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1983 Washington Redskins

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Record: 14-2-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

1983 NFC Champions

Scored 541 points (33.8/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 332 points (20.8/g), 11th.
 Differential of 209 points (13.1/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 12.2-3.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +43 (2.7/g), 1st.

Simple Rating System: Total 13.9, Offense: 11.7, Defense: 2.2, SoS: 0.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Joe Gibbs

 Defensive Coordinator: Richie Petitbon

Training Camp: Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 541 6139 1127 5.4 353 278 463 3514 29 11 7.1 173 629 2625 30 4.2 165 18 7 15
Team Defense 332 5264 970 5.4 290 301 570 3975 28 34 6.4 196 349 1289 9 3.7 76 61 27 18
Lg Rank Offense 1 3 3 19 7 5 2 2 1 3 1 12 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 11 12 10 28 28 24 1 22 1 1 1 7 1 2

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 5 boxscore L 0-1 Dallas Cowboys 30 31 26 447 299 148 1 16 356 173 183
2 Sun September 11 boxscore W 1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 23 13 14 285 135 150 17 312 277 35 2
3 Sun September 18 boxscore W 2-1 Kansas City Chiefs 27 12 17 333 153 180 2 17 330 297 33 3
4 Sun September 25 boxscore W 3-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 27 17 17 293 162 131 20 308 234 74 2
5 Sun October 2 boxscore W 4-1 Los Angeles Raiders 37 35 25 459 361 98 1 19 431 326 105 6
6 Sun October 9 boxscore W 5-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 38 14 22 320 138 182 18 310 228 82 4
7 Mon October 17 boxscore L 5-2 @ Green Bay Packers 47 48 33 552 368 184 1 23 473 403 70 1
8 Sun October 23 boxscore W 6-2 Detroit Lions 38 17 26 441 232 209 1 12 176 95 81 3
9 Mon October 31 boxscore W 7-2 @ San Diego Chargers 27 24 24 482 313 169 1 21 428 307 121 8
10 Sun November 6 boxscore W 8-2 St. Louis Cardinals 45 7 23 374 165 209 2 15 267 188 79 5
11 Sun November 13 boxscore W 9-2 @ New York Giants 33 17 18 278 138 140 16 306 281 25 4
12 Sun November 20 boxscore W 10-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 42 20 28 467 276 191 2 18 191 108 83 5
13 Sun November 27 boxscore W 11-2 Philadelphia Eagles 28 24 21 419 248 171 1 18 388 311 77 4
14 Sun December 4 boxscore W 12-2 Atlanta Falcons 37 21 21 370 215 155 1 24 398 269 129 6
15 Sun December 11 boxscore W 13-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 31 10 20 336 170 166 1 13 205 172 33 4
16 Sat December 17 boxscore W 14-2 New York Giants 31 22 18 283 141 142 4 23 385 306 79 4
Playoffs
Division Sun January 1 boxscore W 15-2 Los Angeles Rams 51 7 23 445 315 130 1 12 204 153 51 4
ConfChamp Sun January 8 boxscore W 16-2 San Francisco 49ers 24 21 24 410 238 172 2 19 434 347 87 3
SuperBowl Sun January 22 boxscore L 16-3 N Los Angeles Raiders 9 38 19 283 193 90 3 18 385 154 231 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
7 Joe Theismann*+ 34 QB 16 16 14-2-0 276 459 60.1 3714 29 6.3 11 2.4 84 8.1 8.3 13.5 232.1 97.0 34 242 7.04 7.22 6.9 2 5
8 Bob Holly 23 5 0 1 1 100.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 87.5 1 9 -2.00 -2.00 50.0
81 Art Monk 26 WR 12 11 1 1 100.0 46 0 0.0 0 0.0 46 46.0 46.0 46.0 3.8 118.7 0 0 46.00 46.00 0.0
44 John Riggins+ 34 RB 15 15 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
25 Joe Washington 30 rb 15 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 26.6 16 14-2-0 278 463 60.0 3765 29 6.3 11 2.4 84 8.1 8.3 13.5 235.3 97.0 35 251 7.06 7.23 7.0 2 5
Opp Total 16 301 570 52.8 4377 28 4.9 34 6.0 7.7 5.98 14.5 273.6 69.6 51 402 6.4 4.8 8.2

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
44 John Riggins+ 34 RB 15 15 375 1347 24 44 3.6 89.8 25.0 5 29 5.8 0 14 0.3 1.9 1376 24 5
25 Joe Washington 30 rb 15 1 145 772 0 41 5.3 51.5 9.7 47 454 9.7 6 67 3.1 30.3 1226 6 2
7 Joe Theismann*+ 34 QB 16 16 37 234 1 22 6.3 14.6 2.3 234 1 1
39 Otis Wonsley 26 16 0 25 88 0 9 3.5 5.5 1.6 88 0 0
26 Reggie Evans 24 15 0 16 11 4 5 0.7 0.7 1.1 11 4 0
30 Nick Giaquinto 28 16 0 14 53 1 11 3.8 3.3 0.9 27 372 13.8 0 35 1.7 23.3 425 1 0
87 Charlie Brown* 25 WR 15 14 4 53 0 17 13.3 3.5 0.3 78 1225 15.7 8 75 5.2 81.7 1278 8 0
8 Bob Holly 23 5 0 4 13 0 13 3.3 2.6 0.8 13 0 2
81 Art Monk 26 WR 12 11 3 -19 0 2 -6.3 -1.6 0.3 47 746 15.9 5 43 3.9 62.2 727 5 0
89 Alvin Garrett 27 wr 15 6 2 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 0.1 25 332 13.3 1 84 1.7 22.1 332 1 0
88 Rick Walker 28 TE 16 16 2 10 0 11 5.0 0.6 0.1 17 168 9.9 2 29 1.1 10.5 178 2 0
5 Jeff Hayes 24 P 16 0 2 63 0 48 31.5 3.9 0.1 63 0 0
85 Don Warren 27 TE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 225 11.3 2 33 1.5 17.3 225 2 0
86 Clint Didier 24 te 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 153 17.0 4 40 0.6 9.6 153 4 1
80 Virgil Seay 25 wr 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 55 27.5 1 39 0.1 3.9 55 1 0
83 Mark McGrath 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.5 3.0 6 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 629 2625 30 48 4.2 164.1 39.3 278 3765 13.5 29 84 17.4 235.3 6390 59 13
Opp Total 16 349 1289 9 3.7 80.6 21.8 301 3975 13.2 28 18.8 248.4 5264 37 46

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
21 Mike Nelms+ 28 KR/PR 12 0 38 289 0 35 7.6 35 802 0 41 22.9 1091
80 Virgil Seay 25 wr 14 1 5 57 0 42 11.4 9 218 0 50 24.2 330
26 Reggie Evans 24 15 0 10 141 0 28 14.1 152
28 Darrell Green 23 LCB 16 16 4 29 0 18 7.3 29
30 Nick Giaquinto 28 16 0 2 12 0 12 6.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 437
89 Alvin Garrett 27 wr 15 6 2 50 0 28 25.0 382
39 Otis Wonsley 26 16 0 2 36 0 20 18.0 124
54 Pete Cronan 28 16 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
82 John Sawyer 30 7 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
25 Joe Washington 30 rb 15 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 1242
47 Greg Williams 24 16 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Team Total 26.6 16 49 387 0 42 7.9 63 1301 0 50 20.7 8078
Opp Total 16 41 1 91 1772 0 19.5

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
3 Mark Moseley 35 K 16 0 1 1 10 10 19 14 12 7 3 1 47 33 70.2% 63 62 98.4%
5 Jeff Hayes 24 P 16 0 72 2796 56 0 38.8
Team Total 26.6 16 1 1 10 10 19 14 12 7 3 1 47 33 70.2% 63 62 98.4% 72 2796 56 0 38.8
Opp Total 16 28 20 71.4% 39 38 97.4% 66 2746 41.6

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
28 Darrell Green 23 LCB 16 16 2 7 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 109 0
51 Monte Coleman 26 10 0 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 29 0
71 Charles Mann 22 de 16 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 18 0 1
65 Dave Butz*+ 33 LDT 16 16 11.5 0 0 1 0 0
72 Dexter Manley 24 RDE 16 16 11.0 1 1 0 1 0
78 Tony McGee 34 16 0 10.0 0 0 2 0 0
29 Mark H. Murphy*+ 28 FS 15 15 1.0 9 127 0 48 0
32 Vernon Dean 24 RCB 16 13 5 54 0 26 0 0 0 3 0 1
48 Ken Coffey 23 db 13 4 1.0 4 62 0 29 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Anthony Washington 25 db 16 3 4 12 0 8 0 0 1 1 0 0
47 Greg Williams 24 16 0 2 25 0 25 0 0 0 4 4 0
52 Neal Olkewicz 26 MLB 16 16 2.0 1 14 0 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
44 John Riggins+ 34 RB 15 15 0 5 0 0 0
77 Darryl Grant 24 RDT 16 16 2.5 0 0 2 0 0
55 Mel Kaufman 25 LLB 16 16 1.5 2 93 1 70 0 0 0 1 30 1
79 Todd Liebenstein 23 LDE 15 15 1.5 0 0 2 5 0
57 Rich Milot 26 RLB 16 16 1.5 2 20 0 20 0
53 Jeff Bostic* 25 C 16 16 0 0 3 0 0
22 Curtis Jordan 29 SS 15 13 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 2 20 0
69 Perry Brooks 29 16 0 2.5
86 Clint Didier 24 te 16 3 0 1 1 0 1
8 Bob Holly 23 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
25 Joe Washington 30 rb 15 1 0 2 0 0 0
87 Charlie Brown* 25 WR 15 14 0 0 1 0 0
41 Brian Carpenter 23 15 0 1 2 0 2 0
73 Mark May 24 RG 15 15 0 0 1 0 0
7 Joe Theismann*+ 34 QB 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
39 Otis Wonsley 26 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 51.0 34 437 1 70 0 1 13 31 59 3 156 0 1
Opp Total 16 35 46 19

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Mark Moseley 35 K 16 0 62 33 161
44 John Riggins+ 34 RB 15 15 24 24 144
87 Charlie Brown* 25 WR 15 14 8 8 48
25 Joe Washington 30 rb 15 1 6 6 36
86 Clint Didier 24 te 16 3 4 1 5 30
81 Art Monk 26 WR 12 11 5 5 30
26 Reggie Evans 24 15 0 4 4 24
55 Mel Kaufman 25 LLB 16 16 1 1 2 12
88 Rick Walker 28 TE 16 16 2 2 12
85 Don Warren 27 TE 13 13 2 2 12
32 Vernon Dean 24 RCB 16 13 1 1 6
89 Alvin Garrett 27 wr 15 6 1 1 6
30 Nick Giaquinto 28 16 0 1 1 6
80 Virgil Seay 25 wr 14 1 1 1 6
7 Joe Theismann*+ 34 QB 16 16 1 1 6
71 Charles Mann 22 de 16 1 1 2
Team Total 26.6 16 30 29 3 1 63 62 33 1 541
Opp Total 16 9 28 1 38 20 332