American college football season
The 1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season . The Hawkeyes, led by head coach Hayden Fry , were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium . Iowa finished the season 9–3 (7–2 Big Ten), capped by a loss to Florida in the Gator Bowl .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 10 at Iowa State * No. 16 ABC W 51–10 54,066
September 17 at Penn State * No. 13 W 42–34 84,628
September 24 2:30 p.m. No. 3 Ohio State No. 7 CBS W 20–14 66,175
October 1 at Illinois No. 4 L 0–33 73,351
October 8 Northwestern No. 15 Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA W 61–21 66,125
October 15 Purdue No. 14 Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA W 31–14 66,105
October 22 11:00 a.m. at No. 10 Michigan No. 12 ABC L 13–16 104,559
October 29 Indiana No. 17 Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA W 49–3 66,055
November 5 at Wisconsin No. 15 W 34–14 78,105
November 12 at Michigan State No. 12 W 12–6 72,528
November 19 Minnesota No. 11 Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry ) W 61–10 66,160
December 30 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 11 Florida * No. 10 ABC L 6–14 81,293
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Roster
1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P/K
3
Tom Nichol
Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Bill Snyder – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Bill Brashier – Defensive Coordinator
Kirk Ferentz – Offensive line
Carl Jackson – Running backs
Del Miller – Offensive assistant
Dan McCarney – Defensive line
Barry Alvarez – Linebackers
Don Patterson – Defensive Backs
Bernie Wyatt – Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator
Bill Dervich – Strength and Conditioning
Bob Stoops – Graduate assistant
Bruce Kittle – Graduate assistant
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Coaching staff
Five of the staff would go on to become the winningest head coaches at five different programs: Snyder (Kansas State), Alvarez (Wisconsin), Stoops (Oklahoma), McCarney (Iowa State) and Ferentz (Iowa)
Rankings
Further information: 1983 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 16 16 13 7 4 15 14 12 17 15 12 11 10 10 10 14 Coaches 20 17 12 6 3 14 13 12 17 14 9 11 10 10 10 14
Game summaries
at Iowa State
#16 Iowa at Iowa StateBattle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 16 Hawkeyes
17
14 6 14
51
Cyclones
0
3 0 7
10
Scoring summary 1 IOWA Granger 24-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) Iowa 7–0
1 IOWA Nichol 42-yard field goal Iowa 10–0
1 IOWA Gill 31-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 17–0
2 IOWA Gill 2-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 24–0
2 ISU Bachrodt 36-yard field goal Iowa 24–3
2 IOWA Gill 1-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 31–3
3 IOWA Long 2-yard run (kick failed) Iowa 37–3
4 IOWA Gill 3-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 44–3
4 IOWA Jackson 6-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 51–3
4 0:58 ISU Posey 65-yard pass from Hood (Bachrodt kick) Iowa 51–10
See also: 1983 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry
This was the first of 15 straight wins in the series for the Hawkeyes.
at Penn State
#13 Iowa at Penn State
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 13 Hawkeyes
14
0 21 7
42
Nittany Lions
7
14 7 6
34
Scoring summary 1 PSU DiMidio 9-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick) PSU 7–0
1 IOWA Phillips 1-yard run (Nichol kick) Tied 7–7
1 IOWA Gill 4-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–7
2 PSU Jackson 7-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick) Tied 14–14
2 PSU Strang 1-yard run (Gancitano kick) PSU 21–14
3 IOWA Phillips 26-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) Tied 21–21
3 PSU Baugh 18-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick) PSU 28–21
3 IOWA Long 5-yard run (Nichol kick) Tied 28–28
3 IOWA Granger 23-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 35–28
4 IOWA Harmon 77-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 42–28
4 PSU Nichols 7-yard run (pass failed) IOWA 42–34
See also: 1983 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
No. 3 Ohio State
#3 Ohio State at #7 Iowa
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Buckeyes
7
0 0 7
14
• No. 7 Hawkeyes
3
0 10 7
20
Scoring summary 1 8:12 IOWA Tom Nichol 25-yard field goal IOWA 3–0
1 1:43 OHST Keith Byars 1-yard run (Spangler kick) OHST 7–3
3 12:09 IOWA Mike Hufford 16-yard pass from Chuck Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 10–7
3 3:34 IOWA Tom Nichol 47-yard field goal IOWA 13–7
4 4:25 IOWA Dave Moritz 73-yard pass from Chuck Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 20–7
4 2:21 OHST Broadnax 4-yard pass from Mike Tomczak (Spangler kick) Iowa 20–14
See also: 1983 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The Hawkeyes earned their first win over the Buckeyes since 1962.
at Illinois
#4 Iowa at Illinois
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Hawkeyes
0
0 0 0
0
• Fighting Illini
17
10 0 6
33
Scoring summary 1 ILL C. White 30-yard field goal ILL 3–0
1 ILL Brookins 54-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick) ILL 10–0
1 ILL Benson 12-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick) ILL 17–0
2 ILL D. Williams 6-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick) ILL 24–0
2 ILL C. White 20-yard field goal ILL 27–0
4 ILL C. White 47-yard field goal ILL 30–0
4 ILL C. White 45-yard field goal ILL 33–0
See also: 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The Hawkeyes – ranked #3 in the Coaches poll and #4 in the AP poll – could not break through on this day in Champaign. Illinois would go on to win the outright Big Ten title by finishing 9-0 in conference play.
Northwestern
Northwestern at #15 Iowa
1
2 3 4 Total
Wildcats
0
7 7 7
21
• No. 15 Hawkeyes
17
17 14 13
61
Scoring summary 1 IOWA Long 1-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 7–0
1 IOWA Olejniczak 18-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–0
1 IOWA Nichol 45-yard field goal IOWA 17–0
2 NW Schwab 9-yard run (Duvic kick) IOWA 17–7
2 IOWA Phillips 3-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 24–7
2 IOWA Phillips 8-yard run (Nichol kick) Iowa 31–7
2 IOWA Nichol 32-yard field goal IOWA 34–7
3 IOWA Moritz 19-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 41–7
3 NW Edwards 5-yard run (Duvic kick) IOWA 41–14
3 IOWA Harmon 60-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 48–14
4 IOWA Smith 86-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick) IOWA 55–14
4 IOWA Helverson 15-yard pass from Robertson (kick failed) Iowa 61–14
4 NW Harvey 6-yard pass from Burton (Duvic kick) IOWA 61–21
See also: 1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The Hawkeyes set a Big Ten record with 713 yards of total offense.
Chuck Long: 23-33, 420 yards, 4 TD (1 rushing)
Purdue
Purdue at #14 Iowa
1
2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers
7
7 0 0
14
• No. 14 Hawkeyes
7
17 7 0
31
Scoring summary 1 Purdue Campbell 1-yard run (Clark kick) Purdue 7-0
1 IOWA O. Gill 2-yard run (Nichol kick) Tied 7-7
2 Purdue Scott 12-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) Purdue 14-7
2 IOWA Long 5-yard run (Nichol kick) Tied 14-14
2 IOWA Nichol 47-yard field goal IOWA 17-14
2 IOWA Smith 55-yard punt return (Nichol kick) IOWA 24-14
3 IOWA O. Gill 1-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 31-14
See also: 1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team
at No. 10 Michigan
#12 Iowa at #10 Michigan
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Hawkeyes
0
3 0 10
13
• No. 10 Wolverines
3
3 7 3
16
Date: October 22Location: Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MichiganGame attendance: 104,559TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson & Frank Broyles
Scoring summary 1 MICH Bergeron 37-yard field goal Michigan 3-0
2 MICH Bergeron 20-yard field goal Michigan 6-0
2 0:53 IOWA Nichol 56-yard field goal Michigan 6-3
3 MICH Rogers 4-yard run (Bergeron kick) Michigan 13-3
4 IOWA Olejniczak 3-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick) Michigan 13-10
4 IOWA Nichol 27-yard field goal Tie 13-13
4 0:08 MICH Bergeron 45-yard field goal Michigan 16-13
See also: 1983 Michigan Wolverines football team
Indiana
Indiana at #17 Iowa
1
2 3 4 Total
Hoosiers
0
3 0 0
3
• No. 17 Hawkeyes
21
7 7 14
49
Scoring summary 1 IOWA O. Gill 16-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 7-0
1 IOWA Moritz 20-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 14-0
1 IOWA Long 11-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 21-0
2 Indiana Smith 41-yard field goal IOWA 21-3
2 IOWA E. Phillips 18-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 28-3
3 IOWA O. Gill 2-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 35-3
4 IOWA Moritz 11-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick) IOWA 42-3
4 IOWA Helverson 10-yard pass from Robertson (Nichol kick) IOWA 49-3
See also: 1983 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Dave Moritz – 11 receptions, 192 receiving yards, 2 TD
at Wisconsin
#15 Iowa at WisconsinRivalry Game
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 15 Hawkeyes
14
13 7 0
34
Badgers
0
0 0 14
14
Scoring summary 1 IOWA E. Phillips 2-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 7–0
1 IOWA R. Harmon 12-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–0
2 IOWA Moritz 12-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 21–0
2 IOWA Hayes 20-yard pass from Long (pass failed) IOWA 27–0
3 IOWA M. Hufford 6-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick) IOWA 34–0
4 WIS Al Toon 44-yard pass from Wright (Rohde kick)IOWA 34–7
4 WIS Harrison 11-yard run (Rohde kick) IOWA 34–14
See also: 1983 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry
Chuck Long – 4 TD passes
Eddie Phillips – 162 Rush yards, TD
at Michigan State
#12 Iowa at Michigan State
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 12 Hawkeyes
0
3 9 0
12
Spartans
0
0 0 6
6
Scoring summary 2 IOWA Tom Nichol 39-yard field goal IOWA 3-0
3 IOWA Tom Nichol 40-yard field goal IOWA 6-0
3 IOWA R. Harmon 9-yard pass from Chuck Long (pass failed) IOWA 12-0
4 MSU Phil Parker 30-yard blocked punt return (kick failed)IOWA 12-6
See also: 1983 Michigan State Spartans football team
Minnesota
Minnesota at #11 IowaBattle for Floyd of Rosedale
1
2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers
0
7 0 3
10
• No. 11 Hawkeyes
17
17 7 20
61
Scoring summary 1 IOWA E. Phillips 80-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 7-0
1 IOWA Tom Nichol 25-yard field goal IOWA 10-0
1 IOWA Phillips 9-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 17-0
2 IOWA Tom Nichol 22-yard field goal IOWA 20-0
2 IOWA O. Gill 41-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 27-0
2 IOWA R. Harmon 25-yard pass from Robertson (Nichol kick) IOWA 34-0
2 MINN Starks 66-yard pass from Sadek (Gallery kick) IOWA 34-7
3 IOWA R. Harmon 22-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 41-7
4 IOWA Phillips 1-yard run (kick failed) IOWA 47-7
4 IOWA N. Granger 65-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 54-7
4 MINN Gallery 42-yard field goal IOWA 54-10
4 IOWA R. Harmon 11-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 61-10
See also: 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry
The Hawkeyes rolled up a school-record 517 yards rushing against the Gophers. Three Iowa backs went over 100 yards, led by Eddie Phillips with 172 yards and 3 touchdowns. Ronnie Harmon had 75 yards and 2 touchdowns on only 4 carries, and also caught a touchdown pass.
vs. No. 11 Florida (Gator Bowl)
#10 Iowa vs. #11 Florida
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Hawkeyes
0
3 3 0
6
• No. 11 Gators
7
7 0 0
14
Scoring summary 1 0:40 UF Neal Anderson 1-yard run (Raymond kick) Florida 7-0
2 5:45 IOWA Tom Nichol 32-yard field goal Florida 7-3
2 1:08 UF Drew fumble recovery in end zone (Raymond kick) Florida 14-3
3 11:00 IOWA Tom Nichol 31-yard field goal Florida 14-6
Main article: 1983 Gator Bowl
See also: 1983 Florida Gators football team
Awards and honors
See also: 1983 College Football All-America Team and 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team
Team players in the 1984 NFL Draft
Main article: 1984 NFL draft
References
Joe Lapointe (October 23, 1983). "U-M gives Iowa the boot: Bergeron wins it with last-seconds field goal, 16-13" . Detroit Free Press . pp. 1H, 7H – via Newspapers.com .
"Gators put bite on Hawkeyes, 14–6" . The Des Moines Register . December 31, 1983. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
"1983 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule and Results" . sports-reference.com .
"THE BASE OF THE TREE: HAYDEN FRY'S 1983 COACHING STAFF" . blackheartgoldpants.com . SB Nation. June 20, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"Stoops, Ferentz and the legendary '83 Iowa staff's impact on 2015 CFP race" . ESPN . November 18, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
"Iowa 1983 AP Football Rankings" . collegepollarchive.com .
"16 Iowa" . Sports Illustrated . September 1, 1983. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
"Iowa unveils its state-of-the-art offense" . Chicago Tribune . September 11, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
"IOWA DEFEATS PENN STATE, 42-34" . The New York Times . September 18, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
"IOWA DEFEATS OHIO STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS" . The New York Times . September 24, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
"No. 7 Iowa's Passes Beat No. 3 Ohio State, 20-14" . Washington Post . September 24, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
McCallum, Jack (October 3, 1983). "SUDDENLY, THE 'EYES HAVE IT" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved August 5, 2018.
"Illinois shocks No. 3 Iowa, 33-0" . The Salina Journal . October 2, 1983. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"Iowa 61, Northwestern 21" . The Day . October 9, 1983. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"Iowa 31, Purdue 14" . The Paris News . October 16, 1983. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"MICHIGAN EDGES IOWA ON LATE KICK" . The New York Times . October 23, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
"Inept Indiana humiliated at Iowa" . Indianapolis Star . October 30, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
"Moritz triggers Iowa romp: Hawkeyes hit Indiana early in 49-3 triumph" . The Gazette . October 30, 1983. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
"Iowa rolls by Wisconsin" . The Pantagraph . November 6, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
"Big 10 roundup: Iowa 12, Michigan State 6" . Chicago Tribune . November 13, 1983. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"Iowa rushes to Gator Bowl berth" . Chicago Tribune . November 20, 1983. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
"Gator Bowl to Florida, 14-6" . The New York Times . December 31, 1983. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"1984 NFL Draft" . pro-football-reference.com . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
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