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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1982 seasonW1982 NFL season↗

28 teams in NFL · 127 regular-season games, 1982-09-12 to 1983-01-03 · attendance 6,309,843

◀ 1981 1983 ▶

<a href="/superbowl/1982">Super Bowl XVII</a>

Washington Redskins
27–17 over Miami Dolphins
MVP John Riggins

MVP

Mark Moseley Washington Redskins

Offensive Player

Dan Fouts San Diego Chargers

Defensive Player

Lawrence Taylor

Offensive Rookie

Marcus Allen Los Angeles Raiders

Defensive Rookie

Chip Banks Cleveland Browns

Coach of the Year

Joe Gibbs Washington Redskins

Hall of Fame class of 1982

Doug Atkins, George Musso, Merlin Olsen, Sam Huff

Playoffs

Round	Date	Result	Stadium
First round	1983-01-08	Los Angeles Raiders 27–10 Cleveland Browns	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Wildcard	1983-01-08	Green Bay Packers 41–16 St. Louis Cardinals	Lambeau Field
Wild Card	1983-01-09	New York Jets 44–17 Cincinnati Bengals	Riverfront Stadium
Wild Card	1983-01-09	Minnesota Vikings 30–24 Atlanta Falcons	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
First round	1983-01-08	Miami Dolphins 28–13 New England Patriots	Orange Bowl
NFC First Round	1983-01-08	Washington Redskins 31–7 Detroit Lions	RFK Stadium
First round	1983-01-09	San Diego Chargers 31–28 Pittsburgh Steelers	Three Rivers Stadium
First Round	1983-01-09	Dallas Cowboys 30–17 Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Texas Stadium
Second Round	1983-01-16	Dallas Cowboys 37–26 Green Bay Packers	Texas Stadium
Divisional	1983-01-15	New York Jets 17–14 Los Angeles Raiders	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
NFC Second Round	1983-01-15	Washington Redskins 21–7 Minnesota Vikings	RFK Stadium
Divisional	1983-01-16	Miami Dolphins 34–13 San Diego Chargers	Orange Bowl
NFC Championship	1983-01-22	Washington Redskins 31–17 Dallas Cowboys	RFK Stadium
AFC Championship	1983-01-23	Miami Dolphins 14–0 New York Jets	Orange Bowl
Super Bowl XVII	1983-01-30	Washington Redskins 27–17 Miami Dolphins	Rose Bowl

Standings

NFL AFC

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Los Angeles Raiders	8	1	0	.889	260	200	Tom Flores	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Browns) 27–10 Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs
2	Miami Dolphins	7	2	0	.778	198	131	Don Shula	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Patriots) 28–13 Won Divisional Playoffs (v
3	Cincinnati Bengals	7	2	0	.778	232	177	Forrest Gregg	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Jets) 17–44
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	6	3	0	.667	204	146	Chuck Noll	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Chargers) 28–31
5	San Diego Chargers	6	3	0	.667	288	221	Don Coryell	Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 31–28 Lost Divisional Playoffs (a
6	New York Jets	6	3	0	.667	245	166	Walt Michaels	Won Wild card playoffs (at Bengals) 44–17 Won Divisional Playoffs (at
7	New England Patriots	5	4	0	.556	143	157	Ron Meyer	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Dolphins) 13–28
8	Cleveland Browns	4	5	0	.444	140	182	Sam Rutigliano	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Raiders) 10–27
9	Buffalo Bills	4	5	0	.444	150	154	Chuck Knox	Did not qualify
10	Seattle Seahawks	4	5	0	.444	127	147	Jack Patera	Did not qualify
11	Kansas City Chiefs	3	6	0	.333	176	184	Marv Levy	Did not qualify
12	Denver Broncos	2	7	0	.222	148	226	Dan Reeves	Did not qualify
13	Houston Oilers	1	8	0	.111	136	245	Ed Biles	Did not qualify
14	Baltimore Colts	0	8	1	.056	113	236	Frank Kush	Did not qualify

NFL NFC

#	Team	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA	Coach	Playoffs
1	Washington Redskins	8	1	0	.889	190	128	Joe Gibbs	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Lions) 31–7 Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. V Champion
2	Dallas Cowboys	6	3	0	.667	226	145	Tom Landry	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Buccaneers) 30–17 Won Divisional Playoffs
3	Green Bay Packers	5	3	1	.611	226	169	Bart Starr	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Cardinals) 41–16 Lost Divisional Playoffs
4	Minnesota Vikings	5	4	0	.556	187	198	Bud Grant	Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Falcons) 30–24 Lost Divisional Playoffs (a
5	Atlanta Falcons	5	4	0	.556	183	199	Leeman Bennett	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Vikings) 24–30
6	St. Louis Cardinals	5	4	0	.556	135	170	Jim Hanifan	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 16–41
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5	4	0	.556	158	178	John McKay	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 17–30
8	Detroit Lions	4	5	0	.444	181	176	Monte Clark	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Redskins) 7–31
9	New Orleans Saints	4	5	0	.444	129	160	Bum Phillips	Did not qualify
10	New York Giants	4	5	0	.444	164	160	Ray Perkins	Did not qualify
11	San Francisco 49ers	3	6	0	.333	209	206	Bill Walsh	Did not qualify
12	Chicago Bears	3	6	0	.333	141	174	Mike Ditka	Did not qualify
13	Philadelphia Eagles	3	6	0	.333	191	195	Dick Vermeil	Did not qualify
14	Los Angeles Rams	2	7	0	.222	200	250	Ray Malavasi	Did not qualify

League leaders

passing yards

1. 2,883Dan Fouts San Diego Chargers

passing tds

1. 17Dan Fouts San Diego Chargers

passing tds

1. 17Joe Montana San Francisco 49ers

passing tds

1. 17Terry Bradshaw Pittsburgh Steelers

rushing yards

1. 786Freeman McNeil New York Jets

rushing tds

1. 11Marcus Allen Los Angeles Raiders

receiving yards

1. 1,032Wes Chandler San Diego Chargers

receiving tds

1. 9Wes Chandler San Diego Chargers

receptions

1. 60Dwight Clark San Francisco 49ers

interceptions

1. 7Everson Walls Dallas Cowboys

sacks

1. 115Doug Martin Minnesota Vikings

points

1. 84Marcus Allen Los Angeles Raiders