1983 Code of Canon Law, Structure in detail, Subdivisions
Some canons contain "numbers" without "paragraphs", while most canons contain "paragraphs", and most "paragraphs" do not contain "numbers".


1983 Code of Canon Law, Structure in detail, Outline
This is the outline of the seven books of the 1983 Code of Canon Law.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book I. General Norms (Cann. 1–203)
This part of the Codex contains the general rules concerning


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book I. General Norms (Cann. 1–203)
Legal sources are laws (including custom as a special way of legislation because of the need of the approval of the legislator), which contain universal regulations, general decrees (legislative or executory), instructions and statutes which refer to a special group, and in case of statutes are legislated by this group itself, and administrative acts, which only decide single cases.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book I. General Norms (Cann. 1–203)
Persons are physical persons or juridic persons. Not everyone is considered a "physical person" according to the definition of the 1983 Code, because one is constituted a person with consequent duties and rights only by baptism.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book I. General Norms (Cann. 1–203)
The Codex specifies conditions for the validity of a juridical act, especially in relation to form, coercion, misapprehension and lack of participation.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book I. General Norms (Cann. 1–203)
Legal power is divided into the three authorities of legislative, executive and judicial. The ability to conduct juridical acts can be attached to an office or it can be delegated to a person. Appointment and loss of ecclesiastical office are regulated.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book I. General Norms (Cann. 1–203)
Time regulates prescription, which goes along with the national regulations, but can only be achieved in good faith, and definitions of time.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book II. The People of God (Cann. 204–746)
Book two describes the "People of God". It discusses the general rights and obligations of members of the church, and then discusses the ordering of the church, from the Holy See to the local parish.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book II. The People of God (Cann. 204–746)
The hierarchical constitution of religious and secular institutes and societies of apostolic life is shown to a degree adequate to explain the scope of applicability of the regulations of part two. A religious institute is a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows. This book is divided into three parts:


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book II. The People of God (Cann. 204–746)
The Christian faithful shows the obligations of the faithful in common, those of the lay and those of the sacred ministers or clerics with special consideration of the formation and incardination and excardination of clerics and personal prelatures. Furthermore, the associations of the Christian faithful especially their recognition as a juridic person are constituted, divided in public, private associations and those of the lay.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book II. The People of God (Cann. 204–746)
Part II is entitled, "The Hierarchical Constitution of the Church". This part describes the composition, rights and obligations of the Supreme Authority of the Church, consisting of the Roman Pontiff, the College of Bishops, the Synod of Bishops, the College of Cardinals, the Roman Curia and the Papal legates. A secular institute is an institute of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful, living in the world, strive for the perfection of charity and seek to contribute to the sanctification of the world, especially from within. Societies of apostolic life do not use a vow.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book III. The Teaching Function of the Church (Cann. 747–833)
Book III describes the teaching function of the church. The forms of teaching are the ministry of the Divine Word in the forms of the preaching of the word of God and the catechetical instruction, the missionary action of the church, the Catholic education in schools, Catholic universities and other institutes of higher studies and the ecclesiastical universities and faculties, the instruments of communication and books in particular and finally the profession of faith.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book IV. The Sanctifying Office of the Church (cann. 834–1123)
In book four the function of the church and its religious acts are explained. This book is composed of three parts


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book IV. The Sanctifying Office of the Church (cann. 834–1123)
The sacraments are baptism, confirmation, the most holy Eucharist, penance, anointing of the sick, holy orders and marriage. These sacraments are described with conditions, ceremony and participants.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book IV. The Sanctifying Office of the Church (cann. 834–1123)
Other acts of divine worship are sacramentals, the liturgy of the hours, ecclesiastical funerals, the veneration of the saints, sacred images and relics and the vow and oath.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book IV. The Sanctifying Office of the Church (cann. 834–1123)
Sacred places are those which are dedicated for divine worship or for the burial of the faithful. The Code knows five kinds of sacred places: churches, oratories and private chapels, shrines, altars and cemeteries. Sacred times are holy days of obligation, feast days and days of penance.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book V. The Temporal Goods of the Church (Cann. 1254–1310)
This part of the Corpus Juris is the regulation of the civil law. There are instructions concerning the acquisition and administration of goods especially the acquisition by bestowal either through an act inter vivos or through an act mortis causa and contracts with special care of alimentation.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399)
Book VI contains the canonical equivalent to secular criminal law. The book has two parts:


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399)
The first part declares the necessity of a violation of a law and shows the limits and requirements of such a penal law. It determines reasons, which eliminate the punishment as lack the use of reason, nonage (less than seventeen years), mistake in law or facts, missing causality or intent and self-defence. It also describes social cases as complicity, wilful default and attempt.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399)
Possible penalties are censures (excommunication and suspension), expiatory penalties (prohibition or an order concerning residence in a certain place or territory, privation of a power, office, function, right, privilege, faculty, favor, title or insignia) and penal remedies and penances. Finally the right of the application and cessation of penalties is regulated.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399)
The canon 1374 made implicit ant reference to the penalty of excommunication for Freemasons, that was enforced by the canon 2335 of the code of 1917, which enforced exclusively to the Pope the right to prosecute and excommunicate Roman Catholic Freemasons. In 1981 the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith restated that canon law forbade "Catholics, under the penalty of excommunication, to enroll in Masonic or other similar associations." Membership was still forbidden in a document dated back to 1983, but the emphasis was put on the prohibition for Freemasons to receive the  Holy Communion.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399)
The second part shows individual delicts, divided into delicts against religion and unity of the church, those against ecclesiastical authorities and the freedom of the church, those against special obligations, those against human life and freedom, usurpation of ecclesiastical functions and delicts in their exercise, and the crime of falsehood. In addition to these cases (and those stated in other laws) the external violation of a divine or canonical law can be punished when the special gravity of the violation demands punishment and there is an urgent need to prevent or repair scandals.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399), 2021 revisions
The Catholic Church updated Book VI of its 1983 Code of Canon Law in June 2021 (taking effect on 8 December 2021) for clearer rules on numerous offences, including sexual ones. The revision was the result of a long process commenced in 2009 to better prevent and address Catholic Church sexual abuse cases, mostly committed by clerics against underage children entrusted in their care, but also against vulnerable adults, or other sexual offences the Church regards as sinful due to breaching the clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis, archbishop Filippo Iannone and other officials stated that bishops had been too lenient in penalising offenders in the past, in part because of the wiggle room the vague wording of canon law allowed for, and formally introduced laicization as a penalty for certain sexual offences.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399), 2021 revisions
In Catholic theology, the Decalogue (or Ten Commandments) are numbered so that the sixth commandment is "Thou shalt not commit adultery". The Catholic Church's interpretation of the sixth commandment is much broader than just adultery (extramarital sex), and concerns a set of offences against chastity. The revised provisions on sexual offences are derived from this broad interpretation of the sixth commandment.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399), 2021 revisions
The provisions in Canon 1395 §3. are coercion-based, as they require evidence of the use of 'force, threats or abuse of his authority', while Canon 1398 §1. describes sexual offences in which the victim was deemed incapable of consenting (because of 'habitually [having] an imperfect use of reason'). There is no freely given sexual consent for people deemed capable of consenting.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399), 2021 revisions
"A cleric who by force, threats or abuse of his authority commits an offence against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue or forces someone to perform or submit to sexual acts is to be punished with the same penalty as in § 2 [i.e. punished with just penalties, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state if the case so warrants]."


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311–1399), 2021 revisions
"A cleric is to be punished with deprivation of office and with other just penalties, not excluding, where the case calls for it, dismissal from the clerical state, if he:


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752)
Book VII contains the legal procedure. It is divided into five parts.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752), Part I
The first part trials in general defines the court system, its two local instances and the Roman Pontiff as the supreme judge with the representation by the tribunals of the Apostolic See, especially the Roman Rota. It determines the participants of the lawsuit, the judge, the auditors and relators, the promoter of justice, the Defender of the Bond, the notary, the petitioner, the respondent, and the procurators for litigation and advocates.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752), Part I
Finally it describes the discipline to be observed in tribunals, with the duty of judges and ministers, the order of adjudication, the time limits and delays, the place of the trial, the persons to be admitted to the court, the manner of preparing and keeping the acts, and the actions and exceptions in general and specific.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752), Part II
The contentious trial begins with the introductory libellus of litigation and the citation and notification of juridical act. The joinder of the issue occurs when the terms of the controversy are defined by the judge, through a decree of the judge. Further on, this part explains the trial of the litigation, especially the absence of a party, the intervention of a third person and the proofs. There are six kinds of proof: declarations of the parties, documents, testimonies, experts, judicial examination and inspection, and presumptions. After taking evidence the acts are published, the case concluded and then discussed.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752), Part II
The case ends with the sentence of the judge. The sentence can be challenged by complaint of nullity and by appeal. Finally the res judicata and restitutio in integrum, the execution of the judgement, the judicial expenses and gratuitous legal assistance are regulated. As an alternative to this contentious trial there is the possibility of an oral contentious process.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752), Part III
Part three defines special processes and their special regulations, the process for declaring the nullity of marriage, cases of separation of spouses, process for the dispensation from a marriage ratum sed non consummatum, the process in the presumed death of spouses, and cases for declaring the nullity of sacred ordination. This part also shows methods of avoiding trials.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752), Part IV
Part four shows the proceedings of the penal process, with the preliminary investigation, the trial, and the adhesive procedure.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752), Part V
The last part shows the methods of proceeding in administrative recourse, which can be made by any person who says he was aggrieved by a decree, and the removal or transfer of pastors with display of the reasons for the removal or transfer.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Book VII. Processes (Cann. 1400–1752), Part V
The final canon, 1752, ends with the teleological and juridical principle that the supreme law of the Church is the salvation of souls (commonly formulated Salus animarum lex suprema est.)


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments
After the promulgation of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, popes have amended it eight times, with changes to 43 canons in total (111, 112, 230, 535, 579, 694, 729, 750, 838, 868, 1008, 1009, 1086, 1108, 1109, 1111, 1112, 1116, 1117, 1124, 1127, 1371, and 1671–1691).


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, Ad tuendam fidem
On 18 May 1998 Pope John Paul II issued the motu proprio Ad tuendam fidem, which amended two canons (750 and 1371) of the 1983 Code of Canon Law and also two canons (598 and 1436) of the 1990 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, so as to add "new norms which expressly impose the obligation of upholding truths proposed in a definitive way by the Magisterium of the Church, and which also establish related canonical sanctions."


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, Omnium in mentem
On 26 October 2009 Pope Benedict XVI issued the motu proprio Omnium in Mentem, which amended five canons (1008, 1009, 1086, 1117, 1124) of the 1983 Code of Canon Law clarifying that, among those in Holy Orders, only bishops and priests received the power and mission to act in the person of Christ the Head while deacons obtained the faculty to exercise the diakonias of service, Word, and charity. The amendments also removed formal defection from the Catholic faith as excusing Catholics from the canonical form of marriage.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus
On 15 August 2015 Pope Francis issued the motu proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus, which amended twenty-one canons (1671–1691) to reform the process of determining matrimonial nullity. The document was made public on 8 September 2015.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, De concordia inter codices
On 31 May 2016, Pope Francis issued the motu proprio De concordia inter codices, which amended ten canons (111, 112, 535, 868, 1108, 1109, 1111, 1112, 1116 and 1127) to reconcile the norms of the Latin Code of Canon Law with those of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. He did so after consultation with a committee of experts in Eastern and Latin canon law organized by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, Magnum principium
On 3 September 2017 Pope Francis issued the motu proprio Magnum principium, which amended one canon (838) to grant episcopal conferences authority over liturgical translations.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, Communis vita
On 19 March 2019, Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter given motu proprio Communis vita. It institutes ipso facto dismissal of religious who are absent for a full year illegitimately from their religious house. It replaces canons 694 and 729 in their entirety, with a vacatio legis of 10 April 2019.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, Authenticum charismatis
On 1 November 2020, Pope Francis issued the motu proprio Authenticum charismatis whereby canon 579 was amended so as to reflect the fact that diocesan bishops of the Latin Church are required, for validity, to receive the prior permission of the Apostolic See before issuing a decree of erection of a new religious institute of diocesan right. The vacatio legis is 10 November 2020.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, Spiritus Domini
The motu proprio Spiritus Domini was released on 11 January 2021; it changes the Code of Canon Law (canon 230 §1) to state that the instituted ministries of acolyte and lector are open to "lay persons", i.e. both men and women, instead of previously "lay men". This change, Francis says, acknowledges a "doctrinal development" that has occurred in recent years.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Summary, Amendments, Pascite gregem Dei
The apostolic constitution Pascite gregem Dei changes the book VI. Its changes are scheduled to take effect on 8 December 2021.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Notable canons
Canon 97 reduces the canonical age of majority from 21 to 18, according to the consensus of civil law.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Notable canons
Canons 823 to 824 obliges bishops to censor material concerning faith or morals.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Notable canons
Canon 915 forbids the administration of Holy Communion to those upon whom the penalty of excommunication or interdict has been imposed or declared or who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Notable canons
Canon 916 prohibits clergy in mortal sin from celebrating Mass, and forbids laypeople in mortal sin from receiving the Eucharist, except when they have a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess, in which case they must make an Act of Perfect Contrition and confess their mortal sins as soon as possible.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Notable canons
Canon 919 §1 establishes a one-hour fast before the reception of the Eucharist (this fast does not include water or medicine).


1983 Colchester Borough Council election
The 1983 Colchester Borough Council election for the Borough of Colchester took place in 1983. They were held on the same day as the 1983 general election.


1983 Colchester Borough Council election, Ward Results
There were 20 councillors elected from the same number of wards.


1983 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1983 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate ranked No. 7 nationally and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs for the second year in a row, but lost in the first round.


1983 Colgate Red Raiders football team
In its eighth season under head coach Frederick Dunlap, the team compiled an 8–4 record (8–3 regular season). Gil Terenzi and Rich White were the team captains.


1983 Colgate Red Raiders football team
A four-game winning streak to open the campaign rocketed the Red Raiders to nearly the top of the weekly national rankings, reaching as high as No. 2 . They remained in the top 20 for all but one week of the year.


1983 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


1983 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in United States team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


1983 College Baseball All-America Team
The NCAA recognizes two different All-America selectors for the 1983 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947) and Baseball America (since 1981).


1983 College Football All-America Team
The 1983 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1983. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes five selectors as "official" for the 1983 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA); (2) the Associated Press (AP) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers; (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) selected by the nation's football writers; (4) the United Press International (UPI); and (5) the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Other selectors included Football News (FN), Gannett News Service, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and The Sporting News (TSN).


1983 College Football All-America Team, Consensus All-Americans
The following charts identify the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1983 and displays which first-team designations they received.


1983 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1983 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Colorado renewed its rivalry with Colorado State after 25 years and posted a winning record after three games for the first time since 1978.


1983 Colorado State Rams football team
The 1983 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Leon Fuller, the Rams compiled a 5–7 record.


1983 Columbia Lions football team
The 1983 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia placed second-to-last in the Ivy League.


1983 Columbia Lions football team
In their fourth season under head coach Bob Naso, the Lions compiled a 1–7–2 record and were outscored 363 to 218. John Witkowski was the team captain.


1983 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 1–5–1 conference record finished seventh in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 221 to 130 by Ivy opponents.


1983 Columbia Lions football team
This season marked the start of a winless streak and a losing streak that would become the worst-ever in Division I. Following their October 15 win over Yale, Columbia would go 47 games without a win. As the Bucknell and Dartmouth games in 1983 would also be the only tie games during the streak, this meant four complete seasons (1984 to 1987) of nothing but losses, with 44 losses in a row. The streak finally ended with a homecoming win October 9, 1988, against Princeton. This stretch included 33 consecutive Ivy League losses, starting with 1983's Cornell and Brown games. A decade later, Columbia's streak was surpassed by an 80-game loss streak by Prairie View A&M in 1989-1998.


1983 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia scheduled most of its games on the road in 1983, as its own football stadium was being rebuilt. The Lions hosted two home games at the NFL's Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and one game at Hofstra Stadium in Hempstead, New York.


1983 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The 1983 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the seventh Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in New Delhi, India, between 23 and 29 November 1983, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. The retreat was held in Goa. Discussions were held on three major topics – the American Invasion of Grenada, the occupation of Namibia by South African and Cuban troops and the nuclear rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.


1983 Congoleum Classic
The 1983 Congoleum Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was played at the La Quinta Resort and Club in La Quinta, California in the United States from February 21 through February 28, 1983. Third-seeded José Higueras won the singles title.


1983 Congoleum Classic, Finals, Doubles
Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez defeated  Tian Viljoen /  Danie Visser 6–3, 6–3


1983 Congoleum Classic – Doubles
Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramirez were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Tian Viljoen and Danie Visser.


1983 Congoleum Classic – Singles
Yannick Noah was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Eliot Teltscher.


1983 Congoleum Classic – Singles
José Higueras won the singles title of the 1983 Congoleum Classic tennis tournament in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Teltscher.


1983 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1983 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by first-year head coach Tom Jackson, and completed the season with a record of 5–6.


1983 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 1983 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the fourteenth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 currently unknown. Titikaveka won the championship, their thirteenth recorded championship, and third in a row following a run of nine consecutive titles in the 1970s.


1983 Copa América
The 1983 Copa América football tournament was played between August 10 and November 4, with all ten CONMEBOL members participating. Defending champions Paraguay received a bye into the semi-finals.


1983 Copa América, Group stage
The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, nil points for a loss. The winner of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


1983 Copa América, Semi-finals
Aggregate tied 1-1: Brazil won on a drawing of lots.


1983 Copa América, Goal scorers
With three goals, Jorge Luis Burruchaga, Roberto Dinamite and Carlos Aguilera are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 55 goals were scored by 40 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.


1983 Copa América Finals
The 1983 Copa América Final was the final match to determine the champion of the 1983 Copa América, the 32nd. edition of this continental competition. The final was played in the two-legged tie system, with the team earning more points being the champion. The first leg was held on October 27 in Estadio Centenario of Montevideo, where Uruguay beat Brazil 2–0. In the second leg, held on November 4 in Estádio Fonte Nova in Salvador, both teams tied 0–0.


1983 Copa América Finals
Uruguay was crowned champion winning 3–1 on points (plus 2–0 on aggregate), therefore achieving their 12th. Copa América title.


1983 Copa América squads
The following is a list of squads of the countries that played in the 1983 Copa América. The first round was played in three groups of three teams with Paraguay entering directly to the semi finals as title holder.


1983 Copa Fraternidad
The 1983 Copa Fraternidad was the 13th edition of the Central American football club championship organized by UNCAF, the regional governing body of Central America.


1983 Copa Fraternidad
Comunicaciones F.C. won their second title by winning the final round.


1983 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 1983 was won by Grêmio against C.A. Peñarol.


1983 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 1983 Copa Libertadores de América Finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the Copa Libertadores de América champion. It was contested by Brazilian club Grêmio and Uruguayan club Peñarol. The first leg of the tie was played on 22 July at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, with the second leg played on 28 July at Estádio Olímpico Monumental in Porto Alegre.


1983 Copa Libertadores Finals
With the first game tied 1-1, Grêmio were crowned champions after winning the second leg 2–1.


1983 Copa Libertadores Finals, Format
The finals was played over two legs; home and away. The team that accumulated the most points —two for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs was crowned champion. If the two teams were tied on points after the second leg, a playoff in a neutral would become the next tie-breaker. Goal difference was used as a last resort.


1983 Copa Perú
The 1983 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1983), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


1983 Copa Perú
In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus de team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).


1983 Copa Perú, Finalists teams
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Final Stage.


1983 Copa Polla Gol
The Copa Polla Gol 1983 was the 13th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on March 6, 1983 and concluded on July 10, 1983. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Universidad Católica won the competition for their first time, winning the final liguilla. In this edition, and for the first time, the Chilean Cup qualified teams to Copa Libertadores; in this case, the champions Universidad Católica and the runners-up O'Higgins.


1983 Copa Polla Gol, Group Round, North Group
Magallanes qualified for the second round due to its better group head-to-head results (3-1 & 2-2)


1983 Copa República
The Copa República 1983 was an official Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on January 11, 1984, and concluded on March 7, 1984. Universidad Católica won the competition for their second time, beating Naval 1–0 in the final. Played on early 1984, the tournament was the second official cup competition of the season 1983.


1983 Copa de la Liga
The 1983 Copa de la Liga was the first edition of Copa de la Liga. The competition started on May 8, 1983 and concluded on June 29, 1983. Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the Copa de la Liga only lasted four years since 1982, being cancelled in 1986.


1983 Copa de la Liga, Format
The Copa de la Liga was played by 18 teams of 1982–83 La Liga. All rounds are played over two legs. The team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. The 1982–83 Copa del Rey semifinal losers are exempt until second round, and the 1982–83 Copa del Rey final teams are exempt until quarterfinals.


1983 Copa de la Liga, First round
First leg: 8 May 1983. Second leg: 21 and 22 May 1983.


1983 Copa de la Liga, Second round
First leg: June 1, 1983. Second leg: June 8, 1983.


1983 Copa de la Liga, Quarter-Finals
First leg: June 12, 1983. Second leg: June 15, 1983.


1983 Copa de la Liga, Semi-Finals
First leg: June 19, 1983. Second leg: June 22, 1983.


1983 Copa del Rey Final
The 1983 Copa del Rey Final was the 81st final of the Copa del Rey. The final was played at La Romareda in Zaragoza, on 4 June 1983, being won by Barcelona, who beat Real Madrid 2–1.


1983 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
The 1983 Copa del Rey was the 47th edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was the last edition organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation and its final was played in Palencia.


1983 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
The competition was played after the end of the 1982–83 Liga Nacional.


1983 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Round of 16
Teams #2 played the second leg at home. Real Madrid and FC Barcelona received a bye to the quarterfinals.


1983 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Final
FC Barcelona won its 13th title after beating Real Madrid 2-1 in the final CB Inmobanco. Previously, Real Madrid boycotted the semifinal against Barcelona due to the non-signature of the creation of the ACB by the Catalans.


1983 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Final
As Barcelona won the Liga Nacional, Inmobanco qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as runner-up, but finally was dissolved before the start of the next season.


1983 Coppa Italia Final
The 1983 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 1982–83 Coppa Italia. The match was played over two legs on 19 and 22 June 1983 between Juventus and Hellas Verona. Juventus won  after extra time 3–2 on aggregate.


1983 Corby District Council election
The 1983 Corby District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Corby District Council in Northamptonshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, which it had gained at the previous election in 1979.


1983 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1983 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 74th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 30 January 1983. The championship began on 8 May 1983 and ended on 23 October 1983.


1983 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 23 October 1983, Cloughduv won the championship following a 1-14 to 1-06 defeat of Ballinhassig in the final at Ballinora Sportsfield. This as their fourth championship title overall and their first title since 1973.


1983 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Éire Óg's Denis Desmond was the championship's top scorer with 0-28.


1983 Cork Junior Hurling Championship
The 1983 Cork Junior Hurling Championship was the 86th staging of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board. The championship began on 25 September 1983 and ended on 6 November 1983.


1983 Cork Junior Hurling Championship
On 6 November 1983, St. Catherine's won the championship following a 1–13 to 1–08 defeat of Aghabullogue in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It was their first ever championship title.


1983 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1983 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 95th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 30 January 1983. The championship began on 17 April 1983 and ended on 23 November 1983.


1983 Cork Senior Football Championship
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Nemo Rangers at the semi-final stage.


1983 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 27 November 1983, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 4-12 to 2-03 defeat of Clonakilty in the final. This was their seventh championship title overall and their first title since 1981.


1983 Cork Senior Football Championship
Ephie Fitzgerald from the Nemo Rangers club was the championship's top scorer with 2-23.


1983 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1983 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 95th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 13 May 1983 and ended on 9 October 1983.


1983 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 9 October 1983, Midleton won the championship following a 1-18 to 2-9 defeat of St. Finbarr's in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their first since 1916.


1983 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1983 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell finished fifth in the Ivy League.


1983 Cornell Big Red football team
In its first season under head coach Maxie Baughan, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record and was outscored 268 to 161. Brad Decker and Frank Farace, Mark Miller and Mike Scully were the team captains.


1983 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell's 3–3–1 conference record placed fifth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 134 to 119.


1983 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1983 Cotton Bowl Classic was the 47th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, January 1. Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season, it matched the fourth-ranked SMU Mustangs of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and the #6 Pittsburgh Panthers, an independent. A slight underdog, SMU rallied in the fourth quarter to win, 7–3.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic
The game featured SMU running back Eric Dickerson and Pittsburgh quarterback Dan Marino; both were first round picks in the 1983 NFL Draft and are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic
Despite the two teams combining for 622 yards, only ten points were scored in the game as there were four turnovers, and the final one decided the game.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Pittsburgh
The Panthers won their first seven games and attained the #1 ranking, but lost at home to Notre Dame, and later fell at rival Penn State, the eventual national champion. Through 2021, this is their only appearance in the Cotton Bowl.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, SMU
The Mustangs opened with ten wins, then tied Arkansas. This was SMU's fourth Cotton Bowl, their first in sixteen years, and remains the program's most recent major bowl appearance.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Televised by CBS, the game kicked off shortly after 12:30 p.m. CST, as did the Fiesta Bowl on NBC. Temperatures in Dallas were around freezing (32 °F (0 °C)), with light rain and sleet.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
The Panthers drove to the SMU 1-yard line on the game's opening series, but Panther halfback Joe McCall fumbled, and Mustang safety Wes Hopkins fell on the loose ball at the 2-yard line. SMU and Pittsburgh did not score in the half, the first scoreless first half in the Cotton Bowl in 22 years.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
On their first possession of the third quarter, the Panthers scored first when Eric Schubert booted a 43-yard field goal. SMU went on an 80-yard drive, capped by quarterback Lance McIlhenny's nine-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, which was the only touchdown of the day.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Dan Marino then engineered a drive which put the Panthers in scoring position at the SMU 7-yard line. On third-and goal and under pressure, Marino threw a pass, but it was tipped by Hopkins and intercepted in the end zone by Blane Smith, helping to clinch the victory for SMU, who finished without a loss for the season.


1983 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
SMU climbed to second in the final AP poll and Pittsburgh fell to tenth.


1983 Country Music Association Awards
The 1983 Country Music Association Awards, 17th Ceremony, was held on October 10, 1983, at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winner Willie Nelson and artist Anne Murray.


1983 County Championship
The 1983 Schweppes County Championship was the 84th officially organised running of the County Championship. Essex won the Championship title. The Championship was sponsored by Schweppes for the sixth and final time.


1983 County Championship
In May 1983, in the match between Essex and Surrey at Chelmsford, Surrey were dismissed in their first innings for 14 runs.


1983 Coupe de France Final
The 1983 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris on 11 June 1983. Paris Saint-Germain FC defeated FC Nantes 3–2 thanks to goals by Pascal Zaremba, Safet Sušić and Nabatingue Toko.


1983 Coupe de France Final, In popular culture
In the romantic comedy Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, the title character avenges a trick by interfering with a man's viewing of this match on his television set. This sequence occurs approximately eight minutes into the film.


1983 Cricket World Cup
The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket all through the tournament. Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing well during those times scored victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favourites West Indies qualified for the semi-finals. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.


1983 Cricket World Cup
The matches consisted of 60 overs per innings and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Format
The format of the 1983 World Cup was 2 groups of four teams, each team playing each other twice. The top two teams from each group then advanced to the semi finals with the winners further advancing to the finals. Every game was of 60 overs with all day matches.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Participants
Eight teams qualified for the final tournament (seven full ICC members, including recently appointed full member Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe, who qualified by winning the 1982 ICC Trophy).


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
Unlike in previous Cricket World Cups, the group stages were played in a double round robin format. Group A comprised the hosts England, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka; while Group B contained reigning champions West Indies, India, Australia, and the sole qualifier Zimbabwe. Unlike in later World Cups, with formats designed such that all games could be screened live on television, matches took place simultaneously at multiple venues, with matches played every other day and a reserve day in case of rain, although only three of the matches required a second day.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
In Group A, England started strongly with a 106 run victory over New Zealand at The Oval, scoring an imposing 322/6 in their innings, driven by a partnership of 115 in 16 overs between Allan Lamb and Mike Gatting. Pakistan also started with a win, by 50 runs over Sri Lanka, despite being hampered throughout the tournament by Imran Khan being unfit to bowl, after scoring 338/5 in 60 overs. England's second group match brought a second win, as David Gower's 130, including five sixes and 12 fours, powered a 47 run win over Sri Lanka.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
Meanwhile, New Zealand beat Pakistan by 52 runs despite Abdul Qadir's 4/21 in 12 overs. England then beat Pakistan by 8 wickets with nearly ten overs to spare at Lords, while Richard Hadlee's 5/25 saw Sri Lanka bowled out for 206, New Zealand getting home with over 20 overs to spare. England's only defeat of the group stages came in the fourth round of matches, against New Zealand, off the penultimate ball of the New Zealand innings. Pakistan triumphed over Sri Lanka, once again led by Abdul Qadir (5/44).


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
The fifth round of matches on 18 June saw England seal their place in the semi-final, with a first wicket partnership of 115 between Graeme Fowler and Chris Tavaré alone scoring nearly half of Pakistan's 232. Meanwhile, New Zealand failed to secure passage to the knockout stage, losing to Sri Lanka in a low scoring affair. In the final round of matches, England beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets in a match with no implications for the final table. The match between New Zealand and Pakistan would decide the second qualifier.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
Any win by New Zealand would be sufficient to see them qualify; Pakistan had not only to win, but do so by a sufficient margin to overhaul New Zealand's average run rate. An 11 run victory for Pakistan proved sufficient, as Zaheer Abbas made an unbeaten 103 before New Zealand were bowled out.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
Group B started with the first shock of the tournament, as Zimbabwe beat Australia in what Wisden described as "a bigger surprise than any in the previous two world cups". Duncan Fletcher led the way, making 69* and being awarded man of the match.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
In the other opening Group B match, India delivered another "shocker" as they beat the holders West Indies by 34 runs, bowling them out for 228 with 35 balls to spare -- the 1st ever defeat suffered by the mighty West Indies in a World Cup as they had dominated both the 1975 and 1979 tournaments without losing a single match in either edition! Wet weather in the second round of games played on 11 June led to low scores.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
West Indies scored 252/9 in their innings, which stretched over two days, against Australia; in response, Australia were bowled out for 151 in just 30.3 overs, an effort not helped by Graeme Wood being taken to hospital with severe concussion after being hit by Michael Holding. India comfortably beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets in the contemporaneous fixture. Two days later, Australia thrashed India by 162 runs, with man of the match Trevor Chappell scoring 110 off 131 balls and Ken MacLeay taking 6/39. The other match that day was also a one-sided affair, as West Indies restricted Zimbabwe to just 217/7 in their 60 overs, despite Duncan Fletcher scoring another unbeaten half century, and then romped home with a partnership of 195 for the third wicket between Gordon Greenidge and Larry Gomes.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
In the first of the return fixtures, West Indies overcame India by 66 runs, with Viv Richards making 119; for the second time in the tournament, an opposing batsman retired hurt, as Dilip Vengsarkar was the unlucky batsman on this occasion, hit in the mouth by Malcolm Marshall. Australia beat Zimbabwe by 32 runs to level their account in the tournament.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
The India v Zimbabwe match on June 18 was described by Wisden as "a remarkable match [which] contained one of the most spectacular innings played in this form of cricket", as Kapil Dev coming in to bat with India at 9/4 that soon became 17/5, went on to score 175 not out from India's score of 266/8, which Zimbabwe narrowly failed to chase down, India winning by 31 runs. West Indies qualified for the semi-finals with a match to spare, beating Australia by 7 wickets substantially due to a partnership of 124 for the second wicket between Greenidge and Richards.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
That left West Indies versus Zimbabwe as a dead rubber, and West Indies duly won by ten wickets with nearly fifteen overs to spare. The final group B match was a straightforward tussle for qualification between Australia and India. However, after India had made 247 all out, in a team effort where the highest score was 40 and there were 37 extras, Australia collapsed to 129 all out, with Madan Lal and Roger Binny taking four wickets each.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the first semi-final, at Old Trafford on 22 June, England won the toss and elected to bat. The English batsmen mistimed many balls and used the bat's edge frequently, as the restrictive Indian bowling led England to score 213 (all out, 60 overs). Graeme Fowler (33 from 59 balls, 3 fours) top scored, and Kapil Dev took 3 for 35 in eleven overs, with Mohinder Amarnath and Roger Binny taking two wickets each.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In reply, Yashpal Sharma (61 from 115 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes) and Sandeep Patil (51 from 32 balls, 8 fours) made half-centuries, as India reached their target in 54.4 overs, winning by 6 wickets in a classic victory over the previous tournament's runners-up. Mohinder Amarnath (46 from 92 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) picked up the man-of-the-match award for his all round performance, which saw him add 46 runs to his earlier bowling success (2/27 in 12 overs).


1983 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The second semi-final, between Pakistan and the West Indies, was staged at The Oval on the same day. West Indies won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat, whom they restricted to just 184 (8 wickets, 60 overs). Mohsin Khan (70 from 176 balls, 1 four) fought his way past 50 against the superb West Indies Bowling (he was the only Pakistani batsman to reach 50). Malcolm Marshall (3/28) and Andy Roberts (2/25) starred with the ball.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The West Indies innings was based around a superb innings by Viv Richards (80 from 96 balls, 11 fours, 1 six), who took the man-of-the-match award, and an unbeaten half-century by Larry Gomes (50 from 100 balls, 3 fours), as the defending champions reached their target for the loss of just two wickets.


1983 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, India lost the toss and were asked to bat first against the West Indies. Only Krishnamachari Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls) and Mohinder Amarnath (26 from 80 balls) put up any significant resistance as Roberts, Marshall, Joel Garner and Michael Holding ripped through the Indian batsmen, ably supported by Gomes. Surprising resistance by the tail allowed India to compile 183 (all out, 54.4 overs).


1983 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The Indian bowling exploited the weather and pitch conditions perfectly to bowl out the West Indies for 140 from 52 overs, winning by 43 runs and completing one of the most stunning upsets in cricket history. It still remains the lowest ever total successfully defended in a World Cup final. Amarnath and Madan Lal each took three wickets. Viv Richards, was West Indies' top scorer with 33 from 28 balls. Amarnath was the most economical bowler, conceding just 12 runs from his seven overs, while taking 3 wickets, and was once again awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance. There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded in 1983.


1983 Cricket World Cup Final
The final of the 1983 Cricket World Cup was played between India and the West Indies at Lord's on 25 June 1983. This was the third consecutive World Cup final appearance for the West Indies, having won the last two Cricket World Cups. India, playing in their first final, defeated the West Indies to claim their first World Cup title. India's victory in the match is generally regarded as a landmark moment in Indian cricket.


1983 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
The match was the third consecutive World Cup final hosted at Lord's, following those in 1975 and 1979. India was making their first appearance at a World Cup final after defeating England by 6 wickets in the first semi-finals. This was also the first appearance by an Asian nation in a World Cup final. The West Indies had reached a third consecutive final after defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the second semi-final, and were looking for their third consecutive World Cup win.


1983 Cricket World Cup Final, Match details
After losing the toss, India were asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. Sunil Gavaskar, who had had a generally unsuccessful tournament, got dismissed early on for two. A partnership between Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Mohinder Amarnath took India past the 50 mark, before the former was taken lbw by Marshall. Amarnath was then bowled by Holding for 26, and only two more runs were made before Yashpal Sharma fell.


1983 Cricket World Cup Final, Match details
Kapil Dev, the Indian captain, took 8 balls to reach 15, but was caught off the bowling of Larry Gomes; while Kirti Azad fell for a duck, leaving India at 111/6. Roger Binny was caught on two, while Sandeep Patil made 27 to get India to 153/8. All rounder Madan Lal soon followed for 17, and 10th wicket partnership made 22 runs before Michael Holding bowled Syed Kirmani for 14. India were thus bowled out for 183 in 54.4 overs, which many thought was easily reachable. Andy Roberts had claimed three wickets, and Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Larry Gomes took two wickets each


1983 Cricket World Cup Final, Match details
The West Indies set out to chase the low target of 184, but lost an early wicket when Balwinder Sandhu famously clean bowled Gordon Greenidge. Desmond Haynes and Viv Richards, batted smoothly past 50, but both batsmen were removed by the bowling of Madan Lal, leaving the West Indies at 57/3. Lal soon claimed a third wicket - that of Gomes - and Dev then caught West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, leaving the West Indies at 66/5. Ten runs later, Faoud Bacchus was removed by Sandhu.


1983 Cricket World Cup Final, Match details
Jeff Dujon and Malcolm Marshall put on a partnership 43 runs, before Amarnath dismissed them on 119 and 124 respectively. Soon, Kapil Dev trapped Andy Roberts for lbw, and Amarnath bowled Michael Holding. The West Indies were thus all out for 140, and India had won their maiden Cricket World Cup by 43 runs. The Indian bowlers had exploited the weather and pitch conditions to complete one of the biggest upsets in cricket history, defeating the previously invincible West Indies. Both Amarnath and Lal had taken three wickets for India, while Sandhu claimed two. Amarnath was awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance. There was no "Man of the Series" award in 1983.


1983 Cricket World Cup Final, Scorecard, Indian Innings
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2–59 (Krishnamachari Srikkanth), 3–90 (Mohinder Amarnath), 4–92 (Yashpal Sharma), 5–110 (N Kapil Dev), 6–111 (Kirti Azad), 7–130 (Roger Binny), 8–153 (Sandeep Patil), 9–161 (Madan Lal), 10–183 (Syed Kirmani)


1983 Cricket World Cup Final, Scorecard, West Indies Innings
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Greenidge), 2-50 (Haynes), 3-57 (Richards), 4-66 (Gomes), 5-66 (Lloyd), 6-76 (Bacchus), 7-119 (Dujon), 8-124 (Marshall), 9-126 (Roberts), 10-140 (Holding)


1983 Cricket World Cup Officials
The 1983 Cricket World Cup was played in England on fifteen different venues. A total of 27 matches were played in 1983 Cricket World Cup including 2 Semifinals and a Final match.


1983 Cricket World Cup Officials, Umpires
11 umpires were selected to supervise 27 matches of the World Cup. All of them belonged to the England. The first semifinal was supervised by Don Oslear and David Evans while David Constant and Alan Whitehead supervised the second semifinal.


1983 Cricket World Cup Officials, Umpires
Dickie Bird was elected for the third time and Barrie Meyer for the second time to supervise a World Cup final.


1983 Cricket World Cup squads
This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1983 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1983 to 25 June 1983.


1983 Cricket World Cup squads, Australia, Background
Australia had won the triangular one day series at home over New Zealand and England during the 1982-83 summer. Kim Hughes had been in poor form for most of the summer but come good for the finals. The squad was picked in May. Greg Chappell was originally picked in the squad. Tom Hogan was selected over Bruce Yardley. Trevor Chappell was the biggest surprise for the squad, though Steve Smith had been a regular in Australia's one day team in the summer and he was overlooked. Later in the month Greg Chappell pulled out due to injury and Macleay replaced him.


1983 Cricket World Cup squads, England, Background
Alan Butcher, David Bairstow, Eddie Hemmings, Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor, David Mark Smith, Bill Athey, Wilf Slack, David Thomas were among the probables for the World Cup.


1983 Cricket World Cup squads, India, Background
The Indian squad was announced in May 1983. The other probables considered were Gundappa Viswanath, Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Maninder Singh, Ashok Malhotra, Surinder Amarnath, Anshuman Gaekwad, T. A. Sekhar. Sunil Valson was not in the original list of probables. The selection committee was headed by Ghulam Ahmed and had Chandu Borde, Chandu Sarwate, Bishan Singh Bedi and Pankaj Roy as the other members.


1983 Cricket World Cup squads, New Zealand, Background
Trevor Franklin and Evan Gray travelled with the team, but were not considered for the World Cup.


1983 Cricket World Cup squads, West Indies, Background
Milton Pydanna was on standby as wicket-keeper in case of any injury to Jeff Dujon.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics
This is a list of statistics for the 1983 Cricket World Cup.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics, Team statistics, Highest team totals
The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting statistics, Highest partnerships
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics, Bowling statistics, Most wickets
The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics, Bowling statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics, Fielding statistics, Most dismissals
This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.


1983 Cricket World Cup statistics, Fielding statistics, Most catches
This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season
The 1983 Crispa Redmanizers season was the ninth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Notable achievement
The Crispa Redmanizers won their second PBA Grand Slam by winning all three conferences of the season, duplicating their first three-conference sweep back in 1976.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
Three-time winning coach and former U/tex and San Miguel mentor Tommy Manotoc will call the shots for the Crispa Redmanizers beginning the league's 9th season. Crispa lost to Toyota, 84-86 on opening night on March 6. Following the defeat, the defending All-Filipino champions went on to sweep all their remaining games in the eliminations, the one-round semifinals and the best-of-five finals series against Gilbey's Gin to win the All-Filipino crown and finish the conference with a 12-game winning streak.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
On May 15 at the start of the Reinforced Filipino Conference. Crispa paraded an import named Billy Ray Bates, known as the "Black Superman". The 6-foot-3 guard from Mississippi, who played four NBA seasons, debut with 64 points in Crispa's 120-119 win over Great Taste, which had last year's Reinforced Conference best import Norman Black. The Redmanizers were unbeaten in the first round of eliminations.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
On June 19, Bates scored 50 points as Crispa repeated over Great Taste, 113-107 in Cebu City, for their ninth straight victory without a loss as the Redmanizers' winning streak reach to 21 games, dating back to the All-Filipino Conference. Four days later on June 23, the San Miguel Beermen ended Crispa's amazing 21-game winning run with a 110-99 victory.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
Crispa finish on top with an 11-3 win-loss slate and an outright semifinals berth along with second placer Great Taste with 10-4 after the double-round eliminations. The Redmanizers took the first finals seat while Great Taste withstood the tough challenge of Gilbey's Gin in their knockout match to earn the right to meet Crispa in the best-of-five championship.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
After a dismal performances by the Redmanizers in Games One and Three and sandwiched by a squeaker in Game Two, the Coffee Makers are on a threshold of winning their first title in their first finals appearance but the Redmanizers came back strongly to sweep the remaining two games in grand fashion for their second straight PBA crown of the season.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
DeWayne Scales, who had a short-lived NBA stint, will be Billy Ray Bates' partner for the Open Conference. The Redmanizers played their first game a week after they clinch the second conference trophy, they lost to Toyota Super Corollas, 93-102 on August 30, which played minus the big three (Fernandez, Jaworski & Arnaiz) but the game was highly anticipated because of the import match-up between Bates and Toyota's returning import Andrew Fields. After playing seven games in the first round of eliminations, Scales was replaced by Larry Demic.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
Crispa and Great Taste were tied on top of the standings with nine wins and five losses and both teams once again gained automatic berth to the next round. In the four-team, double round-robin semifinals, the Redmanizers scored big victories over Gilbey's, 138-122 on November 20, and San Miguel, 136-114 on November 22, in the second round that puts them a win away from a finals entry along with San Miguel Beermen going into the last scheduled playdate. Gilbey's and Great Taste refuses to call it curtains and prevailed over San Miguel and Crispa respectively as the four semifinalist ended up with identical three wins and three losses.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
The first-ever double playoff match for the two teams that will meet in the Open Conference finals took place on November 26, Great Taste takes the first ticket with a 126-118 win over Gilbey's Gin in the first game while Crispa later on arranged a finals rematch with the Coffee Makers by winning over San Miguel Beermen, 130-120 in the nightcap. In the championship series, Crispa completed a 3-0 sweep over Great Taste Coffee Makers.


1983 Crispa Redmanizers season, Summary
After winning Game One by a five-point margin, 118-113, the Redmanizers won big in the second game to take a commanding 2-0 lead and in the third and final game, the Redmanizers pulled away from a close first three quarters to win by 20 points at the final buzzer, 133-113, as they captured their second PBA Grandslam.


1983 Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces
The 2nd Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces was the 1983 version of the Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces. It took place on March 27 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.


1983 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1983 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 35th edition of the cycle race and was held from 30 May to 6 June 1983. The race started in Sallanches and finished in Pierrelatte. The race was won by Greg LeMond of the Renault-Elf team. Pascal Simon, the initial winner, tested positive for Micorene and was given a time penalty, which resulted in him being demoted to fourth place.


1983 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Teams
Eleven teams, containing a total of 99 riders, participated in the race:


1983 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Stage 7b
Pascal Simon, the original winner of the race, was declassified to fourth place for doping.


1983 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
The 1983 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the seventeenth in the club's history. Coached by Terry Fearnley and captained by Gavin Miller, they competed in the NSWRFL's 1983 Winfield Cup premiership. Finishing the regular season 9th (out of 14), the Sharks failed to reach the finals for the second consecutive year. The club also competed in the 1983 KB Cup, in which they reached the final.


1983 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
Miller was the only Sharks player selected for representative football this season, playing for New South Wales in the 1983 State of Origin series.


1983 Cross River State gubernatorial election
The 1983 Cross River State gubernatorial election occurred on August 13, 1983. NPN candidate Donald Etiebet won the election.


1983 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Results
Donald Etiebet representing NPN won the election. The election held on August 13, 1983.


1983 Cuore Cup
The 1983 Cuore Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor Sport Turf carpet courts at the Palazzo dello Sport in Milan, Italy. The event was part of the Super Series tier of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 21 March until 27 March 1983. First-seeded Ivan Lendl won the singles title and earned $70,000 first-prize money. Attendance at the tournament was down compared to the levels of the editions in the late 1970s due to the competition of exhibition matches.


1983 Cuore Cup, Finals, Doubles
Tomáš Šmíd /  Pavel Složil defeated  Fritz Buehning /  Peter Fleming 6–2, 5–7, 6–4


1983 Cupa României Final
The 1983 Cupa României Final was the 45th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul 23 August in Bucharest on 6 July 1983 and was contested between Divizia A sides Universitatea Craiova and Politehnica Timişoara. The cup was won by Craiova. They were unable to play in the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup as the closing date for entries was June 30. As a result, both the President and Secretary of the Romanian FA – Andrei Rădulescu and Florin Dumitrescu – were sacked.


1983 Currie Cup
The 1983 Currie Cup was the 45th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1983 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Western Province for the 24th time; they beat  Northern Transvaal 9–3 in the final in Pretoria.


1983 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
The 1983 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney in Australia and was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 10 October through 16 October 1983. Defending champion and top-seeded John McEnroe won his fourth successive singles title.


1983 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships, Finals, Doubles
Mark Edmondson /  Sherwood Stewart defeated  John McEnroe /  Peter Rennert 6–2, 6–4


1983 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles
John McEnroe and Peter Rennert were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 6–4 to Mark Edmondson and Sherwood Stewart


1983 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Singles
John McEnroe was the defending champion and won in the final 6–1, 6–4, 7–5 against Henri Leconte.


1983 Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 13 February 1983. The result was a victory for Spyros Kyprianou of the Democratic Party (and also supported by AKEL), who received 56.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 95.0%.


1983 DFB-Pokal Final
The 1983 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1982–83 DFB-Pokal, the 40th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 11 June 1983, and was the first and to date the only cup final between two teams from the same city, which was contested between Cologne clubs 1. FC Köln, playing in the Bundesliga, and Fortuna Köln, playing in the 2. Bundesliga. Fittingy, the match took place in Cologne, at the Müngersdorfer Stadion. 1. FC Köln won the derby match 1–0 to claim their 4th cup title.


1983 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


1983 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1983 Daewoo Royals season
The 1983 season was Daewoo's first ever season in the Korean Super League in South Korea. Daewoo competed in League.


1983 Daewoo Royals season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1983 Daewoo Royals season, Matches
Source : KSL : Korean Super League1Daewoo goals come first.


1983 Daihatsu Challenge
The 1983 Daihatsu Challenge was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 17 October until 23 October 1983. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title and earned $28,000 first-prize money.


1983 Daihatsu Challenge, Finals, Doubles
Chris Evert-Lloyd /  Pam Shriver defeated  Jo Durie /  Ann Kiyomura 7–5, 6–4


1983 Dallas Cowboys season
The 1983 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Football League. The Cowboys finished second in the NFC East and improving their 6-3 record from 1982. The team broke the record for consecutive playoff appearances with 9 (the 2010 Colts later tied the record).


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Summary
The team started the season with seven straight victories, including a memorable Monday night win over the Washington Redskins in which the team erased a 20-point halftime deficit and prevailed, 31–30. The Cowboys were particularly strong on offense, led by quarterback Danny White and running back Tony Dorsett. The Cowboys scored a team record 479 points and staged a few come-from-behind victories during the season. However, the defense gave up many points, despite strong play from Randy White, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, and Everson Walls. In particular, the young secondary was guilty of giving up many big plays throughout the season.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Summary
Late in the season, the Cowboys met the Redskins at Texas Stadium with the NFC East crown up for grabs. Both teams entered the game with 12–2 records, but the defending champion Redskins proved too much for the Cowboys and emerged with a 31–10 victory, giving them the NFC East title. With the Cowboys trailing 14–10 in the third quarter, the Cowboys failed on a fourth and one at midfield. The play was a key turning point. There appeared to be a miscommunication between quarterback Danny White and Tom Landry as to whether to run the play.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Summary
The failed play led to a rare emotional outburst from Landry as he yelled "No, Danny, no." After a 42–17 drubbing at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers the following week, the Cowboys faced the Los Angeles Rams in the wild card game of the NFC playoffs. Despite having the home field advantage, the Cowboys fell, 24–17.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Schedule
The October 16 and November 6 games against the Philadelphia Eagles were played with locations switched from the original schedule, because of October 16 conflict with game 5 of the baseball World Series.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
The Washington Redskins, champions of the NFL in 1982, began their title defense with a Monday night game on September 5, 1983, against their arch-rivals, the Dallas Cowboys. It was a humid 87 degree night in Washington, but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the sellout crowd of 55,045 at RFK Stadium.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
Washington, coached by Joe Gibbs, featured the passing of QB Joe Theismann and the ground-gaining of rugged RB John Riggins on offense, along with an outstanding line known as "The Hogs" and a capable group of receivers led by WR Art Monk. The defense lacked big names but played well as a unit.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
As for Head Coach Tom Landry's Cowboys, they had most recently lost to the Redskins in the NFC Championship game – their third straight trip to the conference title contest that ended in defeat. QB Danny White was capable but also living in the shadow of his illustrious predecessor, Roger Staubach, and RB Tony Dorsett, TE Doug Cosbie, and wide receivers Tony Hill (pictured above) and Drew Pearson were all solid offensive performers. The defense had slipped in ’82, however, showing signs of age.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
The Redskins were emotionally high coming into the opening game and did well at exploiting weaknesses in the Dallas defense during the first half. The Cowboys started their first drive from their own 16-yard line and that was typical during the first two quarters of play as they were consistently kept on their own half of the field.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
In the first quarter, Mark Moseley started the scoring off with a 23-yard field goal and Riggins scored a touchdown on a one-yard carry. The biggest first half highlight for Dallas came in the second quarter on a 77-yard run by Tony Dorsett, who was caught from behind by fleet CB Darrell Green. Stifled again by Washington's defense, the Cowboys had to settle for a 26-yard Rafael Septien field goal.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
Moseley followed up with field goals of 30 and 39 yards and, with 40 seconds left in the first half, WR Charlie Brown made an outstanding catch of a Theismann pass for a 41-yard touchdown that seemingly put the Redskins in command at 23–3.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
Theismann amassed 181 passing yards in the first half, making good use of short sideline passes to his wide receivers. Meanwhile, Danny White was a miserable one-for-nine. Dallas managed just three first downs, one of them on a penalty. However, for all the dominance Washington had scored just two touchdowns, along with three field goals.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
The Cowboys made adjustments to the defense at halftime that successfully countered Washington's attack during the second half. Things began to turn around early in the third quarter when White completed a pass to Tony Hill, who raced past CB Vernon Dean for a 75-yard touchdown.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
Shortly thereafter, White hit Hill again for another long scoring play, this time victimizing the inexperienced CB Anthony Washington in the secondary. Suddenly, the Washington lead was down to 23–17.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
Still ahead by six points, the Redskins drove to the Dallas 14-yard line but were moved back by a holding penalty and then Moseley had a critical missed field goal attempt from 31 yards. Dallas responded by driving 80 yards – 27 coming on runs by Dorsett and aided by a late hit of White called on LB Mel Kaufman – and taking the lead with White running around end for a short TD, followed by Septien's extra point.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
With just over two minutes to play, the game-clinching points were set up thanks to reserve CB Ron Fellows intercepting a Theismann pass at the Washington 40 and returning it to the four yard line. TE Doug Cosbie caught a touchdown throw by White from a yard out with less than two minutes to play.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
The Redskins finally scored again in the waning seconds to close to one point, but it was inconsequential to the outcome once a desperation onsides kick was recovered by the Cowboys. Dallas came away with a 31–30 win.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
Washington outgained the Cowboys (447 yards to 356) and had more first downs (26 to 16), but was also penalized seven times, to just two flags thrown on Dallas. Moreover, the inability to put more points on the board in the second half until it was too late, combined with the big plays by the Cowboys that exploited weaknesses in Washington's defense, made the difference.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
Danny White, recovering from the horrible first half showing, ended up completing 9 of 20 passes for 193 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. Tony Dorsett (pictured below) rushed for 151 yards on 14 carries. With the two long scoring plays, Tony Hill gained 133 yards on 3 receptions while Doug Cosbie also caught 3 passes, for 36 yards and the clinching TD.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
"That pass to Hill was the play that turned the game around", said Joe Theismann. "It didn’t kill us, but it woke up the Cowboys."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
"Anytime I can look up here and see the stands half-empty and the fans grumbling on their way out, it's the most gratifying experience in football", said Dennis Thurman, who recovered the climactic onsides kick for the Cowboys that effectively ended the game. "Those fans were screaming ‘we want Dallas’. I’m not too sure they want us now."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 1
Washington's opening defeat on Monday Night was easily overcome by the Redskins, who won the rematch in Dallas later in the season and lost only one other game in compiling a 14–2 record. Featuring their high-scoring offense, they again advanced to the Super Bowl, only to be upset by the Los Angeles Raiders. The Cowboys finished second in the NFC East but qualified for the playoffs as a Wild Card with a 12–4 tally. They didn’t make it to the NFC Championship game this time, falling to the Rams in the first round.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
It wasn’t a game that will go down in Cowboys history. Actually, it wasn’t even a game that the Cowboys had any business winning. What the Texas Stadium crowd got in week 4 of the 1983 season was an ending that amazed even the players.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
The Cowboys scored first when Danny White connected with Drew Pearson on four yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. The Cowboys followed that score with a Rafael Septien 41-yard field goal that gave them a 10–0 lead.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
In the second quarter it would be the Saints that would battle back to tie the Cowboys. Saints kicker Morten Anderson kicked a 19-yard field goal. Then Saints running back Wayne Wilson scored on a two yard run to tie the game at 10–10.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
Before halftime the Cowboys took the lead 13–10 when Rafael Septien kicked his second field goal of the game from 34 yards.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
The Saints tied the game again with the only points of the third quarter. Morten Anderson kicked his second field goal of the game from 42 yards. The game was tied at 13–13 as the fourth quarter started and the fireworks were about to begin.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
On the third play of the fourth quarter and the Cowboys sitting at their own three yard line, Coach Tom Landry reached into his bag of tricks. Danny White took the snap from center and threw a lateral to Drew Pearson who would look to throw and take the Saints by surprise. White's pass to Pearson was tipped, but still made it to Pearson. The tip interrupted the timing of Pearson's pass attempt to fellow wide receiver Doug Donley who was streaking down the left sideline.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
Saints cornerback Johnnie Poe, who was covering Donley left coverage and ran towards Pearson. Poe hit Pearson's arm as he attempted his pass and the ball was then tipped high in the air by the Saints Frank Warren. Tony Elliot from the Saints jumped high to grab the ball, but he could only deflect it. The deflection went right back to Frank Warren who came down with the interception. Four plays later the Saints took their first lead of the game when Wayne Wilson scored from the one yard line. The Saints now led 20–13 with 12:35 left in the game.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
The mistakes for the Cowboys continued on the kickoff as Ron Fellows fumbled the ball and the Saints recovered at the 20-yard line. The Saints were looking to add to their lead, but on 3rd and 12 Saints quarterback Kenny Stabler fumbled the ball from center and Cowboys Larry Bethea recovered.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
The Cowboys could not take advantage of the turnover as Danny White added to the Cowboys fourth-quarter mistakes. White threw an interception that the Saints returned to the Cowboys 35-yard line. The Saints once again were looking to add to their 20–13 lead. On 4th and 1 Saints Coach Bum Phillips decided to go for the field goal.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
As Morten Anderson attempted his 43-yard field goal, Cowboys Ed Jones got his hands on the ball for the block. Ron Fellows recovered the block on one hop and returned it 62 yards untouched for the touchdown.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
"I wasn’t thinking anything but picking up the ball", Fellows said. "I knew it had to be six."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
Rafael Septien looked to tie the game at 20–20 with the extra point, but the Saints Tyrone Young blocked the kick and the Cowboys remained behind 20–19 with 7:05 left in the game.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
The Cowboys got the ball back at their 20-yard line with 4:30 left in the game. Four plays later the Cowboys were at their 49-yard line. Tony Dorsett took a pitch-out from Danny White as the Saints were blitzing. Dorsett broke free into an empty secondary and scored what the Cowboys thought was the go ahead touchdown from 49 yards out. But the officials ruled that Dorsett stepped out of bounds at the 15-yard line.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
Danny White continued the drive as he looked to put the Cowboys back on top. White looked for Doug Donley over the middle at the goal line as he beat cornerback Johnnie Poe. But White never saw Saints linebacker Dennis Winston who intercepted White in the end Zone. Instead of taking a knee for the touchback Winston came out of the end zone. He managed to get to the five yard line before being tackled. The Saints offense took over with 2:07 left in the game and still holding onto a 20–19 lead.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
All the Saints needed to do was run out the clock and they would improve to 3–1 on the season and hand the Cowboys their first loss of the season. On first down running back Wayne Wilson, who had scored twice in the game was tackled after gaining only one yard. On second down the Saints were looking to put some room between them and the goal line.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
Kenny Stabler dropped back into the end zone looking for receiver Jeff Groth, but Everson Walls had him covered. This allowed Cowboys linebacker Anthony Dickerson who was blitzing to beat Wayne Wilson and sack Stabler for the safety. The Cowboys took the lead and won the game 21–20. It was the first time that a team losing by one point won by one point on a safety.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
It was a game the Cowboys had no business winning as they turned the ball over six times and allowed seven sacks on Danny White. The lone bright spot for the Cowboys came from Tony Dorsett who rushed for 124 on 16 carries.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
"I’ve never been in a game as bizarre as this one", Everson Walls said. "Were we lucky? That's an understatement."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
"That was probably the most bizarre game I’ve ever been involved in", Dorsett said. "We did everything possible to lose the game, and we still won it."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
"They deserved to win the game, there's no question about it", White said.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 4
With the strange win by the Cowboys over the Saints they improved their record to 4–0 in 1983. The Cowboys would make a habit of coming from behind in the first half of the 1983 season as they built a 7–0 record with five come from behind wins. Their luck would end in week 8 as they fell to the L.A. Raiders 40–38.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
Cowboys vs Vikings – 1983The Cowboys went into the Metrodome in Minnesota with a 4–0 record early in the 1983 season. In the first four games of the season the Cowboys had to come from behind to win, this game against the Vikings would be no different.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
The Vikings scored in the first quarter when Vikings quarterback Steve Dils went deep to wide receiver Sammy White. Everson Walls tripped as he was covering White, which allowed him to catch a 43-yard touchdown pass, giving the Vikings a 7–0 lead. The Cowboys answered the Vikings score with a Rafael Septien 45-yard field goal as the first quarter ended.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
In the second quarter Steve Dils went back to Sammy White. This time White was covered by Dennis Thurman, but the result was the same as the first quarter. Another touchdown for White, this time from 36 yards out and a 14–3 Vikings lead. The Vikings would add a field goal to increase their lead to 17–3 before Cowboys quarterback Danny White recorded their first touchdown of the game.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
Facing a fourth and one from the Vikings two yard line, Danny White took the ball himself and ran in for the touchdown to get the Cowboys closer, 17–10.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
With 45 seconds left in the first half the Cowboys faced a third down from their own eight yard line. The exchange between center Tom Rafferty and Danny White was fumbled and the Vikings recovered at the five yard line. On the next play the Vikings Ted Brown scored and increased the Vikings lead to 24–10.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
After the Vikings kicked off the Cowboys got the ball at their own 19-yard line with 40 seconds left in the half. Coach Tom Landry thought the safe thing to do was to run out the clock and regroup at halftime.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
"It looked like the best thing was to get off the field with no more points being scored", Landry said.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
Danny White had other ideas. Landry called in a running play for Tony Dorsett, but White did not agree and changed the play in the huddle.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
"I was so confident we could move the ball", White said. "I didn’t want to sit on it."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
White called for a pass to Doug Cosbie that could have gone for big yardage, but White overthrew Cosbie. It was clear that Landry was not happy with White changing the play and called for another running play to Dorsett.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
"He was sending me a message", White said. "Actually, I got his message when I looked over to the sideline."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
Tony Dorsett gained ten yards on the next play and it was almost like Landry realized what White wanted to do. The next four plays were passes and White completed three of them, gaining 54 yards. With the Cowboys sitting at the Vikings 28-yard line, Septien kicked his second 45-yard field goal to end the first half and to get the Cowboys to within 24–13.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
"I like for my quarterbacks to have freedom", Landry said. "And we did end up with three points."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
"It would have been a real mistake to run out the clock without trying to get a field goal", White said. "There were holes all over their defense. I knew we could move the ball. Sometimes you’ve got to react as a football player and do things on instinct."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
Midway through the third quarter the Cowboys defense forced the Vikings to punt. Rod Hill returned the punt 37 yards to the Vikings 47-yard line. From there Danny White led the Cowboys to the Vikings five-yard line, where Ron Springs scored to make the score 24–20 Vikings.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
After a Danny White interception, the Vikings found themselves at the Cowboys 47-yard line looking to increase their lead. The Cowboys decided to run their 4–0 blitz package. For those who don’t remember the Cowboys loved to run a package of four defensive linemen, no linebackers and seven defensive backs, blitzing most of their secondary. This package sometimes got the defense into trouble, but other times the defense would capitalize. In this case it would be Dennis Thurman who blitzed from the outside and was able to raise his arm to obstruct Steve Dils vision. The result was Ron Fellows stepping in front of his receiver for an interception and racing 58 yards for a touchdown. This gave the Cowboys their first lead of the game, 27–24 with a little over two minutes to go in the third quarter.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
"That ball was like a Christmas present", Fellows said. "And if it's free, I’ll take it."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
With the Cowboys defense controlling the Vikings offense in the second half. It was time for Dorsett to take control for the Cowboys offense. On a drive that consumed over six minutes, Dorsett had runs of 21 and 25 yards. From the Vikings 11-yard line White found Drew Pearson for an insurance score that increased the Cowboys lead to 34–24.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
Tony Dorsett rushed for 141 yards against the Vikings despite dealing with a bruised thigh, bruised knee, sore ribs and a cracked bone in his right wrist.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
"I was running for my life. I’m banged up all over my body", Dorsett said.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
Rafael Septien added his third field goal of the game to close out the scoring and giving the Cowboys a 37–24 victory. The Cowboys outscored the Vikings 24–0 in the second half to improve their record to 5–0.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
"It's a legitimate 5–0", Thurman said. "We can make plays like this all year and you’ll see us 14–2 or 15–1. The guys just don’t think they can lose. It's a feeling you get in the huddle and the locker room. When we left for the second half, we knew something would happen."


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Season summary, Week 5
The Cowboys would push their record to 7–0 in 1983 before losing to the LA Raiders 40–38 in week 8. They would finish the season with a 12–4 record before losing in the first round of the playoffs to the LA Rams, 24–17.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Awards
Five players represented the Cowboys in the 1984 Pro Bowl: Doug Cosbie, Tony Dorsett, Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Everson Walls, and Randy White. White and Walls were voted to the Associated Press' All-NFL  first team, while Dorsett was voted to the AP's All-NFL second team.


1983 Dallas Cowboys season, Publications
The Football Encyclopedia ISBN 0-312-11435-4Total Football ISBN 0-06-270170- 3Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes ISBN 0-446-51950-2


1983 Dallas Open
The 1983 Dallas Open was a men's tennis tournament held in Dallas, Texas in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. The tournament took place from September 12 through September 18, 1983.


1983 Dallas Open, Champions, Men's Doubles
Nduka Odizor /  Van Winitsky defeated  Steve Denton /  Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 7–5


1983 Dallas Open – Doubles
Nduka Odizor and Van Winitsky won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Steve Denton and Sherwood Stewart.


1983 Dallas Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1983 Dallas Open – Singles
Andrés Gómez won in the final, 6–7, 6–1, 6–1, against Brian Teacher.


1983 Dallas Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1983 Danish 1st Division
The 1983 Danish 1st Division season was the 38th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It constituted the 70th edition of the Danish football championship, and saw Lyngby Boldklub win their first championship title.


1983 Danish 1st Division
The Danish champions qualified for the European Cup 1984-85 qualification, while the second and third placed teams qualified for the qualification round of the UEFA Cup 1984-85. The three lowest placed teams of the tournament were directly relegated to the Danish 2nd Division for the following season. Likewise, the Danish 2nd Division champions and two first runners-up were promoted to the 1st Division.


1983 Darlington by-election
The Darlington by-election, 1983 was a parliamentary by-election held  on 24 March 1983 for the British House of Commons constituency of Darlington in County Durham.


1983 Darlington by-election
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Edward Fletcher had died on 13 February 1983, a few days before his 72nd birthday. He had held the seat since the 1964 general election.


1983 Darlington by-election
The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Oswald O'Brien, who won with a majority of 2,412 over the Conservative Party candidate Michael Fallon. O'Brien only held the seat for three months, however, as it fell to Fallon at the general election in June 1983. The by-election campaign is regarded by many former SDP members, including Bill Rodgers, as having been one that destroyed the SDP's momentum. Tony Cook, a local television celebrity, was the candidate and appeared to know very little about public issues and made a poor impression. At one point the SDP had been leading in the polls, but in part due to Cook's poor performance as a candidate, highlighted by the coverage from journalist Vincent Hanna, they finished third.


1983 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The 1983 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Dartmouth tied for third place in the Ivy League.


1983 Dartmouth Big Green football team
In their sixth season under head coach Joe Yukica, the Big Green compiled a 4–5–1 record and were outscored 208 to 185. Francis Polsinello and David Fuhrman were the team captains.


1983 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The Big Green's 4–2–1 conference record tied for third-best in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 142 to 133. Dartmouth's sole league loss was to its co-champion, Yale.


1983 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.


1983 Davis Cup
The 1983 Davis Cup (also known as the 1983 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 72nd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 60 teams would enter the competition, 16 in the World Group, 25 in the Europe Zone, 10 in the Eastern Zone, and 9 in the Americas Zone.


1983 Davis Cup
Australia defeated Sweden in the final, held at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on 26–28 December, to win their 25th title overall.


1983 Davis Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1983 Davis Cup.


1983 Davis Cup Americas Zone
9 teams entered the Americas Zone in total. This year marked the abolition of the North & Central America and the South America sub-zones, with all teams now competing within a single bracket, with the overall winner being promoted to the following year's World Group.


1983 Davis Cup Americas Zone
Ecuador defeated Brazil in the final and qualified for the 1984 World Group.


1983 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1983 Davis Cup.


1983 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
10 teams entered the Eastern Zone in total, with the winner promoted to the following year's World Group. India defeated Japan in the final and qualified for the 1984 World Group.


1983 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1983 Davis Cup.


1983 Davis Cup Europe Zone
25 teams entered the Europe Zone in total, split across two sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zone was promoted to the following year's World Group.


1983 Davis Cup Europe Zone
West Germany defeated Switzerland in the Zone A final, and Yugoslavia defeated Hungary in the Zone B final, resulting in both West Germany and Yugoslavia being promoted to the 1984 World Group.


1983 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1983.


1983 Davis Cup World Group
The United States were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round.


1983 Davis Cup World Group
Australia won the title, defeating Sweden in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, from 26 to 28 December. It was the Australian team's first Davis Cup title since 1977 and their 25th Davis Cup title overall.


1983 Davis Cup World Group, Relegation play-offs
The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1984 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions.