1983 State of Origin series, Game I
On the scoreboard Wally Lewis took control of the match. He scored twice in the first half and with Mal Meninga landing the conversions and potting three penalty goals, the Maroons lead 18-0 after 30 minutes and were able to ward off a spirited New South Wales comeback.


1983 State of Origin series, Game II
For Game II of the series, every member of the Blues' backline came from the defending premiers, the Parramatta Eels, with the exception of Eastern Suburbs fullback Marty Gurr. Players were required to represent their clubs in the season rounds between Origin clashes and a number of New South Wales players from Game I were injured in that weekend's round and unavailable for Game II. The Eels backline consisted of Neil Hunt and Eric Grothe (wings), Mick Cronin and Steve Ella (centres), Brett Kenny (five-eighth) and Peter Sterling (halfback). The club also provided lock forward Ray Price and replacement forward Stan Jurd giving them eight of the Blues' 15 players, the highest ever single club representation for NSW in Origin history.


1983 State of Origin series, Game II
The match became a battle of attrition on a muddy SCG and the Blues kept the series alive with a 10-6 victory in which the Parramatta connection scored all the points - tries to Hunt and Ella, converted by Cronin. For Queensland Mal Meninga scored and converted a try. Queensland had a chance to take the lead when captain Wally Lewis crossed next to the posts midway through the second half, but referee John Gocher ruled obstruction against Gene Miles and disallowed the try.


1983 State of Origin series, Game II
Kangaroo tour test halfback Peter Sterling continued his ongoing selection battle with Canterbury-Bankstown half Steve Mortimer and fully repaid the selectors' confidence masterfully orchestrating the Blues' play and winning the first of his four Origin man-of-the-match awards. When Mortimer did come on in the second half it was actually on the wing replacing an injured Eric Grothe, though it did not take him long to get involved in the game as an extra half for the Blues.


1983 State of Origin series, Game III
The series decider at Lang Park was billed as "the clash of the decade" but Lewis was brilliant and the game was never a contest. Queensland led 21-0 at half-time and 33-0 before the Blues scored four late consolation tries.


1983 State of Origin series, Game III
The 43-22 Maroons victory was the biggest since 1955 and set the standing record for the most points scored by Queensland in an Origin match and also featured another record - the first time three tries were scored by a single player in an Origin match (by Blues' winger Chris Anderson). Another record was set a week later when Queensland had nine players selected in the Australian side to meet the Kiwis.


1983 State of Origin series, Game III
Peter Sterling missed the deciding game due to injury and with Steve Mortimer nipping at his heels it proved an expensive absence enabling Mortimer to go on to retain the New South Wales position, win back his Australian jumper and keep Sterling at bay in their representative rivalry for the next two years.


1983 State of the Union Address
The 1983 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on Tuesday, January 25, 1983, at 9 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 98th United States Congress. It was Reagan's second State of the Union Address and his third speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Tip O'Neill, accompanied by George H. W. Bush, the vice president.


1983 State of the Union Address
The speech lasted approximately 46 minutes  and contained 5554 words. The address was broadcast live on radio and television.


1983 State of the Union Address
The Democratic Party response was delivered by Senator Robert Byrd (WV), Senator Paul Tsongas (MA), Senator Bill Bradley (NJ), Senator Joe Biden (DE), Rep. Tom Daschle (SD), Rep. Barbara Kennelly (CT), House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill III (MA), Rep. George Miller (CA), Rep. Les AuCoin (OR), Rep. Paul Simon (IL), Rep. Timothy Wirth (CO), and Rep. Bill Hefner (NC).


1983 Stella Artois Championships
The 1983 Stella Artois Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London, United Kingdom that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the 81st edition of the tournament and took place from 6 June until 13 June 1983. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title.


1983 Stella Artois Championships, Finals, Doubles
Brian Gottfried /  Paul McNamee defeated  Kevin Curren /  Steve Denton 6–4, 6–3


1983 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
John McEnroe and Peter Rennert were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, McEnroe with Peter Fleming and Rennert with Chip Hooper.


1983 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
Hooper and Rennert lost in the first round to Fleming and McEnroe.


1983 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
Fleming and McEnroe lost in the semifinals to Brian Gottfried and Paul McNamee.


1983 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
Brian Gottfried and Paul McNamee won the doubles title at the 1983 Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament defeating Kevin Curren and Steve Denton in the final 6–4, 6–3.


1983 Stella Artois Championships – Singles
Jimmy Connors was the defending champion and won the singles title at the 1983 Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament defeating compatriot John McEnroe in the final 6–3, 6–3.


1983 Stevenage Borough Council election
The 1983 Stevenage Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1983. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had held continuously since its creation in 1973.


1983 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
The 6th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1984 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1983. As follows, there was only a Worst Picture category with provided commentary for each nominee, as well as a list of films that were also considered for the final list but ultimately failed to make the cut (26 films total).


1983 Stockholm Open
The 1983 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix and took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was held from 31 October through 6 November 1983. First-seeded Mats Wilander won the singles title.


1983 Stockholm Open, Finals, Doubles
Anders Järryd /  Hans Simonsson defeated  Peter Fleming /  Johan Kriek, 6–3, 6–4


1983 Stockholm Open – Doubles
Mark Dickson and Jan Gunnarsson were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.


1983 Stockholm Open – Doubles
Anders Järryd and Hans Simonsson won the title, defeating Peter Fleming and Johan Kriek 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


1983 Stockholm Open – Singles
Henri Leconte was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.


1983 Stockholm Open – Singles
Mats Wilander won the title, defeating Tomáš Šmíd 6–1, 7–5 in the final.


1983 Sudanese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Sudan between 14 and 25 April 1983. Jaafar Nimeiry was the only candidate, and received 99.6% of the vote.


1983 Sugar Bowl
The 1983 Sugar Bowl was the 49th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, January 1. Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season, it matched the undefeated and top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #2 Penn State Nittany Lions, an independent. Penn State won 27–23 to finish atop the final polls as national champions.


1983 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
The game kicked off shortly after 7 p.m. CST, televised by ABC, at the same time as the Orange Bowl on NBC.


1983 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
Both teams scored on their first possession of the game. Penn State running back Curt Warner scored on a 2-yard touchdown run and the Nittany Lions led 7–0. He finished the game with 117 yards rushing. Georgia got on the board following a 27-yard field goal from Kevin Butler to make it 7–3.


1983 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
In the second quarter, after two possessions for each team had ended in punts, Nick Gancitano kicked a 38-yard field goal to put the Nittany Lions ahead, 10–3.


1983 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
After a 65-yard punt return by Kevin Baugh only resulted in a missed field goal for Penn State, Warner added a 9-yard touchdown run on a 65-yard drive that took just under two minutes. With only 44 seconds left in the first half, Gancitano made a 45-yard field goal for Penn State to take a commanding 20–3 lead.


1983 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
After the ensuing kick-off, however, quarterback John Lastinger drove the Bulldogs down the field, completing four of five passes, including one that Kevin Harris lateralled to Herschel Walker for a 26-yard gain. With five seconds remaining in the half, Lastinger threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Herman Archie to cut the margin to 20–10 at halftime.


1983 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
Opening the second half, Georgia mounted a 64-yard drive, which was capped when Herschel Walker scored on a 1-yard touchdown run, cutting the margin to 20–17. Georgia had thus scored touchdowns on consecutive possessions (one to end the first half and one to open the second), with Penn State only touching the ball intermittently to run out the clock in the first half. However, the Bulldogs wouldn't score again for almost 22 minutes of game time and John Lastinger went on to throw two interceptions.


1983 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
Penn State cashed in on the second one with a 47-yard play-action touchdown pass from Todd Blackledge to wide receiver Gregg Garrity to give Penn State a 27–17 lead. Lastinger threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Clarence Kay to close the margin to 27–23 with 3:54 left. After the subsequent kick-off, however, Penn State was able to run out the clock, only having to punt as time was expiring.


1983 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
The 1983 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the inaugural edition of field hockey tournament the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup held from Aug 22-28 at the Tun Razak Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.


1983 Summer Special Olympics
The sixth Special Olympics Summer World Games were held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, on the campus of Louisiana State University from July 12–18, 1983. Events included athletics, Softball Throw and Swimming.


1983 Summer Special Olympics
This was the first Special Olympics World Summer Games to feature Special Olympics New Zealand over thirty years ago, since then over 300 athletes have traveled to Special Olympics Events Internationally representing Special Olympics New Zealand.


1983 Summer Universiade
The 1983 Summer Universiade, also known as the 1983 World University Games or XII Summer Universiade, took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between July 1 and 12, 1983. Over 2400 athletes from 73 countries participated. It was the first time Canada hosted these Games. Edmonton also hosted the 1978 Commonwealth Games.


1983 Summer Universiade
The event was marred by tragedy from the death of Soviet diver Sergei Chalibashvili when he died eight days after hitting his head on the 10 m diving platform in competition while attempting a reverse 3½ in the tuck position.


1983 Summer Universiade
Charles, Prince of Wales  opened the Universiade accompanied by Princess Diana, and other dignitaries and celebrities also visited.


1983 Summer Universiade
In October 2005, Edmonton was also selected as a potential bid candidate to host the 2011 Summer Universiade by the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).


1983 Summer Universiade, Participating nations
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Argentina Australia Austria Barbados Belgium Benin Bolivia Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Myanmar Cameroon Canada Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Republic of the Congo Colombia Cuba Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Ethiopia Finland France Gabon The Gambia East Germany West Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya South Korea North Korea Laos Lebanon Lesotho Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mexico Monaco Mongolia Morocco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Paraguay Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Soviet Union Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Chinese Taipei Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates Great Britain United States Upper Volta Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam Samoa North Yemen South Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia


1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7 at the Birmingham–Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama.


1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
UAB topped South Florida in the championship game, 64–47, to win their second overall, as well as second consecutive, Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.


1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Blazers, in turn, received an automatic bid for the 1983 NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Oklahoma in the First Round. They were joined in the tournament field by VCU, who received an at-large bid.


1983 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
With the additions of Old Dominion and Western Kentucky prior to the season, the Sun Belt's membership returned to eight teams. As such, it reverted to its old format of placing all eight teams in the initial quarterfinal round, with each team being seeded based on its regular season conference record. All byes were eliminated.


1983 Sun Bowl
The 1983 Sun Bowl, part of the 1983 bowl game season, took place on December 24, 1983, at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, United States. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the SMU Mustangs of the Southwest Conference (SWC). Alabama was victorious in by a final score of 28–7. This was the 50th edition of the Sun Bowl (49th playing between college teams).


1983 Sun Bowl, Teams, Alabama
The 1983 Alabama squad finished the regular season with a 7–4 record and losses against Penn State, Tennessee, Boston College and Auburn. Following their loss against Boston College, university officials announced they accepted an invitation to play in the Sun Bowl. The appearance marked the first for Alabama in the Sun Bowl, and their 27th overall bowl game appearance.


1983 Sun Bowl, Teams, SMU
The 1983 SMU squad finished the regular season with a record of 10–1 and as SWC runner-up with their only loss coming against Texas. The appearance in the Sun Bowl marked the second for SMU in the game, and their 10th overall bowl game appearance.


1983 Sun Bowl, Game summary
Coming into the 50th annual Sun Bowl, the Mustangs were heavily favored over the Crimson Tide. At #6, SMU was the highest ranked team in Sun Bowl history. Alabama dominated play in the first half and took a 28–0 lead into halftime. The Crimson Tide scored touchdowns in the first quarter on a pair of Ricky Moore runs from one and eleven yards respectively. In the second quarter, Bama scored touchdowns on a one-yard Walter Lewis run and on a 19-yard Lewis pass to Joey Jones.


1983 Sun Bowl, Game summary
In the second half, both defenses were dominant with the only points coming on a 15-yard Lance McIlhenny touchdown pass to Marquis Pleasant in the third to bring the final score to its 28–7 margin. Entering the game, the Mustangs had only allowed four rushing touchdowns all season only to see the Tide score three on the ground in the first half and outgain the Mustangs in total offense 303 to 105 yards. For his performance, Alabama quarterback Walter Lewis was named the Sun Bowl MVP.


1983 Super Bowl of Poker
The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."


1983 Super Bowl of Poker
Prior to 1979, the only high dollar tournament a person could enter was the WSOP. 1972 WSOP Main Event Champion and outspoken ambassador for poker, Amarillo Slim saw this as an opportunity. "The World Series of Poker was so successful that everybody wanted more than one tournament," he said. Slim called upon his connections and friendships with poker's elite to start a new tournament in the February 1979. Slim modelled his SBOP after the WSOP with several events and a $10,000 Texas Hold'em Main Event.


1983 Super Bowl of Poker
One of the principal differences between the WSOP and the SBOP was the prize structure. The WSOP's prize structure was flat ensuring more people received smaller pieces of the prize pool. The SBOP typically used a 60-30-10 payout structure. In other words, only the first three places received money and generally in the ratio of 60% to first place, 30% to second place, and 10% to third. This payment schedule predominated the SBOP for the first 5 years of the event, but as the event grew the number of payouts increased while keeping the payout schedule top heavy.


1983 Super Bowl of Poker, 1983 Tournament
In 1983, 5 Poker Hall of Famers made it to the cash in various tournaments at the SBOP. Jack Strauss lost to two time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Hans Lund in the SBOP Main Event. Berry Johnston would finish third in one event while Bobby Baldwin would make it to two cashes. Billy Baxter, who would later gain fame for suing the IRS in Baxter v United States, also made it to the cash in one event. Sarge Ferris, a low-key but much respected professional player who was later inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, won the No Limit 2-7 Lowball.


1983 Super Bowl of Poker, 1983 Tournament
The 1983, tournament also witnessed Gabe Kaplan from Welcome Back, Kotter win his second SBOP tournament. When Welcome Back, Kotter went off the air in 1979, its lead character started a career in poker. During the early 1980s, Kaplan's success, particularly at the SBOP, led him to be considered among poker's elite. Kaplan made money in two events and won one.


1983 Supercopa de España
The 1983 Supercopa de España was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 26 October and 30 November 1983. It contested by Barcelona, winners of the 1982–83 Copa del Rey, and Athletic Bilbao, winners of the 1982–83 La Liga.


1983 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The 1983 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 5th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The 1983 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was contested over two legs, and opposed Benfica and Porto of the Primeira Liga. Benfica qualified for the SuperCup by winning both the 1982–83 Primeira Divisão and the 1982–83 Taça de Portugal, whilst Porto qualified for the Supertaça as the cup runner-up.


1983 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The first leg which took place at the Estádio das Antas, saw a goalless draw. The second leg which took place at the Estádio da Luz saw Porto defeat Benfica 2–1 (2–1 on aggregate), which granted the Dragões a second Supertaça.


1983 Swazi general election
General elections were held in Swaziland in October 1983. The elections was held using the Tinkhundla system, in which voters elected members to an electoral college, who then selected 40 non-party candidates for the Parliament, whilst the King appointed a further ten. Although there was no voter registration, the government claimed voter turnout was around 80%, although there were suggestions that people were pressured to vote.


1983 Swedish Open
The 1983 Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts held in Båstad, Sweden and was part of the Grand Prix circuit of the 1983 Tour. It was the 36th edition of the tournament and was held from 11 July through 17 July 1983. First-seeded Mats Wilander won the singles title.


1983 Swedish Open, Finals, Doubles
Joakim Nyström /  Mats Wilander defeated  Anders Järryd /  Hans Simonsson 1–6, 7–6, 7–6


1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 August at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, Sweden.


1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix, Race summary
One of the most dramatic races in one of the most dramatic Grand Prix seasons ended in controversy as the championship's two main combatants collided on the last lap while battling for the lead.


1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix, Race summary
Coming into the Swedish Grand Prix, Honda's Freddie Spencer led Yamaha's Kenny Roberts 117 to 115 with each man having won five of the season's ten previous races. Roberts had the momentum, having won four of the previous five rounds.


1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix, Race summary
Roberts led Spencer going into the last lap of the race. Heading down the back straight, Spencer placed his Honda right behind Roberts' Yamaha as they reached the second to the last corner, a ninety degree right-hander. As both riders applied their brakes, Spencer came out of Roberts' slipstream and managed to get inside of the Yamaha. As they exited the corner, both riders ran wide off the track and into the dirt. Spencer was able to get back on the track and back on the power first, crossing the finish line just ahead of Roberts for a crucial victory. Roberts considered Spencer's pass to be foolish and dangerous and, exchanged angry words with him on the podium.


1983 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix, Race summary
It was a controversial pass by the young Honda rider and one that the two participants still dispute to this day. Roberts contends that it was a dangerous move while Spencer maintains it was a calculated risk he had to take to secure the championship.


1983 Swiss Indoors
The 1983 Swiss Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from 10 October through 16 October 1983. Third-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis won the singles title.


1983 Swiss Indoors, Finals, Singles
Vitas Gerulaitis defeated  Wojciech Fibak 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–5, ret.


1983 Swiss Indoors, Finals, Doubles
Pavel Složil /  Tomáš Šmíd defeated  Stefan Edberg /  Florin Segărceanu 6–1, 3–6, 7–6


1983 Swiss federal election
Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 1983. The Free Democratic Party emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 54 of the 200 seats. It was the first time the Social Democratic Party had not received the most votes in a federal election since 1925.


1983 Swiss referendums
Four referendums were held in Switzerland in 1983. The first two were held on changes to fuel tax and the article in the Swiss Federal Constitution on energy. Whilst they were both approved by voters, the constitutional amendment failed to receive the support of a majority of cantons, so was rejected. The last two were held on 3 December on changes to the civil rights regulations, which were approved, and on allowing certain types of naturalisation, which was rejected.


1983 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1983 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Dick MacPherson and played their home games in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the regular season with a 6–5 record, but were not invited a bowl game.


1983 Syracuse Orangemen football team, NFL Draft
Mike Charles (DT) was selected by Miami Dolphins in second round (55th overall).


1983 São Paulo FC season
The 1983 São Paulo F.C. season details the competitions entered, matches played and teams faced by the São Paulo Futebol Clube in the 1983 season, showing the result in each event. Both friendly and official events are included. São Paulo Futebol Clube is a professional football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league.


1983 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 10–12, 1983 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.


1983 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Georgia Southern upset top-seeded Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 68–67, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. The Eagles, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.


1983 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Northeast Louisiana departed the TAAC for the Southland Conference prior to the season and were replaced with Nicholls State.


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash
The 1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash was an aviation incident in which a Boeing 737-2V2 Advanced, operated by the Ecuadorian national airline TAME, which was flying on a domestic route from the now-closed Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito to Mariscal Lamar Airport in Cuenca, crashed into a hill during final approach just 1 mile (1.6 km; 0.87 nmi) from its final destination, killing all 119 people on board.


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash
The crash was the first and deadliest crash in the history of TAME, and it remains as the deadliest plane crash in the history of Ecuador. An investigation later determined that the flight crashed due to the flight crew's lack of experience on the aircraft type, which caused a controlled flight into terrain.


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Boeing 737-2V2 Advanced, with Pratt & Whitney type JT8D-17 engines. It was manufactured in 1981 and made its first flight on 11 June of that year. When Boeing delivered it, it was registered as N8283V, but when it arrived in the TAME fleet in October of the same year, its registration changed to HC-BIG. The aircraft was named "Ciudad de Loja" upon its delivery to TAME. It was the only Boeing 737 ever operated by the airline. The plane was piloted by captain Jorge Peña and an unnamed first officer. 103 people (95 passengers and all eight crew) came from Ecuador, 11 came from Colombia, and five from the United States.


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash, Flight history
On the morning of 11 July 1983, the aircraft took off from Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito for a domestic flight to Mariscal Lamar Airport in Cuenca with 111 passengers and eight crew members. The aircraft encountered foggy conditions during the final approach to Mariscal Lamar Airport, but the weather conditions of that day were reported as clear. The crew contacted the Cuenca control tower for permission to land the plane, which was granted.


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash, Flight history
During the final few minutes of the flight, the pilots were distracted during a conversation (reportedly discussing labor problems in TAME) and didn't know that the plane was flying dangerously low towards a mountain. Also, at the same time, they were experimenting with some of the aircraft's controls and systems.


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash, Flight history
Seconds before the plane hit the mountain and 1 mile (1.6 km; 0.87 nmi) from the airport, the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) activated, announcing an imminent terrain collision and sounding an alarm. The captain and first officer attempted to climb clear of the mountain by applying full power on the engines and making a steep climb, but it was too late. The jetliner scraped the peak of Bashún Hill (which overlooks the runway of Marsical Lamar Airport), exploded, and slid down into a ravine; there were no survivors.


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash, Flight history
Two minutes after the plane signal was lost from the radar screen, Cuenca air traffic control (ATC) declared an emergency. The following day, search aircraft and rescue teams arrived at the plane's last known position. Because of the remoteness and the difficulty of access to the crash site, it took rescue personnel several hours to reach the site itself.


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash, Investigation
Initial fears of a possible sabotage were advanced by the civil aviation authorities after a radio station reported witnesses to a mid-air explosion. During the investigation, this was discarded due to lack of evidence. The civil authorities of aviation initiated an investigation, with cooperation of Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).


1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash, Investigation
The investigation results were presented several months later and concluded that pilot error was a direct cause in the crash. Several factors were identified: training of the pilots was not properly delivered by TAME for the Boeing 737-2V2 Advanced, the crew was not fully familiar with the controls of the aircraft, and the crew was distracted while trying to locate the runway in heavy fog, as a consequence, the plane went below the minimum safe altitude in a mountainous region with the flight crew ignoring the voice commands of the proximity radar until seconds before impact.


1983 TANFL season
The 1983 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over twenty (20) roster rounds and five (5) finals series matches (one was a replay due to a draw - in fact the only drawn game in the TANFL or TSL between 1981 and 1988) between 2 April and 17 September 1983. The League was known as the Winfield League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with the Winfield tobacco company.


1983 TANFL season, Season Summary
The 1983 Winfield League TANFL season saw Glenorchy as the standout team in a magnificent season for the Magpies. In a season which saw the Final Four settled fairly early in the piece, Glenorchy finished six wins ahead of its nearest rivals New Norfolk (twelve wins) and Sandy Bay (twelve wins), with a woefully inconsistent Clarence rounding out the Four on ten wins.


1983 TANFL season, Season Summary
Reigning Premier New Norfolk started its campaign by demolishing Hobart at Boyer on the opening day by 145-points and winning six of their opening seven matches including a 70-point demolition of Glenorchy at KGV to sit in top spot.


1983 TANFL season, Season Summary
Glenorchy then went on a rampage winning their final fourteen roster matches to finish on top, New Norfolk began to lose form and suffer from injury concerns while Sandy Bay quietly set about winning matches to maintain second spot, New Norfolk found a purple patch winning four in a row, the last of which saw them booting a TANFL record score of 39.17 (251) against Clarence on 14 July at Boyer to hand the Roos their biggest defeat in their club's history, ironically, Clarence led New Norfolk by 24-points during the first quarter.


1983 TANFL season, Season Summary
This set the stage for a titanic showdown against Glenorchy at KGV the following week where a crowd of almost 5,000 gathered and saw the classy Magpie outfit run out 22-point winners in a high-standard match. Clarence's staggeringly inconsistent form saw them boot a club record score of 33.23 (221) against Hobart on 23 April at Bellerive, but would suffer from the above-mentioned 173-point loss later in the season to New Norfolk, then two weeks later defeat Hobart by 90-points.


1983 TANFL season, Season Summary
Meanwhile, at the other end of the table, North Hobart and Hobart occupied the bottom two places and despite being competitive in many matches, were well behind the top four teams in skill and experience, North Hobart were still sitting in bottom position with one quarter to go of the roster season but Hobart were the victim of a new TANFL record quarter score of 16.3 (99) in the final quarter against Glenorchy to suffer a 103-point loss and take the wooden spoon by 1.13%.


1983 TANFL season, Season Summary
The First Semi Final saw Sandy Bay and Clarence fight out a thrilling draw, the replay the following week was a curtain raiser to the Second Semi Final between Glenorchy and New Norfolk with almost 11,000 attending an impressively high-standard double header with Sandy Bay edging out the Roos in a thriller and the Second Semi Final saw an incredible fifty goals scored, New Norfolk's losing score of 24.10 (154) was another TANFL record.


1983 TANFL season, Season Summary
New Norfolk would run all over a tired Sandy Bay by 53-points in the Preliminary Final to book a spot in the Grand Final against the all-conquering Magpie machine. A crowd of almost 18,000 attended the Grand Final to see if New Norfolk under Captain/Coach Robbie Dykes could go back-to-back or whether the Magpies under Captain/Coach Garry Davidson could erase the dreadful memories of six Grand Finals and one Preliminary Final loss stretching back to 1976. Glenorchy answering the question in emphatic fashion to lead late in the match by over 100-points, the Eagles getting two late goals to reduce the margin to 92-points at siren time, the Magpies winning their sixteenth consecutive match in taking their first title since 1975.


1983 TANFL season, Season Summary
Under ground rationalisation plans instigated by the TANFL, both Hobart and Sandy Bay Football Clubs would play their home fixtures this season at KGV Football Park and North Hobart Oval respectively after being removed from their home grounds by the League at the end of the 1982 season.


1983 TANFL season, 1983 TANFL Ladder, Round 17
Note: New Norfolk kicks the TANFL record score which lasted until 1995, it was also Clarence Football Club's largest ever defeat.


1983 TANFL season, 1983 TANFL Ladder, Grand Final
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.


1983 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 1983 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 1–8–2 overall and 1–6–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Jim Wacker, in his first year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.


1983 Taipei International Championships
The 1983 Taipei International Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Taipei, Taiwan that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 7 November through 13 November 1983. Unseeded Nduka Odizor won the singles title.


1983 Taipei International Championships, Finals, Doubles
Kim Warwick /  Wally Masur defeated  Ken Flach /  Robert Seguso 7–6, 6–4


1983 Taiwanese legislative election
The fifth supplementary elections for the Legislative Yuan were held in the Republic of China (Taiwan) on 3 December 1983.


1983 Taiwanese legislative election
Compared with the fourth supplementary election the number of new delegates to the Legislative Yuan had been increased by one from 97 to 98 due to an increase in population. Of these, 71 represented Taiwan Province and the special municipalities of Taipei and Kaohsiung and were elected directly. The remaining 27 seats represented overseas nationals and were appointed by the President. Due to attrition, the number of delegates in the Legislative Yuan originally elected in 1948 had reduced from 760 to 274, with an average age of 77.


1983 Taiwanese legislative election
Turnout for the supplementary election was 63.2%. Of the 71 directly elected delegates, 62 belonged to the Kuomintang and 9 were independents. Of the independents, six belonged to the Tangwai. All chosen were born Taiwanese, except for five who were born on the Mainland or from parents from the Mainland.


1983 Taiwanese legislative election, Further reading
Copper, John F. and George P. Chen (1984), Taiwan's Elections. Political Development and Democratization in the Republic of China, [Baltimore, Md. ], Occasional Papers/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, no. 5-1984 (64), ISBN 0-942182-66-9


1983 Talladega 500
The 1983 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event on July 31, 1983, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama.


1983 Talladega 500, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, originally known as Alabama International Motor Superspeedway (AIMS), is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s. Talladega is most known for its steep banking and the unique location of the start/finish line - located just past the exit to pit road. The track currently hosts the NASCAR series such as the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.


1983 Talladega 500, Race
Forty drivers made the grid; Trevor Boys was the only driver not to be born in the United States. The race lasted almost three hours for the scheduled 188 laps. Dick Skillen was the last-place finisher due to a crash on the first lap with Travis Tiller, Tommy Gale, Billie Harvey, Grant Adcox, and Neil Bonnett. J.D. McDuffie was the lowest-finishing driver to finish the race; he was 44 laps behind the leaders. 95,000 people attended this race. Neil Bonnett was leading the race with 12 laps to go when he pitted for fuel only. The car stalled and it took long enough to get it re-fired that Earnhardt and Waltrip were able to get by.


1983 Talladega 500, Race
Cale Yarborough would qualify for the pole position with a speed of 201.744 miles per hour (324.675 km/h). Dale Earnhardt would defeat Darrell Waltrip by four car lengths in this race; securing his last victory for an owner other than Richard Childress. Harvey and Tiller would retire from NASCAR after this race. Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $46,950 ($118,104.43 when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of $1,450 ($3,647.53 when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse was $316,700 ($796,670.33 when adjusted for inflation).


1983 Talladega 500, Race, Race results
† Bonnett crashed his car on lap 2, but drove Richmond's car after Richmond retired due to debris in his eyes


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The 1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 8th season in the National Football League the 8th playing their home games at Tampa Stadium and the 8th under head coach John McKay. They failed to improve on their 5-4 record from 1982 and finished with a league-worst 2–14 record caused as personnel changes and a rash of injuries and missed out the playoffs for the first time since 1980.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The team was unable to agree on a contract with quarterback Doug Williams, resulting in his departure for the USFL. The loss of Williams was believed to be a major distraction to the team. Jack Thompson was acquired from the Cincinnati Bengals as what was termed "an insurance move" during Williams' negotiations, for a draft choice that would turn out to be the top pick in the 1984 NFL Draft.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
After the Buccaneers' first-ever undefeated preseason, the regular season began with a long losing streak. The Buccaneers missed Williams' strong arm and scrambling ability and were forced to remake their offense as a short passing attack, with running back James Wilder Sr. as the primary target. Opponents were able to shut down that short attack, and the Buccaneers were successful at neither running the ball nor completing deep passes. The team's record was somewhat deceptive: they lost numerous close games but failed to execute at key times. According to McKay, "I think the other teams looking at us respect us.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
I don't think anyone is volunteering to play us". Opposing coach Bud Grant pointed out that they were "losing games they should've won". The Buccaneers took their opponents into overtime several times during a season that included a record number of overtime games league-wide. Nine of their losses were by a touchdown or less, and six by a field goal or less. Several games were lost due to problems in the kicking game, which led to McKay's famous pronouncement that (kicker Bill) "Capece is kaput". This season ended the Buccaneers' streak of having made the playoffs during three of the last four seasons, and began an NFL-record streak of fourteen consecutive losing seasons, thirteen of which saw the team lose at least ten games.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Injuries plagued the team. James Wilder emerged as one of the NFL's best running backs, but was not able to finish the season due to injury. Eighteen different players spent time on the injured reserve list over the course of the season, and only three started all sixteen games. Every member of the offensive line suffered an early-season injury, and the linebackers and defensive backfield were also hit hard. McKay blamed the team's problems on lack of effort and threatened personnel changes, while admitting that replacements would not be readily found. Attendance declined, and fans called for McKay's retirement.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Owner Hugh Culverhouse reported an expected loss of $1.25 million due to declining ticket sales, while merchants reported a drop in merchandise sales. The team's final 2–14 record tied them with the Houston Oilers for the league's worst mark, but the Buccaneers were awarded last place over the Oilers by virtue of their opponents' worse combined winning percentage.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason
The offense's ineffective performance in their 30–17 playoff loss to the Dallas Cowboys renewed criticism of the performance of the Buccaneer offense. Cowboys cornerback Everson Walls stated that the Buccaneers' game plan was very familiar, as it was exactly the same as on previous meetings. He also claimed that Doug Williams made postgame comments complaining of the offense's conservatism, although Williams said that his actual comments were misinterpreted by Walls. Coach John McKay responded by saying that he would continue to run the offense as usual, and not hire an offensive coordinator. Rumors began to fly that McKay was hoping for a good season so as to be able to retire on a winning note, with Dick Vermeil and Wayne Fontes mentioned as likely replacements.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Coaching changes
Offensive line coach Bill Johnson and quarterbacks coach Bill Nelsen were fired soon after the end of the 1982 season. Johnson was replaced by University of Miami offensive coordinator and former Florida Gators center Kim Helton. McKay described Helton as an excellent teacher in Miami's pro-style offense. University of Illinois receivers coach and former Bengal Chip Myers took over Dowler's vacated receivers' coach spot. The changes were criticized as cosmetic moves that replaced Johnson, who had notable success building offensive lines over a 23-year career, with Helton, who had no professional experience at all. Furthermore, the Buccaneers had allowed the fewest sacks of any NFL team during Johnson's four-year tenure.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements
Several injured players left the Buccaneer roster in the spring. Jerry Eckwood was waived after failing a physical due to a back injury, Randy Crowder retired to take a coaching job at Penn State, and Bill Kollar was waived when he was deemed to be a medical risk if he played again. The loss of Kollar left the roster thin at defensive end, as there were only four players remaining at that position.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements
Of these, Dave Stalls was trying to maintain Colorado residency in order to obtain a veterinary license, and so notified the club that he would retire if not traded to the Denver Broncos. Charley Hannah entered a contract dispute with the team, with the result that Sean Farrell began to be trained at tackle.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements
The offseason was marked by disputes over player salary. Offensive tackle Charley Hannah was unable to come to terms with the team, and was traded to the Los Angeles Raiders for defensive end Dave Browning and a 1984 fourth-round draft choice. Jimmie Giles held out of training camp, and attempted to use threats of leaving for the USFL as leverage to get his contract renegotiated. Giles, who was upset because the previous year's players' association contract expiration prevented a promised renegotiation from occurring, became the first Buccaneer to engage in a training camp holdout while under contract. Mark Cotney also had difficulty reaching an agreement with the team, but was eventually able to settle a contract. Lee Roy Selmon was awarded a new three-year contract that made him the highest-paid defensive end in the league.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements
McKay spoke of the need to begin replacing the aging original players, with the process already having begun at linebacker. However, the secondary featured four starters who were all at or near the age of 30, and who would all need to be replaced over the next couple of years.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
Doug Williams' original five-year contract expired at the beginning of the year. A published report of player salaries revealed that Williams, who had led the team to playoff appearances three out of the preceding four seasons, was the sixth-lowest-paid starting quarterback in the NFL. Eighteen NFL backup quarterbacks also had salaries higher than Williams'. His $120,000 salary was the same as that of Atlanta Falcons backup Mike Moroski, and behind that of both Dallas backup quarterbacks and some teams' punters and kickers.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
Buccaneer spokesman Rick Odioso responded that Williams had refused several offers to increase his salary and extend his contract, instead preferring to play the contract through to the end. Odioso also pointed out that the reported base salaries did not reflect performance and signing bonuses, on which the Buccaneers depended more heavily than most NFL teams. Believing his worth to have been around $400,000, which was in line with what most top NFL quarterbacks were being paid, Williams had rejected the team's contract offers in previous years in an attempt to force the team to pay him fairly or trade him.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
Soon after the reporting of the salary, Williams' wife Janice developed severe headaches. A brain tumor was diagnosed, and emergency surgery was performed. She died a week later. The tragedy required that Williams leave his daughter to be raised by his mother in Louisiana, removing his personal ties to the Tampa area. It also delayed negotiations.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
Despite rumors that he might retire or leave for the USFL, Williams expressed the desire to play the rest of his career as a Buccaneer before going into coaching, with an eventual goal of succeeding Eddie Robinson as coach of Grambling. The Buccaneers made an offer that owner Hugh Culverhouse called "generous" and said would place Williams among the five highest-paid NFL quarterbacks.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
Williams' agent denied this, saying that the Buccaneers' offer was for substantially less than several quarterbacks make, was less than what his client Joe Namath had received from the New York Jets in 1975, and that the Buccaneers should be embarrassed by it. Williams made two different salary demands during the negotiations, raising his demands when hearing about the salaries paid to Dan Fouts and to rookies John Elway and Tony Eason. The team made a second offer that was described by negotiator Phil Krueger as comparable to that paid to Atlanta Falcons quarterback Steve Bartkowski.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
Williams rejected this offer and began to speak of the USFL as a definite alternative. Williams' demands were in the range of $800,000 to $900,000. When Williams rejected the Buccaneers' offer, they traded the following year's first-round draft pick to the Cincinnati Bengals for backup quarterback Jack Thompson. Williams interpreted the move as a message that the team was no longer interested in his services, and suggested that the team's willingness to deal first-round draft picks was a sign of their reluctance to pay for top-quality talent.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
It is believed that, as a traditionally low-paying team (25th lowest of the 28 teams, according to union figures), the Buccaneers' salary structure would be disrupted by meeting Williams' demands, which might result in higher salary demands from Pro Bowlers such as Lee Roy Selmon and Jimmie Giles. It was later pointed out that the revenue lost through declining ticket sales would have more than covered the $200,000 gap between what Williams had demanded and the team had been willing to pay.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
Krueger told Williams' agent, Jimmy Walsh, that the team's $400,000 offer would be withdrawn if Williams did not report for the opening of training camp. Williams and Walsh lowered their request to $600,000, a price that the team said they would have been willing to meet before the Thompson trade. Williams charged that he would not have been treated so poorly in negotiations had he been white, and said "I hope the Bucs go 0–16 but all my friends make the Pro Bowl".


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Player movements, The Doug Williams contract dispute
On August 9, Williams called a 28th-birthday press conference to announce his signing with the USFL Oklahoma Outlaws for a sum worth substantially more than what Tampa Bay offered, ending his time as a player with the Buccaneers. Williams also reported that guard Greg Roberts, a close friend who had encouraged him to sign with Oklahoma, was also considering moving to the USFL.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Draft
The Buccaneers found themselves without a first-round pick, due to the previous season's much-criticized trade for the rights to select defensive end Booker Reese. Although Reese's development was slow, the team still claimed to have no regrets over the decision. The Buccaneers did not select until the 45th pick in the draft, with offensive line, linebacker, and defensive back considered to be need areas, although the team considered themselves to be a mature team with no glaring needs.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Draft
Offensive line was considered to be a deep position in the draft, but the team did not expect to find an overlooked player the way they had Sean Farrell the previous year. Tackle Sid Abramowitz, linebacker Darryl Talley, and safety Dave Duerson were highly regarded candidates expected to be available in the mid-second round, although personnel director Ken Herock stated that the team would pick one of the premier quarterbacks (Williams was at that point still expected to sign) if one fell to them. The team eventually identified defensive backs Mike Richardson of Arizona State and Darrell Green of Texas A&I, and Baylor center Randy Grimes, as the three players they would most like to see available.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Draft
The Buccaneers had no 1st-round pick this year, having traded it the previous year to the Chicago Bears for their 1982 2nd-round pick, which they used to select Booker Reese. The extra 6th-round pick came from the San Francisco 49ers, in return for the Buccaneers' 1984 4th-round pick.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Draft
According to McKay, with the number of quality, improving young players already on the team, none of the twelve draft picks were expected to be able to unseat any of the established starters. The team drafted more for future help, especially at positions such as offensive tackle and defensive back, where the incumbent starters were aging. Randy Grimes, who the team said they would have picked even if All America center Dave Rimington had still been available, was to be given a look at tackle, despite never having played a position other than center.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Draft
Grimes' selection was a surprise, as the Buccaneers were considered to already have a stockpile of talent at the interior line positions, but McKay felt that he was too good to pass up. Alabama cornerback Jeremiah Castille, who Bear Bryant had once called "pound for pound, the best player in the SEC", was considered short at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m), but was considered to have good speed and to play well against the run. Kelly Thomas and Ken Kaplan were huge offensive tackles with great upper body strength.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Offseason, Draft
Thomas, who McKay said would make the team unless he were to drop dead, was believed to potentially be comparable to his USC teammates Bruce Matthews and Don Mosebar, but had been overlooked due to having been an offensive lineman for only three years. Tony Chickillo was a defensive tackle who had fought back from a crushed pelvis to become a starter for the University of Miami. Wide receiver Rheugene Branton had been a star player at Tampa's C. Leon King High School. Hasson Arbubakrr was compared to a smaller version of Booker Reese. Weldon Ledbetter, Marcus Dupree's blocking back at Oklahoma, was considered to have slim chances against incumbent James Wilder Sr.. Mark Witte was considered to have the same problem, behind Jimmie Giles and Jim Obradovich on the depth chart.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason
Culverhouse led a campaign, approved unanimously by league owners, to retain the expanded 49-player roster for the 1983 season. McKay criticized the players who were holding out for more money, saying that they lack understanding of how new contracts are negotiated. He had especially hard words for Jimmie Giles, who was being fined $1,000 for each day of camp missed, and who he said was in danger of falling behind the greatly improved Jerry Bell. Uncertainty over Giles' situation forced the team to spend a conditional draft pick on veteran Baltimore Colts tight end Reese McCall.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason
Camp attendance was more important than usual, as the team added the most complicated offensive system that it had yet used. The loss of Williams was expected to be a factor in the team's attitude going into the season, as he was considered by teammates to be an exceptional athlete who could do things that few others could. The perception that management had not done everything possible to keep him was expected to create some resentment among the players.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason
Williams pointed out that the debacle made him, and some of the team's other players, wonder whether management was committed to building a good team. The loss of Williams created resentment not only among the team, but among fans in Tampa's African-American community, where some boycotted games and hoped for a losing season. It was alleged that Culverhouse threw parties that cost more than what Williams had asked for. Some players  were angered when they saw the money spent on players by USFL teams, contrasted with Culverhouse's reluctance to spend any money on players or the team.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason
Although some observers considered the Buccaneers to have their strongest lineup yet, preseason saw ten of the team's 24 starting positions up for contention. Holdouts, injuries, and the improvement of young players were given as reasons for the turnover. McKay expected to keep three quarterbacks on the roster, as he considered the team to lack a true No. 1 quarterback. The condition of the secondary was uncertain, as Norris Thomas was placed on the physically unable to perform list with a shoulder problem, and Cedric Brown's status was unknown due to a broken ankle. Danny Spradlin was acquired from the Dallas Cowboys for a future draft choice, to address the lack of depth at linebacker. Former FSU and British Columbia Lions running back Larry Key was signed as a free agent, with draft pick John Higginbotham waived to make room for him.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason
The preseason began with quarterbacks Golsteyn and Thompson relatively even, Golsteyn having a slight advantage due to his year of experience in the Tampa Bay offense. McKay described Kelly Thomas as "as good as any offensive lineman we've ever had in here", and compared his progress to that of Sean Farrell the previous year. The run defense, among the NFC's worst the previous season, continued to be a concern. Mental errors also continued to be a problem, with mistakes such as numerous penalties and running plays with only 10 men on the field.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason
The quarterbacks continued to run neck-and-neck through the first two preseason games, with Golsteyn directing two fourth-quarter comebacks for wins. The later part of the preseason saw the offensive line solidifying, showing a previously unseen drive to move the ball into the end zone, rather than a contentment to let drives stall at around the 20-yard line. However, injuries became an issue, especially at linebacker, where the team was left with only three healthy veterans. A large number of offensive line injuries prompted McKay to keep an extra lineman on the roster.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason
This meant cutting Dave Browning, for whom the team had just traded Charley Hannah. McKay remarked that Browning lacked the speed he'd shown in the past, and kept the much quicker Hasson Arbubakrr. Similarly, the team kept speedy rookie receiver Gene Branton, while cutting inconsistent longtime starter Gordon Jones. Final cuts included offseason acquisitions Larry Key, Reese McCall, and Rick Moser.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Preseason
The Buccaneers finished their first undefeated preseason with a 41–21 victory over the New England Patriots in which they scored the most points ever while setting records for yardage in a preseason game (492) and most points scored in a half (31). In preseason matchups, the Buccaneers were the NFL's highest-scoring team.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
The team opened the season with starting quarterback Jerry Golsteyn, who had thrown only one NFL pass since 1978, and who had joined the Buccaneers the previous year while playing semi-professional football and working in an Orlando health club. Golsteyn was named the surprise starter after a strong preseason, but was demoted in favor of Jack Thompson after committing key errors in the first two games. Constant injury problems prevented the Buccaneers from establishing any consistency on offense.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
In addition to all offensive linemen suffering injuries, the team was left with only three healthy receivers when Kevin House pulled a muscle in the same week that Gene Branton was placed on injured reserve. The team continued the previous year's trend of needing to come back from second-half deficits, with the difference being that the team no longer had big-play potential. Observers felt that the team performed as though they had lost the confidence that they could score points when they needed to. The Buccaneers ranked last in the league in the ratio of touchdowns scored to touchdowns allowed.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
Despite the team's offensive woes, McKay refused to blame Thompson or any of the other quarterbacks, showing a patience similar to that which he showed with Doug Williams. He continued to state that Thompson was consistent and could become "a good solid quarterback", but acknowledged that he had not performed to expectations.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
He stated that the team would be looking to improve their quarterback situation the following year, but that the draft was expected to be short on quarterbacks, and that the team was not likely to be able to find a better player than Thompson through trades or free agency. A rumored trade for New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms never developed; Simms eventually broke his thumb and went on injured reserve. For the first three weeks of the season, the team ranked 2nd in the NFC in defense, but last in offense.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
The defense collapsed after the third game, allowing 55, 27, and 34 points in the next three losses. McKay said that defensive players were beginning to worry about covering for other players instead of focusing on their own position, and that the defense was breaking down as a result. He also noted that the increased booing was causing the players to tighten up and play what McKay called "scared football". After McKay threatened to punch Milwaukee Sentinel reporter Bud Lea following a 55–14 loss to the Packers, a newspaper poll showed that 92% of Florida residents felt that McKay should be fired or announce his retirement.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
Several injuries to the defensive backfield required that the team play more young players than they desired to, with the result that their pass defense fell among the league's worst after having led the NFC the previous season. Injuries later hit the linebacking corps. In a game against the Cardinals, the team had no experienced outside linebackers, and started two players who had both been with the team for less than two weeks and did not even know each other's names.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
The team continued to bring in linebackers unfamiliar with their system, despite the presence of a healthy, experienced Richard Wood. Their battered secondary received a boost when former Cowboys and Giants safety Beasley Reece, disgruntled over having his roster spot taken over by Terry Kinard, demanded a release and was claimed off waivers. Reece wound up as a starter, and became one of the league interception leaders. Two Buccaneers signed with the Denver Gold of the USFL: Dave Stalls, who was waived immediately, and offensive lineman George Yarno, who was to leave after finishing the season.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
As the season went on, an offensive strategy emerged: get the ball as much as possible to James Wilder, an all-purpose back with skills comparable to those of the Cardinals' Ottis Anderson. This was effective in a near-victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, in which Wilder's 42 carries broke Franco Harris' NFL record (Wilder's record wound up being broken three weeks later by Butch Woolfolk of the Giants); and in their first win of the year, a victory over the Minnesota Vikings in which Wilder ran for 219 yards.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
However, broken ribs suffered the following week forced Wilder to miss the rest of the season, which in turn forced McKay to abandon efforts to fashion the Buccaneers as a running team. This roughly coincided with a general return to health along the offensive line, which resulted in a level of pass protection that allowed Thompson to break through with a run of seven touchdown passes in two games.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Regular season
Kicker Bill Capece wound up carrying much of the blame for the team's performance; one year after kicking several last-minute game-winning field goals that helped the team make the playoffs, he went 10–23 on field goal attempts. In the season finale, the team resorted to using George Yarno as the kicker on an extra-point attempt.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions
Lions defensive end William Gay recorded 51⁄2 sacks, six tackles and two assists, while Doug English sacked Jerry Golsteyn in the end zone for a safety, creating the only NFL game to ever finish with an 11–0 scoreline.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs Detroit Lions
Eddie Murray kicked field goals of 29, 48, and 38 yards. Tampa Bay drove deep into Lions territory twice, stopped on fourth-and-one in the first quarter, and forced to punt from the Lions' 30-yard line in the fourth. Dave Reavis suffered a sprained knee early in the game. McKay later said that both quarterbacks performed well when given the time to throw. Jimmie Giles saw limited duty. Kelly Thomas left the game with heat exhaustion. The seven sacks allowed by the Buccaneers were the result of first-half injuries to three Buccaneer tackles; Reavis, Thomas, and Gene Sanders. The injuries left the team with four guards and a center, but no tackles. Mark Cotney went on injured reserve after suffering a broken thumb that required surgery.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Chicago Bears
Offensive line injuries continued, as Steve Wilson and Randy Grimes both injured their snapping hands, and guard Ray Snell bruised his wrist. Despite the absence of three starting linemen, the Buccaneers held the Bears defense to two sacks. The Buccaneers missed numerous opportunities to win or tie the game, including being stopped on three consecutive plays from the one-yard line, dropping interceptions, and committing turnovers. An apparent Melvin Carver touchdown reception was nullified when he failed to keep his feet in bounds.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Chicago Bears
On the following series, a faked reverse by Bears quarterback Jim McMahon fooled cornerback John Holt, freeing Walter Payton for a touchdown reception. A last-minute drive ended when Michael Morton fumbled at the Bears' 26-yard line. Another fourth-quarter drive ended when Jerry Golsteyn threw the ball directly to Chicago cornerback Terry Schmidt.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs Minnesota Vikings
New Vikings signee Benny Ricardo kicked a 38-yard field goal with 28 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime, then kicked a 42-yarder to win the game. It followed a fake field goal attempt that nearly resulted in an interception of a Steve Dils pass. Bill Capece missed two kicks, including one from 33 yards in overtime. The Buccaneers squandered two chances at victory: one the missed overtime field goal, the other a 16–13 fourth-quarter lead they lost when a mixup in coverage allowed a 31-yard reception by Terry LeCount that set up a game-tying field goal.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings took an early 10–0 lead on a LeCount touchdown catch and a Ricardo field goal, but the Buccaneers came back with touchdowns on a James Owens run and a James Wilder reception. Tommy Kramer and Keith Nord required season-ending surgeries for torn ligaments suffered in the game. The crowd of 57,567 was the Buccaneers' smallest since 1980.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs Cincinnati Bengals
The matchup featured two statistically similar teams, both with 0–3 records. The Bengals entered the game with the NFL's 27th-ranked offense, but were able to move the ball easily against a Buccaneer defense that had performed well in the three previous games. Ken Anderson completed all of his first-half passes, and moved past Len Dawson into tenth place all-time in NFL career passing, with 28,775 yards. James Wilder tied his team record of 11 receptions, and gained a career-best 126 receiving yards. Jack Thompson's 75% completion percentage against Cincinnati was a team record.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs Cincinnati Bengals
Bengal Ken Riley scored a first-quarter touchdown on his 59th career interception, the most among active players. Riley then sat out the rest of the game, having pulled his hamstring on the return. McKay criticized Thompson for giving Riley an easy interception by not throwing far enough toward the sideline on an out pattern. After falling behind 20–7, Thompson rallied the team to within six points with a 15-yard fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Kevin House. Robert Jackson preserved the win for the Bengals by intercepting another Thompson pass in the end zone. The win ended the Bengals' seven-game (including preseason) losing streak, dating back to the previous December.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers
The win was Green Bay's first over the Buccaneers in seven meetings. The Buccaneers had only 20 yards rushing. The Packers' 49 first-half points broke their old NFL record of 45 in a single half, set in 1967. Their 55 points were the most scored by the team during Bart Starr's 9-year tenure as head coach, and were only two less than Tampa Bay's entire season total. Jan Stenerud's seven extra points and two field goals moved him past Jim Turner into second place all-time in NFL scoring, with 1,447 points. James Lofton became the fifth Packers receiver with 300 receptions, and had his 20th 100-yard receiving day.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers
Green Bay scored first on Phil Epps' 90-yard punt return, and then a 75-yard pass from Lynn Dickey to Jessie Clark. In the second quarter, they scored on a 1-yard Harlan Huckleby run, passes to Paul Coffman and Lofton, a 35-yard Mike Douglass fumble return, and a 27-yard John Anderson interception return. The Buccaneers scored on a 21-yard Hugh Green interception return, and a 2-yard James Owens run. When a reporter asked about the team's ineptitude, McKay called it the most disgraceful performance he'd ever seen, and then threatened to punch the reporter.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers
At least eight negative team records were broken, including the longest punt return and pass play by a Buccaneer opponent (Epps' 90-yard return and Dickey's 75-yard touchdown), most passing yards (363), points (55), and touchdowns (7) allowed in a game, and most points allowed in a quarter (35). James Lofton's four receptions for 112 yards made him the first wide receiver to catch for 100 yards in a single game against Tampa Bay. Dickey's three touchdown passes and Green Bay's seven touchdowns tied the records for a Tampa Bay opponent, and the final score was 1 point short of the team's biggest-ever margin of defeat.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Green Bay Packers
Eight of the team's 22 starters missed the game with injuries. Several linebackers and members of the secondary were playing either out-of-position or hurt. The aftermath of the game saw several lineup changes. McKay alleged that several players were not putting forth full effort, although he admitted that better players were not available. Terdell Middleton was waived and replaced by Adger Armstrong, without ever having gained a single yard for the Buccaneers. Cecil Johnson and Neal Colzie were placed on injured reserve.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys got their sixth come-from-behind victory in six games, despite being outplayed by the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay remained (with Houston) one of only two winless teams. Buccaneer defensive lapses allowed the Cowboys to move the ball when they needed to. Fourteen Buccaneer penalties for 185 yards, the most ever by a Cowboys opponent and five yards short of the Buccaneer team record, led to 13 Cowboy points. The most damaging was a running-into-the-kicker penalty against Thomas Morris that gave Rafael Septién a second, successful chance to kick a game-winning field goal.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Dallas Cowboys
The miscues erased the Buccaneers' best offensive performance to this point in the season. With the Buccaneers playing the same offensive line for two weeks in a row the first time all season, they were able to score the most points they ever had against the Cowboys. The secondary got a boost from the return of Mark Cotney. The linebacking corps received a blow only days after the loss of Cecil Johnson, when Andy Hawkins suffered a season-ending knee injury and was replaced by former 49ers linebacker Ed Judie, described by McKay as "a guy who just got in Thursday".


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals got only their second win of the season, after a Buccaneer rally failed to overcome a 27–6 deficit. The Cardinals had been the last remaining NFL team never to have beaten the Buccaneers. Numerous players missed starts due to injuries, including Sean Farrell and Dave Reavis. Booker Reese made his first start, in place of the injured John Cannon. Hugh Green missed the start due to a hamstring injury, and was replaced by Robert Thompson, a rookie claimed off of waivers from Houston the previous week. Jeff Davis' 18 tackles set a new Buccaneer record.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals quarterback Neil Lomax passed for touchdowns to Roy Green and Doug Marsh in the span of 26 seconds in the third quarter, and three touchdowns in all. The Buccaneers then scored twice in 63 seconds, with a 23-yard pass from Jack Thompson to Theo Bell and a 33-yard Hugh Green interception return, closing the score to 27–20. The Buccaneers were then held scoreless until an 11-yard pass to Jimmie Giles with one second left. Tampa Stadium fans not only booed the Buccaneers, but began to cheer for the Cardinals. When asked afterward about the Buccaneers' outlook, McKay replied, "Bleak". Some fans wore bags on their heads, one of which read, "We want Ed Biles", referring to the recently fired Houston Oilers coach.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs New Orleans Saints
Squandering an opportunity to put the game away, the Buccaneers went scoreless after taking a 21–10 lead. The Saints' offense was able to score enough points to win, despite being thwarted all day by the Tampa Bay defense. The two offenses combined for 127 passing yards and 214 interception yards. Rookie Jeremiah Castille intercepted a Ken Stabler pass for his first career interception, and returned it 69 yards for the Buccaneers' second touchdown. James Wilder scored two touchdowns, catching nine passes for 50 yards, and rushing for a team season-high 64 yards.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs New Orleans Saints
Jack Thompson was sacked seven times and intercepted thrice by the Saints. Racial slurs mixed in with the boos, with some fans telling Thompson (actually a native of American Samoa) to go back to Africa. Lee Roy Selmon and Cedric Brown left the game with ankle injuries, Gene Sanders pulled a calf muscle, and center Steve Wilson missed the game with the flu. Saints coach Bum Phillips afterward noted that the team missed Doug Williams. McKay later expressed concern over Thompson's progress, but continued to stand behind him as the team's starting quarterback.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers played poorly for three-quarters, allowing the Buccaneers to take a 12–0 lead despite the coaching staff's admonitions not to be fooled by the Buccaneers' 0–8 record. James Wilder's 42 carries broke Franco Harris' NFL record, Bill Capece kicked four field goals, and the defense forced seven turnovers. Newcomer Beasley Reece caught two of Cliff Stoudt's three interceptions. The Buccaneer offense was held without a touchdown.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers came to life in the fourth quarter with rookie Wayne Capers' first NFL touchdown reception, a 57-yard punt return by Paul Skansi that set up a 42-yard Gary Anderson field goal, and a 2-yard Frank Pollard touchdown run. A wide-open Kevin House dropped a potentially game-winning touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. McKay's entire postgame press conference consisted of two sentences: "We did not play well enough to win. We lost our ninth straight game and that is it". McKay later blamed blown assignments and media distractions for the loss. He said that players were bothered by rumors that injured linebacker Andy Hawkins had signed with a USFL team.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Minnesota Vikings
November 6, 1983, at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Minnesota Vikings
Tampa Bay upset Minnesota to leave the Houston Oilers as the league's only winless team. Wilder's 75-yard third-quarter run gave the Buccaneers the lead for good, and was the longest run play in team history. His 219 yards broke Ricky Bell's single-game team record of 167, and were the second most yards ever gained against the Vikings, behind Walter Payton's NFL single-game record 275 in 1977. David Logan scored the first touchdown, a 54-yard return of a fumble caused by a Lee Roy Selmon sack of Steve Dils.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Minnesota Vikings
This was Logan's third career fumble-return touchdown, one short of the NFL record. Ted Brown left the game after injuring his shoulder while scoring the Vikings' only touchdown. Steve Dils was hospitalized overnight after a hard hit left him disoriented. Gene Sanders, Lee Roy Selmon, Jimmie Giles, Randy Grimes, and Hugh Green all left the game with injuries. Selmon's injury was the result of an illegal chop block to the knee, one play after his sack of Dils. Some observers had predicted the upset, given the Buccaneers' performance through three-quarters of the previous week's game, and the Vikings' struggles over the past several weeks.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Cleveland Browns
The Browns' victory over the Buccaneers was their first shutout since 1974. Jimmie Giles was held out of the game with an injury, while Mike Washington became the third member of the opening-day secondary to go on injured reserve. Injuries to starting defensive ends Lee Roy Selmon and John Cannon contributed to the lack of pressure on Cleveland quarterback Brian Sipe, who had time to complete 14 of 26 passes for 174 yards and no interceptions. Rookie cornerback Jeremiah Castille had seven tackles, but was exploited by Sipe throughout the game.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Cleveland Browns
The Buccaneers' best scoring opportunity ended when Jerry Bell dropped a pass in the end zone. Long snapper Steve Wilson played with a broken bone in his right hand, which contributed to Bill Capece's missed field goal attempts of 23 and 31 yards. For the second week in a row, Melvin Carver fumbled on his first play of the game. The Browns defense was able to stifle James Wilder, who was held to 62 yards on 19 carries before a blow to the chest from the helmet of linebacker Eddie Johnson knocked him out of the game.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Cleveland Browns
Nevertheless, he became only the second Buccaneer (after Ricky Bell in 1979) to combine for over 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in a season. The injury, which Wilder called a "cheap shot", ended his season. McKay did not bother to show up for the postgame press conference, making reporters wait for 15 minutes but issuing only a brief written statement through a spokesperson.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs Chicago Bears
Several of the previous game's starters missed the game with injuries, including James Wilder, Jack Thompson, and both starting defensive ends (Lee Roy Selmon and John Cannon). Walter Payton rushed for 106 yards despite having been held out of practice the preceding week with fluid on his knee. In the process, he also passed 1,000 yards for the season, and moved past O. J. Simpson into third place on the NFL's all-time career rushing list with 11,257 yards.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs Chicago Bears
It was Payton's 53rd career 100-yard game and his seventh 1,000-yard season, which tied the record of Jim Brown and Franco Harris, the two players ahead of him on the career list. It also left him with 315 pass receptions, third all-time among Bears players and one short of Mike Ditka's total.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs Chicago Bears
Matt Suhey ran for 112 yards, a career best. The game was played in a heavy downpour, which contributed to the attendance of 36,816, the lowest in Buccaneer history. Jerry Golsteyn started in place of Jack Thompson, who had a bruised elbow. The Buccaneers totaled only 132 yards of offense, 42 of it on a single pass from Golsteyn to Kevin House at the end of the first half. The ineffective Golsteyn was replaced with Jeff Komlo in the fourth quarter. Golsteyn completed 3 of 13 passes for 49 yards and an interception.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs Chicago Bears
The Bears' 273 yards rushing was the most the Buccaneers had ever allowed, just one week after an opponent compared the physicality of the Tampa Bay defense to that of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Komlo was sacked three times, and his first pass was intercepted. He moved ahead of Golsteyn on the depth chart following the game. It was the first time since 1977, the week before their first franchise victory, that the Buccaneers had been shut out on consecutive weekends. McKay said of his defense's effort: "Based on today, none of them are going to the Hall of Fame...then again, neither am I".


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs Houston Oilers
The Buccaneers won the matchup between the two teams with the league's worst records, referred to variously as the "Turkey Bowl", the "Toilet Bowl", and the "Repus Bowl". It was the first time since the AFL merger that a meeting had occurred between two teams with such poor records so late in the season. Steve Wulf wrote of the game, "Yes, this was the Small One, the battle of the beatens, the movable object meeting the resistible force. There were only tomorrows. When these two teams get together, nothing can happen. This game was for a marble." There were 20,474 no-shows for the game; some of the fans in attendance held up a banner that read "Our Wives Think We're at a Pro Football Game".


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs Houston Oilers
The offensive line suffered no major injuries for the first time all season, with the result that Jack Thompson had time to complete four touchdown passes. The first was to fullback Adger Armstrong, who had been released by the Oilers earlier in the year. Thompson also threw two to Kevin House and one to Jim Obradovich, and completed 17 of 29 passes for 224 yards with no interceptions. The Buccaneers got three interceptions, one by Booker Reece and two by Beasley Reece. The early Tampa Bay lead kept Earl Campbell from becoming a factor in the game.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 14: at San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers were able to move the ball easily against the injury-riddled Buccaneer defense. Six defensive starters missed the game. By the end of the day, the only regular defensive starter still on the field was Ed Judie, who was not with the team at the beginning of the season. The Tampa Bay defense was able to hold Joe Montana to no touchdowns passing, but he scored on a 12-yard run, while Roger Craig ran for three touchdowns. The 49ers had their highest rushing total since 1978, with 227 yards. Jack Thompson threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns, with Kevin House accounting for 156 yards and a touchdown on six receptions.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs Green Bay Packers
Tampa Bay entered the game hoping to avenge their embarrassing early-season loss, by spoiling the Packers' playoff hopes. Instead, the Packers won the game to tie the Detroit Lions for the division lead. The Buccaneer defense kept Green Bay's second-ranked offense out of the end zone for the entire game. The Buccaneer offense was criticized for being overly conservative, although receiver Theo Bell pointed out that the Packers' style of defense left better rushing opportunities, due to the defensive backs' double-coverage of the outside receivers.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs Green Bay Packers
Jan Stenerud's second field goal moved him past George Blanda's record of 335 career field goals. Stenerud went on to kick two more, one to put the game into overtime, and the other to win. McKay publicly blamed Bill Capece for the loss, as did Monday Night Football announcer Don Meredith, after Capece missed an extra-point attempt and a potentially game-winning field goal attempt. Stenerud expressed sympathy for Capece, pointing out the difficulty of kicking when the team is constantly rotating the snapper and holder, as the Buccaneers had been doing. McKay later vowed not to attempt any field goals in the following week's game, and said, "I'm tired of being crucified by all these wonderful Florida people. God bless you and merry Christmas".


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Detroit Lions
Bill Capece did not make the trip to Detroit, reportedly having walked off of the practice field during the week due to McKay's public criticism of his performance. The Buccaneers signed Dave Warnke, a rookie who had lasted with the Lions until the final roster cuts, but who had never attempted a regular-season NFL kick. When Warnke missed a field goal and an extra-point attempt, guard George Yarno became the first offensive lineman to kick an extra point in an NFL game.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Detroit Lions
Observers pointed out the irony of Warnke and Capece blaming their kicking troubles on instability at the snapper and holder positions, while the USFL-bound Yarno, a lineman who had not kicked since high school, connected on his only career attempt. The missed kicks provided the margin of defeat and nullified an effective passing attack. Jack Thompson completed 28 of 43 passes for 373 yards, the second-highest total in Buccaneer history.


1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season, Awards and records, Team and Individual records
The following team records set in 1983 have since been broken:


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season
The 1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the ninth indoor season of the team's existence. The Rowdies captured the Indoor Grand Prix title. Although they would play for another 10 years, including two more indoors in 1983–84 and 1986–87, this would be the final trophy won by the original club.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Overview
Nearly all of the NASL teams opted out of participating in a full 1982–83 indoor season. Four clubs (Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Montreal Manic, Tulsa Roughnecks and Tampa Bay) played in a scaled down indoor tournament called the Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer. In this format each team would play a total of eight times, consisting of three weeks of double round-robin play, followed by a seeded "championship weekend" of matches.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Overview
A four-week long "shootout challenge" competition sponsored by Molson beer, was also played each match day, with the overall winners splitting a $5,000 purse on the final day.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Overview
Overall Tampa Bay fared well in the round-robin stage with a 4–2 record and 42 points. However, both losses were to Montreal who had finished with an identical record and points. The Manic earned the number one seed based on the head-to-head tiebreaker. This paired Tampa Bay up with the 3–3 Roughnecks for the semifinals. The Rowdies defeated Tulsa, 8–6, with a third quarter barrage that eventually turned a one-goal deficit into a three-goal cushion. That victory earned them a rematch with Montreal for the Grand Prix title.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Overview
In the championship final, "Le Manic" and the Rowdies battled back and forth into double overtime at the Montreal Forum. The visitors gained a 2–0 advantage, before Dale Mitchell put Montreal in the lead with a second period hat-trick. Each team added a goal in the third quarter. Tampa Bay continued to trail for most of the fourth until Zequinha tied the match with 1:55 remaining to send it to sudden death overtime.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Overview
The first extra session failed to produce a golden goal, but with just under two minutes lapsed in the second overtime Mark Karpun beat his defender down the left wing. He then tucked a shot past Manic goalie, Mehdi Cerbah, inside the far post for the game winner and the Rowdies' third indoor trophy.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Overview
Combined with their 4–0 record in friendlies, the Tampa Bay Rowdies completed their winter 1983 indoor schedule with a record of 10–2 in all matches. The Rowdies also won the finals of the $5,000 shootout challenge against Fort Lauderdale. In that event, goalie Jürgen Stars stopped all five Strikers' shots, while Wes McLeod and Hugo Perez converted their attempts for a 2–0 victory.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Club
The team's winter roster saw numerous changes over the course of the brief indoor season. Goalkeeper, Tom Boric was lost for the remainder of the indoor season after a knee injury in the Rowdies' second grand prix match on January 22. Defender, Mike Connell was only able to appear in one match because of a nagging Achilles injury. With Connell injured, Wes McLeod served as team captain for the 12-game indoor season Brazilian indoor specialist Tatu did not arrive from São Paulo FC until January 28, because of transfer issues, and missed the first four games. Peter Roe missed the final six matches with a broken toe.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Club
Around the same time the NASL began the ill-fated Team America experiment. The February try-outs for Team America overlapped with the Grand Prix schedule and as a result Arnie Mausser, Pedro DeBrito, Perry Van der Beck and Glenn Myernick became unavailable to the Rowdies for several games including the semifinal and championship matches. This forced the Tampa Bay coach, Al Miller to use rookies and reserve team players more often.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Competitions, Friendlies
The Rowdies participated in and won four friendlies. The first was played at Reunion Arena in Dallas against Tulsa. Three days before the grand prix began they faced Tulsa again at Oklahoma City's Myriad Arena. A mid-grand prix friendly pitted the club against Montreal at the Bayfront Center on January 29. Finally, in-state rival, Fort Lauderdale, met Tampa Bay at the Lakeland Civic Center in a post-tournament fixture, to close out the Rowdies' abbreviated 1983 indoor campaign.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Competitions, Grand Prix round-robin table
G = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal Differential, PTS= point system


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Competitions, Grand Prix round-robin table
6 points awarded for a win. Beginning with the fourth goal, 1 bonus point awarded for each goal scored. Maximum of 5 bonus points per game.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Competitions, Grand Prix round-robin table
*Montreal wins top seed based on 2–0 head-to-head record vs. Tampa Bay.


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Statistics, Scoring
GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points


1983 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season, Statistics, Goalkeeping
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; SV = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses


1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season
The 1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Yco-Tanduay in the All-Filipino Conference.


1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season, Summary
The Esquires missed out a berth in the round of four in the All-Filipino Conference, finishing just a game behind semifinalist Gilbey's Gin and Toyota.


1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season, Summary
Renamed as Tanduay Rhum Makers in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. The team signed up Francois Wise, formerly of disbanded U-Tex Wranglers, as their import. The Rhum Makers were the last team to enter the semifinal round after defeating San Miguel Beermen, 118-107. They lost all their six matches in the semifinals and placed third with a 3-1 series win over Gilbey's Gin in their battle for third place.


1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season, Summary
Francois Wise was Tanduay's lone import in their opening day overtime win over Gilbey's Gin at the start of the Open Conference on August 28 when their other import Reggie Gaines was sent home by coach Freddie Webb for reneging on an earlier agreement, asking for astronomical terms which were not part of the bargain when he agreed to come over. Gaines' replacement was another Philadelphia 76ers draftee George Melton. Tanduay had to win their last game in the eliminations against Toyota, 131-119 on October 27, to force a playoff with the Super Corollas for the last quarterfinals berth. Both teams finish with six wins and eight losses.


1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season, Summary
In the knockout game three nights later on October 30, the Rhum Makers rallied in the final minute to score a dramatic, come-from-behind 111-110 victory over Toyota, behind the plays of Mike Bilbao and Abet Gutierrez. The escape win eliminates the defending Open Conference champions Super Corollas for the second straight time in the season. In the quarterfinal round, the Rhum Makers were tied with Gilbey's and San Miguel with two wins and one loss and they figured in another playoff, this time for the fourth and last ticket to the semifinals against the Beermen. Tanduay lost to San Miguel, 104-108.


1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season, Scoring record
July 10: Import Francois Wise scored his personal-best of 74 points in Tanduay's 145-118 win over Great Taste.


1983 Taça de Portugal Final
The 1983 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1982–83 Taça de Portugal, the 43rd season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 21 August 1983 at the Estádio das Antas in Porto, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Benfica and Porto. Benfica defeated Porto 1–0 to claim an eighteenth Taça de Portugal. The final was played at the start of the following season, in August, and was played at F.C. Porto's home ground Estádio das Antas, after huge discussions about the place of the final. In spite of the home soil advantage, Porto could not stop Benfica from winning 1–0.


1983 Taça de Portugal Final
In Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP. As Benfica claimed both league and cup double in the same season, cup runners-up Porto faced their cup final opponents in the 1983 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.


1983 Team Ice Racing World Championship
The 1983 Team Ice Racing World Championship was the fifth edition of the Team World Championship. The final was held on ?, 1983, in Berlin in West Germany. West Germany won their first title ending a run of four consecutive victories for the Soviet Union.


1983 Tel Aviv Open
The 1983 Tel Aviv Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at the Israel Tennis Centers in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat HaSharon, Israel and was held from October 10 to October 15, 1983. It was the fourth edition of the tournament. Unseeded Aaron Krickstein won the singles title to become the youngest ever player to win a singles ATP title.


1983 Tel Aviv Open, Finals, Doubles
Colin Dowdeswell /  Zoltán Kuhárszky defeated  Peter Elter /  Peter Feigl 6–4, 7–5


1983 Tel Aviv Open – Doubles
Colin Dowdeswell and Zoltan Kuharszky won the title, defeating Peter Elter and Peter Feigl 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


1983 Tel Aviv Open – Singles
Aaron Krickstein won the tournament, beating Christoph Zipf in the final, 7–6, 6–3.


1983 Tel Aviv Open – Singles
At 16 years and 2 months old, Krickstein became the youngest winner of an ATP title in the Open Era. This record still stands as of 2021.


1983 Temple Owls football team
The 1983 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Bruce Arians, the team compiled a 4–7 record and was outscored by a total of 241 to 170. The team played its home games at Veterans Stadium and Franklin Field in Philadelphia.


1983 Temple Owls football team
The team's statistical leaders included Tim Riordan with 1,732 passing yards, Paul Palmer with 628 rushing yards and 48 points scored, and Russell Carter with 482 receiving yards.