- 1983 Los Angeles Raiders season
Infobox NFL_season
team = Los Angeles Raiders
year = 1983
record = 12-4-0
division_place = 1st AFC West
coach =Tom Flores
stadium =Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
playoffs = W Divisional Playoff
W AFC Championship
WSuper Bowl XVIII The 1983 Los Angeles Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 8-1 record from 1982. 1983 season is the second season in Los Angeles. The 1983 season is also the Raiders thirdSuper Bowl winning season.Players
Gridiron football roster|team=Los Angeles Raiders|year=1983|type=final roster
quarterbacks =
* 11David Humm
* 6Marc Wilson
* 16Jim Plunkett
running_backs =
* 32Marcus Allen HB
* 27Frank Hawkins HB
* 33 Kenny King FB
* 28Cleo Montgomery HB/KR
* 34Greg Pruitt HB
* 38Chester Willis HB
wide_receivers =
* 80Malcolm Barnwell
* 21Cliff Branch
* 82Calvin Muhammad
* 85 "Dokie Williams "
tight_ends =
* 46Todd Christensen
* 87Don Hasselbeck
* 31 Derrick Jensen
offensive_linemen =
* 50Dave Dalby C
* 79Bruce Davis OT
* 73Charley Hannah G
* 64Shelby Jordan OT
* 70 Henry Lawrence OT
* 65Mickey Marvin G
* 72 "Don Mosebar " C
* 66 Steve Sylvester C
defensive_linemen =
* 77Lyle Alzado DE
* 62Reggie Kinlaw DT
* 75Howie Long DE
* 68 Johnny Robinson DT
* 61Dave Stalls DE
* 71 "Bill Pickel " DT
* 93 "Greg Townsend " DE
linebackers =
* 56Jeff Barnes
* 54 "Darryl Byrd "
* 57 "Tony Caldwell "
* 83Ted Hendricks
* 53Rod Martin
* 55Matt Millen
* 51 Bob Nelson
* 58Jack Squirek
defensive_backs =
* 45 James Davis CB
* 36 Mike Davis S
* 26Vann McElroy S
* 37Lester Hayes CB
* 22 Mike Haynes CB/PR
* 48 Kenny Hill S
* 23Odis McKinney CB
* 20Ted Watts CB
special_teams =
* 10Chris Bahr K
* 8Ray Guy P
reserve_lists =
* Vacant
unrestricted_free_agents =
restricted_free_agents =
exclusive-rights_free_agents =
other ="Rookies in italic"eason
Offseason
Post season
Los Angeles Raiders 38, Pittsburgh Steelers 10
Linescore Amfootball
Road=Steelers
R1=3
R2=0
R3=7
R4=0
RT=10
Home=Raiders
H1=7
H2=10
H3=21
H4=0
HT=38"at
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ,Los Angeles "*Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
*TV announcers (NBC ):Dick Enberg andMerlin Olsen The Raiders scored 3 touchdowns in the third quarter en route to a 38-10 win over the Steelers. In the first quarter, Pittsburgh advanced on a 78-yard drive, but when faced with fourth down and inches near the goal line, they opted for kicker
Gary Anderson 's 17-yard field goal. But the Raiders controlled the rest of the game, asLester Hayes returned an interception 18 yards for a touchdown. A 4-yard touchdown by running backMarcus Allen and a 45-yard field goal gave the Raiders a 17-3 lead. The Raiders then scored three touchdowns in the third period, including Allen's 49-yard run. Allen finished the game with 121 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns on just 13 carries, while also catching 5 passes for 38 yards. The Steelers' lone score in the second half was wide receiverJohn Stallworth 's 58-yard touchdown reception.*Scoring
**PIT - field goal Anderson 17 PIT 3-0
**LAD - Hayes 18 interception return (Bahr kick)LAD 7-3
**LAD - Allen 4 run (Bahr kick) LAD 14-3
**LAD - field goal Bahr 45 LAD 17-3
**LAD - King 9 run (Bahr kick) LAD 24-3
**LAD - Allen 49 run (Bahr kick) LAD 31-3
**PIT - Stallworth 58 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick) LAD 31-10
**LAD - Hawkins 2 run (Bahr kick) LAD 38-10Los Angeles Raiders 30, Seattle Seahawks 14
Linescore Amfootball
Road=Seahawks
R1=0
R2=0
R3=7
R4=7
RT=14
Home=Raiders
H1=3
H2=17
H3=7
H4=3
HT=30"at
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum ,Los Angeles "*Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
*TV announcers (NBC ):Dick Enberg andMerlin Olsen
*Referee:Dick Jorgensen Seattle had defeated Los Angeles twice during the regular season, but this game had a very different outcome.
The Raiders jumped to a 20-0 halftime lead en route to a 30-14 victory. The Seahawks were held to 65 rushing yards while Raiders Running back
Marcus Allen ran for 154 yards, caught 7 passes for 62 yards, and scored 2 touchdowns.Lester Hayes ' interception on Seattle's first drive of the game set up a 20-yard field goal. In the second quarter, Raiders running backFrank Hawkins then scored two touchdowns. In the second half, Seahawks starting quarterback Dave Krieg was benched and replaced byJim Zorn . Zorn threw two touchdown passes, but it was not enough as Allen's 3-yard touchdown reception and another Raiders field goal put the game away. Seahawks running backCurt Warner , the AFC's leading rusher during the regular season, was held to just 26 yards on 11 carries.*Scoring
**LAD - field goal Bahr 20 LAD 3-0
**LAD - Hawkins 1 run (Bahr kick) LAD 10-0
**LAD - Hawkins 5 run (Bahr kick) LAD 17-0
**LAD - field goal Bahr 45 LAD 20-0
**LAD - Allen 3 pass from Plunkett (Bahr kick) LAD 27-0
**SEA - Doornink 11 pass from Zorn (Johnson kick) LAD 27-7
**LAD - field goal Bahr 35 LAD 30-7
**SEA - Young 9 pass from Zorn (Johnson kick) LAD 30-14uper Bowl
Less than five minutes into the game, Derrick Jensen blocked Redskins
Jeff Hayes punt and recovered the ball in the end zone to give the Raiders a 7-0 lead. On their ensuing drive, Washington was forced to punt, but Los Angelespunt returner Ted Watts muffed the kick and Washington safetyGreg Williams recovered the ball at the Raiders 42-yard line. However, the Redskins could only advance to 27-yard line.The Redskins regrouped in the second half, and scoring on their opening drive by marching 70 yards in 9 plays. First, Garrett returned the opening kickoff 35 yards from 5 yards deep in the end zone to the Washington 30-yard line. Then, Theismann completed a 23-yard pass to receiver Charlie Brown to the Raiders' 47-yard line. Eight plays later, fullback
John Riggins finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run. (Riggins became the second player to run for touchdowns in back-to-back Super Bowls. He had one inSuper Bowl XVII en route to winning that game's Super Bowl MVP). Moseley's extra point attempt was blocked byDon Hasselbeck , but the Redskins had cut the score to 21-9 and were just 2 touchdowns away from taking the lead.However the Raiders completely took over the rest of the game, preventing any chance of a Washington comeback. On the ensuing drive, Washington defensive back
Darrell Green was called for a 38-yard pass interference penalty while trying to cover Raiders receiverMalcolm Barnwell , setting up running backMarcus Allen 's 5-yard touchdown run 7 plays later to make the score 28-9.On the next play, the last play of the third quarter, Plunkett handed the ball off to Allen, who started to run left. But then he saw a lot of defenders in front of him so he cut back to the middle and took off for a then Super Bowl record 74-yard touchdown run, increasing Los Angeles' lead to 35-9.
In the final period, the Raiders sacked Theismann 3 times, forcing him to fumble once, and intercepted a pass. Meanwhile, a 39-yard run from Allen set up a 21-yard field goal from kicker
Chris Bahr to make the final score of the game 38-9.coring summary
*LAD - TD: Derrick Jensen recovered blocked punt in end zone (Chris Bahr kick) 7-0 LAD
*LAD - TD: Cliff Branch 12 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) 14-0 LAD
*WAS - FG: Mark Moseley 24 yards 14-3 LAD
*LAD - TD: Jack Squirek 5 yard interception return (Chris Bahr kick) 21-3 LAD
*WAS - TD: John Riggins 1 yard run (kick blocked) 21-9
*LAD - TD: Marcus Allen 5 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) 28-9 LAD
*LAD - TD: Marcus Allen 74 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) 35-9 LAD
*LAD - FG: Chris Bahr 21 yards 38-9 LAD[ [http://databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?yr=1983&tm=LAD&lg=nfl 1983 Los Angeles Raiders season at databaseFootball.com] ]
References
ee also
*
Oakland Raiders
*1983 NFL season
*1983 NFL Draft
*NFL playoffs, 1983-84 succession box
title =Super Bowl champion
years = 1983
before = Washington Redskins
1982
after = San Francisco 49ers
1984
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