1983 Washington Redskins season

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1983 Washington Redskins season
Head Coach	Joe Gibbs
Home Field	RFK Stadium

Results
Record	14-2
Place	1st NFC East
Playoff Finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (L.A. Rams) 51-7 Won Conference Championship (49ers) 24-21 Lost Super Bowl XVIII (L.A. Raiders) 38-9
Timeline

Previous Season	Next Season
1982	1984

The 1983 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to win consecutive Super Bowls, following their victory in Super Bowl XVII against the Miami Dolphins.

[edit] Awards and Records

Joe Gibbs, National Football League Coach of the Year Award
Joe Theismann, AP NFL MVP
Joe Theismann, PFWA NFL MVP
Joe Theismann, NEA NFL MVP
Joe Theismann, National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award

[edit] References

1983 NFL season v • d • e
AFC	East	Central	West	NFC	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
1983 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XVIII

v • d • e Washington Redskins

The Franchise	Franchise • History • Seasons • Players • First-round Draft picks • Draft

Stadiums	Griffith Stadium • RFK Stadium • FedExField

Culture	Hogettes • Cheerleaders • Chief Zee • Hail to the Redskins

Lore	The Hogs • The Rivalry • The Fun Bunch • The Over-the-Hill Gang

Head Coaches	Wray • Dietz • Casey • Flaherty • Bergman • DeGroot • Edwards • Whelchel • Ball • Todd • Lambeau • Kuharich • Nixon • McPeak • Graham • Lombardi • Austin • Allen • Pardee • Petitbon • Turner • Robiskie • Schottenheimer • Spurrier • Gibbs • Zorn

Division Championships (12)	1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1972, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1999

Super Bowl Appearances (5)	VII • XVII • XVIII • XXII • XXVI

League Championships (5)	1937 • 1942 • 1982 • 1987 • 1991

Hall of Fame Players	Battles • Baugh • Dudley • Edwards • Green • Houston • Huff • Jones • Jurgensen • Krause • Millner • Mitchell • Monk • Riggins • Taylor

Seasons	1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 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

Current League Affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: East Division