1983 National Finals

The 21st National Bible Quiz Finals took place August 8-10, 1983 in Anaheim, California covering the book of Acts. Ted Brust was the National Coordinator and Brenton Osgood was the official question writer.

The event was won by First A/G, New Orleans, LA (pictured), the same church which won Nationals in 1971. The second place team was Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH.

The team from First A/G, New Orleans, LA became the third church to win Nationals more than once as they joined Full Gospel Chapel, Denver, CO (1966,1967) and Evangel Temple, A/G, Decatur, GA (1963,1976,1978) as multiple winners. New Orleans became the first team to average over 200 points at Nationals with a 207.86 per quiz average besting the record set the previous year by Evangel Temple, A/G, Decatur, GA. New Orleans still had to overcome the team from Byesville, OH in a playoff to claim the first place trophy.

1983 marked the first time that quizzers who had graduated from high school but were still 19 by the beginning of the quiz year could not participate. This caused quite a turnover in quizzing personnel from the previous year. It also marked the final year of the eight team National Finals tournament as the next year participants who finished second in each region were allowed to participate with the eight regional champions.

The top quizzer at the 1983 National Finals was John Wootton of Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH. In becoming the top scorer, John established a record for average points with 113.67 per quiz. This would become the first of 2 consecutive top scorer honors for John.

Results

Teams

The results are based on win-loss record, and a playoff for first place. When equal records exist, the ties are broken first by head to head; second by head to head and point differential; and third by head to head, point differential and point total.

# Team W L Total Avg Margin Avg Margin
1 First A/G, New Orleans, LA* 6 1 1455 207.86 1085 155
2 Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH* 6 1 1315 187.86 755 107.86
3 Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 5 2 1030 147.14 355 50.71
4 Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 4 3 895 127.86 -110 -15.71
5 First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 3 4 730 104.29 -325 -46.43
6 Renton A/G, Renton, WA 2 5 645 92.14 -510 -72.86
7 Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS 1 6 440 62.86 -770 -110
8 First A/G, Tempe, AZ 1 6 640 91.43 -590 -84.29

* Won in playoff.

Individuals

Only top 6 quizzers were announced at the 1983 National Bible Quiz Tournament.

# Quizzer Church Total Avg
1 John Wootton Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH 795 113.67
2 Joseph Leija First A/G, New Orleans, LA 685 97.96
3 Paul Freitag Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 565 80.71
4 Steve Eastin First A/G, Tempe, AZ 510 72.96
5 Debbie Kalmar First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 445 63.67
6 Mark Malone Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 425 60.71

Teams

Great Lakes Region

  • Church: Byesville Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH
  • Pastor: Everette Pafford
  • Coach: Barbara Wootton
  • Team:
    • Dianne Phillips
    • J.R. Phillips
    • Doug Rinearson
    • John Wootton
    • Renee Yniquez
  • Round Robin:
    • Round 1: Lost to First A/G, New Orleans, LA 55 to 160
    • Round 2: Won against First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 190 to 60
    • Round 3: Won against First A/G, Tempe, AZ 255 to 110
    • Round 4: Won against Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 235 to 5
    • Round 5: Won against Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS 210 to -15
    • Round 6: Won against Renton A/G, Renton, WA 215 to 130
    • Round 7: Won against Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 155 to 125
    • Playoff: Lost to First A/G, New Orleans, LA

Gulf Region

  • Church: First A/G, New Orleans, LA
  • Pastor: Marvin E. Gorman
  • Coach: Alice Brent
  • Team:
    • Tamara Brent
    • Julie Crawford
    • Robbie Egan
    • Jason Finley
    • Joseph Leija
    • Laurie Nettles
  • Round Robin:
    • Round 1: Won against Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH 160 to 55
    • Round 2: Won against Renton A/G, Renton, WA 280 to 190
    • Round 3: Won against First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 285 to 80
    • Round 4: Won against Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS 230 to 70
    • Round 5: Won against First A/G, Tempe, AZ 165 to 80
    • Round 6: Lost to Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 75 to 125
    • Round 7: Won against Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 260 to 55
    • Playoff: Won against Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH

North Central Region

  • Church: Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN
  • Pastor: Larry Freitag
  • Coach: Don Jones
  • Team:
    • Brad Brager
    • Julie Freitag
    • Paul Freitag
    • Wilbur Gayle
    • Cheryl Jackson
  • Round Robin:
    • Round 1: Won against Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS 185 to 50
    • Round 2: Won against First A/G, Tempe, AZ 160 to 60
    • Round 3: Won against Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 140 to 135
    • Round 4: Lost to Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH 5 to 235
    • Round 5: Won against Renton A/G, Renton, WA 215 to 25
    • Round 6: Won against First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 135 to 85
    • Round 7: Lost to First A/G, New Orleans, LA 55 to 260

Northeast Region

  • Church: Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD
  • Pastor: William Ferguson
  • Coach: John Bayko
  • Team:
    • Sheri Ferguson
    • Mark Malone
    • Eddie Stelle
  • Round Robin:
    • Round 1: Won against Renton A/G, Renton, WA 185 to 60
    • Round 2: Won against Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS 155 to 45
    • Round 3: Lost to Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 135 to 140
    • Round 4: Won against First A/G, Tempe, AZ 150 to 95
    • Round 5: Won against First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 155 to 145
    • Round 6: Won against First A/G, New Orleans, LA 125 to 75
    • Round 7: Lost to Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH 125 to 155

Northwest Region

  • Church: Renton A/G, Renton, WA
  • Pastor: Don Duncan
  • Coach: Kari Brodin
  • Team:
    • Sean Davis
    • Dorene Hamilton
    • Troy Jones
    • Aaron Wagar
  • Round Robin:
    • Round 1: Lost to Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 60 to 185
    • Round 2: Lost to First A/G, New Orleans, LA 190 to 280
    • Round 3: Lost to Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS -20 to 70
    • Round 4: Won against First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 215 to 40
    • Round 5: Lost to Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 25 to 215
    • Round 6: Lost to Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH 130 to 215
    • Round 7: Lost to First A/G, Tempe, AZ 45 to 150

South Central Region

  • Church: Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS
  • Pastor: Robert Slaton
  • Coach: Steve Lowe
  • Team:
    • Bill Baker
    • Curtis Johnson
    • David Lowe
    • Bridgette Rickel
    • Heidi Rudd
  • Round Robin:
    • Round 1: Lost to Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 50 to 185
    • Round 2: Lost to Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 45 to 155
    • Round 3: Won against Renton A/G, Renton, WA 70 to -20
    • Round 4: Lost to First A/G, New Orleans, LA 70 to 230
    • Round 5: Lost to Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH -15 to 210
    • Round 6: Won against First A/G, Tempe, AZ 190 to 100
    • Round 7: Lost to First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 30 to 140

Southeast Region

  • Church: First A/G, Fort Myers, FL
  • Pastor: William Russell
  • Coach: Tom Macon
  • Team:
    • Melissa Hopp
    • Debbie Kalmar
    • Michelle Pint
    • Alicia Shaw
  • Round Robin:
    • Round 1: Won against First A/G, Tempe, AZ 180 to 45
    • Round 2: Lost to Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH 60 to 190
    • Round 3: Lost to First A/G, New Orleans, LA 80 to 285
    • Round 4: Lost to Renton A/G, Renton, WA 40 to 215
    • Round 5: Lost to Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 145 to 155
    • Round 6: Lost to Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 85 to 135
    • Round 7: Won against Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS 140 to 30

Southwest Region

  • Church: First A/G, Tempe, AZ
  • Pastor: James Eastin
  • Coach: Bryan Turner
  • Team:
    • Sheri Amrozowicz
    • Margi Duhman
    • Steve Eastin
    • Dece Leach
    • Scott September
  • Round Robin:
    • Round 1: Lost to First A/G, Fort Myers, FL 45 to 180
    • Round 2: Lost to Bethel A/G, Minneapolis, MN 60 to 160
    • Round 3: Lost to Byesville A/G, Byesville, OH 110 to 255
    • Round 4: Lost to Trinity A/G, Lanham, MD 95 to 150
    • Round 5: Lost to First A/G, New Orleans, LA 80 to 165
    • Round 6: Lost to Evangel A/G, Wichita, KS 100 to 190
    • Round 7: Won against Renton A/G, Renton, WA 150 to 45