1983 Long Beach State 49ers football team explained

Year:	1983
Team:	Long Beach State 49ers
Sport:	football
Conference:	Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Short Conf:	PCAA
Record:	8–4
Conf Record:	3–3
Head Coach:	Dave Currey
Hc Year:	7th
Def Coach:	Ken Visser
Dc Year:	3rd
Stadium:	Veterans Stadium

The 1983 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State University, Long Beach^[1] during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.^[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

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Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1984 NFL draft.^[6]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
	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.^[7]

Player	Position	First NFL Team
Scott Byers	Defensive back	1984 San Diego Chargers

Notes and References

1. The official name of Long Beach State has been California State University, Long Beach since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Long Beach State.
2. The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.
3. Web site: 1983 Long Beach State Forty Niners Schedule. December 6, 2016.
4. Book: Forty Niner; 1983 Football Media Guide . 1983 . pamphlet . CSULB Athletic Department . Long Beach, California .
5. Book: 49ers Long Beach; 1984 Football Media Guide . 1984 . pamphlet . CSULB Athletic Department . Long Beach, California .
6. Web site: 1984 NFL Draft. January 12, 2017. December 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071221193408/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1984.htm. dead.
7. Web site: Long Beach St. Players/Alumni. December 8, 2016.