1983 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: Los Angeles Raiders

AP MVP: Joe Theismann

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Eric Dickerson

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Vernon Maxwell

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Joe Theismann

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Doug Betters

Passing Leader: Lynn Dickey, 4458 Yds

Rushing Leader: Eric Dickerson, 1808 Yds

Receiving Leader: Mike Quick, 1409 Yds

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Team Defense

Team Defense Table
					Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Rk	Tm	G	PA	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy	Sc%	TO%
1	Miami Dolphins	16	250	5039	989	5.1	43	17	288	277	480	3002	19	26	5.7	147	460	2037	11	4.4	122	95	837	19
2	Detroit Lions	16	286	5216	1061	4.9	37	15	324	297	515	3112	21	22	5.6	161	503	2104	11	4.2	133	117	1062	30
3	New England Patriots	16	289	5576	1102	5.1	36	19	326	277	514	3295	19	17	6.0	172	549	2281	9	4.2	129	84	674	25
4	San Francisco 49ers	16	293	5189	1032	5.0	42	18	302	322	526	3253	23	24	5.6	181	449	1936	10	4.3	98	91	793	23
5	Chicago Bears	16	301	5132	1023	5.0	38	17	286	249	490	3132	15	21	5.8	154	482	2000	20	4.1	113	86	687	19
6	Cincinnati Bengals	16	302	4327	973	4.4	39	16	276	288	502	2828	17	23	5.2	156	430	1499	16	3.5	96	100	871	24
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	303	4732	1006	4.7	45	17	278	238	447	2899	19	28	5.8	151	509	1833	14	3.6	100	96	782	27
8	Philadelphia Eagles	16	322	5447	1099	5.0	23	15	310	247	430	2792	20	8	6.0	149	633	2655	14	4.2	144	94	755	17
9	Denver Broncos	16	327	5609	1099	5.1	47	20	321	307	552	3671	18	27	6.2	185	509	1938	14	3.8	119	138	1097	17
10	New York Jets	16	331	5301	1058	5.0	36	14	298	269	463	2923	22	22	5.7	151	547	2378	13	4.3	126	96	784	21
11	Washington Redskins	16	332	5264	970	5.4	61	27	290	301	570	3975	28	34	6.4	196	349	1289	9	3.7	76	80	710	18
12	New Orleans Saints	16	337	4691	1024	4.6	39	16	289	271	496	2691	20	23	4.9	159	472	2000	11	4.2	108	96	814	22
13	Los Angeles Raiders	16	338	4748	1024	4.6	36	16	285	282	531	3162	20	20	5.4	170	436	1586	13	3.6	86	109	947	29
14	Cleveland Browns	16	342	5142	1029	5.0	32	10	309	280	469	3077	22	22	6.1	155	528	2065	15	3.9	138	105	940	16
15	Los Angeles Rams	16	344	5392	1078	5.0	44	20	311	319	556	3611	18	24	6.1	179	489	1781	21	3.6	118	89	804	14
16	New York Giants	16	347	4994	1039	4.8	36	13	289	283	493	3261	26	23	6.1	167	502	1733	10	3.5	98	114	927	24
17	Minnesota Vikings	16	348	5487	1104	5.0	48	23	318	263	478	2903	23	25	5.5	150	579	2584	16	4.5	147	92	759	21
18	Buffalo Bills	16	351	5809	1078	5.4	31	18	332	286	480	3306	22	13	6.5	148	566	2503	14	4.4	148	128	1298	36
19	Baltimore Colts	16	354	5640	1045	5.4	36	16	321	281	488	3522	31	20	6.7	166	516	2118	13	4.1	123	82	666	32
20	Dallas Cowboys	16	360	5427	1025	5.3	48	21	286	299	558	3928	27	27	6.4	181	410	1499	12	3.7	82	100	873	23
21	Kansas City Chiefs	16	367	5386	1089	4.9	51	21	319	261	500	3111	21	30	5.8	158	554	2275	18	4.1	136	105	837	25
22	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	380	5397	1093	4.9	41	18	320	300	490	3315	15	23	6.2	172	561	2082	19	3.7	124	105	799	24
23	Atlanta Falcons	16	389	5826	1023	5.7	30	15	342	313	493	3517	28	15	6.7	187	499	2309	20	4.6	139	81	710	16
24	Seattle Seahawks	16	397	6029	1075	5.6	54	28	351	311	521	3831	33	26	6.8	195	511	2198	14	4.3	128	91	725	28
25	St. Louis Cardinals	16	428	5005	1021	4.9	48	20	286	290	519	3167	24	28	5.5	161	443	1838	23	4.1	107	102	819	18
26	Green Bay Packers	16	439	6403	1156	5.5	31	12	366	300	518	3762	20	19	6.7	187	597	2641	28	4.4	171	110	965	8
27	Houston Oilers	16	460	5632	1031	5.5	29	15	332	252	424	2845	26	14	6.3	150	576	2787	23	4.8	161	104	825	21
28	San Diego Chargers	16	462	5955	1127	5.3	33	17	347	330	544	3782	28	16	6.6	187	552	2173	26	3.9	137	111	953	23
	Avg Team		349.3	5349.8	1052.6	5.1	39.8	17.6	310.8	285.5	501.7	3274.0	22.3	22.1	6.0	167.0	507.5	2075.8	15.6	4.1	121.7	100.0	846.9	22.1
	League Total		9779	149795	29473	5.1	1114	494	8702	7993	14047	91673	625	620	6.0	4675	14211	58122	437	4.1	3407	2801	23713	620
	Avg Tm/G		21.8	334.4	65.8	5.1	2.5	1.1	19.4	17.8	31.4	204.6	1.4	1.4	6.0	10.4	31.7	129.7	1.0	4.1	7.6	6.3	52.9	1.4

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