1983 Green Bay Packers season

Infobox NFL season
team = Green Bay Packers
year = 1983
record = 8-8
division_place = 2nd NFC Central
coach = Bart Starr
stadium = Lambeau Field
Milwaukee County Stadium
playoffs = Did not qualify
previous = 1982
next = 1984The 1983 Green Bay Packers season was their 63rd season in the National Football League. The club posted a 8-8 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a 2nd place finish in the NFC Central division. The 1983 season was the last that the Packers played under Bart Starr. The team set an NFL record for most Overtime Games played in one season with 5 games. [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 388 ] Week seven featured a Monday Night Football Game, which Green Bay won 48-47, which is the highest aggreate score in MNF history. It was voted one of the ten best Packer games and is featured on the NFL Films collection, "The Green Bay Packers Greatest Games"

Offseason

1983 Packer Draft

[NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 294]

tatistics

Passing

Defensive

Records

* Lynn Dickey, Club Record, Most Passing Yards in One Season, 4,458. First NFC Quarterback to ever throw for over 4,000 yards.
* NFL record, Most Overtime Games played in one season, (5)

References

* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/gb/packers.html Sportsencyclopedia.com]
* http://www.footballdb.com/teams/green-bay-packers/history}