1983 San Francisco 49ers season

1983 San Francisco 49ers season
Head Coach	Bill Walsh
Home Field	Candlestick Park
Results
Record	10–6
Place	1st NFC West
Playoff Finish	Lost NFC Championship Game (Washington Redskins)
Uniform
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1982	1984

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

Offseason[edit | edit source]

NFL Draft[edit | edit source]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Staff[edit | edit source]

1983 San Francisco 49ers staff

Front office

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

Head coaches

President/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[edit | edit source]

Schedule[edit | edit source]

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

Standings[edit | edit source]

NFC West
view · talk · edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
San Francisco 49ers	10	6	0	.625	432	293	W3
Los Angeles Rams	9	7	0	.563	361	344	W1
New Orleans Saints	8	8	0	.500	319	337	L1
Atlanta Falcons	7	9	0	.438	370	389	W1

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Postseason[edit | edit source]

NFC Divisional Playoff[edit | edit source]

San Francisco 49ers 24, Detroit Lions 23

December 31, 1983 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California
Attendance: 58,286

NFC Championship Game[edit | edit source]

San Francisco 49ers 21, Washington Redskins 24

January 8, 1984 at RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
Attendance: 55,363

Awards and records[edit | edit source]

Ray Wersching, Franchise Record, Most Field Goals in One Game, 6 Field Goals (October 16, 1983)^[2]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 384. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 142

External links[edit | edit source]

1983 NFL seasonv · d · e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	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

[1] (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 384. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved February 24, 2011.

[2] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 142

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