# 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season

The 1983 Tulsa Roughnecks season was the club's sixth season of existence, and their fifth in the North American Soccer League, the top flight of American soccer at that time. The 1983 season was Terry Hennessey's second full NASL season as head coach of the Roughnecks.
On October 1, 1983, Tulsa defeated Toronto 2–0 in Soccer Bowl '83 in Vancouver, becoming first and only professional franchise to win a sports championship title in the state of Oklahoma.

## Club
### Roster

| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 0 | GK | Winston DuBose | United States |
| 1 | GK | Željko Bilecki | Canada |
| 2 | DF | Terry Moore | Canada |
| 3 | DF | Barry Wallace | England |
| 4 | MF | Pasquale Fuccillo | England |
| 5 | DF | Val Fernandes | United States |
| 6 | FW | Njego Pesa | United States |
| 7 | FW | Zequinha | Brazil |
| 8 | FW | Ron Futcher | England |
| 9 | MF | Iraj Danaeifard | Iran |
| 10 | MF | Gerry Reardon | Ireland |
| 11 | FW | Thompson Usiyan | Nigeria |
| 12 | MF | Billy Caskey | Northern Ireland |
| 13 | MF | Todd Saldana | United States |
| 14 | FW | Laurie Abrahams | England |
| 15 | MF | Carmelo D'Anzi | United States |
| 17 | MF | Adam Krupa | Poland |
| 18 | DF | Victor Moreland | Northern Ireland |
| 20 | DF | Ivan Belfiore | Canada |
| 22 | GK | Paul Coffee | United States |

### Management and technical staff

* Carl Moore – Co-Owner
* Mike Kimbrel – Co-Owner
* Rick Lowenherz – Co-Owner
* Fred Williams – Co-Owner
* Alex Skotarek – General Manager
* Jim Boeh – Communications Director
* Terry Hennessey – Head Coach
* Steve Earle – Assistant Coach
* Larry Egge – Trainer

### Honors

The Roughnecks received two individual honors following the 1983 NASL season.
* Soccer Bowl Man of the Match: Njego Pesa
* NASL All-Star, First Team: Barry Wallace

## Competitions
### Friendlies
### NASL regular season
#### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 1983 Season | 26 April 1983 | 1 October 1983 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 056.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 056.67 |
Source: Competitions

#### Division standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, GD = Goal differential, PTS= point system
6 points for a win in regulation and overtime, 4 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 bonus point for each regulation goal scored, up to three per game.  - Qualified for NASL playoffs.
| Southern Division | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| Tulsa Roughnecks | 17 | 13 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 145 |
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 14 | 16 | 60 | 63 | -3 | 136 |
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7 | 23 | 48 | 87 | -39 | 83 |
| Team America | 10 | 20 | 33 | 54 | -21 | 79 |

#### Overall league playoff seeding

Division champions automatically receive top three seeds  - Division champions
| Pos | Club | G | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | New York Cosmos | 30 | 22 | 8 | 87 | 49 | +38 | 194 |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 30 | 24 | 6 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 187 |
| 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 30 | 17 | 13 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 145 |
| 4 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 30 | 20 | 10 | 71 | 54 | +17 | 169 |
| 5 | Chicago Sting | 30 | 15 | 15 | 66 | 73 | -7 | 147 |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 30 | 14 | 16 | 60 | 63 | -3 | 136 |
| 7 | Toronto Blizzard | 30 | 16 | 14 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 135 |
| 8 | Montreal Manic | 30 | 12 | 18 | 58 | 71 | -13 | 124 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Stadium | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Match reports
### NASL Playoffs
#### Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-3) | Semifinals (Best-of-3) | Soccer Bowl '83 (Single match) | Soccer Bowl '83 (Single match) | Soccer Bowl '83 (Single match) |
| 1 | New York Cosmos | 2 | 0(2) | – | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Montreal Manic | 4 | 1(3) | – | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Montreal Manic | 4 | 1(3) | – | 8 | Montreal Manic | 1(8) | 1 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2(9) | 0 | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 3 | 4 | – | 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2(9) | 0 | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 | 2 | – | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 | 2 | – | | | | | | 3 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Toronto Blizzard | 0 |
| 4 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 6 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 7 | Toronto Blizzard | 0 |
| 5 | Chicago Sting | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Chicago Sting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 0(3) | 0 | – | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Toronto Blizzard | 1(5) | 2 | – | | | |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | Toronto Blizzard | 1(5) | 2 | – | | | |
| 7 | Toronto Blizzard | 0 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |

#### Final
## Statistics
### Season scoring

GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Ron Futcher | 26 | 15 | 10 | 40 |
| Laurie Abrahams | 22 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| Njego Pesa | 24 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| Barry Wallace | 26 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Iraj Danaeifard | 22 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| Adam Krupa | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Zequinha | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Thompson Usiyan | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Billy Caskey | 22 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Gerry Reardon | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Carmelo D'Anzi | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Victor Moreland | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Pasquale Fuccillo | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Val Fernandes | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Terry Moore | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Belfiore | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Todd Saldana | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Winston DuBose | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| own goals | na | 1 | na | na |

### Season goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; Svs = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shut outs
| Player | GP | Min | Svs | GA | GAA | W | L | SO |
| Winston DuBose | 30 | 2783 | 136 | 48 | 1.55 | 17 | 13 | 5 |

### Playoff scoring

G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points
| Player | G | A | Pts |
| Ron Futcher | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Laurie Abrahams | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Njego Pesa | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Barry Wallace | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Iraj Danaeifard | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Adam Krupa | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Pasquale Fuccillo | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Val Fernandes | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Billy Caskey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry Moore | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Moreland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thompson Usiyan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Winston DuBose | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| own goals | 1 | na | na |

### Playoff goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; Svs = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shut outs
| Player | GP | Min | Svs | GA | GAA | W | L | SO |
| Winston DuBose | 6 | 587 | 23 | 6 | 0.952 | 5 | 1 | 2 |