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1983 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bart Starr (8-8-0)

Points For: 429 (26.8/g) 5th of 28

Points Against: 439 (27.4/g) 26th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.8-8.2

SRS: -1.87 (18th of 28), SOS: -1.25

Offensive Coordinator: Bob Schnelker

Defensive Coordinator: John Meyer

Other Notable Asst.: John Brunner (Offensive Backs), Lew Carpenter (Receivers), Monte Kiffin (Linebackers) and Richard Urich (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Lambeau Field

Director of Player Personnel: Dick Corrick

Corporate General Manager: Bob Harlan

Business General Manager: Tom Miller

President: Robert Parins (GNB is operated by Packers Board of Directors; Parins was president of its Executive Committee)

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000

Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	429	6172	1007	6.1	50	18	340	311	526	4365	33	32	7.7	214	439	1807	15	4.1	99	80	648	27
Opp. Stats	439	6403	1156	5.5	31	12	366	300	518	3762	20	19	6.7	187	597	2641	28	4.4	171	110	965	8
Lg Rank Offense	5	2			26	12	6		11	2	1	27	1		23	21	17	16
Lg Rank Defense	26	28			24	27	28		19	24	9	22	27		27	26	28	24

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	1-0	@	Houston Oilers	41	38	22	479	344	135	2	28	498	348	150	2
2	Sun	September 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	21	25	17	363	276	87	1	27	471	186	285
3	Sun	September 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Los Angeles Rams	27	24	23	363	253	110	4	15	338	245	93	2
4	Mon	September 26	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	New York Giants	3	27	15	325	272	53	4	19	312	104	208	1
5	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	55	14	23	519	355	164	1	18	293	273	20	3
6	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Detroit Lions	14	38	20	288	201	87	3	26	396	225	171	1
7	Mon	October 17	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3		Washington Redskins	48	47	23	473	403	70	1	33	552	368	184	1
8	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	4-4		Minnesota Vikings	17	20	27	414	327	87	4	24	410	199	211
9	Sun	October 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Cincinnati Bengals	14	34	17	283	210	73	3	30	464	241	223	1
10	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-5		Cleveland Browns	35	21	26	370	216	154	4	24	456	337	119	3
11	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	29	21	20	343	180	163	1	23	419	261	158	3
12	Sun	November 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	6-6		Detroit Lions	20	23	16	239	144	95	4	23	383	129	254	5
13	Sun	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	6-7	@	Atlanta Falcons	41	47	32	500	366	134	3	25	445	293	152	1
14	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-7		Chicago Bears	31	28	20	512	328	184	4	16	358	274	84	2
15	Mon	December 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	8-7	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	12	9	21	363	268	95	4	12	239	146	93	3
16	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8	@	Chicago Bears	21	23	18	338	222	116	7	23	369	133	236	3

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Lynn Dickey	34	QB	16	16	8-8-0	289	484	59.7	4458	32	6.6	29	6.0	75	9.2	7.84	15.4	278.6	87.3	40	307	7.63	7.92	6.65	3	4	AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-6
2	David Whitehurst	28	QB	4	0		18	35	51.4	149	0	0.0	2	5.7	19	4.3	1.69	8.3	37.3	38.9	2	16	5.41	3.59	1.16	0	1
3	Eddie Lee Ivery	26	RB	8	8		2	2	100.0	50	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	25.0	25.00	25.0	6.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	25.00	25.00	0	0
4	Gerry Ellis	26	FB/RB	15	14		2	5	40.0	31	1	20.0	1	20.0	20	6.2	1.20	15.5	2.1	61.2	0	0	0.00	6.20	1.20	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	311	526	59.1	4365	33	6.3	32	6.1	75	8.9	6.82	15.1	272.8	84.1	42	323	7.39	7.68	6.31	3	5

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	James Lofton	27	WR	16	16	9	36	0	13	4.0	2.3	0.6	58	1300	22.4	8	74	3.6	81.3	67	19.9	1336	8	0	PB,AP-2
2	Gerry Ellis	26	FB/RB	15	14	141	696	4	71	4.9	46.4	9.4	52	603	11.6	2	56	3.5	40.2	193	6.7	1299	6	7
3	John Jefferson	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	57	830	14.6	7	36	3.6	51.9	57	14.6	830	7	1
4	Paul Coffman	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	54	814	15.1	11	74	3.4	50.9	54	15.1	814	11	1	PB
5	Jessie Clark	23	RB	16	0	71	328	0	42	4.6	20.5	4.4	18	279	15.5	1	75	1.1	17.4	89	6.8	607	1	2
6	Eddie Lee Ivery	26	RB	8	8	86	340	2	21	4.0	42.5	10.8	16	139	8.7	1	17	2.0	17.4	102	4.7	479	3	1
7	Phil Epps	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	313	17.4	0	45	1.1	19.6	18	17.4	313	0	2
8	Mike Meade	23	FB	16	6	55	201	1	15	3.7	12.6	3.4	16	110	6.9	2	31	1.0	6.9	71	4.4	311	3	2
9	Harlan Huckleby	26	RB	16	2	50	182	4	20	3.6	11.4	3.1	10	87	8.7	0	14	0.6	5.4	60	4.5	269	4	4
10	Gary Lewis	25	TE	16	2	4	16	1	11	4.0	1.0	0.3	11	204	18.5	1	49	0.7	12.8	15	14.7	220	2	0
11	Lynn Dickey	34	QB	16	16	21	12	3	4	0.6	0.8	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	21	0.6	12	3	9	AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-6
12	Syd Kitson	25	RG	16	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.6	1	9.0	9	0	0
13	David Whitehurst	28	QB	4	0	2	-4	0		-2.0	-1.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-2.0	-4	0	2
	Team Totals			16	16	439	1807	15	71	4.1	112.9	27.4	311	4688	15.1	33	75	19.4	293.0	750	8.7	6495	48	37

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	John Anderson	27	LOLB	16	16	5	54	1	27	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
2	Paul Coffman	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Lynn Dickey	34	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	9	6	0	0	0.0	0	AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-6
4	Johnnie Gray	30	SS	16	16	2	5	0	5	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	John Jefferson	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Ezra Johnson	28	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14.5	0
7	Mark Lee	25	LCB	16	16	4	23	0	15	1	1	15	0	0.0	0
8	Karl Swanke	26	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	George Cumby	27	RILB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
10	Mike Douglass	28	ROLB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	57	2	5.5	0
11	Byron Braggs	24	LDE	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.5	0
12	Gerry Ellis	26	FB/RB	15	14	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Mark Murphy	25	FS	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Eddie Lee Ivery	26	RB	8	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Charles Johnson	26	NT	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
16	Tim Lewis	22	RCB	16	7	5	111	0	46	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Mike Meade	23	FB	16	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Randy Scott	24	LILB	6	5	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Richard Turner	24	NT	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Harlan Huckleby	26	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Gary Lewis	25	TE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Greg Boyd	31	DE	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1
23	Jim Laughlin	25	LB	15	1	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Cliff Lewis	24	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
25	Ron Spears	24	DE	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
26	Jessie Clark	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Phil Epps	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Mike Jolly	25	DB	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Larry Rubens	24	C	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	David Whitehurst	28	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	19	0	1		37	19	72	2	41	1

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