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1983 Seattle Seahawks season

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The 1983 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 8th season with the National Football League (NFL).

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The 1983 season was the first season head coach Chuck Knox coached the team. It was also the first season in which the Seahawks made the AFC playoffs, where they won the first two postseason games in franchise history, before losing in the AFC Championship Game to the eventual Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Raiders 30–14. The AFC Championship game against the Raiders would be the only time the Seahawks would appear in the AFC Championship Game, as they failed to appear in one from 1984 to 2001, the rest of their time in the AFC. They would not reach a conference championship again until 2005, when they were in the NFC West. During the offseason, the Seahawks changed the color of the facemasks on their helmets from gray to blue.

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Offseason

The Seattle Seahawks hired Chuck Knox, a coach capable of creating comebacks for teams. They also modified their uniforms, incorporating striping trim on the jersey collars, and incorprorating the Seahawks logo onto the jersey's sleeves. The TV numbers were moved from the jersey sleeves to the shoulders. The helmet facemasks became blue, and the socks lost their stripes and became all blue. The uniform would remain basically unchanged through the 2001 season.

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Personnel

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Staff

1983 Seattle Seahawks staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Tom Catlin
  • Defensive line – George Dyer
  • Defensive backs – Ralph Hawkins
  • Special assignments – Joe Vitt

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Rusty Tillman


Final roster

1983 Seattle Seahawks roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Reserve

Rookies in italics
49 active, 6 reserve

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Schedule

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Preseason

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Source: Seahawks Media Guides[2][3]

Regular season

Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC East.

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Bold indicates division opponents.
Source: 1983 NFL season results[4]

Postseason

The Seahawks entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, after two close attempts in 1978 and 1979.

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Standings

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Game summaries

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Preseason

Week P1: at Denver Broncos

Preseason Week One: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – Game summary
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at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: August 5
  • Game time: 7:00 pm local
  • Game weather: cloudy, 70 °F (21 °C), 63% humidity, wind S 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 53,887
  • Referee: Ben Dreith
  • TV announcers (KING): Tony Ventrella & Gene Washington
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Week P2: vs. Green Bay Packers

Preseason Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. Green Bay Packers – Game summary
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at Kingdome, Seattle

Week P3: vs. Minnesota Vikings

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at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: August 19
  • Game time: 7:34 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 54,402
  • Referee: Bob Frederic
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Week P4: at San Francisco 49ers

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at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

Regular season

Week 1: at Kansas City Chiefs

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at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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Week 2: at New York Jets

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at Shea Stadium, New York

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Week 3: vs. San Diego Chargers

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at Kingdome, Seattle

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Week 4: vs. Washington Redskins

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at Kingdome, Seattle

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Week 5: at Cleveland Browns

Week Five: Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
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at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: October 2
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 68 °F (20 °C), 68% humidity, wind S 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 75,446
  • Referee: Chuck Heberling
  • TV announcers (NBC): Phil Stone and Dave Rowe
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Week 6: at San Diego Chargers

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at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California

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Week 7: vs. Los Angeles Raiders

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at Kingdome, Seattle

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Week 8: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

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at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: October 23
  • Game time: 1:01 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 61,615
  • Referee: Gordon McCarter
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
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Week 9: at Los Angeles Raiders

Week Nine: Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Raiders – Game summary
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at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

  • Date: October 30
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: overcast, 74 °F (23 °C), 76% humidity, wind W 9 miles per hour (14 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 49,708
  • Referee: Jerry Seeman
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg & Merlin Olsen
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Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos

Week Ten: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos – Game summary
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at Kingdome, Seattle

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Week 11: at St. Louis Cardinals

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at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Date: November 13
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: cloudy, 40 °F (4 °C), 75% humidity, wind S 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 33,280
  • Referee: Ben Dreith
  • TV announcers (NBC): Jay Randolph and Gene Washington
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Week 12: at Denver Broncos

Week Twelve: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – Game summary
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at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: November 20
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 50 °F (10 °C), 36% humidity, wind E 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 74,710
  • Referee: Gene Barth
  • TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert and John Brodie
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Week 13: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week Thirteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
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at Kingdome, Seattle

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Week 14: vs. Dallas Cowboys

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at Kingdome, Seattle

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Week 15: at New York Giants

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at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: December 11
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C), wind E 17 miles per hour (27 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 48,945
  • Referee: Jerry Markbreit
  • TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Gene Washington
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Week 16: vs. New England Patriots

Week Sixteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots – Game summary
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at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: December 18
  • Game time: 1:02 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 59,688
  • Referee: Fred Wyant
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Bob Griese
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Postseason

Seattle entered the postseason as the #4 seed in the AFC.

AFC Wild Card Playoff: vs. #5 Denver Broncos

AFC Wild Card Playoff: #5 Denver Broncos at #4 Seattle Seahawks – Game summary
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at Kingdome, Seattle

  • Date: December 24
  • Game time: 1:04 pm local
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 60,752
  • Referee: Red Cashion
  • TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Bob Griese
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AFC Divisional Playoff: at #2 Miami Dolphins

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at Orange Bowl, Miami

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AFC Championship Game: at #1 Los Angeles Raiders

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at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

  • Date: January 8
  • Game time: 1:04 pm local
  • Game weather: overcast, 66 °F (19 °C), 81% humidity, wind E 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 88,734
  • Referee: Dick Jorgensen
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
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