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1983 Seattle Seahawks
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 403 points (25.2/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 397 points (24.8/g), 24th.
Differential of 6 points (0.4/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 8.1-7.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.0/g), 2nd.
Coached by Chuck Knox (9-7-0)
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1983 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Dave Krieg | 25 | 3 | 8 | 147 for 243, 2,139 yards, 18 td, 11 int, & 16 rushes for 55 yards and 2 td | |
| QB | Jim Zorn | 30 | 7 | 8 | 103 for 205, 1,166 yards, 7 td, 7 int, & 30 rushes for 71 yards and 1 td | |
| RB | Curt Warner* | 22 | Rook | 16 | 335 rushes for 1,449 yards, 13 td, & 42 catches for 325 yards and 1 td | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 3rd pick / 1983 |
| FB | David Hughes | 24 | 2 | 6 | 83 rushes for 313 yards, 1 td, & 10 catches for 100 yards and 1 td | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 31st pick / 1981 |
| WR | Paul Johns | 25 | 2 | 9 | 34 catches for 486 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 12 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Steve Largent | 29 | 7 | 14 | 72 catches for 1,074 yards, 11 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 117th pick / 1976 |
| WR | Harold Jackson | 37 | 15 | 6 | 8 catches for 126 yards, 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| TE | Pete Metzelaars | 23 | 1 | 7 | 7 catches for 72 yards, 1 td | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| TE | Charle Young | 32 | 10 | 16 | 36 catches for 529 yards, 2 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick / 1973 |
| LT | Ron Essink | 25 | 3 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 265th pick / 1980 |
| LG | Reggie McKenzie | 33 | 11 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1972 |
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| C | Blair Bush | 27 | 5 | 14 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 16th pick / 1978 |
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| RG | Robert Pratt | 32 | 9 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
| RT | Steve August | 29 | 6 | 15 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 14th pick / 1977 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jacob Green | 26 | 3 | 16 | 16.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 10th pick / 1980 |
| NT | Joe Nash | 23 | 1 | 8 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| NT | Manu Tuiasosopo | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 18th pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Jeff Bryant | 23 | 1 | 16 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 6th pick / 1982 |
| LOLB | Bruce Scholtz | 25 | 1 | 16 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1982 |
| LILB | Shelton Robinson | 23 | 1 | 15 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| RILB | Keith Butler | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 36th pick / 1978 |
| ROLB | Michael Jackson | 26 | 4 | 9 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 57th pick / 1979 |
| ROLB | Greg Gaines | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Kerry Justin | 28 | 5 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Keith Simpson | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 9th pick / 1978 |
| RCB | Dave Brown | 30 | 8 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 26th pick / 1975 |
| SS | Kenny Easley*+ | 24 | 2 | 15 | 3.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 4th pick / 1981 |
| FS | John Harris | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 173rd pick / 1978 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Norm Johnson | 23 | 1 | 0 | 18 of 25 field goals & 49 of 50 extra points | |
| P | Jeff West | 30 | 8 | 0 | 79 punts for a 39.5 average, 0 blocked | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 122nd pick / 1975 |
| PR | Paul Johns | 25 | 2 | 9 | 28 punt returns for a 11.3 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Zachary Dixon | 27 | 4 | 0 | 49 kick returns for a 23.4 average and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 11th / 297th pick / 1979 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Steve August | 29 | T | 15 | 15 | 255 | 6-4 | Tulsa | 9/4/1954 | 6 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 14th pick / 1977 |
| Edwin Bailey | 24 | G | 16 | 2 | 271 | 6-4 | South Carolina State | 5/15/1959 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 114th pick / 1981 |
| Jerome Boyd | 22 | LB | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Oregon State | 9/18/1961 | Rook | |
| Dave Brown | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 1/16/1953 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 26th pick / 1975 |
| Theotis Brown | 26 | RB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | UCLA | 4/20/1957 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1979 |
| Cullen Bryant | 32 | RB | 10 | 3 | 234 | 6-1 | Colorado | 5/20/1951 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 31st pick / 1973 |
| Jeff Bryant | 23 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 276 | 6-5 | Clemson | 5/22/1960 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 6th pick / 1982 |
| Blair Bush | 27 | C | 16 | 14 | 268 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/25/1956 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 16th pick / 1978 |
| Keith Butler | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-4 | Memphis | 5/16/1956 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 36th pick / 1978 |
| Chris Castor | 23 | WR | 8 | 0 | 170 | 6-0 | Duke | 8/13/1960 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 123rd pick / 1983 |
| Sam Clancy | 25 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 288 | 6-7 | Pittsburgh | 5/29/1958 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 284th pick / 1982 |
| Zachary Dixon | 27 | RB | 13 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Temple | 3/5/1956 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 11th / 297th pick / 1979 |
| Dan Doornink | 27 | RB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Washington State | 2/1/1956 | 5 | New York Giants / 7th / 174th pick / 1978 |
| Don Dufek | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Michigan | 4/28/1954 | 7 | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 126th pick / 1976 |
| Bill Dugan | 24 | G-T | 15 | 1 | 275 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/5/1959 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 58th pick / 1981 |
| Kenny Easley*+ | 24 | DB | 16 | 15 | 206 | 6-3 | UCLA | 1/15/1959 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 4th pick / 1981 |
| Ron Essink | 25 | T-TE | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-6 | Grand Valley State | 7/30/1958 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 265th pick / 1980 |
| Greg Gaines | 25 | LB | 16 | 6 | 220 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 10/16/1958 | 2 | |
| Jacob Green | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 1/21/1957 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 10th pick / 1980 |
| John Harris | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 6/13/1956 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 173rd pick / 1978 |
| Matt Hernandez | 22 | T | 8 | 1 | 260 | 6-6 | Purdue | 10/16/1961 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 8th / 210th pick / 1983 |
| Mark Hicks | 23 | LB | 10 | 1 | 225 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 11/7/1960 | Rook | |
| David Hughes | 24 | RB-FB | 16 | 6 | 220 | 6-0 | Boise State | 6/1/1959 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 31st pick / 1981 |
| Darrell Irvin | 26 | DE | 16 | 0 | 259 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 1/21/1957 | 3 | |
| Harold Jackson | 37 | WR-FL | 15 | 6 | 175 | 5-10 | Jackson State | 1/6/1946 | 15 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 323rd pick / 1968 |
| Michael Jackson | 26 | LB | 11 | 9 | 220 | 6-1 | Washington | 7/15/1957 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 57th pick / 1979 |
| Paul Johns | 25 | WR | 11 | 9 | 173 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 11/14/1958 | 2 | |
| Gregg Johnson | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 191 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 10/20/1958 | 2 | |
| Norm Johnson | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | UCLA | 5/31/1960 | 1 | |
| Kerry Justin | 28 | DB | 16 | 10 | 175 | 5-11 | Oregon State | 5/3/1955 | 5 | |
| Kani Kauahi | 24 | C | 10 | 2 | 268 | 6-2 | Arizona State,Hawaii | 9/6/1959 | 1 | |
| Dave Krieg | 25 | QB | 9 | 8 | 193 | 6-1 | Milton | 10/20/1958 | 3 | |
| Eric Lane | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | BYU | 1/6/1959 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 8th / 196th pick / 1981 |
| Steve Largent | 29 | WR | 15 | 14 | 187 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 9/28/1954 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 117th pick / 1976 |
| Ken McAlister | 23 | LB-DB | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | San Francisco | 4/15/1960 | 1 | |
| Reggie McKenzie | 33 | G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-4 | Michigan | 7/27/1950 | 11 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 27th pick / 1972 |
| Sam Merriman | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Idaho | 5/5/1961 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 177th pick / 1983 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 23 | TE | 16 | 7 | 254 | 6-7 | Wabash | 5/24/1960 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 75th pick / 1982 |
| Paul Moyer | 22 | DB | 16 | 1 | 201 | 6-1 | Arizona State,Cal State-Fullerton | 7/26/1961 | Rook | |
| Joe Nash | 23 | NT-DT | 16 | 8 | 278 | 6-3 | Boston College | 10/11/1960 | 1 | |
| Joe Norman | 27 | LB | 11 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Indiana | 10/15/1956 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 45th pick / 1979 |
| Robert Pratt | 32 | G | 15 | 15 | 255 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 5/25/1951 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1974 |
| Shelton Robinson | 23 | LB | 16 | 15 | 233 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 9/14/1960 | 1 | |
| Bruce Scholtz | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-6 | Texas | 9/26/1958 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1982 |
| Keith Simpson | 27 | DB | 14 | 6 | 195 | 6-1 | Memphis | 3/9/1956 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 9th pick / 1978 |
| Mike Tice | 24 | TE | 15 | 1 | 253 | 6-7 | Maryland | 2/2/1959 | 2 | |
| Manu Tuiasosopo | 26 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 8 | 255 | 6-3 | UCLA | 8/30/1957 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 18th pick / 1979 |
| Byron Walker | 23 | WR | 16 | 2 | 190 | 6-4 | The Citadel | 7/28/1960 | 1 | |
| Curt Warner* | 22 | RB | 16 | 16 | 205 | 5-11 | Penn State | 3/18/1961 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 3rd pick / 1983 |
| Jeff West | 30 | P-TE | 16 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 4/6/1953 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 122nd pick / 1975 |
| Eugene Williams | 23 | LB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 6/15/1960 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 174th pick / 1982 |
| Gary Wimmer | 22 | LB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Stanford | 3/9/1961 | Rook | |
| Charle Young | 32 | TE | 16 | 16 | 234 | 6-4 | USC | 2/5/1951 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick / 1973 |
| Jim Zorn | 30 | QB | 16 | 8 | 200 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 5/10/1953 | 7 | |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 225.4 | 6-2.4 | 3.5 |