1983 Pittsburgh Steelers season

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1983 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Head Coach Chuck Noll
Home Field Three Rivers Stadium
Results
Record 10-6
Place 1st in AFC Central
Playoff Finish L to Los Angeles Raiders in Divisional Playoff
Timeline
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1982 1984

Contents

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Schedule

Week Date Opponent Time (ET) TV Result
1 Sunday September 4 Denver Broncos 1:00 PM NBC L 14-10
2 Sunday September 11 @Green Bay Packers 1:00 PM NBC W 25-21
3 Sunday September 18 @Houston Oilers 1:00 PM NBC W 40-28
4 Sunday September 25 New England Patriots 1:00 PM NBC L 28-23
5 Sunday October 2 Houston Oilers 1:00 PM NBC W 17-10
6 Monday October 10 @Cincinnati Bengals 9:00 PM ABC W 24-14
7 Sunday October 16 Cleveland Browns 1:00 PM NBC W 44-17
8 Sunday October 23 @Seattle Seahawks 4:00 PM NBC W 27-21
9 Sunday October 30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 PM CBS W 17-12
10 Sunday November 6 San Diego Chargers 1:00 PM NBC W 26-3
11 Sunday November 13 @Baltimore Colts 2:00 PM NBC W 24-13
12 Sunday November 20 Minnesota Vikings 1:00 PM CBS L 17-14
13 Thursday November 24 @Detroit Lions 12:30 PM NBC L 45-3
14 Sunday December 4 Cincinnati Bengals 1:00 PM NBC L 23-10
15 Saturday December 10 @New York Jets 12:30 PM NBC W 34-7
16 Sunday December 18 @Cleveland Browns 1:00 PM NBC L 30-17

[edit] Game Summaries

[edit] Week 1 (Sunday September 4, 1983): vs. Denver Broncos

1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 0 7 0 7 14
Steelers 0 7 3 0 10

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 58,233
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Denver - Winder 1 run (Karlis kick)
  • Pittsburgh - F. Harris 4 run (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 31
  • Denver - D. Gloff 2 pass from DeBerg (Karlis kick)

[edit] Week 2 (Sunday September 11, 1983): at Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 6 3 9 25
Packers 7 7 0 7 21

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 58,144
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - F. Harris 3 run (Anderson kick)
  • Green Bay - Lofton 71 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Stoudt 1 run (kick blocked)
  • Green Bay - Lofton 73 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 30
  • Pittsburgh - Pollard 1 run (Anderson kick)
  • Green Bay - Lofton 13 pass from Dickey (Stenerud kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Safety, Kohrs tackled Dickey in end zone

[edit] Week 3 (Sunday September 18, 1983): at Houston Oilers

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 6 6 14 14 40
Oilers 7 0 0 21 28

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather: Dome
  • Game attendance: 44,150
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), John Brodie (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 4 (Sunday September 25, 1983): vs. New England Patriots

1 2 3 4 Total
Patriots 7 7 7 7 28
Steelers 7 6 0 10 23

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 55,282
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Sweeney 3 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
  • New England - Weisuhn 27 run with lateral of interception by Nelson (J. Smith kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 20
  • New England - Ramsey 4 pass from Grogan (J. Smith kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 34
  • New England - Collins 4 run (J. Smith kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 28
  • Pittsburgh - Abercrombie 26 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
  • New England - Starring 76 pass from Grogan (J. Smith kick)

[edit] Week 5 (Sunday October 2, 1983): vs. Houston Oilers

1 2 3 4 Total
Oilers 0 3 7 0 10
Steelers 0 7 0 10 17

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 56,901
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Don Criqui (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 6 (Monday October 10, 1983): at Cincinnati Bengals

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 3 0 14 24
Bengals 0 14 0 0 14

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Woods 38 fumble return (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 35
  • Cincinnati - Johnson 1 run (Breech kick)
  • Cincinnati - J. Griffin 41 interception return (Breech kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Johnson 34 interception return (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Clayton 70 interception return (Anderson kick)

[edit] Week 7 (Sunday October 16, 1983): vs. Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Browns 3 7 7 0 17
Steelers 20 14 0 10 44

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 59,263
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Bob Griese (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 8 (Sunday October 23, 1983): at Seattle Seahawks

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 17 0 3 27
Seahawks 0 0 7 14 21

at The Kingdome, Seattle, Washington

  • Game time: 4:00 PM EDT
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 61,615
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 9 (Sunday October 30, 1983): vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccanneers 6 3 3 0 12
Steelers 0 0 0 17 17

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 57,468
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Jim Kelly (play by play), John Dockery (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Tampa Bay - FG Capece 26
  • Tampa Bay - FG Capece 49
  • Tampa Bay - FG Capece 27
  • Tampa Bay - FG Capece 28
  • Pittsburgh - Capers 11 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 42
  • Pittsburgh - Pollard 2 run (Anderson kick)

[edit] Week 10 (Sunday November 6, 1983): vs. San Diego Chargers

1 2 3 4 Total
Chargers 0 3 0 0 3
Steelers 17 3 3 3 26

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 58,191
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 11 (Sunday November 13, 1983): at Baltimore Colts

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 10 0 7 24
Colts 3 3 7 0 13

at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 57,319
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Merle Harmon (play by play), Jim Turner (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 12 (Sunday November 20, 1983): vs. Minnesota Vikings

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 7 0 10 0 17
Steelers 7 0 0 7 14

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 58,417
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (CBS) Jim Kelly (play by play), John Dockery (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - Cunningham 3 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
  • Minnesota - McCullum 30 pass from Dils (Ricardo kick)
  • Minnesota - Galbreath 6 pass from Dils (Ricardo kick)
  • Minnesota - FG Ricardo 39
  • Pittsburgh - Stoudt 4 run (Anderson kick)

[edit] Week 13 (Thursday November 24, 1983): at Detroit Lions

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 0 3 0 0 3
Lions 17 7 7 14 45

at Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan

  • Game time: 12:30 PM EST
  • Game weather: Dome
  • Game attendance: 77,724
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Detroit - Sims 2 run (Murray kick)
  • Detroit - FG Murray 27
  • Detroit - Norris 13 pass from Hipple (Murray kick)
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 38
  • Detroit - Sims 2 run (Murray kick)
  • Detroit - Martin 81 punt return (Murray kick)
  • Detroit - Chadwick 5 pass from Danielson (Murray kick)
  • Detroit- Norris 4 pass from Gary Danielson (Murray kick)

[edit] Week 14 (Sunday December 4, 1983): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 14 3 3 3 23
Steelers 0 3 0 7 10

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 55,832
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Bob Griese (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Cincinnati - Johnson 1 run (Breech kick)
  • Cincinnati - Johnson 16 run (Breech kick)
  • Cincinnati - FG Breech 19
  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 48
  • Cincinnati - FG Breech 27
  • Pittsburgh - F. Harris 29 pass from Stoudt (Anderson kick)
  • Cincinnati - FG Breech 32

[edit] Week 15 (Saturday December 10, 1983): at New York Jets

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 7 13 7 7 34
Jets 0 0 7 0 7

at Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

  • Game time: 12:30 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 53,996
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

[edit] Week 16 (Sunday December 18, 1983): at Cleveland Browns

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 7 0 7 17
Browns 9 14 7 0 30

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 72,313
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Bob Costas (play by play), Bob Trumpy (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 34
  • Cleveland - Belk 64 pass from Sipe (kick failed)
  • Cleveland - FG Bahr 30
  • Cleveland - Holt 3 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Stoudt 3 run (Anderson kick)
  • Cleveland - Feacher 4 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
  • Cleveland - Holt 1 pass from Sipe (Bahr kick)
  • Pittsburgh - F. Harris 2 pass from Malone (Anderson kick)

[edit] Post season

[edit] Game Summary

[edit] AFC Divisional Playoff (Sunday January 1, 1984): at Los Angeles Raiders

1 2 3 4 Total
Steelers 3 0 7 0 10
Raiders 7 10 21 0 38

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

  • Game time: 4:00 PM EST
  • Game weather:
  • Game attendance: 90,380
  • Referee:
  • TV announcers: (NBC) Dick Enberg (play by play), Merlin Olsen (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

  • Pittsburgh - FG Anderson 17
  • Los Angeles Raiders - Hayes 18 interception return (Bahr kick)
  • Los Angeles Raiders - Allen 4 run (Bahr kick)
  • Los Angeles Raiders - FG Bahr 45
  • Los Angeles Raiders - King 9 run (Bahr kick)
  • Los Angeles Raiders - Allen 49 run (Bahr kick)
  • Pittsburgh - Stallworth 58 pass form Stoudt (Anderson kick)
  • Los Angeles Raiders - Hawkins 2 run (Bahr kick)

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