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.

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

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.

Overall league playoff seeding
Division champions automatically receive top three seeds - Division champions

Season scoring
GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points

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

Playoff scoring
G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points

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