Regular season | |
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Duration | September 3 – December 19, 1983 |
Playoffs | |
Start date | December 24, 1983 |
AFC Champions | Los Angeles Raiders |
NFC Champions | Washington Redskins |
Super Bowl XVIII | |
Date | January 22, 1984 |
Site | Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida |
Champions | Los Angeles Raiders |
Pro Bowl | |
Date | January 28, 1984 |
Site | Aloha Stadium |
The 1983 NFL season was the 64th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVIII when the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins 38-9 at Tampa Stadium in Florida.
Starting in 1978, ten teams qualified for the playoffs: the winners of each of the divisions, and two wild-card teams in each conference. The two wild cards would meet for the right to face whichever of the three division winners had the best overall record. The tiebreaker rules were based on head-to-head competition, followed by division records, common opponents records, and conference play.
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
The following players set all-time records during the season: