
1983 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bill Walsh (10-6)
Location: San Francisco, California
1983 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
San Francisco piled up points with 432 points, while the solid defensive unit surrendered 293. Joe Montana triggered the aerial attack, slinging for 3,910 yards. Dwight Clark topped pass catchers, grabbing 70 passes for 840 yards, while Freddie Solomon was targeted regularly as well.
Wendell Tyler carried the ball for a team-leading 856 yards for the 49ers, and Roger Craig also contributed to the rushing attack.
Eric Wright picked off 7 opponent throws. Fred Dean led pass rushers with 17.5 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 57 sacks.
Bill Walsh coached the team. The 1983 San Francisco 49ers lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Montana | 515 | 332 | 64.5 | 3910 | 7.6 | 26 | 5.0 | 12 | 2.3 | 77 | 33 | 224 | 94.6 |
Guy Benjamin | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 111 | 9.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 |
Dwight Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 528 | 339 | 64.2 | 4021 | 7.6 | 27 | 5.1 | 12 | 2.3 | 77 | 33 | 224 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 14 | 1 |
Tom Orosz | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 |
Carl Monroe | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
Dwight Clark | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 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 |
Totals | 511 | 2257 | 4.4 | 71 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dwight Clark | 70 | 840 | 12.0 | 46 | 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 | 77 | 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 | 73 | 3 |
Carl Monroe | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 50 | 0 |
Totals | 339 | 4021 | 11.9 | 77 | 27 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Wersching | 51 | 51 | 100.0 | 30 | 25 | 83.3 | 126 |
Totals | 51 | 51 | 100.0 | 30 | 25 | 83.3 | 126 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dana McLemore | 31 | 331 | 10.7 | 56 | 1 |
Freddie Solomon | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 365 | 10.1 | 56 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dana McLemore | 30 | 576 | 19.2 | 39 | 0 |
Carl Monroe | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 32 | 0 |
Jeff Moore | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 46 | 0 |
Bill Ring | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
Earl Cooper | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 958 | 18.4 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Wright | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 60 | 2 |
Carlton Williamson | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 26 | 0 |
Ronnie Lott | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 22 | 0 |
Tim Collier | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 32 | 1 |
Dwight Hicks | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 62 | 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 |
Totals | 24 | 437 | 18.2 | 62 | 5 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Fred Dean | 17.5 | 0.0 | |
Dwaine Board | 13.0 | 0.0 | |
Lawrence Pillers | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Keena Turner | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
Ron Ferrari | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Willie Harper | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Pete Kugler | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Jim Stuckey | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Stover | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Ronnie Lott | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Milt McColl | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Bobby Leopold | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Rick Gervais | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jack Reynolds | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 57.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ronnie Lott | 108 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dwaine Board | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Jack Reynolds | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dwight Hicks | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Bill Ring | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jeff Stover | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Guy Benjamin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Freddie Solomon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Dan Bunz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Keith Fahnhorst | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Keena Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eric Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bobby Leopold | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roger Craig | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Tom Holmoe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fred Quillan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rick Gervais | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Russ Francis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Renaldo Nehemiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Wendell Tyler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Tom Orosz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eason Ramson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mike Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Montana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Earl Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 108 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Ray Wersching | 25 | 51 | 0 | 126 | ||||||||||
Roger Craig | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
Dwight Clark | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Wendell Tyler | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Russ Francis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Freddie Solomon | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Earl Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Bill Ring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Joe Montana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Eric Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Dwight Hicks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Dana McLemore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Dwaine Board | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Eason Ramson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Tim Collier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Renaldo Nehemiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jeff Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 17 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 432 |