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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 346 points (21.6/g), 16th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 302 points (18.9/g), 6th.
Differential of 44 points (2.8/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 8th.
Coached by Forrest Gregg (7-9-0)
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1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 4 | box | L | 0-1 | Los Angeles Raiders | 10 | 20 | 17 | 261 | 203 | 58 | 3 | 22 | 257 | 133 | 124 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | box | L | 0-2 | Buffalo Bills | 6 | 10 | 15 | 281 | 201 | 80 | 21 | 267 | 157 | 110 | |||
| 3 | Thu | September 15 | box | L | 0-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 17 | 18 | 301 | 199 | 102 | 3 | 18 | 302 | 218 | 84 | 2 |
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | box | W | 1-3 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 23 | 17 | 19 | 267 | 146 | 121 | 2 | 22 | 343 | 291 | 52 | 4 |
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | box | L | 1-4 | Baltimore Colts | 31 | 34 | 21 | 393 | 313 | 80 | 4 | 19 | 264 | 98 | 166 | ||
| 6 | Mon | October 10 | box | L | 1-5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 24 | 22 | 281 | 176 | 105 | 5 | 9 | 168 | 112 | 56 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 16 | box | L | 1-6 | @ | Denver Broncos | 17 | 24 | 22 | 357 | 252 | 105 | 1 | 22 | 386 | 276 | 110 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | October 23 | box | W | 2-6 | Cleveland Browns | 28 | 21 | 17 | 288 | 154 | 134 | 1 | 16 | 272 | 198 | 74 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | box | W | 3-6 | Green Bay Packers | 34 | 14 | 30 | 464 | 241 | 223 | 1 | 17 | 283 | 210 | 73 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 6 | box | W | 4-6 | @ | Houston Oilers | 55 | 14 | 22 | 324 | 117 | 207 | 1 | 20 | 302 | 230 | 72 | 7 |
| 11 | Sun | November 13 | box | L | 4-7 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 15 | 20 | 19 | 277 | 170 | 107 | 2 | 16 | 292 | 234 | 58 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 20 | box | W | 5-7 | Houston Oilers | 38 | 10 | 22 | 361 | 166 | 195 | 12 | 199 | 158 | 41 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Mon | November 28 | box | L | 5-8 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 38 | 17 | 373 | 325 | 48 | 4 | 21 | 359 | 236 | 123 | 1 |
| 14 | Sun | December 4 | box | W | 6-8 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23 | 10 | 21 | 354 | 159 | 195 | 9 | 154 | 70 | 84 | 5 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 11 | box | W | 7-8 | Detroit Lions | 17 | 9 | 21 | 326 | 123 | 203 | 3 | 16 | 221 | 105 | 116 | 3 | |
| 16 | Sat | December 17 | box | L | 7-9 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 20 | 24 | 379 | 238 | 141 | 3 | 16 | 258 | 102 | 156 | 3 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 346 | 5287 | 1036 | 5.1 | 327 | 290 | 454 | 3183 | 14 | 18 | 6.4 | 179 | 542 | 2104 | 24 | 3.9 | 127 | 33 | 15 | 21 |
| Team Defense | 302 | 4327 | 973 | 4.4 | 456 | 288 | 502 | 2828 | 17 | 23 | 5.2 | 156 | 430 | 1499 | 16 | 3.5 | 276 | 39 | 16 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 16 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 9 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 17 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 34 | QB | 13 | 13 | 198 | 297 | 66.7 | 2333 | 12 | 4.0 | 13 | 4.4 | 80 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 11.8 | 179.5 | 85.6 | 25 | 187 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 7.8 |
| Turk Schonert | 26 | qb | 9 | 3 | 92 | 156 | 59.0 | 1159 | 2 | 1.3 | 5 | 3.2 | 54 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 12.6 | 128.8 | 73.1 | 15 | 122 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 8.8 |
| Steve Kreider | 25 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 290 | 454 | 63.9 | 3492 | 14 | 3.1 | 18 | 4.0 | 80 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 12.0 | 218.3 | 81.1 | 40 | 309 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 8.1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 288 | 502 | 57.4 | 2828 | 17 | 3.4 | 23 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 176.8 | 65.6 | 41 | 335 | 5.2 | 3.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Pete Johnson | 29 | FB | 11 | 8 | 210 | 763 | 14 | 16 | 3.6 | 69.4 | 19.1 | 15 | 129 | 8.6 | 0 | 18 | 1.4 | 11.7 | 892 | 14 | 2 |
| Charles Alexander | 26 | RB/fb | 14 | 14 | 153 | 523 | 3 | 12 | 3.4 | 37.4 | 10.9 | 32 | 187 | 5.8 | 0 | 14 | 2.3 | 13.4 | 710 | 3 | 1 |
| Stanley Wilson | 22 | 10 | 2 | 56 | 267 | 1 | 18 | 4.8 | 26.7 | 5.6 | 12 | 107 | 8.9 | 1 | 19 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 374 | 2 | 4 | |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 24 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 156 | 3 | 17 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 160 | 3 | 3 | |
| Turk Schonert | 26 | qb | 9 | 3 | 29 | 117 | 2 | 15 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 3.2 | 117 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Rodney Tate | 24 | rb | 12 | 8 | 25 | 77 | 0 | 13 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 18 | 142 | 7.9 | 0 | 25 | 1.5 | 11.8 | 219 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Anderson | 34 | QB | 13 | 13 | 22 | 147 | 1 | 29 | 6.7 | 11.3 | 1.7 | 147 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Cris Collinsworth* | 24 | WR | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 66 | 1130 | 17.1 | 5 | 63 | 4.7 | 80.7 | 1132 | 5 | 2 |
| David Verser | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 29 | 15.5 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 | 22 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 113 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Martin | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 43 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steve Kreider | 25 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 42 | 554 | 13.2 | 1 | 54 | 2.6 | 34.6 | 556 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Christensen | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2.0 | 1.0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | 33 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42 | 571 | 13.6 | 2 | 80 | 2.6 | 35.7 | 571 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dan Ross | 26 | TE | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42 | 483 | 11.5 | 3 | 30 | 2.6 | 30.2 | 483 | 3 | 0 | |
| M.L. Harris | 29 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 2 | 14 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 66 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Holman | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 542 | 2104 | 24 | 29 | 3.9 | 131.5 | 33.9 | 290 | 3492 | 12.0 | 14 | 80 | 18.1 | 218.3 | 5596 | 38 | 35 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 430 | 1499 | 16 | 3.5 | 93.7 | 26.9 | 288 | 2828 | 9.8 | 17 | 18.0 | 176.8 | 4327 | 33 | 35 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| John Simmons | 25 | RET | 16 | 0 | 25 | 173 | 0 | 43 | 6.9 | 14 | 317 | 0 | 36 | 22.6 | 490 |
| Mike Martin | 23 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 227 | 0 | 19 | 9.9 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 289 | |
| Rodney Tate | 24 | rb | 12 | 8 | 13 | 218 | 0 | 23 | 16.8 | 437 | |||||
| David Verser | 25 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 253 | 0 | 29 | 19.5 | 366 | ||||||
| Stanley Wilson | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 161 | 0 | 32 | 23.0 | 535 | ||||||
| Ray Horton | 23 | lcb | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 49 | 25.6 | 138 |
| Tom Dinkel | 27 | LOLB | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 49 | 410 | 0 | 43 | 8.4 | 54 | 1097 | 0 | 49 | 20.3 | 7103 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 41 | 0 | 68 | 1298 | 0 | 19.1 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Pat McInally | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 67 | 2804 | 60 | 2 | 41.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Breech | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 69.6% | 41 | 39 | 95.1% | ||||||
| Ross Browner | 29 | RDE | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 69.6% | 42 | 40 | 95.2% | 67 | 2804 | 60 | 2 | 41.9 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 22 | 17 | 77.3% | 36 | 35 | 97.2% | 76 | 3215 | 42.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Eddie Edwards | 29 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Reggie Williams | 29 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 7.5 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 1 | |||||||||
| Turk Schonert | 26 | qb | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Riley+ | 36 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 89 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Horton | 23 | lcb | 16 | 5 | 5 | 121 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Simmons | 25 | RET | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Glen Collins | 24 | rde | 16 | 7 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Wilson | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 34 | QB | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Griffin | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Kemp | 24 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Louis Breeden | 30 | LCB | 14 | 13 | 1.0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Kinnebrew | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ross Browner | 29 | RDE | 12 | 9 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||
| Glenn Cameron | 30 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cris Collinsworth* | 24 | WR | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Johnson | 29 | FB | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Lapham | 31 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Tate | 24 | rb | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Dinkel | 27 | LOLB | 16 | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Krumrie | 23 | 16 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||
| Gary Burley | 31 | 14 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Jackson | 25 | FS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Mike Martin | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave Rimington | 23 | C | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Boyarsky | 24 | NT | 15 | 14 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||
| Charles Alexander | 26 | RB/fb | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Breech | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | 33 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Guy Frazier | 24 | lolb | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| James Griffin | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Jim LeClair | 33 | LILB | 14 | 14 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Razzano | 28 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ron Simpkins | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 41.0 | 23 | 369 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 77 | 1 | 53 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 40 | 35 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Breech | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 87 | |||||||||
| Pete Johnson | 29 | FB | 11 | 8 | 14 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Cris Collinsworth* | 24 | WR | 14 | 14 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Charles Alexander | 26 | RB/fb | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Larry Kinnebrew | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Dan Ross | 26 | TE | 16 | 15 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | 33 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| M.L. Harris | 29 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ken Riley+ | 36 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Turk Schonert | 26 | qb | 9 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Wilson | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 34 | QB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| James Griffin | 22 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ray Horton | 23 | lcb | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Steve Kreider | 25 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Reggie Williams | 29 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ross Browner | 29 | RDE | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 346 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 16 | 17 | 35 | 17 | 302 |