1983 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
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 RosterTeam 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. Gerry Ellis, Paul Coffman and John Jefferson each contributed to the receiving game 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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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Lynn Dickey | 484 | 289 | 59.7 | 4458 | 9.2 | 32 | 6.6 | 29 | 6.0 | 75 | 40 | 307 | 87.3 | David Whitehurst | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 149 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5.7 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 38.9 | Eddie Ivery | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Gerry Ellis | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 31 | 6.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 526 | 311 | 59.1 | 4688 | 8.9 | 33 | 6.3 | 32 | 6.1 | 75 | 42 | 323 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gerry Ellis | 141 | 696 | 4.9 | 71 | 4 | Eddie Ivery | 86 | 340 | 4.0 | 21 | 2 | Jessie Clark | 71 | 328 | 4.6 | 42 | 0 | Mike Meade | 55 | 201 | 3.7 | 15 | 1 | Harlan Huckleby | 50 | 182 | 3.6 | 20 | 4 | James Lofton | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 | Gary Lewis | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 15 | 1 | Lynn Dickey | 21 | 12 | 0.6 | 4 | 3 | David Whitehurst | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 439 | 1807 | 4.1 | 71 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | James Lofton | 58 | 1300 | 22.4 | 74 | 8 | John Jefferson | 57 | 830 | 14.6 | 36 | 7 | Paul Coffman | 54 | 814 | 15.1 | 74 | 11 | Gerry Ellis | 52 | 603 | 11.6 | 56 | 2 | Phil Epps | 18 | 313 | 17.4 | 45 | 0 | Jessie Clark | 18 | 279 | 15.5 | 75 | 1 | Eddie Ivery | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 17 | 1 | Mike Meade | 16 | 110 | 6.9 | 31 | 2 | Gary Lewis | 11 | 204 | 18.5 | 49 | 1 | Harlan Huckleby | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 | Syd Kitson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 311 | 4688 | 15.1 | 75 | 33 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jan Stenerud | 52 | 52 | 100.0 | 26 | 21 | 80.8 | 115 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 52 | 52 | 100.0 | 26 | 21 | 80.8 | 115 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bucky Scribner | 69 | 2869 | 41.6 | 70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 2869 | 41.6 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Phil Epps | 36 | 324 | 9.0 | 90 | 1 | Johnnie Gray | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Cliff Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Estus Hood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Lee | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41 | 329 | 8.0 | 90 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Harlan Huckleby | 41 | 757 | 18.5 | 57 | 0 | Tim Lewis | 20 | 358 | 17.9 | 30 | 0 | Johnnie Gray | 11 | 178 | 16.2 | 26 | 0 | Chet Winters | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 | Eddie Ivery | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Dave Drechsler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Mark Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Syd Kitson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 79 | 1339 | 16.9 | 57 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tim Lewis | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 46 | 0 | John Anderson | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 27 | 1 | Mark Lee | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 | Johnnie Gray | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Jim Laughlin | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Randy Scott | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Mike Jolly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 227 | 11.9 | 46 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Ezra Johnson | 14.5 | 0.0 | Byron Braggs | 5.5 | 0.0 | Mike Douglass | 5.5 | 0.0 | John Anderson | 4.5 | 0.0 | Charles Johnson | 3.5 | 0.0 | Greg Boyd | 2.0 | 0.0 | George Cumby | 2.0 | 0.0 | Cliff Lewis | 2.0 | 0.0 | Richard Turner | 1.0 | 0.0 | Ron Spears | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 41.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Lynn Dickey | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Douglass | 0 | 4 | 57 | 2 | 0 | Byron Braggs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ezra Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Karl Swanke | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Meade | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Lewis | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jessie Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnnie Gray | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | David Whitehurst | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Rubens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gerry Ellis | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Lee | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Harlan Huckleby | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phil Epps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Ivery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Coffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 28 | 72 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Jan Stenerud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 52 | 0 | 115 | Paul Coffman | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | James Lofton | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | John Jefferson | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Gerry Ellis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Harlan Huckleby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Mike Meade | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Eddie Ivery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Lynn Dickey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Mike Douglass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Gary Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jessie Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Phil Epps | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Greg Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 15 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 429 |
