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1983 Indiana Hoosiers football team
American college football season
The 1983 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1983 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Sam Wyche in his first and only season as head coach, the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–7 in conference play, tying for eighth place in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.
Quick Facts Indiana Hoosiers football, Conference ...
| 1983 Indiana Hoosiers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (2–7 Big Ten) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Ron Corradini (3rd season) |
| MVP | Duane Gunn, Steve Bradley, Len Kenebrew |
| Captain | Joe Fitzgerald, Scot McNabb, Mark Smythe |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 10 Illinois $ | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Michigan | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Iowa | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Ohio State | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | Duke* | W 15–10 | 41,120 | [1] | |
| September 17 | at Kentucky* | L 13–24 | 56,825 | [2] | |
| September 24 | Northwestern |
| L 8–10 | 40,347 | |
| October 1 | at No. 14 Michigan | L 18–43 | 104,126 | [3] | |
| October 8 | Minnesota |
| W 38–31 | 41,111 | |
| October 15 | Michigan State |
| W 24–12 | 46,088 | |
| October 22 | at Wisconsin | L 14–45 | 78,199 | ||
| October 29 | at No. 17 Iowa | L 3–49 | 66,055 | ||
| November 5 | No. 14 Ohio State |
| L 17–56 | 51,176 | |
| November 12 | at No. 5 Illinois | L 21–49 | 73,612 | ||
| November 19 | Purdue |
| L 30–31 | 52,038 | |
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Purdue
See also: Old Oaken Bucket
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Purdue Boilermakers (2–7–1) at Indiana Hoosiers (3–7)
at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana
- Date: November 19, 1983
- Game attendance: 52,038
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| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL team |
| Mark Smythe | Defensive tackle | 10 | 269 | Arizona Cardinals |
- "Late I.U. drive downs Duke". The Indianapolis Star. September 11, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- "UK hands IU first loss". Sunday Herald-Times. September 18, 1983. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- Joe Lapointe (October 2, 1983). "Michigan pummels Hoosiers, 43-18". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 11H – via Newspapers.com.
- "1983 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- "1983 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- "1983 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- Gainesville Sun. 1983 Nov 20. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
- "1984 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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