The 1983 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach[note 1] during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.
| 1983 Long Beach State 49ers football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
| Record | 8–4 (3–3 PCAA) |
| Head coach |
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| Defensive coordinator | Ken Visser (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Veterans Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.[note 2] The team was led by seventh-year head coach Dave Currey, and played home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California, with one game at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California . They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4, 3–3 PCAA).
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | 5:00 pm | at Kansas State* | W 28–20 | 28,700 | ||
| September 10 | 1:00 pm | at Cal State Fullerton | L 19–25 | 5,980 | [1] | |
| September 17 | 10:30 pm | at Hawaii* | W 23–21 | 46,350 | ||
| October 1 | 7:30 pm | Texas A&I* | W 46–10 | 4,287 | ||
| October 8 | 1:30 pm | at San Diego State* | W 20–13 | 25,232 | [2] | |
| October 15 | 7:30 pm | at Pacific (CA) | W 28–16 | 8,100 | [3] | |
| October 22 | 1:30 pm | San Jose State |
| L 9–18 | 6,636 | |
| October 29 | 1:30 pm | at Eastern Washington* | L 17–20 | 2,200 | [4] | |
| November 5 | 12:30 pm | at Montana* | W 38–14 | 7,125 | [5] | |
| November 12 | 1:30 pm | Fresno State |
| L 3–7 | 2,017 | [6] |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | at UNLV | W 24–21 | 17,955 | [7] | |
| November 25 | 1:30 pm | Utah State |
| W 6–3 | 3,878 | |
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Team players in the NFL
The following were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.[11]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| David Howard | Linebacker | 3 | 67 | Minnesota Vikings |
| John Puzar | Center | 8 | 216 | Seattle Seahawks |
The following finished their Cal State Long Beach career in 1983, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.[12]
| Player | Position | First NFL Team |
| Scott Byers | Defensive back | 1984 San Diego Chargers |
Notes
References
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