Wild Card Round: Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Raiders (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat January 8, 1983 at 4:00pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Cleveland Browns at Los Angeles Raiders at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Cleveland Browns 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.
Cleveland Browns versus Los Angeles Raiders in the Wild Card 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 Cleveland Browns-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 |
|---|---|---|
| Raiders | Chris Bahr 27 yard field goal | 0-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Browns | Matt Bahr 52 yard field goal | 3-3 |
| Raiders | Marcus Allen 2 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick) | 3-10 |
| Browns | Ricky Feacher 43 yard pass from Paul McDonald (Matt Bahr kick) | 10-10 |
| Raiders | Chris Bahr 37 yard field goal | 10-13 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Raiders | Marcus Allen 3 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick) | 10-20 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Raiders | Frank Hawkins 1 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick) | 10-27 |
Los Angeles Raiders defeated Cleveland Browns 27-10 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Raiders: Frank Hawkins 1 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick). Top line of the day: Jim Plunkett: 386 pass yards on 24-of-37, 0 TD, 2 INT. Los Angeles Raiders advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Los Angeles Raiders walked out of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Cleveland Browns will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 27-10. The final scoring play came from Raiders: Frank Hawkins 1 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Los Angeles Raiders advance to the divisional round.
Los Angeles Raiders 27, Cleveland Browns 10.
Round: Wild Card Round.
Q1: 1 scoring play.
Q2: 4 scoring plays.
Q3: 1 scoring play.
Q4: 1 scoring play.
Top performers:
- Jim Plunkett: 386 pass yards on 24-of-37, 0 TD, 2 INT
- Marcus Allen: 72 rush yards on 17 carries
- Ricky Feacher: 4 catches for 124 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Final: Cleveland Browns 10, Los Angeles Raiders 27, with Los Angeles Raiders taking the result by 17.
First quarter
- Raiders: Chris Bahr 27 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Browns: Matt Bahr 52 yard field goal
- Raiders: Marcus Allen 2 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick)
- Browns: Ricky Feacher 43 yard pass from Paul McDonald (Matt Bahr kick)
- Raiders: Chris Bahr 37 yard field goal
Third quarter
- Raiders: Marcus Allen 3 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick)
Fourth quarter
- Raiders: Frank Hawkins 1 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick)
Top performers
- Jim Plunkett: 386 pass yards on 24-of-37, 0 TD, 2 INT
- Marcus Allen: 72 rush yards on 17 carries
- Ricky Feacher: 4 catches for 124 yards
| Browns | Raiders | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 17 | 25 |
| Total Yards | 284 | 510 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 18/37 | 24/37 |
| Pass yards | 281 | 386 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 2 |
| Sacks taken | 6 | 2 |
| Sack yards lost | 53 | 16 |
| Net pass yards | 228 | 370 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 18 | 36 |
| Rush yards | 56 | 140 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 3 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 2 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | 4 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 65 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | |||||
| Paul McDonald | 18/37 | 281 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| RAI | |||||
| Jim Plunkett | 24/37 | 386 | 0 | 2 | 77.1 |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | ||||
| Charles White | 9 | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| Mike Pruitt | 8 | 19 | 0 | 7 |
| Paul McDonald | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| RAI | ||||
| Marcus Allen | 17 | 72 | 2 | 13 |
| Kenny King | 7 | 30 | 0 | 9 |
| Greg Pruitt | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| Jim Plunkett | 2 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| Frank Hawkins | 4 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Chester Willis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | ||||
| Ricky Feacher | 4 | 124 | 1 | 47 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 4 | 51 | 0 | 16 |
| Dwight Walker | 4 | 47 | 0 | 16 |
| Dave Logan | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Mike Pruitt | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| Charles White | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 |
| RAI | ||||
| Cliff Branch | 5 | 121 | 0 | 64 |
| Todd Christensen | 6 | 93 | 0 | 31 |
| Marcus Allen | 6 | 75 | 0 | 35 |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 2 | 38 | 0 | 26 |
| Derrick Ramsey | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 |
| Kenny King | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Frank Hawkins | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
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