1983 San Francisco 49ers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 1st in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Walsh (10-6-0)

Points For: 432 (27.0/g) 4th of 28

Points Against: 293 (18.3/g) 4th of 28

Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6

SRS: 8.71 (2nd of 28), SOS: .02

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 24-23 vs. Detroit Lions
Lost Conference Championship 21-24 vs. Washington Redskins

Defensive Coordinator: George Seifert

Other Notable Asst.: Paul Hackett (Quarterbacks/WR/TE), Norb Hecker (Linebackers), Sherman Lewis (Running Backs), Bill McPherson (Defensive Line) and Ray Rhodes (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Candlestick Park

Principal Owner: Edward DeBartolo, Jr.

General Manager: John McVay

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1500

Training Camp: Sierra College (Rocklin, California)

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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	432	6054	1072	5.6	31	19	344	339	528	3797	27	12	6.8	199	511	2257	17	4.4	129	89	695	16
Opp. Stats	293	5189	1032	5.0	42	18	302	322	526	3253	23	24	5.6	181	449	1936	10	4.3	98	91	793	23
Lg Rank Offense	4	4			4	15	4		9	5	9	4	4		14	8	10	5
Lg Rank Defense	4	10			11	10	12		22	15	18	10	7		6	9	3	21

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sat	September 3	6:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Philadelphia Eagles	17	22	17	336	210	126	3	20	281	156	125	1	-6.38	-0.39	5.24
2	Thu	September 8	8:30PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	48	17	21	413	216	197	1	23	340	272	68	6	13.44	18.96	-4.80
3	Sun	September 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	42	27	24	527	336	191	2	22	385	172	213	2	16.89	1.70	-3.10
4	Sun	September 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Atlanta Falcons	24	20	28	418	261	157	2	19	319	184	135	1	17.60	-11.47	0.68
5	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	New England Patriots	33	13	29	426	252	174		14	295	220	75	3	17.57	-0.84	6.47
6	Sun	October 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2		Los Angeles Rams	7	10	20	381	303	78	3	13	307	118	189	2	-9.61	3.91	8.40
7	Sun	October 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	New Orleans Saints	32	13	15	328	134	194	1	20	288	198	90	5	-8.47	28.00	-0.24
8	Sun	October 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	45	35	22	460	358	102	2	28	441	302	139	3	15.80	-6.52	1.40
9	Sun	October 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3		New York Jets	13	27	17	312	227	85	2	21	364	178	186	1	-11.16	-4.13	3.22
10	Sun	November 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4		Miami Dolphins	17	20	20	394	210	184	2	18	316	183	133	1	3.76	-5.37	-1.34
11	Sun	November 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		New Orleans Saints	27	0	28	397	273	124	3	10	129	55	74	3	3.10	30.42	-7.66
12	Sun	November 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	Atlanta Falcons	24	28	22	308	174	134	2	19	373	275	98		2.46	-12.47	3.53
13	Sun	November 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6	@	Chicago Bears	3	13	20	290	218	72	4	16	324	133	191	1	-15.99	-0.81	6.57
14	Sun	December 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	35	21	29	460	233	227	2	19	359	321	38	3	13.01	5.67	-2.80
15	Sun	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6	@	Buffalo Bills	23	10	19	310	183	127	1	16	303	183	120	5	-1.15	6.08	7.05
16	Mon	December 19	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-6		Dallas Cowboys	42	17	13	294	209	85	1	24	365	303	62	5	1.46	19.91	6.03
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-6		Detroit Lions	24	23	20	291	188	103	2	22	412	224	188	5	-4.90	4.77	0.92
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 8	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		11-7	@	Washington Redskins	21	24	19	434	347	87	3	24	410	238	172	2	0.68	-8.48	2.84

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Montana	27	QB	16	16	10-6-0	332	515	64.5	3910	26	5.0	12	2.3	199	51.3	77	7.6	7.6	11.8	244.4	94.6	33	224	6.02	6.73	6.7	2	1	PB,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-5
2	Guy Benjamin	28	QB	4	0		7	12	58.3	111	1	8.3	0	0.0	2	33.3	73	9.3	10.9	15.9	27.8	117.0	0	0	0.00	9.25	10.9	0	0
3	Dwight Clark	26	WR	16	13		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	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	339	528	64.2	3797	27	5.1	12	2.3	201	50.8	77	7.2	7.19	11.2	237.3	93.1	33	224	5.88	6.77	6.77	2	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Montana	27	QB	2	2	1-1-0	45	79	57.0	548	4	5.1	2	2.5	26	44.4	76	6.9	6.8	12.2	274.0	84.8	2	13	2.47	6.60	6.5	1	1
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	45	79	57.0	535	4	5.1	2	2.5	26	44.4	76	7.2	7.54	12.9	267.5	91.2	2	13	2.47	7.23	7.54	1	1

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Roger Craig	23	FB	16	13	176	725	8	38	48.9	71	4.1	45.3	11.0	62	48	427	8.9	4	20	64.5	23	3.0	26.7	77.4	6.9	224	5.1	1152	12	6
2	Wendell Tyler	28	RB	14	14	176	856	4	41	55.1	39	4.9	61.1	12.6	47	34	285	8.4	2	14	53.2	26	2.4	20.4	72.3	6.1	210	5.4	1141	6	7
3	Dwight Clark	26	WR	16	13	3	18	0	1	66.7	9	6.0	1.1	0.2	114	70	840	12.0	8	46	56.1	46	4.4	52.5	61.4	7.4	73	11.8	858	8	0
4	Freddie Solomon	30	WR	13	11	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	49	31	662	21.4	4	27	59.2	77	2.4	50.9	63.3	13.5	32	20.8	665	4	1
5	Bill Ring	27	FB	16	5	64	254	2	13	53.1	25	4.0	15.9	4.0	30	23	182	7.9	0	12	53.3	24	1.4	11.4	76.7	6.1	87	5.0	436	2	1
6	Mike Wilson	25	WR	15	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	44	30	433	14.4	0	21	63.6	49	2.0	28.9	68.2	9.8	30	14.4	433	0	1
7	Russ Francis	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	52	33	357	10.8	4	22	53.8	25	2.1	22.3	63.5	6.9	33	10.8	357	4	2
8	Joe Montana	27	QB	16	16	61	284	2	26	65.6	18	4.7	17.8	3.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			61	4.7	284	2	3	PB,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-5
9	Jeff Moore	27	RB	15	0	15	43	1	5	40.0	14	2.9	2.9	1.0	27	19	206	10.8	0	11	51.9	34	1.3	13.7	70.4	7.6	34	7.3	249	1	0
10	Renaldo Nehemiah	24	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	28	17	236	13.9	1	12	57.1	27	1.1	14.8	60.7	8.4	17	13.9	236	1	1
11	Earl Cooper	26	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	15	207	13.8	3	11	54.2	73	0.9	12.9	62.5	8.6	15	13.8	207	3	1
12	Eason Ramson	27	TE	16	4	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	20	17	125	7.4	1	3	50.0	16	1.1	7.8	85.0	6.3	18	7.1	128	1	2
13	Carl Monroe	23	RB	5	0	10	23	0	0	10.0	5	2.3	4.6	2.0	3	2	61	30.5	0	2	66.7	50	0.4	12.2	66.7	20.3	12	7.0	84	0	0
14	Tom Orosz	24	P	16	0	2	39	0	2	100.0	23	19.5	2.4	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	19.5	39	0	1
15	Matt Cavanaugh	27	QB	5	0	1	8	0	1	100.0	8	8.0	1.6	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	8.0	8	0	0
16	Guy Benjamin	28	QB	4	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	1.0	1	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	511	2257	17	127	52.6	71	4.4	141.1	31.9	500	339	4021	11.9	27	201	57.0	77	21.2	251.3	67.8	8.0	850	7.4	6278	44	27

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Wendell Tyler	28	RB	2	2	25	118	1	8	60.0	11	4.7	59.0	12.5	5	3	32	10.7	0	2	60.0	17	1.5	16.0	60.0	6.4	28	5.4	150	1	2
2	Russ Francis	30	TE	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	8	123	15.4	0	7	72.7	27	4.0	61.5	72.7	11.2	8	15.4	123	0	0
3	Freddie Solomon	30	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	6	122	20.3	2	3	25.0	76	3.0	61.0	37.5	7.6	6	20.3	122	2	1
4	Roger Craig	23	FB	2	2	10	16	1	2	20.0	3	1.6	8.0	5.0	12	10	76	7.6	0	3	58.3	14	5.0	38.0	83.3	6.3	20	4.6	92	1	1
5	Mike Wilson	25	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	9	83	9.2	2	6	31.6	26	4.5	41.5	47.4	4.4	9	9.2	83	2	0
6	Joe Montana	27	QB	2	2	8	56	0	2	37.5	18	7.0	28.0	4.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			8	7.0	56	0	1
7	Eason Ramson	27	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	4	51	12.8	0	2	100.0	23	2.0	25.5	100.0	12.8	4	12.8	51	0	0
8	Renaldo Nehemiah	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	3	46	15.3	0	2	60.0	21	1.5	23.0	60.0	9.2	3	15.3	46	0	0
9	Earl Cooper	26	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	11	11.0	0	0	0.0	11	1.0	11.0	100.0	11.0	1	11.0	11	0	0
10	Jeff Moore	27	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	4	4.0	0	1	100.0	4	1.0	4.0	100.0	4.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	43	190	2	12	46.5	18	4.4	95.0	21.5	74	45	548	12.2	4	26	48.6	76	22.5	274.0	60.8	7.4	88	8.4	738	6	5

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Keith Fahnhorst	31	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Russ Francis	30	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Willie Harper	33	LOLB	16	16	1	37	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
4	Pete Kugler	24	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
5	Joe Montana	27	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-5
6	Dwight Hicks	27	FS	15	15	2	102	2	62	2	0	2	5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
7	Eric Wright	24	RCB	16	15	7	164	2	60	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Ronnie Lott	24	LCB	15	14	4	22	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	108	108	0	0	PB,AP DPoY-13
9	Fred Quillan	27	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Keena Turner	25	ROLB	15	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
11	Wendell Tyler	28	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Dwaine Board	27	RDE	16	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	13.0	0	0	0	0
13	Roger Craig	23	FB	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Lawrence Pillers	31	LDE	16	13	1	16	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
15	Jack Reynolds	36	RILB	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
16	Freddie Solomon	30	WR	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Carlton Williamson	25	SS	9	8	4	51	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Rick Gervais	24	SS	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
19	Bill Ring	27	FB	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Tim Collier	29	DB	10	4	3	32	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Eason Ramson	27	TE	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Bobby Leopold	26	LB	16	3	2	13	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	Jim Stuckey	25	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
24	Mike Wilson	25	WR	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Fred Dean	31	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	17.5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP DPoY-8
26	Renaldo Nehemiah	24	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Guy Benjamin	28	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Dan Bunz	28	LB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Earl Cooper	26	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Ron Ferrari	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
31	Tom Holmoe	23	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Milt McColl	24	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
33	Tom Orosz	24	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
34	Jeff Stover	25	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	24	437	5	62	19	27	24	5	1	57.0	108	108	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Dwaine Board	27	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
2	Roger Craig	23	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Randy Cross	29	RG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Riki Ellison	23	LILB	1	1	2	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Dwight Hicks	27	FS	1	1	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Pete Kugler	24	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Ronnie Lott	24	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Joe Montana	27	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Lawrence Pillers	31	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Freddie Solomon	30	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Keena Turner	25	ROLB	1	1	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Wendell Tyler	28	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
13	Eric Wright	24	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
14	Fred Dean	31	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
15	Dana McLemore	23	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	6	41	0	22	0	1	6	4	0	0	5.0	0	0

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