Divisional Round: New York Jets at Los Angeles Raiders (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum), with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sat January 15, 1983 at 4:00pm. Winner advances to the Conference Championship. The losing team's season is over.[1][2]
The divisional round is where the bracket is supposed to take its real shape. New York Jets traveling to Los Angeles Raiders at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, with the league watching to see whether the better team or the better matchup wins. Bye-week home favorites carry the weight of expectation; the visiting wild-card winner walks in with no one expecting them and nothing to lose.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. New York Jets and Los Angeles Raiders are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
New York Jets versus Los Angeles Raiders in the Divisional Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of New York Jets-Los Angeles Raiders cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | 7-2 | W2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-3 | W2 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4-5 | L1 |
| Houston Oilers | 1-8 | L7 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 7-2 | W3 |
| New York Jets | 6-3 | L1 |
| New England Patriots | 5-4 | W1 |
| Buffalo Bills | 4-5 | L3 |
| Baltimore Colts | 0-8-1 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Raiders | 8-1 | W5 |
| San Diego Chargers | 6-3 | L1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 4-5 | W1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 3-6 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 2-7 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 5-4 | L2 |
| New Orleans Saints | 4-5 | W1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 3-6 | L1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 2-7 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 5-3-1 | L1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 5-4 | W1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-4 | W3 |
| Detroit Lions | 4-5 | W1 |
| Chicago Bears | 3-6 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 8-1 | W4 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 6-3 | L2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 5-4 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 4-5 | W1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 3-6 | L1 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jets | Wesley Walker 20 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) | 7-0 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jets | Pat Leahy 30 yard field goal | 10-0 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Raiders | Marcus Allen 3 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick) | 10-7 |
| Raiders | Malcolm Barnwell 57 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick) | 10-14 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jets | Scott Dierking 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 17-14 |
New York Jets defeated Los Angeles Raiders 17-14 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the Divisional Round. The final scoring play was Jets: Scott Dierking 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick). The result came down to the final possession; New York Jets won by 3. Top line of the day: Richard Todd: 277 pass yards on 15-of-24, 1 TD, 2 INT. New York Jets move on to the conference final.[1][2]
New York Jets walked out of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the team that survived a Divisional Round Los Angeles Raiders will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 17-14. The game stayed within 3 points throughout, the kind of contest where every drive felt like a referendum and every defensive stop carried twice its usual weight. The final scoring play came from Jets: Scott Dierking 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. New York Jets move on to a conference championship.
New York Jets 17, Los Angeles Raiders 14.
Round: Divisional Round.
Q1: 1 scoring play.
Q2: 1 scoring play.
Q3: 2 scoring plays.
Q4: 1 scoring play.
Top performers:
- Richard Todd: 277 pass yards on 15-of-24, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Freeman McNeil: 101 rush yards on 23 carries
- Wesley Walker: 7 catches for 169 yards
Divisional Round, played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Final: New York Jets 17, Los Angeles Raiders 14, with New York Jets taking the result by 3.
First quarter
- Jets: Wesley Walker 20 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick)
Second quarter
- Jets: Pat Leahy 30 yard field goal
Third quarter
- Raiders: Marcus Allen 3 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick)
- Raiders: Malcolm Barnwell 57 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick)
Fourth quarter
- Jets: Scott Dierking 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)
Top performers
- Richard Todd: 277 pass yards on 15-of-24, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Freeman McNeil: 101 rush yards on 23 carries
- Wesley Walker: 7 catches for 169 yards
A 3-point margin in Divisional Round is the kind of result that defines reputations on both sidelines.
| Jets | Raiders | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 21 | 19 |
| Total Yards | 391 | 339 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 5 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 15/24 | 21/33 |
| Pass yards | 277 | 266 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 2 | 3 |
| Sacks taken | 4 | 2 |
| Sack yards lost | 25 | 20 |
| Net pass yards | 252 | 246 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 34 | 30 |
| Rush yards | 139 | 93 |
| Rush TD | 1 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 4 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties | 7 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 64 | 55 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | |||||
| Richard Todd | 15/24 | 277 | 1 | 2 | 81.4 |
| RAI | |||||
| Jim Plunkett | 21/33 | 266 | 1 | 3 | 60.9 |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | ||||
| Freeman McNeil | 23 | 101 | 0 | 26 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 4 | 22 | 0 | 11 |
| Richard Todd | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| Scott Dierking | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| RAI | ||||
| Marcus Allen | 15 | 36 | 1 | 8 |
| Jim Plunkett | 4 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| Kenny King | 5 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| Cleo Montgomery | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Hawkins | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ | ||||
| Wesley Walker | 7 | 169 | 1 | 45 |
| Lam Jones | 2 | 52 | 0 | 38 |
| Mike Augustyniak | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 |
| Freeman McNeil | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| RAI | ||||
| Malcolm Barnwell | 2 | 83 | 1 | 57 |
| Cliff Branch | 5 | 82 | 0 | 24 |
| Marcus Allen | 6 | 37 | 0 | 13 |
| Todd Christensen | 5 | 31 | 0 | 8 |
| Frank Hawkins | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Kenny King | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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