1983 San Francisco 49ers season
1983 San Francisco 49ers season | |
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Head coach | Bill Walsh |
Home field | Candlestick Park |
Results | |
Record | 10–6 |
Division place | 1st NFC West |
Playoff finish | Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Lions) 24–23 Lost NFC Championship (at Redskins) 21–24 |
The 1983 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 34th season in the National Football League and their 38th overall. The team attempted to improve on its 3–6 record from 1982. The 49ers would start the season with a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles 22–17. However, the 49ers would continue to impress, as they throttled the Vikings the next week 48-17 and then the Cardinals the following week 42–27. They would end the first half of the season 6-2 before splitting their last eight games to finish the season 10-6 and clinching the NFC West. In the playoffs, the 49ers would come back to beat the Lions 24-23 after Joe Montana found Freddie Solomon in the end zone with 1:23 remaining, and kicker Eddie Murray missing a 41 yard field goal as time expired. However, in the NFC Championship game, they were not able to outlast the top-seeded Redskins, as after coming back to tie a game they trailed 21-0, they lost 24-21 after Washington took the lead on a field goal.
Offseason[]
NFL Draft[]
Round | Selection | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Traded to the Chargers | |||
22 | Traded to the Chargers | ||||
2 | 49 | Roger Craig | Runningback | Nebraska | |
3 | 59 | Blanchard Montgomery | Linebacker | UCLA | |
4 | 90 | Tom Holmoe | Defensive Back | BYU | |
5 | 117 | Riki Ellison | Linebacker | USC | |
7 | 175 | Gary Moten | Linebacker | ||
9 | 229 | Mike Mularkey | Tight End | Florida | |
10 | 259 | Defensive tackle | Nebraska | ||
11 | 289 | Jesse Sapolu | Center |
Personnel[]
Staff[]
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster[]
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Reserve lists
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Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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1 | September 3 | Philadelphia Eagles | L 17–22 | 55,775 |
2 | September 8 | at Minnesota Vikings | W 48–17 | 58,167 |
3 | September 18 | at St. Louis Cardinals | W 42–27 | 38,132 |
4 | September 25 | Atlanta Falcons | W 24–20 | 57,814 |
5 | October 2 | at New England Patriots | W 33–13 | 54,293 |
6 | October 9 | Los Angeles Rams | L 7–10 | 59,118 |
7 | October 16 | at New Orleans Saints | W 32–13 | 68,154 |
8 | October 23 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 45–35 | 66,070 |
9 | October 30 | New York Jets | L 13–27 | 54,796 |
10 | November 6 | Miami Dolphins | L 17–20 | 57,832 |
11 | November 13 | New Orleans Saints | W 27–0 | 40,022 |
12 | November 20 | at Atlanta Falcons | L 24–28 | 39,782 |
13 | November 27 | at Chicago Bears | L 3–13 | 40,483 |
14 | December 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 35–21 | 49,773 |
15 | December 11 | at Buffalo Bills | W 23–10 | 38,039 |
16 | December 19 | Dallas Cowboys | W 42–17 | 59,957 |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries[]
Week 1[]
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Week 2[]
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Standings[]
NFC West | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
San Francisco 49ers(2) | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 4–2 | 8–4 | 432 | 293 | W3 |
Los Angeles Rams(5) | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 5–1 | 8–4 | 361 | 344 | W1 |
New Orleans Saints | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2–4 | 7–5 | 319 | 337 | L1 |
Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 1–5 | 4–8 | 370 | 389 | W1 |
Postseason[]
NFC Divisional Playoff[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 23 |
49ers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
- Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
- Game weather: 59 °F (15 °C), sunny
- Game attendance: 59,979
- Referee: Pat Haggerty
- TV announcers (CBS): Frank Glieber and Dick Vermeil
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Quarterback Joe Montana hits Freddie Solomon with a 14-yard touchdown pass with 1:23 left in the game as the 49ers hold off the Lions 24–23. Lions kicker Eddie Murray misses a 43-yard field goal with 5 seconds left in the game, one of two misses by him in the 4th quarter. Five interceptions of Lions Quarterback Gary Danielson played a major role in the 49ers win.
NFC Championship Game[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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49ers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
Redskins | 0 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
- Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 39 °F (4 °C), mostly cloudy
- Game attendance: 55,363
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden
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The 49ers overcome a 21-point 4th quarter deficit to tie the game. But two controversial calls against the 49ers set up a 25-yard field goal by Mark Moseley with 40 seconds remaining. Joe Montana was then intercepted on the last play of the game to seal the win for Washington.
Awards and records[]
- Ray Wersching, Franchise Record, Most Field Goals in One Game, 6 Field Goals (October 16, 1983)[2]
References[]
- ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Sep-20.
- ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 142
External links[]
- 1983 National Football League season by team
- NFC West championship seasons
- San Francisco 49ers seasons
- 1983 in San Francisco
- 1983 in sports in California