1983 Cincinnati Bengals season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox NFL season The 1983 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 14th season in the National Football League, their 16th overall, and their fourth and final under head coach Forrest Gregg.

Cincinnati lost six of their first seven games, then won six of nine to finish at 7–9. Despite the record, the Bengals claimed the top overall defense in the NFL, and were 4–2 in divisional games.

After the season in December, Gregg was allowed out of his contract's remaining year to succeed Bart Starr as head coach of the Green Bay Packers. Several days later, Indiana Hoosiers head coach Sam Wyche, a former Bengals quarterback, was named as his replacement.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 4	Los Angeles Raiders	L 10–20	0–1	Riverfront Stadium	50,956
2	September 11	Buffalo Bills	L 6–10	0–2	Riverfront Stadium	46,839
3	Template:Dow tooltip	at Cleveland Browns	L 7–17	0–3	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	79,700
4	September 25	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 23–17	1–3	Tampa Stadium	56,023
5	October 2	Baltimore Colts	L 31–34	1–4	Riverfront Stadium	48,104
6	Template:Dow tooltip	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14–24	1–5	Riverfront Stadium	56,086
7	October 16	at Denver Broncos	L 17–24	1–6	Mile High Stadium	74,305
8	October 23	Cleveland Browns	W 28–21	2–6	Riverfront Stadium	50,047
9	October 30	Green Bay Packers	W 34–14	3–6	Riverfront Stadium	53,349
10	November 6	at Houston Oilers	W 55–14	4–6	Houston Astrodome	39,706
11	November 13	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 15–20	4–7	Arrowhead Stadium	44,711
12	November 20	Houston Oilers	W 38–10	5–7	Riverfront Stadium	46,375
13	Template:Dow tooltip	at Miami Dolphins	L 14–38	5–8	Miami Orange Bowl	74,506
14	December 4	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 23–10	6–8	Three Rivers Stadium	55,832
15	December 11	Detroit Lions	W 17–9	7–8	Riverfront Stadium	45,728
16	Template:Dow tooltip	at Minnesota Vikings	L 14–20	7–9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	51,565

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Los Angeles Raiders

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	7	10	0	3	20
Bengals	0	0	3	7	10

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

• Date: September 4
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: , wind
• Game attendance: 50,956
• Referee: Ben Dreith
• TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert and John Brodie
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First quarter LA (7:32) – Marcus Allen 1 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) – Raiders 7–0 Second quarter LA (9:05) – Marcus Allen 1 yard run (Chris Bahr kick) – Raiders 14–0 LA (4:59) – Chris Bahr 38 yard field goal – Raiders 17–0 Third quarter CIN (9:23) – Jim Breech 36 yard field goal – Raiders 17–3 Fourth quarter LA (12:25) – Chris Bahr 39 yard field goal – Raiders 20–3 CIN (1:00) – M.L. Harris 9 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) – Raiders 20–10 Raiders Jim Plunkett 14/29, 158 Yds, INT Marcus Allen 17 Rush, 47 Yds, 2 TD Malcolm Barnwell 5 Rec, 66 Yds Bengals Ken Anderson 26/35, 226 Yds, TD, INT Stanley Wilson 4 Rush, 20 Yds Dan Ross 5 Rec, 50 Yds

Awards and records

• Passing: Ken Anderson (297 Att, 198 Comp, 2333 Yds, 66.7 Pct, 12 TD, 13 Int, 85.6 Rating)
• Rushing: Pete Johnson (210 Att, 763 Yds, 3.6 Avg, 16 Long, 14 TD)
• Receiving: Cris Collinsworth (66 Rec, 1130 Yds, 17.1 Avg, 63 Long, 5 TD)
• Scoring: Jim Breech, 87 points (16 FG; 39 PAT)

External links

• 1983 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com