1983 San Francisco 49ers (NFL) |
| 1st place National Football Conference Western Division 10-6-0 .625 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Bill Walsh |
| Jerry Attaway | Conditioning |
| Paul Hackett | Quarterbacks/Receivers |
| Norb Hecker | Linebackers |
| Sherman Lewis | Running Backs |
| Bobb McKittrick | Offensive Line |
| Bill McPherson | Defensive Line |
| Ray Rhodes | Defensive Backs |
| George Seifert | Defensive Coordinator |
| Fred Von Appen | Special Teams |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1983 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 23-26 | L | OT | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 41337 |
| Sun | 8/14/1983 | H | New England Patriots | 17-15 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 50043 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1983 | A | San Diego Chargers | 7-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 43939 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1983 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 6-20 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 47074 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1983 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-22 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 55775 | |
| Thu | 9/8/1983 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 48-17 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 58162 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1983 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 42-27 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 38132 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1983 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 24-20 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 57814 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1983 | A | New England Patriots | 33-13 | W | Foxborough, MA | Sullivan Stadium | 54293 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1983 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-10 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 59119 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1983 | A | New Orleans Saints | 32-13 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 68154 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1983 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 45-35 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 66070 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1983 | H | New York Jets | 13-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 54796 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1983 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-20 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 57832 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1983 | H | New Orleans Saints | 27-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 40022 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1983 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 24-28 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 32782 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1983 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-13 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 40483 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1983 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 35-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 49773 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1983 | A | Buffalo Bills | 23-10 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 38039 | |
| Mon | 12/19/1983 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 42-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 59957 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/31/1983 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-23 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 58286 | |
| NFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/8/1984 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-24 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 55363 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 68 | John Ayers | LOG | 6-5 | 260 | 30 | Texas; West Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| 7 | Guy Benjamin | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 28 | Stanford | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | Richard Blackmore | RCB | 5-10 | 174 | 27 | Mississippi State | 11 | 1 |
| 76 | Dwaine Board | RDE | 6-5 | 248 | 28 | North Carolina A&T State | 16 | 13 |
| 57 | Dan Bunz | LB | 6-4 | 225 | 28 | UC Riverside; Long Beach State | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Matt Cavanaugh | QB | 6-2 | 211 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 0 |
| 78 | John Choma | OG | 6-5 | 241 | 28 | Virginia | 6 | 0 |
| 87 | Dwight Clark | WR | 6-4 | 215 | 26 | Clemson | 16 | 13 |
| 47 | Tim Collier | LCB | 6-0 | 176 | 29 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 10 | 4 |
| 89 | Earl Cooper | TE | 6-2 | 227 | 26 | Rice | 16 | 0 |
| 33 | Roger Craig | FB-RB | 6-0 | 219 | 23 | Nebraska | 16 | 13 |
| 51 | Randy Cross | ROG-C | 6-3 | 265 | 29 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
| 74 | Fred Dean | RDE-ROLB | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 2 |
| 62 | Walt Downing | C | 6-3 | 270 | 27 | Michigan | 12 | 1 |
| 69 | Riki Ellison | LILB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Southern California | 16 | 15 |
| 71 | Keith Fahnhorst | ROT | 6-6 | 273 | 31 | Minnesota | 16 | 16 |
| 54 | Ron Ferrari | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Lakeland JC; Illinois | 16 | 0 |
| 81 | Russ Francis | TE | 6-6 | 242 | 30 | Oregon | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | Rick Gervais | SS | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Stanford | 5 | 5 |
| 59 | Willie Harper | LOLB | 6-2 | 210 | 33 | Nebraska | 16 | 16 |
| 75 | John Harty | LDE | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Iowa | 5 | 2 |
| 22 | Dwight Hicks | FS | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Michigan | 15 | 15 |
| 28 | Tom Holmoe | CB-S | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Brigham Young | 16 | 0 |
| 55 | Bob Horn | LB | 6-3 | 239 | 29 | Oregon State | 8 | 0 |
| 50 | Ed Judie | LILB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Northern Arizona | 4 | 1 |
| 66 | Allan Kennedy | OT | 6-7 | 268 | 25 | Washington State | 16 | 0 |
| 67 | Pete Kugler | NT | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Penn State | 16 | 16 |
| 45/52 | Bobby Leopold | SS-ROLB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Notre Dame | 16 | 3 |
| 42 | Ronnie Lott | LCB-FS-SS | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Southern California | 15 | 14 |
| 48 | Ken McAlister | S | 6-5 | 220 | 23 | San Francisco | 4 | 0 |
| 53 | Milt McColl | LB | 6-6 | 230 | 24 | Stanford | 12 | 0 |
| 43 | Dana McLemore | CB | 5-10 | 183 | 23 | Hawaii | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | Carl Monroe | RB | 5-8 | 180 | 23 | Gavilan JC; Utah | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Joe Montana | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Notre Dame | 16 | 16 |
| 38 | Blanchard Montgomery | RILB | 6-2 | 236 | 22 | UCLA | 11 | 3 |
| 25 | Jeff Moore | RB | 6-0 | 196 | 27 | Jackson State | 15 | 0 |
| 63 | Gary Moten | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 6 | 0 |
| 83 | Renaldo Nehemiah | WR | 6-1 | 177 | 24 | Maryland | 16 | 1 |
| 3 | Tom Orosz | P | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | 0 |
| 77 | Bubba Paris | LOT | 6-6 | 299 | 23 | Michigan | 16 | 16 |
| 65 | Lawrence Pillers | LDE | 6-3 | 255 | 31 | Alcorn State | 16 | 13 |
| 56 | Fred Quillan | C | 6-5 | 266 | 27 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Eason Ramson | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Washington State | 16 | 4 |
| 64 | Jack Reynolds | RILB | 6-1 | 232 | 36 | Tennessee | 13 | 13 |
| 30 | Bill Ring | FB | 5-10 | 205 | 27 | San Mateo JC; Brigham Young | 16 | 5 |
| 61 | Jesse Sapolu | ROG | 6-4 | 267 | 22 | Hawaii | 16 | 1 |
| 78 | Daryle Skaugstad | DT | 6-5 | 258 | 26 | California | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | Freddie Solomon | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 30 | Tampa | 13 | 11 |
| 72 | Jeff Stover | DE | 6-5 | 275 | 25 | Oregon | 16 | 0 |
| 79 | Jim Stuckey | RDE-LDE | 6-4 | 251 | 25 | Clemson | 16 | 3 |
| 58 | Keena Turner | ROLB | 6-2 | 222 | 25 | Purdue | 15 | 14 |
| 26 | Wendell Tyler | RB | 5-10 | 207 | 28 | UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Ray Wersching | K | 5-11 | 215 | 33 | Cerritos JC; California | 16 | 0 |
| 40 | Vince Williams | FB | 6-0 | 231 | 24 | Oregon | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Carlton Williamson | SS | 6-0 | 204 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 8 |
| 85 | Mike Wilson | WR | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Washington State | 15 | 3 |
| 21 | Eric Wright | RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Missouri | 16 | 15 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 49 | Roger Craig | RB | Nebraska |
| 3 | 59 | Blanchard Montgomery | LB | UCLA |
| 4 | 90 | Tom Holmoe | DB | Brigham Young |
| 5 | 117 | Riki Ellison | LB | Southern California |
| 7 | 175 | Gary Moten | LB | Southern Methodist |
| 9 | 229 | Mike Mularkey | TE | Florida |
| 10 | 259 | Jeff Merrell | DT | Nebraska |
| 11 | 289 | Jesse Sapolu | G | Hawaii |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 88 | 134 | 104 | 106 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 119 | 69 | 72 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:12 | 344 | 129 | 199 | 16 | 96/215 44.7% | / % | 89 | 695 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:48 | 302 | 98 | 181 | 23 | 83/216 38.4% | / % | 91 | 793 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Wersching | 0 | 51 | 51 | 100.0 | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | 0 | 126 |
| Roger Craig | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Dwight Clark | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Wendell Tyler | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Russ Francis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Freddie Solomon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Earl Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dwight Hicks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Montana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Ring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eric Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dwaine Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tim Collier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dana McLemore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Renaldo Nehemiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 51 | 51 | 51 | 100.0 | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | 0 | 432 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 32 | 35 | 91.4 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 293 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Wersching | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | 1 | 52 | 0/0 | 11/11 | 10/10 | 3/5 | 1/4 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | 1 | 52 | 0/0 | 11/11 | 10/10 | 3/5 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0/ | 5/ | 5/ | 7/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Tyler | 176 | 856 | 4.9 | 39 | 4 |
| Roger Craig | 176 | 725 | 4.1 | 71 | 8 |
| Joe Montana | 61 | 284 | 4.7 | 18 | 2 |
| Bill Ring | 64 | 254 | 4.0 | 25 | 2 |
| Jeff Moore | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Tom Orosz | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Dwight Clark | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Matt Cavanaugh | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Guy Benjamin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 511 | 2257 | 4.4 | 71 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 449 | 1936 | 4.3 | 49 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Montana | 515 | 332 | 64.5 | 171 | 3910 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 77t | 26 | 5.0 | 12 | 2.3 | 33 | 224 | 3686 | 94.6 |
| Guy Benjamin | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 5 | 111 | 9.3 | 15.9 | 73t | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 117.0 |
| Dwight Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 528 | 339 | 64.2 | 177 | 4021 | 7.6 | 11.9 | 77t | 27 | 5.1 | 12 | 2.3 | 33 | 224 | 3797 | 94.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 526 | 322 | 61.2 | 180 | 3701 | 7.0 | 11.5 | 76t | 23 | 4.4 | 24 | 4.6 | 57 | 448 | 3253 | 78.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Clark | 70 | 840 | 12.0 | 46t | 8 |
| Roger Craig | 48 | 427 | 8.9 | 23 | 4 |
| Wendell Tyler | 34 | 285 | 8.4 | 26 | 2 |
| Russ Francis | 33 | 357 | 10.8 | 25 | 4 |
| Freddie Solomon | 31 | 662 | 21.4 | 77t | 4 |
| Mike Wilson | 30 | 433 | 14.4 | 49 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 23 | 182 | 7.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Jeff Moore | 19 | 206 | 10.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Renaldo Nehemiah | 17 | 236 | 13.9 | 27 | 1 |
| Eason Ramson | 17 | 125 | 7.4 | 16 | 1 |
| Earl Cooper | 15 | 207 | 13.8 | 73t | 3 |
| Carl Monroe | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 339 | 4021 | 11.9 | 77t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 322 | 3701 | 11.5 | 76t | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Wright | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 60t | 2 |
| Carlton Williamson | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lott | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Tim Collier | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 32t | 1 |
| Dwight Hicks | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 62t | 2 |
| Bobby Leopold | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Harper | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 437 | 18.2 | 62t | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 168 | 14.0 | 43t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Orosz | 65 | 2552 | 39.3 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 278 | 2154 | 32.6 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 2552 | 38.7 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 278 | 2154 | 32.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 2993 | 40.4 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 365 | 2448 | 33.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana McLemore | 31 | 6 | 331 | 10.7 | 56t | 1 |
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 3 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 9 | 365 | 10.1 | 56t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 7 | 278 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana McLemore | 30 | 0 | 576 | 19.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 8 | 0 | 152 | 19.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Jeff Moore | 7 | 0 | 117 | 16.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 4 | 0 | 68 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 3 | 0 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 52 | 0 | 958 | 18.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 1675 | 21.5 | 50 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Dean | 17.5 | |
| Dwaine Board | 13.0 | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 4.0 | |
| Keena Turner | 3.5 | |
| Pete Kugler | 3.0 | |
| Willie Harper | 3.0 | |
| Ron Ferrari | 3.0 | |
| Jim Stuckey | 2.5 | |
| Jeff Stover | 2.5 | |
| Jack Reynolds | 1.0 | |
| Milt McColl | 1.0 | |
| Ronnie Lott | 1.0 | |
| Bobby Leopold | 1.0 | |
| Rick Gervais | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 57.0 | 448.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33.0 | 224.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Benjamin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwaine Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Bunz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Craig | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Fahnhorst | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Gervais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Hicks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Holmoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Leopold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Renaldo Nehemiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Orosz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Quillan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Stover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keena Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 1 |
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