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1983 San Francisco 49ers
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 432 points (27.0/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 293 points (18.3/g), 4th.
Differential of 139 points (8.7/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 6th.
Simple Rating System: Total 8.7, Offense: 5.7, Defense: 3.0, SoS: 0.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bill Walsh
Defensive Coordinator: George Seifert
Training Camp: Sierra College (Rocklin, California)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Joe Montana* | 27 | 4 | 16 | 332 for 515, 3,910 yards, 26 td, 12 int, & 61 rushes for 284 yards and 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1979 |
| RB | Wendell Tyler | 28 | 6 | 14 | 176 rushes for 856 yards, 4 td, & 34 catches for 285 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 79th pick / 1977 |
| FB | Roger Craig | 23 | Rook | 13 | 176 rushes for 725 yards, 8 td, & 48 catches for 427 yards and 4 td | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Dwight Clark | 26 | 4 | 13 | 70 catches for 840 yards, 8 td, & 3 rushes for 18 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 249th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Freddie Solomon | 30 | 8 | 11 | 31 catches for 662 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick / 1975 |
| TE | Russ Francis | 30 | 8 | 16 | 33 catches for 357 yards, 4 td | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1975 |
| LT | Bubba Paris | 23 | Rook | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1982 | |
| LG | John Ayers | 30 | 6 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick / 1976 | |
| C | Fred Quillan | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick / 1978 |
| RG | Randy Cross | 29 | 7 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1976 | |
| RT | Keith Fahnhorst | 31 | 9 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1974 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Lawrence Pillers | 31 | 7 | 13 | 4.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 11th / 296th pick / 1976 |
| NT | Pete Kugler | 24 | 2 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 147th pick / 1981 |
| RDE | Dwaine Board | 27 | 4 | 13 | 13.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 137th pick / 1979 |
| LOLB | Willie Harper | 33 | 10 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1973 |
| LILB | Riki Ellison | 23 | Rook | 15 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 117th pick / 1983 | |
| RILB | Jack Reynolds | 36 | 13 | 13 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| ROLB | Keena Turner | 25 | 3 | 14 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1980 |
| LCB | Ronnie Lott* | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1981 |
| RCB | Eric Wright | 24 | 2 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1981 |
| SS | Carlton Williamson | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1981 |
| FS | Dwight Hicks* | 27 | 4 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 6th / 150th pick / 1978 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ray Wersching | 33 | 10 | 0 | 25 of 30 field goals & 51 of 51 extra points | |
| P | Tom Orosz | 24 | 2 | 0 | 65 punts for a 39.3 average, 1 blocked | |
| KR | Dana McLemore | 23 | 1 | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 19.2 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 269th pick / 1982 |
| KR | Dana McLemore | 23 | 1 | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 19.2 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 269th pick / 1982 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | John Ayers | 30 | LG | 16 | 16 | 258 | 6-5 | Texas,West Texas A&M | 4/14/1953 | 6 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick / 1976 |
| 7 | Guy Benjamin | 28 | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Stanford | 6/27/1955 | 5 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 51st pick / 1978 | |
| 44 | Richard Blackmore | 27 | db | 11 | 1 | 174 | 5-10 | Mississippi St. | 8/14/1956 | 4 | 1 | |
| 76 | Dwaine Board | 27 | RDE | 16 | 13 | 248 | 6-5 | North Carolina A&T | 11/29/1956 | 4 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 137th pick / 1979 |
| 57 | Dan Bunz | 28 | 9 | 0 | 226 | 6-4 | California-Riverside,Long Beach St. | 10/7/1955 | 5 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 24th pick / 1978 | |
| 6 | Matt Cavanaugh | 27 | 5 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 10/27/1956 | 4 | 0 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 50th pick / 1978 | |
| 78 | John Choma | 28 | 6 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | Virginia | 2/9/1955 | 2 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 135th pick / 1978 | |
| 87 | Dwight Clark | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 212 | 6-4 | Clemson | 1/8/1957 | 4 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 249th pick / 1979 |
| 47 | Tim Collier | 29 | db | 10 | 4 | 172 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 5/31/1954 | 7 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 249th pick / 1976 |
| 89 | Earl Cooper | 26 | 16 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Rice | 9/17/1957 | 3 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 13th pick / 1980 | |
| 33 | Roger Craig | 23 | FB | 16 | 13 | 222 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 7/10/1960 | Rook | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1983 |
| 51 | Randy Cross | 29 | RG | 16 | 16 | 259 | 6-3 | UCLA | 4/25/1954 | 7 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1976 |
| 74 | Fred Dean* | 31 | de | 16 | 2 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 2/24/1952 | 8 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| 62 | Walt Downing | 27 | g | 12 | 1 | 259 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/11/1956 | 5 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick / 1978 |
| 50 | Riki Ellison | 23 | LILB | 16 | 15 | 225 | 6-2 | USC | 8/15/1960 | Rook | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 117th pick / 1983 |
| 71 | Keith Fahnhorst | 31 | RT | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 2/6/1952 | 9 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1974 |
| 54 | Ron Ferrari | 24 | 16 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Lakeland,Illinois | 7/30/1959 | 1 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 195th pick / 1982 | |
| 81 | Russ Francis | 30 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-6 | Oregon | 4/3/1953 | 8 | 7 | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1975 |
| 24 | Rick Gervais | 24 | ss | 5 | 5 | 190 | 5-11 | Stanford | 11/4/1959 | 2 | 2 | |
| 59 | Willie Harper | 33 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/30/1950 | 10 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1973 |
| 75 | John Harty | 25 | nt | 5 | 2 | 260 | 6-4 | Iowa | 12/17/1958 | 2 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1981 |
| 22 | Dwight Hicks* | 27 | FS | 15 | 15 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 4/5/1956 | 4 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 150th pick / 1978 |
| 28 | Tom Holmoe | 23 | 16 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | BYU | 3/7/1960 | Rook | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 90th pick / 1983 | |
| 55 | Bob Horn | 29 | 8 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Oregon St. | 2/6/1954 | 7 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 94th pick / 1976 | |
| 50 | Ed Judie | 24 | lb | 4 | 1 | 231 | 6-2 | Northern Arizona | 7/6/1959 | 1 | 1 | |
| 66 | Allan Kennedy | 25 | 16 | 0 | 273 | 6-7 | Washington St. | 1/8/1958 | 2 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 267th pick / 1981 | |
| 67 | Pete Kugler | 24 | NT | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 8/9/1959 | 2 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 147th pick / 1981 |
| 45 | Bobby Leopold | 26 | lb | 16 | 3 | 215 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 10/18/1957 | 3 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 210th pick / 1980 |
| 42 | Ronnie Lott* | 24 | LCB | 15 | 14 | 203 | 6-0 | USC | 5/8/1959 | 2 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1981 |
| 48 | Ken McAlister | 23 | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | San Francisco | 4/15/1960 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 53 | Milt McColl | 24 | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-6 | Stanford | 8/28/1959 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 43 | Dana McLemore | 23 | KR | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Hawaii | 7/1/1960 | 1 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 269th pick / 1982 |
| 32 | Carl Monroe | 23 | 5 | 0 | 166 | 5-8 | Utah | 2/20/1960 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 16 | Joe Montana* | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/11/1956 | 4 | 17 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1979 |
| 38 | Blanchard Montgomery | 22 | lb | 11 | 3 | 236 | 6-2 | UCLA | 2/17/1961 | Rook | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 59th pick / 1983 |
| 25 | Jeff Moore | 27 | 15 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Jackson St. | 8/20/1956 | 4 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 12th / 319th pick / 1979 | |
| 59 | Gary Moten | 22 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | SMU | 4/3/1961 | Rook | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick / 1983 | |
| 83 | Renaldo Nehemiah | 24 | wr | 16 | 1 | 181 | 6-1 | Maryland | 3/24/1959 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Tom Orosz | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Ohio St. | 9/26/1959 | 2 | 0 | |
| 77 | Bubba Paris | 23 | LT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-6 | Michigan | 10/6/1960 | Rook | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1982 |
| 65 | Lawrence Pillers | 31 | LDE | 16 | 13 | 255 | 6-4 | Alcorn St. | 11/4/1952 | 7 | 6 | New York Jets / 11th / 296th pick / 1976 |
| 56 | Fred Quillan | 27 | C | 14 | 14 | 261 | 6-5 | Oregon | 1/27/1956 | 5 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick / 1978 |
| 80 | Eason Ramson | 27 | te | 16 | 4 | 232 | 6-2 | Washington St. | 4/30/1956 | 5 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 312th pick / 1978 |
| 64 | Jack Reynolds | 36 | RILB | 13 | 13 | 232 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 11/22/1947 | 13 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| 30 | Bill Ring | 27 | fb | 16 | 5 | 208 | 5-10 | BYU | 12/13/1956 | 2 | 4 | |
| 61 | Jesse Sapolu | 22 | c | 16 | 1 | 271 | 6-4 | Hawaii | 3/10/1961 | Rook | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 289th pick / 1983 |
| 78 | Daryle Skaugstad | 26 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 6-5 | California | 4/8/1957 | 2 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1980 | |
| 88 | Freddie Solomon | 30 | WR | 13 | 11 | 185 | 5-11 | Tampa | 1/11/1953 | 8 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick / 1975 |
| 72 | Jeff Stover | 25 | 16 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Oregon | 5/22/1958 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 79 | Jim Stuckey | 25 | de | 16 | 3 | 251 | 6-4 | Clemson | 6/21/1958 | 3 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 20th pick / 1980 |
| 58 | Keena Turner | 25 | ROLB | 15 | 14 | 219 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/22/1958 | 3 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1980 |
| 26 | Wendell Tyler | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 198 | 5-10 | UCLA | 5/20/1955 | 6 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 79th pick / 1977 |
| 14 | Ray Wersching | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | California | 8/21/1950 | 10 | 0 | |
| 40 | Vince Williams | 24 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Oregon | 10/24/1959 | 1 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 151st pick / 1982 | |
| 27 | Carlton Williamson | 25 | SS | 9 | 8 | 204 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 6/12/1958 | 2 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1981 |
| 85 | Mike Wilson | 25 | wr | 15 | 3 | 213 | 6-3 | Washington St. | 12/19/1958 | 2 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 246th pick / 1981 |
| 21 | Eric Wright | 24 | RCB | 16 | 15 | 183 | 6-1 | Missouri | 4/18/1959 | 2 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 225.3 | 6-2.3 | 3.5 |
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