1983 Baltimore Colts season

1983 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach	Frank Kush
General manager	Ernie Accorsi
Owner	Robert Irsay
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	T-4th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1983 Baltimore Colts season was the 31st season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). This would be the last season in Baltimore as they moved to Indianapolis for the following season. The Colts finished the year with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, and tied for fourth in the AFC East division with the New York Jets. However, the Colts finished ahead of New York based on better conference record (5–9 to Jets' 4–8).

Having finished the 1982 season with the worst record in the league, the Colts held the No. 1 pick in the 1983 NFL draft and expected to land the nation's top collegiate player to their 1983 roster. The Colts used the top pick on John Elway of Stanford. Elway, however, refused to play for the Colts (and even considered joining the New York Yankees baseball organization unless he was traded). The Colts were forced to trade Elway to the Denver Broncos and Mike Pagel retained his position as starting quarterback. The Elway controversy became more interesting when Elway's Broncos visited Baltimore for the second game of the season. The Broncos won that game 17–10. Later, when the teams faced each other again in Denver for the second-to-last game of the season, the Colts took a 19–0 lead over the Broncos, only to blow the lead in the fourth quarter and lose 21–19. They won their final game against the Houston Oilers 20-10 ^[1]

Personnel

Staff

1983 Baltimore Colts staff

Front office

President and Treasurer – Robert Irsay
General Manager – Ernie Accorsi
Director of Player Personnel – Jack Bushofsky
Director of Pro Personnel – Bob Terpening

Head coaches

Head Coach – Frank Kush

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Zeke Bratkowski
Running Backs – Roger Theder
Receivers – Richard Mann
Tight Ends – Mike Westhoff
Offensive Line – Hal Hunter

Defensive coaches

Defensive Line – Gunther Cunningham
Linebackers – Rick Venturi
Secondary – Bob Valesente

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Mike Westhoff

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 4, 1983	at New England Patriots	W 29–23 OT	1–0	Sullivan Stadium	45,526
2	September 11, 1983	Denver Broncos	L 10–17	1–1	Memorial Stadium	52,613
3	September 18, 1983	at Buffalo Bills	L 23–28	1–2	Rich Stadium	40,937
4	September 25, 1983	Chicago Bears	W 22–19	2–2	Memorial Stadium	34,350
5	October 2, 1983	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 34–31	3–2	Riverfront Stadium	48,104
6	October 9, 1983	New England Patriots	W 12–7	4–2	Memorial Stadium	35,618
7	October 16, 1983	Buffalo Bills	L 7–30	4–3	Memorial Stadium	38,565
8	October 23, 1983	Miami Dolphins	L 7–21	4–4	Memorial Stadium	32,343
9	October 30, 1983	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 22–21	5–4	Veterans Stadium	59,150
10	November 6, 1983	at New York Jets	W 17–14	6–4	Shea Stadium	53,323
11	November 13, 1983	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–24	6–5	Memorial Stadium	57,319
12	November 20, 1983	at Miami Dolphins	L 17–50	6–6	Miami Orange Bowl	54,482
13	November 27, 1983	at Cleveland Browns	L 23–41	6–7	Cleveland Stadium	65,812
14	December 4, 1983	New York Jets	L 6–10	6–8	Memorial Stadium	35,462
15	December 11, 1983	at Denver Broncos	L 19–21	6–9	Mile High Stadium	74,864
16	December 18, 1983	Houston Oilers	W 20–10	7–9	Memorial Stadium	20,418

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Colts	3	10	7	3	6	29
Patriots	0	13	3	7	0	23

Date: September 4
Location: Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 78°F, wind 10

Scoring summary

Q1	BAL	Raul Allegre 25 yard field goal	IND 3–0

Q2	NE	Stephen Starring 73 yard pass from Steve Grogan (kick failed)	NE 6–3

Q2	NE	Stanley Morgan 50 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)	NE 13–3

Q2	BAL	Bernard Henry 16 yard pass from Mike Pagel (Raul Allegre kick)	NE 13–10

Q2	BAL	Raul Allegre 52 yard field goal	Tie 13–13

Q3	NE	John Smith 39 yard field goal	NE 16–13

Q3	BAL	Bernard Henry 5 yard pass from Mike Pagel (Raul Allegre kick)	BAL 20–16

Q4	NE	Robert Weathers 9 yard run (John Smith kick)	NE 23–20

Q4	BAL	Raul Allegre 33 yard field goal	Tie 23–23

Q4	BAL	Johnie Cooks 52 yard fumble return	BAL 29–23

^[2]

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins⁽²⁾	12	4	0	.750	6–2	9–3	389	250	W5
New England Patriots	8	8	0	.500	4–4	6–6	274	289	L1
Buffalo Bills	8	8	0	.500	4–4	7–5	283	351	L2
Baltimore Colts	7	9	0	.438	3–5	5–9	264	354	W1
New York Jets	7	9	0	.438	3–5	4–8	313	331	L2

References

Indianapolis Colts

Founded in 1953 Played in Baltimore (1953–1983) Based and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise	History in Baltimore relocation to Indianapolis in Indianapolis Players Quarterbacks Coaches Seasons Draft First-round draft picks Ring of Honor

Stadiums	Memorial Stadium RCA Dome Lucas Oil Stadium

Culture	Carroll Rosenbloom Robert Irsay Jim Irsay 12th Man AAFC Colts Baltimore Colts Marching Band The Band That Wouldn't Die Blue Cheerleaders

Lore	The Greatest Game Ever Played Ghost to the Post 1995 AFC Championship Game Deflategate

Rivalries	New England Patriots (Manning vs. Brady)

Division championships (16)	1968 1970 1975 1976 1977 1987 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014

Conference championships (7)	1958 1959 1964 1968 1970 2006 2009

League championships (4^†)	1958 1959 1970 (V) 2006 (XLI) ^† does not include 1968 NFL championship

Retired numbers	19 22 24 70 77 82 89

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: South Division

Seasons (63)	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts seasons

Baltimore 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Indianapolis 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1983 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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