The 1983 Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

 season was their 63rd season in the National Football League

National Football League

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. The club posted a 8–8 record under coach Bart Starr

Bart Starr

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, earning them a second-place finish in the NFC Central

NFC North

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 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, winning three. In October on Monday Night Football

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, Green Bay defeated the Washington Redskins

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, 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."

NFL Draft

Pick #	|Player	|College
11	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Tim Lewis Tim Lewis Tim Lewis is an American football coach and former cornerback. He is currently the secondary coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.-Playing career:...	Cornerback Cornerback A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...	Pittsburgh
48	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Dave Drechsler Dave Drechsler Dave Drechsler is a former guard in the National Football League. In the 1983 NFL Draft, Dreschsler was drafted in the second round by the Green Bay Packers and played two seasons with the team. He played at the collegiate level at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.-References:...	Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....	North Carolina
104	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Mike Miller	Wide Receiver Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...	Tennessee
132	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Brian Thomas	Running Back Running back A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...	Pittsburgh
160	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Ron Sams Ron Sams Ron Sams is a former center and guard in the National Football League.-Career:Sams was drafted in the sixth round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers and played that season with the team. The following season he would play with the Minnesota Vikings.He played at the collegiate level at...	Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....	Pittsburgh
188	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Jessie Clark Jessie Clark Jessie Clark is a former professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, and Minnesota Vikings....	Running Back Running back A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...	Arkansas
216	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Carlton Briscoe	Defensive Back Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...	McNeese State
243	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Robin Ham	Center Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...	West Texas State
253	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Byron Williams	Wide Receiver Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...	Texas Arlington
271	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Jimmy Thomas	Defensive Back Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...	Indiana
299	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	Bucky Scribner Bucky Scribner William Charles "Bucky" Scribner is a former professional American football Punter in the National Football League. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks. He played five seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings .-References:...	Punter	Kansas
327	Green Bay Packers Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...	John Harvey	Linebacker Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	USC

Staff

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	Streak	Notes	Attendance
1	9-4-1983	at Houston Oilers Tennessee Titans The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...	W,41-38 O.T.	1-0	1W		44,073
2	9-11-1983	Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...	L,21-25	1-1	1L		55,154
3	9-18-1983	Los Angeles Rams St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...	W,27-24	2-1	1W		54,037
4	9-26-1983	at New York Giants New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L,3-27	2-2	1L	Monday Night Football Monday Night Football Monday Night Football is a live broadcast of the National Football League on ESPN. From to it aired on ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest running prime time commercial network television series...	75,308
5	10-2-1983	Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...	W,55-13	3-2	1W	Scored an NFL-record 49 points in the 1st half	54,272
6	10-9-1983	at Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...	L,14-38	3-3	1L		67,738
7	10-17-1983	Washington Redskins Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...	W,48-47	4-3	1W	Highest M.N.F Aggregate Score	55,255
8	10-23-1983	Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...	L, 17-20 O.T.	4-4	1L		55,236
9	10-30-1983	at Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...	L,14-34	4-5	2L		53,349
10	11-6-1983	Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...	W,35-21	5-5	1W		54,089
11	11-13-1983	at Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...	W,29-21	6-5	2W		60,113
12	11-20-1983	Detroit Lions Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...	L,20-23 O.T.	6-6	1L		50,050
13	11-27-1983	at Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L,41-47 O.T.	6-7	2L		35,688
14	12-4-1983	Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	W,31-28	7-7	1W		51,147
15	12-12-1983	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...	W,12-9 O.T.	8-7	2W	5 O.T. Games, an NFL record	50,763
16	12-18-1983	at Chicago Bears Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...	L,21-23	8-8	1L		35,807

Standings

NFC Central
Detroit Lions 1983 Detroit Lions season -References:***...	9	7	0	.563	347	286
Green Bay Packers	8	8	0	.500	429	439
Chicago Bears 1983 Chicago Bears season The 1983 Chicago Bears season was their 64th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted an 8-8 record under second year head coach Mike Ditka, but missed postseason play. Jim McMahon was the quarterback...	8	8	0	.500	311	301
Minnesota Vikings 1983 Minnesota Vikings season 1983 was the 23nd year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of eight wins and eight losses.-NFL Draft:-Schedule:-Standings:-Awards, records, and honors:...	8	8	0	.500	316	348
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with high expectations, as it was considered by some to be the Buccaneers' best squad yet. They were predicted by some to be Super Bowl contenders,, but disappointment quickly set in as personnel changes and a rash of injuries contributed to a league-worst...	2	14	0	.125	241	380

Passing

Player	Attempts	Completion	Percentage	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int	Rating
Lynn Dickey Lynn Dickey Clifford Lynn Dickey is a retired National Football League quarterback, who played for the Houston Oilers and the Green Bay Packers in the 1970s and 1980s.-High school:...	484	289	59.7%	4458	9.21	75	32	29	87.3

Receiving

Player	Receptions	Yards	Average	TD	Long
James Lofton James Lofton James David Lofton is a former American football player and coach. He is a former American football coach for the San Diego Chargers but is best known for his years in the National Football League as a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers , Los Angeles Raiders , the Buffalo Bills...	58	1300	22.4	8	74
John Jefferson John Jefferson John Jefferson is a retired American football wide receiver in the National Football League . He was selected out of Arizona State University in the first round of the 1978 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers. He played three seasons in San Diego, where he became the first NFL player to gain...	57	830	14.6	7	36
Paul Coffman Paul Coffman Paul Randolph Coffman is a former professional American football player who played tight end for ten seasons for the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League.-Personal:...	54	814	15.1	11	74
Gerry Ellis Gerry Ellis Gerry Ellis is a former professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers....	52	603	11.6	2	56

Rushing

Player	Attempts	Yards	avg	TD	Long
Gerry Ellis Gerry Ellis Gerry Ellis is a former professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers....	141	696	4.9	4	71
Eddie Lee Ivery Eddie Lee Ivery Eddie Lee Ivery is a former professional American football player.-Early years through college:Ivery was born in McDuffie County, Georgia. He played high school football at Thomson High School in Thomson, Georgia...	86	340	4.0	2	21
Jessie Clark Jessie Clark Jessie Clark is a former professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, and Minnesota Vikings....	71	328	4.6	0	42
Harlan Huckleby Harlan Huckleby Harlan Charles Huckleby is a former professional American football running back and kick returner who was drafted by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League . Over the course of his NFL career he accumulated nearly 2500 all-purpose yards, with over half of that being return...	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 Byron Braggs Byron Charles Braggs is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .-Early years:...	5.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
George Cumby George Cumby George Edward Cumby is a former NFL football player. After graduating from Bishop T.K. Gorman High School in 1975, he went on to become a three-time All-American at the University of Oklahoma, , being a consensus choice in 1979...	2.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Douglass Mike Douglass (American football) Michael Reese Douglass is a former American football player. He played outside linebacker for the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League. He ranks third in the lists of tackles made by a Packers player....	5.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Johnnie Gray Johnnie Gray Johnnie Lee Gray was a safety who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers. Gray attended California State University, Fullerton.- References :...	0.0	2	5	2.5	0	5
Charles Johnson Charles Johnson (defensive tackle) Charles Adrian Johnson is a former professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played three seasons for the Green Bay Packers....	3.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Ezra Johnson Ezra Johnson Ezra Johnson is a retired American Football defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts and Houston Oilers in a fifteen-year career that lasted from 1977 to 1991 in the National Football League .Johnson played college football in Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia...	14.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Jolly Mike Jolly Mike Jolly is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for three seasons for the Green Bay Packers-References:...	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jim Laughlin Jim Laughlin Jim Laughlin is a former NFL and college football player. Graduate of Charles F. Brush High school in 1976.The eighth pick in the 4th round of the 1980 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, Laughlin, was one in a long line of standout Linebackers to have played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.-Career...	0.0	1	22	22.0	0	22
Mark Lee Mark Lee (American football) Mark Lee is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 1980 NFL Draft...	0.0	4	23	5.8	0	15
Cliff Lewis	2.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Tim Lewis Tim Lewis Tim Lewis is an American football coach and former cornerback. He is currently the secondary coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League.-Playing career:...	0.0	5	111	22.2	0	46
Randy Scott Randy Scott (American football) Randolph Charles Scott is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played 7 seasons in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and he played for Bear Bryant at Alabama-External links:*...	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).

External links

• The Football Database