1983 San Francisco 49ers season

1983 San Francisco 49ers season
Head coach	Bill Walsh
Home field	Candlestick Park
Results
Record	10–6
Division place	1st NFC West
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoff (Lions) 24–23 Lost NFC Championship (Redskins) 24–21
Uniform

The 1983 San Francisco 49ers season was the team's 34th year with the National Football League.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1983 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Personnel

Staff

1983 San Francisco 49ers staff

Front office

Owner – Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.
President – Bill Walsh
Vice President/General Counsel – Carmen Policy
General Manager – John McVay
Director of College Scouting – Tony Razzano
Director of Pro Personnel – Allan Webb

Head coaches

Head Coach – Bill Walsh

Offensive coaches

Quarterbacks/Receivers – Paul Hackett
Running Backs – Sherman Lewis
Offensive Line – Bobb McKittrick
Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends – Fred von Appen

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – George Seifert
Defensive Line – Bill McPherson
Linebackers – Norb Hecker
Defensive Backs – Ray Rhodes
Defensive Assistant – Tommy Hart

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Fred von Appen

Strength and conditioning

Physical Development Coordinator – Jerry Attaway

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 3, 1983 (Sat)	Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–22	55,775
2	September 8, 1983 (Thu)	at Minnesota Vikings	W 48–17	58,167
3	September 18, 1983	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 42–27	38,132
4	September 25, 1983	Atlanta Falcons	W 24–20	57,814
5	October 2, 1983	at New England Patriots	W 33–13	54,293
6	October 9, 1983	Los Angeles Rams	L 7–10	59,118
7	October 16, 1983	at New Orleans Saints	W 32–13	68,154
8	October 23, 1983	at Los Angeles Rams	W 45–35	66,070
9	October 30, 1983	New York Jets	L 13–27	54,796
10	November 6, 1983	Miami Dolphins	L 17–20	57,832
11	November 13, 1983	New Orleans Saints	W 27–0	40,022
12	November 20, 1983	at Atlanta Falcons	L 24–28	39,782
13	November 27, 1983	at Chicago Bears	L 3–13	40,483
14	December 4, 1983	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 35–21	49,773
15	December 11, 1983	at Buffalo Bills	W 23–10	38,039
16	December 19, 1983 (Mon)	Dallas Cowboys	W 42–17	59,957

Game summaries

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• 49ers	13	28	0	7	48
Vikings	7	3	7	0	17

Date: September 8
Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Game start: 8:30 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 58,167
Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary

Q1	SF	Wersching 38 yard field goal	SF 3–0

Q1	SF	Clark 21 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)	SF 10–0

Q1	MIN	Brown 1 yard run (Ricardo kick)	SF 10–7

Q1	SF	Wersching 32 yard field goal	SF 13–7

Q2	SF	Cooper 2 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)	SF 20–7

Q2	SF	Wright 60 yard interception return (Wersching kick)	SF 27–7

Q2	SF	Solomon 14 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)	SF 34–7

Q2	SF	Tyler 6 yard pass from Montana (Wersching kick)	SF 41–7

Q2	MIN	Ricardo 32 yard field goal	SF 41–10

Q3	MIN	LeCount 30 yard pass from Kramer (Ricardo kick)	SF 41–17

Q4	SF	Craig 1 yard run (Wersching kick)	SF 48–17

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Standings

NFC West
	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

Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
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

Game information
Scoring DET – field goal Murray 37 DET 3–0 SF – Craig 1 run (Wersching kick) SF 7–3 SF – Tyler 2 run (Wersching kick) SF 14–3 DET – field goal Murray 21 SF 14–6 DET – field goal Murray 54 SF 14–9 SF – field goal Wersching 19 SF 17–9 DET – Sims 11 run (Murray kick) SF 17–16 DET – Sims 3 run (Murray kick) DET 23–17 SF – Solomon 14 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 24–23

Game information

Scoring
- DET – field goal Murray 37 DET 3–0
- SF – Craig 1 run (Wersching kick) SF 7–3
- SF – Tyler 2 run (Wersching kick) SF 14–3
- DET – field goal Murray 21 SF 14–6
- DET – field goal Murray 54 SF 14–9
- SF – field goal Wersching 19 SF 17–9
- DET – Sims 11 run (Murray kick) SF 17–16
- DET – Sims 3 run (Murray kick) DET 23–17
- SF – Solomon 14 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) SF 24–23

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

Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
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

Game information
Scoring WAS – Riggins 4 run (Moseley kick) WAS 7–0 WAS – Riggins 1 run (Moseley kick) WAS 14–0 WAS – Brown 70 pass from Theismann (Moseley kick) WAS 21–0 SF – Wilson 5 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) WAS 21–7 SF – Solomon 76 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) WAS 21–14 SF – Wilson 12 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) 21–21 WAS – field goal Moseley 25 WAS 24–21

Game information

Scoring
- WAS – Riggins 4 run (Moseley kick) WAS 7–0
- WAS – Riggins 1 run (Moseley kick) WAS 14–0
- WAS – Brown 70 pass from Theismann (Moseley kick) WAS 21–0
- SF – Wilson 5 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) WAS 21–7
- SF – Solomon 76 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) WAS 21–14
- SF – Wilson 12 pass from Montana (Wersching kick) 21–21
- WAS – field goal Moseley 25 WAS 24–21

The 49ers overcome a 21-point 4th quarter deficet to tie the game. But two controversial calls against the 49ers set up a 25-yard field 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

San Francisco 49ers

Founded in 1946 Based and headquartered in Santa Clara, California

Franchise	Franchise Team history Coaches Players Seasons Logo and uniform history Starting quarterbacks Draft history

Stadiums	Kezar Stadium Candlestick Park Levi's Stadium

Culture	Sourdough Sam San Francisco Gold Rush West Coast offense

Lore	The Catch Joe Cool Million Dollar Backfield Snowball Game Harbaugh Bowl

Rivalries	Los Angeles Rams Seattle Seahawks Dallas Cowboys New York Giants

Key figures	Eddie DeBartolo Denise DeBartolo York Jed York John York Gideon Yu

Division championships (19)	1970 1971 1972 1981 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 2002 2011 2012

Conference championships (6)	1981 1984 1988 1989 1994 2012

League championships (5)	1981 (XVI) 1984 (XIX) 1988 (XXIII) 1989 (XXIV) 1994 (XXIX)

Retired numbers	8 12 16 34 37 39 70 58 70 80 87 BW Mr. D

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1950–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: West Division

Former league affiliation	All-America Football Conference (1946–1949)

Seasons (70)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

San Francisco 49ers seasons

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Bold indicates Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

1983 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
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

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