1983 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Head Coach | Chuck Noll |
Home Field | Three Rivers Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 10–6 |
Place | 1st in AFC Central |
Playoff Finish | Lost to Los Angeles Raiders in Divisional Playoff |
Pro Bowlers | PK Gary Anderson LB Jack Lambert C Mike Webster |
Team MVP | Gary Anderson |
Timeline | |
Previous season | Next season |
1982 | 1984 |
Offseason[]
Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Location | Time (ET) | TV | Result | Record |
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1 | Sunday September 4 | Denver Broncos | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | L 14–10 | 0–1 |
2 | Sunday September 11 | Green Bay Packers | Lambeau Field | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 25–21 | 1–1 |
3 | Sunday September 18 | Houston Oilers | Astrodome | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 40–28 | 2–1 |
4 | Sunday September 25 | New England Patriots | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | L 28–23 | 2–2 |
5 | Sunday October 2 | Houston Oilers | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 17–10 | 3–2 |
6 | Monday October 10 | Cincinnati Bengals | Riverfront Stadium | 9:00 pm | ABC | W 24–14 | 4–2 |
7 | Sunday October 16 | Cleveland Browns | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 44–17 | 5–2 |
8 | Sunday October 23 | Seattle Seahawks | Kingdome | 4:00 pm | NBC | W 27–21 | 6–2 |
9 | Sunday October 30 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | CBS | W 17–12 | 7–2 |
10 | Sunday November 6 | San Diego Chargers | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | W 26–3 | 8–2 |
11 | Sunday November 13 | Baltimore Colts | Memorial Stadium | 2:00 pm | NBC | W 24–13 | 9–2 |
12 | Sunday November 20 | Minnesota Vikings | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | CBS | L 17–14 | 9–3 |
13 | Thursday November 24 | Detroit Lions | Pontiac Silverdome | 12:30 pm | NBC | L 45–3 | 9–4 |
14 | Sunday December 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | L 23–10 | 9–5 |
15 | Saturday December 10 | New York Jets | Shea Stadium | 12:30 pm | NBC | W 34–7 | 10–5 |
16 | Sunday December 18 | Cleveland Browns | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 1:00 pm | NBC | L 30–17 | 10–6 |
Game summaries[]
Week 1 (Sunday September 4, 1983): vs. Denver Broncos[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Broncos | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 58,233
- Referee: Jerry Seeman
- TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Denver – Winder 1 run (Karlis kick)
- Pittsburgh – F. Harris 4 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
- Denver – Egloff 2 pass from DeBerg (Karlis kick)
Week 2 (Sunday September 11, 1983): at Green Bay Packers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 |
Packers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 58,144
- Referee: Fred Silva
- TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – F. Harris 3 run (Anderson kick)
- Green Bay – Lofton 71 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick)
- Pittsburgh – Stoudt 1 run (kick blocked)
- Green Bay – Lofton 73 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 30
- Pittsburgh – Pollard 1 run (Anderson kick)
- Green Bay – Lofton 13 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick)
- Pittsburgh – Safety, Kohrs tackled Dickey in end zone
Week 3 (Sunday September 18, 1983): at Houston Oilers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 40 |
Oilers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
- Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
- Game weather: Dome
- Game attendance: 44,150
- Referee: Jim Tunney
- TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 49
- Houston – Roaches 97 kickoff return (Kempf kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 35
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 20
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 22
- Pittsburgh – F. Harris 6 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Abercrombie 30 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Hinkle 14 interception return (Anderson kick)
- Houston – Moriarty 1 run (Kempf kick)
- Houston – Campbell 1 run (Kempf kick)
- Pittsburgh – Abercrombie 50 run (Anderson kick)
- Houston – Walls 28 pass from Manning (Kempf kick)
Week 4 (Sunday September 25, 1983): vs. New England Patriots[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Patriots | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Steelers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 55,282
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Sweeney 3 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- New England – Weishuhn 27 run with lateral of interception by Nelson (J. Smith kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 20
- New England – Ramsey 4 pass from Grogan (J. Smith kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 34
- New England – Collins 4 run (J. Smith kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 28
- Pittsburgh – Abercrombie 26 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- New England – Starring 76 pass from Grogan (J. Smith kick)
Week 5 (Sunday October 2, 1983): vs. Houston Oilers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Oilers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Steelers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 56,901
- Referee: Dick Jorgensen
- TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Pollard 1 run (Anderson kick)
- Houston – FG Kempf 34
- Houston – Campbell 1 run (Kempf kick)
- Pittsburgh – Abercrombie 51 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 18
Week 6 (Monday October 10, 1983): at Cincinnati Bengals[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Bengals | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Game time: 9:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 56,086
- Referee: Pat Haggerty
- TV announcers: (ABC) Frank Gifford (play by play), Don Meredith & O.J. Simpson (color commentators)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Woods 38 fumble return (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 35
- Cincinnati – Johnson 1 run (Breech kick)
- Cincinnati – J. Griffin 41 interception return (Breech kick)
- Pittsburgh – Johnson 34 interception return (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Clayton 70 interception return (Anderson kick)
Week 7 (Sunday October 16, 1983): vs. Cleveland Browns[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Browns | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Steelers | 20 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 44 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 59,263
- Referee: Bob McElwee
- TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Bob Griese (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 18
- Pittsburgh – Abercrombie 1 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Merriweather 31 interception return (Anderson kick)
- Cleveland – FG Bahr 27
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 29
- Cleveland – Green 23 run (Bahr kick)
- Pittsburgh – F. Harris 1 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Sweeney 40 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- Cleveland – Green 1 run (Bahr kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 26
- Pittsburgh – Best 94 fumble return (Anderson kick)
Week 8 (Sunday October 23, 1983): at Seattle Seahawks[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 7 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
Seahawks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
at The Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
- Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 61,615
- Referee: Gordon McCarter
- TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – F. Harris 9 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Stoudt 1 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – Pollard 1 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 20
- Seattle – Warner 1 run (N. Johnson kick)
- Seattle – Largent 21 pass from Krieg (N. Johnson kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 32
- Seattle – Johns 26 pass from Krieg (N. Johnson kick)
Week 9 (Sunday October 30, 1983): vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Buccanneers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 57,468
- Referee: Ben Dreith
- TV announcers: (CBS) Jim Kelly (play by play), John Dockery (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Tampa Bay – FG Capece 26
- Tampa Bay – FG Capece 49
- Tampa Bay – FG Capece 27
- Tampa Bay – FG Capece 28
- Pittsburgh – Capers 11 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
- Pittsburgh – Pollard 2 run (Anderson kick)
Week 10 (Sunday November 6, 1983): vs. San Diego Chargers[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Chargers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Steelers | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 58,191
- Referee: Jerry Seeman
- TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Abercrombie 6 run (Anderson kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 45
- Pittsburgh – Blount 3 fumble return (Anderson kick)
- San Diego – FG Benirschke 39
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 30
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 49
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
Week 11 (Sunday November 13, 1983): at Baltimore Colts[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Colts | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
- Game time: 2:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 57,319
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers: (NBC) Merle Harmon (play by play), Jim Turner (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Abercrombie 11 run (Anderson kick)
- Baltimore – FG Allegre 46
- Baltimore – FG Allegre 37
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42
- Pittsburgh – Sweeney 7 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- Baltimore – Dickey 5 run (Allegre kick)
- Pittsburgh – Cunningham 2 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
Week 12 (Sunday November 20, 1983): vs. Minnesota Vikings[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Vikings | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Steelers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 58,417
- Referee: Jim Tunney
- TV announcers: (CBS) Jim Kelly (play by play), John Dockery (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – Cunningham 3 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- Minnesota – McCullum 30 pass from Dils (Ricardo kick)
- Minnesota – Galbreath 6 pass from Dils (Ricardo kick)
- Minnesota – FG Ricardo 39
- Pittsburgh – Stoudt 4 run (Anderson kick)
Week 13 (Thursday November 24, 1983): at Detroit Lions[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Lions | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
at Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan
- Game time: 12:30 pm EST
- Game weather: Dome
- Game attendance: 77,724
- Referee: Gene Barth
- TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Detroit – Sims 2 run (Murray kick)
- Detroit – FG Murray 27
- Detroit – Norris 13 pass from Hipple (Murray kick)
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 38
- Detroit – Sims 2 run (Murray kick)
- Detroit – Martin 81 punt return (Murray kick)
- Detroit – Norris 4 yd pass from Eric Hipple (Murray kick)
- Detroit- Chadwick 5 pass from Danielson (Murray kick)
Week 14 (Sunday December 4, 1983): vs. Cincinnati Bengals[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Bengals | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 55,832
- Referee: Red Cashion
- TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Bob Griese (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Cincinnati – Johnson 1 run (Breech kick)
- Cincinnati – Johnson 16 run (Breech kick)
- Cincinnati – FG Breech 19
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 48
- Cincinnati – FG Breech 27
- Pittsburgh – F. Harris 29 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- Cincinnati – FG Breech 32
Week 15 (Saturday December 10, 1983): at New York Jets[]
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Week 16 (Sunday December 18, 1983): at Cleveland Browns[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Browns | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
- Game time: 1:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 72,313
- Referee: Ben Dreith
- TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 34
- Cleveland – Belk 64 pass from Sipe (kick failed)
- Cleveland – FG Bahr 30
- Cleveland – Holt 3 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
- Pittsburgh – Stoudt 3 run (Anderson kick)
- Cleveland – Feacher 4 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
- Cleveland – Holt 1 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
- Pittsburgh – F. Harris 2 pass from Malone (Anderson kick)
Standings[]
AFC Central | |||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 355 | 303 | L-1 |
Cleveland Browns | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 356 | 342 | W-1 |
Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 346 | 302 | L-1 |
Houston Oilers | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 288 | 460 | L-1 |
Playoffs[]
Game summary[]
AFC Divisional Playoff (Sunday January 1, 1984): at Los Angeles Raiders[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | |
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Steelers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Raiders | 7 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
- Game time: 4:00 pm EST
- Game weather:
- Game attendance: 90,380
- Referee: Gene Barth
- TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)
Scoring Drives:
- Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 17
- Los Angeles Raiders – Hayes 18 interception return (Bahr kick)
- Los Angeles Raiders – Allen 4 run (Bahr kick)
- Los Angeles Raiders – FG Bahr 45
- Los Angeles Raiders – King 9 run (Bahr kick)
- Los Angeles Raiders – Allen 49 run (Bahr kick)
- Pittsburgh – Stallworth 58 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
- Los Angeles Raiders – Hawkins 2 run (Bahr kick)
References[]
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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 |