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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.
Coached by Bill Walsh (10-6-0)
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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 | 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 |
| FB | Bill Ring | 27 | 2 | 5 | 64 rushes for 254 yards, 2 td, & 23 catches for 182 yards and 0 td | |
| 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 |
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| LG | John Ayers | 30 | 6 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick / 1976 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| SS | Rick Gervais | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| 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 | |
| PR | Dana McLemore | 23 | 1 | 0 | 31 punt returns for a 10.7 average and 1 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 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| John Ayers | 30 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 258 | 6-5 | Texas,West Texas A&M | 4/14/1953 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick / 1976 |
| Guy Benjamin | 28 | QB | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Stanford | 6/27/1955 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 51st pick / 1978 |
| Richard Blackmore | 27 | DB | 11 | 1 | 174 | 5-10 | Mississippi State | 8/14/1956 | 4 | |
| Dwaine Board | 27 | DE | 16 | 13 | 248 | 6-5 | North Carolina A&T | 11/29/1956 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 137th pick / 1979 |
| Dan Bunz | 28 | LB | 9 | 0 | 226 | 6-4 | California-Riverside,Long Beach State | 10/7/1955 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 24th pick / 1978 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 27 | QB | 5 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 10/27/1956 | 4 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 50th pick / 1978 |
| John Choma | 28 | G-C-T | 6 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | Virginia | 2/9/1955 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 135th pick / 1978 |
| Dwight Clark | 26 | WR | 16 | 13 | 212 | 6-4 | Clemson | 1/8/1957 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 249th pick / 1979 |
| Tim Collier | 29 | DB | 10 | 4 | 172 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 5/31/1954 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 249th pick / 1976 |
| Earl Cooper | 26 | RB-TE | 16 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Rice | 9/17/1957 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 13th pick / 1980 |
| Roger Craig | 23 | RB | 16 | 13 | 222 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 7/10/1960 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 49th pick / 1983 |
| Randy Cross | 29 | G-C | 16 | 16 | 259 | 6-3 | UCLA | 4/25/1954 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1976 |
| Fred Dean* | 31 | DE | 16 | 2 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisiana Tech | 2/24/1952 | 8 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1975 |
| Walt Downing | 27 | G-C | 12 | 1 | 259 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/11/1956 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick / 1978 |
| Riki Ellison | 23 | LB | 16 | 15 | 225 | 6-2 | USC | 8/15/1960 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 117th pick / 1983 |
| Keith Fahnhorst | 31 | T | 16 | 16 | 273 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 2/6/1952 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1974 |
| Ron Ferrari | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | Illinois,Lakeland | 7/30/1959 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 195th pick / 1982 |
| Russ Francis | 30 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-6 | Oregon | 4/3/1953 | 8 | New England Patriots / 1st / 16th pick / 1975 |
| Rick Gervais | 24 | DB | 5 | 5 | 190 | 5-11 | Stanford | 11/4/1959 | 2 | |
| Willie Harper | 33 | LB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/30/1950 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick / 1973 |
| John Harty | 25 | NT-DE | 5 | 2 | 260 | 6-4 | Iowa | 12/17/1958 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1981 |
| Dwight Hicks* | 27 | DB | 15 | 15 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 4/5/1956 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 150th pick / 1978 |
| Tom Holmoe | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | BYU | 3/7/1960 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 90th pick / 1983 |
| Bob Horn | 29 | LB | 8 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 2/6/1954 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 4th / 94th pick / 1976 |
| Ed Judie | 24 | LB | 4 | 1 | 231 | 6-2 | Northern Arizona | 7/6/1959 | 1 | |
| Allan Kennedy | 25 | T | 16 | 0 | 273 | 6-7 | Washington State | 1/8/1958 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 267th pick / 1981 |
| Pete Kugler | 24 | NT-DE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-4 | Penn State | 8/9/1959 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 147th pick / 1981 |
| Bobby Leopold | 26 | LB | 16 | 3 | 215 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 10/18/1957 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 210th pick / 1980 |
| Ronnie Lott* | 24 | DB | 15 | 14 | 203 | 6-0 | USC | 5/8/1959 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1981 |
| Ken McAlister | 23 | LB-DB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | San Francisco | 4/15/1960 | 1 | |
| Milt McColl | 24 | LB | 12 | 0 | 248 | 6-6 | Stanford | 8/28/1959 | 2 | |
| Dana McLemore | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Hawaii | 7/1/1960 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 269th pick / 1982 |
| Carl Monroe | 23 | RB | 5 | 0 | 166 | 5-8 | Utah | 2/20/1960 | Rook | |
| Joe Montana* | 27 | QB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/11/1956 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1979 |
| Blanchard Montgomery | 22 | LB | 11 | 3 | 236 | 6-2 | UCLA | 2/17/1961 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 59th pick / 1983 |
| Jeff Moore | 27 | RB | 15 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Jackson State | 8/20/1956 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 12th / 319th pick / 1979 |
| Gary Moten | 22 | LB | 6 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | SMU | 4/3/1961 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick / 1983 |
| Renaldo Nehemiah | 24 | WR | 16 | 1 | 181 | 6-1 | Maryland | 3/24/1959 | 1 | |
| Tom Orosz | 24 | P | 16 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 9/26/1959 | 2 | |
| Bubba Paris | 23 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-6 | Michigan | 10/6/1960 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1982 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 31 | DE-DT-NT | 16 | 13 | 255 | 6-4 | Alcorn State | 11/4/1952 | 7 | New York Jets / 11th / 296th pick / 1976 |
| Fred Quillan | 27 | C | 14 | 14 | 261 | 6-5 | Oregon | 1/27/1956 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick / 1978 |
| Eason Ramson | 27 | TE | 16 | 4 | 232 | 6-2 | Washington State | 4/30/1956 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 312th pick / 1978 |
| Jack Reynolds | 36 | LB | 13 | 13 | 232 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 11/22/1947 | 13 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick / 1970 |
| Bill Ring | 27 | RB | 16 | 5 | 208 | 5-10 | BYU | 12/13/1956 | 2 | |
| Jesse Sapolu | 22 | C-G | 16 | 1 | 271 | 6-4 | Hawaii | 3/10/1961 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 289th pick / 1983 |
| Daryle Skaugstad | 26 | NT | 3 | 0 | 254 | 6-5 | California | 4/8/1957 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1980 |
| Freddie Solomon | 30 | WR-QB-RB | 13 | 11 | 185 | 5-11 | Tampa | 1/11/1953 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick / 1975 |
| Jeff Stover | 25 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Oregon | 5/22/1958 | 1 | |
| Jim Stuckey | 25 | DE | 16 | 3 | 251 | 6-4 | Clemson | 6/21/1958 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 20th pick / 1980 |
| Keena Turner | 25 | LB | 15 | 14 | 219 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/22/1958 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1980 |
| Wendell Tyler | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 198 | 5-10 | UCLA | 5/20/1955 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 79th pick / 1977 |
| Ray Wersching | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | California | 8/21/1950 | 10 | |
| Vince Williams | 24 | RB | 1 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Oregon | 10/24/1959 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 151st pick / 1982 |
| Carlton Williamson | 25 | DB | 9 | 8 | 204 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 6/12/1958 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1981 |
| Mike Wilson | 25 | WR | 15 | 3 | 213 | 6-3 | Washington State | 12/19/1958 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 246th pick / 1981 |
| Eric Wright | 24 | DB | 16 | 15 | 183 | 6-1 | Missouri | 4/18/1959 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 225.3 | 6-2.3 | 3.5 |