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1983 Detroit Lions
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 347 points (21.7/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 286 points (17.9/g), 2nd.
Differential of 61 points (3.8/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 9.8-6.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Monte Clark (9-7-0)
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1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 4 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11 | 0 | 16 | 313 | 236 | 77 | 2 | 16 | 231 | 171 | 60 | 3 |
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | box | L | 1-1 | Cleveland Browns | 26 | 31 | 24 | 435 | 329 | 106 | 5 | 21 | 382 | 222 | 160 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 18 | box | L | 1-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 30 | 18 | 280 | 235 | 45 | 2 | 26 | 535 | 350 | 185 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 20 | 24 | 371 | 217 | 154 | 6 | 14 | 181 | 141 | 40 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | box | L | 1-4 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 21 | 17 | 265 | 200 | 65 | 1 | 23 | 355 | 116 | 239 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 9 | box | W | 2-4 | Green Bay Packers | 38 | 14 | 26 | 396 | 225 | 171 | 1 | 20 | 288 | 201 | 87 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 16 | box | W | 3-4 | Chicago Bears | 31 | 17 | 21 | 366 | 195 | 171 | 25 | 427 | 309 | 118 | |||
| 8 | Sun | October 23 | box | L | 3-5 | @ | Washington Redskins | 17 | 38 | 12 | 176 | 95 | 81 | 3 | 26 | 441 | 232 | 209 | 1 |
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | box | W | 4-5 | @ | Chicago Bears | 38 | 17 | 21 | 396 | 204 | 192 | 25 | 382 | 243 | 139 | 4 | |
| 10 | Mon | November 7 | box | W | 5-5 | New York Giants | 15 | 9 | 15 | 275 | 141 | 134 | 2 | 21 | 284 | 108 | 176 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 13 | box | L | 5-6 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 27 | 24 | 325 | 207 | 118 | 4 | 20 | 310 | 189 | 121 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | November 20 | box | W | 6-6 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 23 | 20 | 23 | 383 | 129 | 254 | 5 | 16 | 239 | 144 | 95 | 4 |
| 13 | Thu | November 24 | box | W | 7-6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45 | 3 | 25 | 328 | 129 | 199 | 1 | 10 | 218 | 84 | 134 | 5 | |
| 14 | Mon | December 5 | box | W | 8-6 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 2 | 14 | 268 | 101 | 167 | 2 | 19 | 224 | 130 | 94 | 2 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 11 | box | L | 8-7 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 17 | 16 | 221 | 105 | 116 | 3 | 21 | 326 | 123 | 203 | 3 |
| 16 | Sun | December 18 | box | W | 9-7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 23 | 20 | 19 | 338 | 207 | 131 | 2 | 21 | 393 | 349 | 44 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 31 | box | L | 9-8 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 23 | 24 | ||||||||||