1983 Green Bay Packers season
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1983 Green Bay Packers season
| 1983 Green Bay Packers season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Bart Starr | ||||||
| Home field | Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium |
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| Results | |||||||
| Record | 8–8 | ||||||
| Division Place | 2nd NFC Central | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
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The 1983 Green Bay Packers season was their 63rd season in the National Football League. The club posted a 8–8 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central division. The 1983 season was the last that the Packers played under Starr. The team set an NFL record for most overtime games played in one season with 5,[1] winning three. In October on Monday Night Football, Green Bay defeated the Washington Redskins, 48–47, in the highest scoring game in MNF history. It was voted one of the ten best Packer games and is featured on the NFL Films collection, "The Green Bay Packers Greatest Games."
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Offseason
NFL Draft
| Pick # | NFL Team | Player | Position | College |
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| 11 | Green Bay Packers | Tim Lewis | Cornerback | Pittsburgh |
| 48 | Green Bay Packers | Dave Drechsler | Guard | North Carolina |
| 104 | Green Bay Packers | Mike Miller | Wide Receiver | Tennessee |
| 132 | Green Bay Packers | Brian Thomas | Running Back | Pittsburgh |
| 160 | Green Bay Packers | Ron Sams | Guard | Pittsburgh |
| 188 | Green Bay Packers | Jessie Clark | Running Back | Arkansas |
| 216 | Green Bay Packers | Carlton Briscoe | Defensive Back | McNeese State |
| 243 | Green Bay Packers | Robin Ham | Center | West Texas State |
| 253 | Green Bay Packers | Byron Williams | Wide Receiver | Texas Arlington |
| 271 | Green Bay Packers | Jimmy Thomas | Defensive Back | Indiana |
| 299 | Green Bay Packers | Bucky Scribner | Punter | Kansas |
| 327 | Green Bay Packers | John Harvey | Linebacker | USC |
Personnel
Staff
| 1983 Green Bay Packers staff | ||||||
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Front Office
Head Coaches
Offensive Coaches
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Defensive Coaches
Special Teams Coaches
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Regular season
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Record | Streak | Notes | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 9-4-1983 | at Houston Oilers | W,41-38 O.T. | 1-0 | 1W | Astrodome |
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| 2 | 9-11-1983 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L,21-25 | 1-1 | 1L | Lambeau Field |
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| 3 | 9-18-1983 | Los Angeles Rams | W,27-24 | 2-1 | 1W | Milwaukee County Stadium |
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| 4 | 9-26-1983 | at New York Giants | L,3-27 | 2-2 | 1L | Monday Night Football | Giants Stadium |
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| 5 | 10-2-1983 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W,55-13 | 3-2 | 1W | Scored an NFL-record 49 points in the 1st half | Lambeau Field |
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| 6 | 10-9-1983 | at Detroit Lions | L,14-38 | 3-3 | 1L | Pontiac Silverdome |
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| 7 | 10-17-1983 | Washington Redskins | W,48-47 | 4-3 | 1W | Highest M.N.F Aggregate Score | Lambeau Field |
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| 8 | 10-23-1983 | Minnesota Vikings | L, 17-20 O.T. | 4-4 | 1L | Lambeau Field |
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| 9 | 10-30-1983 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L,14-34 | 4-5 | 2L | Riverfront Stadium |
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| 10 | 11-6-1983 | Cleveland Browns | W,35-21 | 5-5 | 1W | Milwaukee County Stadium |
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| 11 | 11-13-1983 | at Minnesota Vikings | W,29-21 | 6-5 | 2W | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
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| 12 | 11-20-1983 | Detroit Lions | L,20-23 O.T. | 6-6 | 1L | Milwaukee County Stadium |
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| 13 | 11-27-1983 | at Atlanta Falcons | L,41-47 O.T. | 6-7 | 2L | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
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| 14 | 12-4-1983 | Chicago Bears | W,31-28 | 7-7 | 1W | Lambeau Field |
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| 15 | 12-12-1983 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W,12-9 O.T. | 8-7 | 2W | 5 O.T. Games, an NFL record | Tampa Stadium |
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| 16 | 12-18-1983 | at Chicago Bears | L,21-23 | 8-8 | 1L | Soldier Field |
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Standings
| NFC Central | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 347 | 286 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 429 | 439 |
| Chicago Bears | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 311 | 301 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 316 | 348 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 241 | 380 |
Statistics
Passing
| Player | Attempts | Completion | Percentage | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Int | Rating |
| Lynn Dickey | 484 | 289 | 59.7% | 4458 | 9.21 | 75 | 32 | 29 | 87.3 |
Receiving
| Player | Receptions | Yards | Average | TD | Long |
| James Lofton | 58 | 1300 | 22.4 | 8 | 74 |
| John Jefferson | 57 | 830 | 14.6 | 7 | 36 |
| Paul Coffman | 54 | 814 | 15.1 | 11 | 74 |
| Gerry Ellis | 52 | 603 | 11.6 | 2 | 56 |
Rushing
| Player | Attempts | Yards | avg | TD | Long |
| Gerry Ellis | 141 | 696 | 4.9 | 4 | 71 |
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 86 | 340 | 4.0 | 2 | 21 |
| Jessie Clark | 71 | 328 | 4.6 | 0 | 42 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 50 | 182 | 3.6 | 4 | 20 |
Defensive
| Player | Sacks | INT'S | Yards | Average | TD | Long |
| John Anderson | 4.5 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 1 | 27t |
| Greg Boyd | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Braggs | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Cumby | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Douglass | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie Gray | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Charles Johnson | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezra Johnson | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jolly | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laughlin | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Mark Lee | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 15 |
| Cliff Lewis | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Lewis | 0.0 | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 0 | 46 |
| Randy Scott | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
Records
- Lynn Dickey, Club Record, Most Passing Yards in One Season, 4,458. First NFC Quarterback to ever throw for over 4,000 yards.
- NFL record, Most Overtime Games played in one season, (5)
- NFC Central record, Most Interceptions in a season by a passer other than the quarterback (3, Cliff Lewis).
References
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 388
- ^ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. http://nfl.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/coaches/. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
External links
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| AFC | East | Central | West | East | Central | West | NFC |
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| Baltimore | Cincinnati | Denver | Dallas | Chicago | Atlanta | ||
| Buffalo | Cleveland | Kansas City | NY Giants | Detroit | LA Rams | ||
| Miami | Houston | LA Raiders | Philadelphia | Green Bay | New Orleans | ||
| New England | Pittsburgh | San Diego | St. Louis | Minnesota | San Francisco | ||
| NY Jets | Seattle | Washington | Tampa Bay | ||||
| 1983 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XVIII | |||||||
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