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1983 Green Bay Packers Roster
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bart Starr (8-8)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1983 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Packers piled up points with 429 points, but the leaky defense gave up 439. Lynn Dickey directed the offense, passing for 4,458 yards. James Lofton snagged 58 passes for 1,300 yards. John Jefferson, Paul Coffman and Gerry Ellis each provided receiving help also.
Gerry Ellis carried the ball for a team-best 696 yards for Green Bay.
Tim Lewis and John Anderson each snatched 5 opponent throws. Ezra Johnson topped the defensive unit with 14.5 quarterback sacks.
Bart Starr coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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59 | John Anderson | LOLB | February 14, 1956 | 6'3" | 226 | Michigan | Waukesha, WI USA | 16 | 16 |
72 | Greg Boyd | DE | September 15, 1952 | 6'6" | 274 | San Diego St. | Merced, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
73 | Byron Braggs | LDE | October 10, 1959 | 6'4" | 290 | Alabama | Montgomery, AL USA | 16 | 14 |
93 | Robert Brown | DE | May 21, 1960 | 6'2" | 268 | Chowan | Edenton, NC USA | 16 | 0 |
19 | Rich Campbell | QB | December 22, 1958 | 6'4" | 224 | California | Miami, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
88 | Ron Cassidy | WR | July 23, 1957 | 6'0" | 184 | Utah St. | Ventura, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
33 | Jessie Clark | RB | January 3, 1960 | 6'0" | 231 | Arkansas | Thebes, AR USA | 16 | 0 |
82 | Paul Coffman | TE | March 29, 1956 | 6'3" | 222 | Kansas St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 16 | 16 |
52 | George Cumby | RILB | July 5, 1956 | 6'0" | 220 | Oklahoma | Gorman, TX USA | 15 | 14 |
57 | Mike Curcio | LB | January 24, 1957 | 6'1" | 237 | Temple | Hudson, NY USA | 13 | 0 |
12 | Lynn Dickey | QB | October 19, 1949 | 6'3" | 214 | Kansas St. | Paola, KS USA | 16 | 16 |
53 | Mike Douglass | ROLB | March 15, 1955 | 6'0" | 220 | Arizona St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 15 | 15 |
61 | Dave Drechsler | LG | July 18, 1960 | 6'3" | 264 | North Carolina | Bethesda, MO USA | 16 | 12 |
31 | Gerry Ellis | FB | November 12, 1957 | 5'11" | 221 | Missouri | Columbia, MO USA | 15 | 14 |
85 | Phil Epps | PR | November 11, 1958 | 5'10" | 165 | TCU | Atlanta, TX USA | 16 | 0 |
11 | Eddie Garcia | K | April 15, 1959 | 5'8" | 178 | SMU | New Orleans, LA USA | 12 | 0 |
77 | Charlie Getty | T | July 24, 1952 | 6'4" | 265 | Penn St. | Pompton Lakes, NJ USA | 15 | 4 |
24 | Johnnie Gray | SS | December 18, 1953 | 5'11" | 185 | Cal State-Fullerton | Lake Charles, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
65 | Ron Hallstrom | G-T | June 11, 1959 | 6'6" | 300 | Iowa Central | Holden, MA USA | 16 | 0 |
69 | Leotis Harris | G | June 28, 1955 | 6'1" | 267 | Arkansas | Little Rock, AR USA | 5 | 3 |
23 | Maurice Harvey | DB | January 14, 1956 | 5'10" | 190 | Ball St. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 4 | 4 |
38 | Estus Hood | DB | November 14, 1955 | 5'11" | 183 | Illinois St. | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 16 | 0 |
25 | Harlan Huckleby | KR | December 30, 1957 | 6'1" | 199 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 2 |
74 | Tim Huffman | RG | August 31, 1959 | 6'5" | 277 | Notre Dame | Canton, OH USA | 15 | 6 |
40 | Eddie Ivery | RB | July 30, 1957 | 6'0" | 210 | Georgia Tech | McDuffie, GA USA | 8 | 8 |
83 | John Jefferson | WR | February 3, 1956 | 6'1" | 198 | Arizona St. | Dallas, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
99 | Charles Johnson | NT | June 29, 1957 | 6'1" | 262 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD USA | 14 | 7 |
90 | Ezra Johnson | RDE | October 2, 1955 | 6'4" | 250 | Morris Brown | Shreveport, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
21 | Mike Jolly | DB | March 19, 1958 | 6'3" | 188 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 12 | 0 |
63 | Terry Jones | NT | November 8, 1956 | 6'2" | 259 | Alabama | Sandersville, GA USA | 1 | 1 |
64 | Syd Kitson | RG | September 27, 1958 | 6'4" | 258 | Wake Forest | Orange, NJ USA | 16 | 9 |
68 | Greg Koch | RT | June 14, 1955 | 6'4" | 270 | Arkansas | Bethesda, MD USA | 15 | 14 |
62 | Jim Laughlin | LB | July 5, 1958 | 6'0" | 222 | Ohio St. | Euclid, OH USA | 15 | 1 |
22 | Mark Lee | LCB | March 20, 1958 | 5'11" | 187 | Washington | Hanford, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
56 | Cliff Lewis | LB | November 9, 1959 | 6'1" | 226 | Southern Miss | Brewton, AL USA | 16 | 1 |
81 | Gary Lewis | TE | December 30, 1958 | 6'5" | 234 | Texas-Arlington | Mount Pleasant, TX USA | 16 | 1 |
26 | Tim Lewis | RCB | December 18, 1961 | 5'11" | 194 | Pittsburgh | Quakertown, PA USA | 16 | 7 |
80 | James Lofton | WR | July 5, 1956 | 6'3" | 192 | Stanford | Fort Ord, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
54 | Larry McCarren | C | November 9, 1951 | 6'3" | 246 | Illinois | Park Forest, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
29 | Mike McCoy | RCB | August 16, 1953 | 5'11" | 183 | Colorado | West Memphis, AR USA | 9 | 9 |
39 | Mike Meade | FB | February 12, 1960 | 5'11" | 228 | Penn St. | Dover, DE USA | 16 | 7 |
78 | Casey Merrill | DE | July 16, 1957 | 6'4" | 254 | California-Davis | Oakland, CA USA | 5 | 2 |
37 | Mark Murphy | FS | April 22, 1958 | 6'2" | 200 | West Liberty St. | Canton, OH USA | 16 | 12 |
44 | Dwayne O'Steen | DB | December 20, 1954 | 6'1" | 193 | California | Los Angeles, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
57 | Chet Parlavecchio | LB | February 14, 1960 | 6'2" | 225 | Penn St. | Newark, NJ USA | 3 | 0 |
51 | Guy Prather | LB | March 28, 1958 | 6'2" | 230 | Grambling St. | Gaithersburg, MD USA | 16 | 0 |
58 | Larry Rubens | C | January 25, 1959 | 6'1" | 253 | Montana St. | Spokane, WA USA | 16 | 0 |
70 | Ron Sams | C-G | April 12, 1961 | 6'3" | 261 | Pittsburgh | Bridgeville, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
55 | Randy Scott | LILB | January 31, 1959 | 6'1" | 223 | Alabama | Decatur, GA USA | 6 | 5 |
13 | Bucky Scribner | P | July 11, 1960 | 6'0" | 207 | Kansas | Lawrence, KS USA | 16 | 0 |
91 | Daryle Skaugstad | NT | April 8, 1957 | 6'5" | 254 | California | Seattle, WA USA | 9 | 2 |
79 | Ron Spears | DE | November 23, 1959 | 6'6" | 255 | San Diego St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 13 | 1 |
10 | Jan Stenerud | K | November 26, 1942 | 6'2" | 187 | Montana St. | Fetsund, Norway | 16 | 0 |
67 | Karl Swanke | LT | December 29, 1957 | 6'6" | 257 | Boston Col. | Elmhurst, IL USA | 16 | 16 |
75 | Richard Turner | NT | February 14, 1959 | 6'2" | 260 | Oklahoma | Hugo, OK USA | 6 | 5 |
17 | David Whitehurst | QB | April 27, 1955 | 6'2" | 204 | Furman | Baumhaulder, Germany | 4 | 0 |
50 | Rich Wingo | LILB | July 16, 1956 | 6'1" | 230 | Alabama | Elkhart, IN USA | 16 | 11 |
20 | Chet Winters | RB | October 22, 1960 | 5'11" | 205 | Oklahoma | Chicago, IL USA | 4 | 0 |