The 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 97th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 15 May 1983 and ended on 18 September 1983.
Offaly entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.
On 18 September 1983, Dublin won the championship following a 1–10 to 1–8 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 21st All-Ireland title and their first in six championship seasons.
Dublin's Barney Rock was the championship's top scorer with 6–27. Dublin's Tommy Drumm was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Results Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
First round
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Scoring
Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Barney RockDublin6–274576.422Matt ConnorOffaly3–192837.333John ClearyCork1–242746.754Derek McDonnellCavan4–122446.005Kieran DuffDublin2–131972.716Mikey SheehyKerry2–111728.50John McCormackLongford2–111728.50Mikey SheehyKerry2–111728.50Jim McDonnellLouth2–111735.6610Tadhg MurphyCork3–61543.75
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Team Tally Total Opposition1Derek McDonnellCavan2–511FermamaghMatt ConnorOffaly1–811Kildare3Mikey SheehyKerry2–410TipperaryJohn McCormackLongford1–710CarlowJim McDonnellLouth1–710WestmeathMatt ConnorOffaly1–710Dublin7Frank MescallClare3–09WaterfordLarry TompkinsKildare2–39LongfordBarney RockDublin2–39MeathJohn ClearyCork1–69KerryBarney RockDublin1–69Galway
Miscellaneous
After losing eight consecutive Munster finals, Cork finally defeated Kerry by 3–10 to 3–9 to take the provincial title for the first time since 1974. The Dublin vs Cork All Ireland semi-final replay was played at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork was the last to be outside Croke Park, Dublin until 2014. It was also the first All-Ireland semi-final replay to be played outside Croke Park since 1941. The All-Ireland final has gone down as the most ill-disciplined decider in championship history. Dubbed the Game of Shame, four players were sent off – three from the Dublin team and one from Galway. Although the official attendance was 71,988 there was overcrowding on both terraces with many supporters failing to get into the ground. Same scoreline as 1942 All Ireland final 41 years later.
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