16 301 570 52.8 3975 28 4.9 34 6.0 7.0 4.8 13.2 248.4 66.7 51 402 6.4 3.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
John Riggins+ 34 RB 15 15 375 1347 24 44 3.6 89.8 25.0 5 29 5.8 0 14 0.3 1.9 1376 24 5
Joe Washington 30 15 1 145 772 0 41 5.3 51.5 9.7 47 454 9.7 6 67 3.1 30.3 1226 6 2
Joe Theismann*+ 34 QB 16 16 37 234 1 22 6.3 14.6 2.3 234 1 1
Otis Wonsley 26 16 0 25 88 0 9 3.5 5.5 1.6 88 0 0
Reggie Evans 24 15 0 16 11 4 5 0.7 0.7 1.1 11 4 0
Nick Giaquinto 28 16 0 14 53 1 11 3.8 3.3 0.9 27 372 13.8 0 35 1.7 23.3 425 1 0
Charlie Brown* 25 WR 15 14 4 53 0 17 13.3 3.5 0.3 78 1225 15.7 8 75 5.2 81.7 1278 8 0
Bob Holly 23 5 0 4 13 0 13 3.3 2.6 0.8 13 0 2
Art Monk 26 WR 12 11 3 -19 0 2 -6.3 -1.6 0.3 47 746 15.9 5 43 3.9 62.2 727 5 0
Alvin Garrett 27 wr 15 6 2 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 0.1 25 332 13.3 1 84 1.7 22.1 332 1 0
Rick Walker 28 TE 16 16 2 10 0 11 5.0 0.6 0.1 17 168 9.9 2 29 1.1 10.5 178 2 0
Jeff Hayes 24 P 16 0 2 63 0 48 31.5 3.9 0.1 63 0 0
Don Warren 27 TE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 225 11.3 2 33 1.5 17.3 225 2 0
Clint Didier 24 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 153 17.0 4 40 0.6 9.6 153 4 1
Virgil Seay 25 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 55 27.5 1 39 0.1 3.9 55 1 0
Mark McGrath 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.5 3.0 6 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 629 2625 30 48 4.2 164.1 39.3 278 3765 13.5 29 84 17.4 235.3 6390 59 13
Opp Total 16 349 1289 9 3.7 80.6 21.8 301 3975 13.2 28 18.8 248.4 5264 37 46

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Mike Nelms+ 28 RET 12 0 38 289 0 35 7.6 35 802 0 41 22.9 1091
Virgil Seay 25 14 1 5 57 0 42 11.4 9 218 0 50 24.2 330
Reggie Evans 24 15 0 10 141 0 28 14.1 152
Darrell Green 23 LCB 16 16 4 29 0 18 7.3 29
Nick Giaquinto 28 16 0 2 12 0 12 6.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 437
Alvin Garrett 27 wr 15 6 2 50 0 28 25.0 382
Otis Wonsley 26 16 0 2 36 0 20 18.0 124
Pete Cronan 28 16 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
John Sawyer 30 7 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Joe Washington 30 15 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 1242
Greg Williams 24 16 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Team Total 26.6 16 49 387 0 42 7.9 63 1301 0 50 20.7 8078
Opp Total 16 41 1 91 1772 0 19.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Mark Moseley 35 K 16 0 1 1 10 10 19 14 12 7 3 1 47 33 70.2% 63 62 98.4%
Jeff Hayes 24 P 16 0 72 2796 56 0 38.8
Team Total 26.6 16 1 1 10 10 19 14 12 7 3 1 47 33 70.2% 63 62 98.4% 72 2796 56 0 38.8
Opp Total 16 28 20 71.4% 39 38 97.4% 66 2746 41.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dave Butz*+ 33 LDT 16 16 11.5 0 1 0 0
Dexter Manley 24 RDE 16 16 11.0 1 1 0 1
Tony McGee 34 16 0 10.0 0 2 0 0
Mark H. Murphy*+ 28 FS 15 15 1.0 9 127 0 48
Vernon Dean 24 RCB 16 13 5 54 0 26 0 3 0 1
Ken Coffey 23 13 4 1.0 4 62 0 29 0 1 0 0
Anthony Washington 25 16 3 4 12 0 8 1 1 0 0
Greg Williams 24 16 0 2 25 0 25 0 4 4 0
Neal Olkewicz 26 MLB 16 16 2.0 1 14 0 14 0 2 0 0
John Riggins+ 34 RB 15 15 5 0 0 0
Darryl Grant 24 RDT 16 16 2.5 0 2 0 0
Mel Kaufman 25 LLB 16 16 1.5 2 93 1 70 0 1 30 1
Monte Coleman 26 10 0 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 29
Darrell Green 23 LCB 16 16 2 7 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 109
Todd Liebenstein 23 LDE 15 15 1.5 0 2 5 0
Rich Milot 26 RLB 16 16 1.5 2 20 0 20
Jeff Bostic* 25 C 16 16 0 3 0 0
Curtis Jordan 29 SS 15 13 1 20 0 20 0 2 20 0
Charles Mann 22 16 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 18 1
Perry Brooks 29 16 0 2.5
Clint Didier 24 16 3 1 1 0 1
Bob Holly 23 5 0 2 0 0 0
Joe Washington 30 15 1 2 0 0 0
Charlie Brown* 25 WR 15 14 0 1 0 0
Brian Carpenter 23 15 0 1 2 0 2
Mark May 24 RG 15 15 0 1 0 0
Joe Theismann*+ 34 QB 16 16 1 0 0 0
Otis Wonsley 26 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 51.0 34 437 1 70 1 13 31 59 3 156 1
Opp Total 16 35 46 19

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mark Moseley 35 K 16 0 62 33 161
John Riggins+ 34 RB 15 15 24 144
Charlie Brown* 25 WR 15 14 8 48
Joe Washington 30 15 1 6 36
Clint Didier 24 16 3 4 1 30
Art Monk 26 WR 12 11 5 30
Reggie Evans 24 15 0 4 24
Mel Kaufman 25 LLB 16 16 1 1 12
Rick Walker 28 TE 16 16 2 12
Don Warren 27 TE 13 13 2 12
Vernon Dean 24 RCB 16 13 1 6
Alvin Garrett 27 wr 15 6 1 6
Nick Giaquinto 28 16 0 1 6
Virgil Seay 25 14 1 1 6
Joe Theismann*+ 34 QB 16 16 1 6
Charles Mann 22 16 1 1 2
Team Total 26.6 16 30 29 3 1 62 33 1 541
Opp Total 16 9 28 1 38 20 332