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1983 NFL Standings, Team & Offensive Statistics

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League Standings

Glossary
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
AFC East
Miami Dolphins 12 4 0 .750 389 250
Buffalo Bills 8 8 0 .500 283 351
New England Patriots 8 8 0 .500 274 289
Baltimore Colts 7 9 0 .438 264 354
New York Jets 7 9 0 .438 313 331
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers 10 6 0 .625 355 303
Cleveland Browns 9 7 0 .563 356 342
Cincinnati Bengals 7 9 0 .438 346 302
Houston Oilers 2 14 0 .125 288 460
AFC West
Los Angeles Raiders 12 4 0 .750 442 338
Seattle Seahawks 9 7 0 .563 403 397
Denver Broncos 9 7 0 .563 302 327
Kansas City Chiefs 6 10 0 .375 386 367
San Diego Chargers 6 10 0 .375 358 462
Tm W L T W-L% Pts PtsO
NFC East
Washington Redskins 14 2 0 .875 541 332
Dallas Cowboys 12 4 0 .750 479 360
St. Louis Cardinals 8 7 1 .531 374 428
Philadelphia Eagles 5 11 0 .313 233 322
New York Giants 3 12 1 .219 267 347
NFC Central
Detroit Lions 9 7 0 .563 347 286
Chicago Bears 8 8 0 .500 311 301
Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 .500 316 348
Green Bay Packers 8 8 0 .500 429 439
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 14 0 .125 241 380
NFC West
San Francisco 49ers 10 6 0 .625 432 293
Los Angeles Rams 9 7 0 .563 361 344
New Orleans Saints 8 8 0 .500 319 337
Atlanta Falcons 7 9 0 .438 370 389

Playoff Games

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Week Date Winner/tie Loser/tie PtsW PtsL
WildCard Sat December 24 box W Seattle Seahawks Denver Broncos 31 7
WildCard Mon December 26 box W Los Angeles Rams @ Dallas Cowboys 24 17
Division Sat December 31 box W San Francisco 49ers Detroit Lions 24 23
Division Sat December 31 box W Seattle Seahawks @ Miami Dolphins 27 20
Division Sun January 1 box W Los Angeles Raiders Pittsburgh Steelers 38 10
Division Sun January 1 box W Washington Redskins Los Angeles Rams 51 7
ConfChamp Sun January 8 box W Los Angeles Raiders Seattle Seahawks 30 14
ConfChamp Sun January 8 box W Washington Redskins San Francisco 49ers 24 21
SuperBowl Sun January 22 box W Los Angeles Raiders N Washington Redskins 38 9

Award Winners

AP MVPJoe Theismann
PFWA MVPJoe Theismann
Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVPJoe Theismann
Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)John Riggins
AP Offensive Player of the YearJoe Theismann
AP Defensive Player of the YearDoug Betters
Super Bowl MVPMarcus Allen
AP Offensive Rookie of the YearEric Dickerson
AP Defensive Rookie of the YearVernon Maxwell
Walter Payton Man of the YearRolf Benirschke
AP Comeback Player of the YearBilly Johnson

Team Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
1 Washington Redskins 16 541 6139 1127 5.4 353 278 463 3514 29 11 7.1 173 629 2625 30 4.2 165 18 7 15
2 Dallas Cowboys 16 479 5959 1110 5.4 342 346 554 3842 31 25 6.5 205 519 2117 21 4.1 109 39 14 28
3 Los Angeles Raiders 16 442 5686 1101 5.2 356 301 504 3446 31 24 6.2 181 542 2240 18 4.1 143 49 25 32
4 San Francisco 49ers 16 432 6054 1072 5.6 344 339 528 3797 27 12 6.8 199 511 2257 17 4.4 129 31 19 16
5 Green Bay Packers 16 429 6172 1007 6.1 340 311 526 4365 33 32 7.7 214 439 1807 15 4.1 99 50 18 27
6 Seattle Seahawks 16 403 5092 1042 4.9 300 251 449 2973 25 18 6.0 153 546 2119 19 3.9 131 38 20 16
7 Miami Dolphins 16 389 5195 1033 5.0 314 254 442 3045 28 11 6.5 151 568 2150 16 3.8 132 27 16 31
8 Kansas City Chiefs 16 386 5595 1074 5.2 314 369 641 4341 29 19 6.3 208 387 1254 13 3.2 83 38 19 23
9 St. Louis Cardinals 16 374 5145 1044 4.9 296 267 460 2868 29 21 5.5 147 525 2277 15 4.3 123 48 27 26
10 Atlanta Falcons 16 370 5628 1054 5.3 325 321 507 3404 24 10 6.1 190 492 2224 17 4.5 118 29 19 17
11 Los Angeles Rams 16 361 5474 1023 5.4 316 286 489 3221 23 23 6.3 150 511 2253 20 4.4 148 47 24 18
12 San Diego Chargers 16 358 6197 1086 5.7 361 369 635 4661 27 33 7.0 230 423 1536 16 3.6 106 55 22 25
13 Cleveland Browns 16 356 5583 1065 5.2 327 324 567 3661 27 28 6.1 186 465 1922 13 4.1 113 38 10 28
14 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 355 5014 1075 4.7 312 211 409 2404 15 23 5.2 141 614 2610 17 4.3 156 43 20 15
15 Detroit Lions 16 347 5136 1061 4.8 315 263 503 2955 19 23 5.4 156 513 2181 18 4.3 136 39 16 23
16 Cincinnati Bengals 16 346 5287 1036 5.1 327 290 454 3183 14 18 6.4 179 542 2104 24 3.9 127 33 15 21
17 New Orleans Saints 16 319 4938 1055 4.7 286 243 425 2477 14 25 5.4 136 595 2461 19 4.1 135 47 22 15
18 Minnesota Vikings 16 316 5019 1068 4.7 303 310 555 3211 15 22 5.4 169 470 1808 17 3.8 112 32 10 22
19 New York Jets 16 313 5493 1076 5.1 313 330 559 3425 21 28 5.7 171 474 2068 11 4.4 126 47 19 16
20 Chicago Bears 16 311 5830 1083 5.4 308 255 447 3103 21 22 6.2 136 583 2727 14 4.7 154 36 14 18
21 Denver Broncos 16 302 4811 1025 4.7 292 254 499 3027 17 22 5.5 155 471 1784 15 3.8 99 41 19 38
22 Houston Oilers 16 288 4900 1033 4.7 295 260 482 2902 16 29 5.5 155 502 1998 16 4.0 120 47 18 20
23 Buffalo Bills 16 283 4823 1023 4.7 309 317 571 3087 30 28 5.1 171 415 1736 4 4.2 100 40 12 38
24 New England Patriots 16 274 5311 995 5.3 284 220 412 2706 16 18 5.9 138 538 2605 19 4.8 130 38 20 16
25 New York Giants 16 267 5285 1130 4.7 296 284 575 3491 12 31 5.6 164 506 1794 9 3.5 104 58 27 28
26 Baltimore Colts 16 264 5018 1025 4.9 272 188 377 2323 12 22 5.5 110 601 2695 10 4.5 146 33 11 16
27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 241 4477 1005 4.5 249 300 528 3124 18 24 5.4 157 428 1353 9 3.2 72 37 13 20
28 Philadelphia Eagles 16 233 4534 945 4.8 253 252 486 3117 22 18 5.7 150 402 1417 5 3.5 91 36 18 12
Avg Team 349.3 5349.8 1052.6 5.1 310.8 285.5 501.7 3274.0 22.3 22.1 6.0 167.0 507.5 2075.8 15.6 4.1 121.7 39.8 17.6 22.1
League Total 9779 149795 29473 5.1 8702 7993 14047 91673 625 620 6.0 4675 14211 58122 437 4.1 3407 1114 494 620
Avg Tm/G 21.8 334.4 65.8 5.1 19.4 17.8 31.4 204.6 1.4 1.4 6.0 10.4 31.7 129.7 1.0 4.1 7.6 2.5 1.1 1.4

Passing Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G 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%
1 San Diego Chargers 16 369 635 58.1 4661 27 4.3 33 5.2 59 7.3 5.4 12.6 291.3 73.6 28 230 6.7 4.9 4.2
2 Green Bay Packers 16 311 526 59.1 4365 33 6.3 32 6.1 75 8.3 6.2 14.0 272.8 81.5 42 323 7.1 5.2 7.4
3 Kansas City Chiefs 16 369 641 57.6 4341 29 4.5 19 3.0 53 6.8 5.9 11.8 271.3 81.0 46 343 5.8 5.0 6.7
4 Dallas Cowboys 16 346 554 62.5 3842 31 5.6 25 4.5 80 6.9 5.5 11.1 240.1 82.9 37 314 6.0 4.6 6.3
5 San Francisco 49ers 16 339 528 64.2 3797 27 5.1 12 2.3 77 7.2 6.7 11.2 237.3 93.1 33 224 6.4 5.9 5.9
6 Cleveland Browns 16 324 567 57.1 3661 27 4.8 28 4.9 66 6.5 4.7 11.3 228.8 71.9 33 271 5.7 4.0 5.5
7 Washington Redskins 16 278 463 60.0 3514 29 6.3 11 2.4 84 7.6 7.1 12.6 219.6 94.7 35 251 6.6 6.1 7.0
8 New York Giants 16 284 575 49.4 3491 12 2.1 31 5.4 62 6.1 3.9 12.3 218.2 53.0 49 363 5.0 3.0 7.9
9 Los Angeles Raiders 16 301 504 59.7 3446 31 6.2 24 4.8 99 6.8 5.3 11.4 215.4 81.0 55 464 5.3 4.0 9.8
10 New York Jets 16 330 559 59.0 3425 21 3.8 28 5.0 64 6.1 4.2 10.4 214.1 68.5 43 317 5.2 3.4 7.1
11 Atlanta Falcons 16 321 507 63.3 3404 24 4.7 10 2.0 76 6.7 6.3 10.6 212.8 90.4 55 389 5.4 5.0 9.8
12 Los Angeles Rams 16 286 489 58.5 3221 23 4.7 23 4.7 61 6.6 4.9 11.3 201.3 74.3 23 190 5.9 4.3 4.5
13 Minnesota Vikings 16 310 555 55.9 3211 15 2.7 22 4.0 68 5.8 4.3 10.4 200.7 65.2 43 303 4.9 3.5 7.2
14 Cincinnati Bengals 16 290 454 63.9 3183 14 3.1 18 4.0 80 7.0 5.5 11.0 198.9 78.3 40 309 5.8 4.5 8.1
15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 300 528 56.8 3124 18 3.4 24 4.5 80 5.9 4.2 10.4 195.3 66.5 49 366 4.8 3.2 8.5
16 Philadelphia Eagles 16 252 486 51.9 3117 22 4.5 18 3.7 83 6.4 5.2 12.4 194.8 71.7 57 415 5.0 3.9 10.5
17 Chicago Bears 16 255 447 57.0 3103 21 4.7 22 4.9 87 6.9 5.2 12.2 193.9 73.7 53 358 5.5 3.9 10.6
18 Buffalo Bills 16 317 571 55.5 3087 30 5.3 28 4.9 43 5.4 3.7 9.7 192.9 68.0 37 351 4.5 2.9 6.1
19 Miami Dolphins 16 254 442 57.5 3045 28 6.3 11 2.5 85 6.9 6.4 12.0 190.3 89.4 23 190 6.1 5.7 4.9
20 Denver Broncos 16 254 499 50.9 3027 17 3.4 22 4.4 78 6.1 4.4 11.9 189.2 62.8 55 439 4.7 3.2 9.9
21 Seattle Seahawks 16 251 449 55.9 2973 25 5.6 18 4.0 50 6.6 5.4 11.8 185.8 78.1 47 343 5.3 4.2 9.5
22 Detroit Lions 16 263 503 52.3 2955 19 3.8 23 4.6 80 5.9 4.2 11.2 184.7 63.7 45 342 4.8 3.2 8.2
23 Houston Oilers 16 260 482 53.9 2902 16 3.3 29 6.0 66 6.0 3.6 11.2 181.4 58.1 49 384 4.7 2.6 9.2
24 St. Louis Cardinals 16 267 460 58.0 2868 29 6.3 21 4.6 71 6.2 4.8 10.7 179.3 78.4 59 441 4.7 3.4 11.4
25 New England Patriots 16 220 412 53.4 2706 16 3.9 18 4.4 76 6.6 5.0 12.3 169.1 68.7 45 334 5.2 3.8 9.8
26 New Orleans Saints 16 243 425 57.2 2477 14 3.3 25 5.9 48 5.8 3.5 10.2 154.8 60.5 35 305 4.7 2.6 7.6
27 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 211 409 51.6 2404 15 3.7 23 5.6 52 5.9 3.7 11.4 150.3 58.4 52 350 4.5 2.5 11.3
28 Baltimore Colts 16 188 377 49.9 2323 12 3.2 22 5.8 72 6.2 3.9 12.4 145.2 55.6 47 340 4.7 2.6 11.1
Avg Team 285.5 501.7 56.9 3274.0 22.3 4.4 22.1 4.4 71 6.5 5.0 11.5 204.6 73.1 43.4 330.3 5.4 4.0 8.0
League Total 7993 14047 56.9 91673 625 4.4 620 4.4 99 6.5 5.0 11.5 5729.6 73.1 1215 9249 5.4 4.0 8.0
Avg Tm/G 17.8 31.4 56.9 204.6 1.4 4.4 1.4 4.4 6.5 5.0 11.5 204.6 73.1 2.7 20.6 5.4 4.0 8.0

Rushing Offense

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Chicago Bears 16 583 2727 14 49 4.7 170.4 25
2 Baltimore Colts 16 601 2695 10 56 4.5 168.4 32
3 Washington Redskins 16 629 2625 30 48 4.2 164.1 13
4 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 614 2610 17 50 4.3 163.1 42
5 New England Patriots 16 538 2605 19 77 4.8 162.8 47
6 New Orleans Saints 16 595 2461 19 76 4.1 153.8 37
7 St. Louis Cardinals 16 525 2277 15 46 4.3 142.3 50
8 San Francisco 49ers 16 511 2257 17 71 4.4 141.1 27
9 Los Angeles Rams 16 511 2253 20 85 4.4 140.8 38
10 Los Angeles Raiders 16 542 2240 18 32 4.1 140.0 46
11 Atlanta Falcons 16 492 2224 17 40 4.5 139.0 36
12 Detroit Lions 16 513 2181 18 41 4.3 136.3 41
13 Miami Dolphins 16 568 2150 16 44 3.8 134.4 30
14 Seattle Seahawks 16 546 2119 19 60 3.9 132.4 36
15 Dallas Cowboys 16 519 2117 21 77 4.1 132.3 30
16 Cincinnati Bengals 16 542 2104 24 29 3.9 131.5 35
17 New York Jets 16 474 2068 11 78 4.4 129.3 29
18 Houston Oilers 16 502 1998 16 80 4.0 124.9 26
19 Cleveland Browns 16 465 1922 13 29 4.1 120.1 21
20 Minnesota Vikings 16 470 1808 17 56 3.8 113.0 33
21 Green Bay Packers 16 439 1807 15 71 4.1 112.9 37
22 New York Giants 16 506 1794 9 37 3.5 112.1 39
23 Denver Broncos 16 471 1784 15 52 3.8 111.5 34
24 Buffalo Bills 16 415 1736 4 45 4.2 108.5 24
25 San Diego Chargers 16 423 1536 16 61 3.6 96.0 42
26 Philadelphia Eagles 16 402 1417 5 35 3.5 88.6 37
27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 428 1353 9 75 3.2 84.6 39
28 Kansas City Chiefs 16 387 1254 13 49 3.2 78.4 31
Avg Team 507.5 2075.8 15.6 55 4.1 129.7 34.2
League Total 14211 58122 437 85 4.1 3632.6 957
Avg Tm/G 31.7 129.7 1.0 4.1 129.7 2.1

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 St. Louis Cardinals 16 58 461 0 34 7.9 72 1459 0 66 20.3 7065
2 New York Giants 16 55 377 0 27 6.9 71 1333 0 54 18.8 6995
3 Dallas Cowboys 16 51 461 1 68 9.0 71 1351 0 53 19.0 7771
4 Green Bay Packers 16 41 329 1 90 8.0 79 1339 0 57 16.9 7840
5 Los Angeles Raiders 16 58 666 1 97 11.5 61 1175 0 48 19.3 7527
6 Chicago Bears 16 56 447 1 59 8.0 58 953 0 38 16.4 7230
7 Atlanta Falcons 16 46 489 1 71 10.6 67 1258 0 35 18.8 7375
8 Washington Redskins 16 49 387 0 42 7.9 63 1301 0 50 20.7 7827
9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 42 299 0 17 7.1 68 1314 0 50 19.3 6090
10 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 51 421 0 57 8.3 59 1068 0 35 18.1 6503
11 Buffalo Bills 16 44 241 0 24 5.5 64 1363 0 60 21.3 6427
12 Philadelphia Eagles 16 45 259 0 23 5.8 62 1168 0 52 18.8 5961
13 Detroit Lions 16 46 522 1 81 11.3 61 1191 0 51 19.5 6849
14 San Diego Chargers 16 33 213 0 30 6.5 74 1377 0 41 18.6 7787
15 Los Angeles Rams 16 55 538 1 72 9.8 52 946 0 44 18.2 6958
16 Baltimore Colts 16 44 294 0 50 6.7 62 1198 0 90 19.3 6510
17 Cleveland Browns 16 42 310 0 19 7.4 63 1290 0 38 20.5 7183
18 Seattle Seahawks 16 34 366 1 75 10.8 71 1575 1 94 22.2 7033
19 New Orleans Saints 16 39 275 0 30 7.1 66 1339 0 61 20.3 6552
20 New York Jets 16 38 420 1 76 11.1 66 1375 0 64 20.8 7288
21 Houston Oilers 16 20 159 0 23 8.0 83 1676 2 97 20.2 6735
22 Cincinnati Bengals 16 49 410 0 43 8.4 54 1097 0 49 20.3 6794
23 Miami Dolphins 16 55 581 1 62 10.6 47 1085 0 78 23.1 6861
24 New England Patriots 16 44 399 0 55 9.1 57 1155 0 53 20.3 6865
25 Kansas City Chiefs 16 40 291 0 19 7.3 54 929 0 46 17.2 6815
26 Denver Broncos 16 38 420 1 70 11.1 56 1077 0 42 19.2 6308
27 Minnesota Vikings 16 24 210 0 34 8.8 68 1466 0 50 21.6 6695
28 San Francisco 49ers 16 36 365 1 56 10.1 52 958 0 46 18.4 7377
Avg Team 44.0 378.9 0.4 50 8.6 63.6 1243.4 0.1 55 19.5 6972.2
League Total 1233 10610 12 97 8.6 1781 34816 3 97 19.5 195221
Avg Tm/G 2.8 23.7 0.0 8.6 4.0 77.7 0.0 19.5 435.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Washington Redskins 16 1 1 10 10 19 14 12 7 3 1 47 33 70.2% 63 62 98.4% 72 2794 56 0 38.8
2 Dallas Cowboys 16 5 5 8 8 12 9 2 27 22 81.5% 59 57 96.6% 83 3270 54 1 39.4
3 Kansas City Chiefs 16 1 1 5 5 6 6 14 10 4 2 30 24 80.0% 45 44 97.8% 93 3711 64 0 39.9
4 St. Louis Cardinals 16 1 6 4 8 3 10 6 3 2 28 15 53.6% 47 45 95.7% 85 3528 59 0 41.5
5 Los Angeles Raiders 16 11 9 9 8 6 4 1 27 21 77.8% 54 51 94.4% 78 3338 67 0 42.8
6 Chicago Bears 16 1 1 9 9 4 6 3 5 1 25 14 56.0% 39 35 89.7% 94 3403 54 2 36.2
7 Minnesota Vikings 16 10 9 14 12 9 4 33 25 75.8% 34 33 97.1% 91 3776 65 0 41.5
8 Seattle Seahawks 16 1 1 4 4 7 4 10 8 3 1 25 18 72.0% 50 49 98.0% 79 3120 56 0 39.5
9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 9 7 4 8 3 3 24 10 41.7% 31 25 80.6% 96 4013 64 1 41.8
10 Buffalo Bills 16 5 3 8 5 9 3 4 26 11 42.3% 36 34 94.4% 89 3533 60 0 39.7
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