1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

	Conf					Overall
1983 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Illinois †	9	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#8 Michigan	8	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#14 Iowa	7	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#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

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Hawkeyes, led by legendary head coach Hayden Fry, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium.

Season

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	at Iowa State*	#16	Cyclone Stadium • Ames, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ABC	W 51-10	54,066
September 17	at Penn State*	#13	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 42-34	84,628
September 24	#3 Ohio State	#7	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	CBS	W 20-14	66,175
October 1	at Illinois	#4	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		L 0-33	73,351
October 8	Northwestern	#15	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 61-21	66,125
October 15	Purdue	#14	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 31-14	66,105
October 22	at #10 Michigan	#12	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 13-16	104,559
October 29	Indiana	#17	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		W 49-3	66,055
November 5	at Wisconsin	#15	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		W 34-14	78,105
November 12	at Michigan State	#12	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 12-6	72,528
November 19	Minnesota	#11	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale)		W 61-10	66,160
December 30	vs. #11 Florida*	#10	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	ABC	L 6-14	81,293
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Iowa	17	14	6	14	51
Iowa St	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	ISU	Posey 65 yard pass from Hood (Bachrodt kick)	Iowa 51–10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio St	7	0	0	7	14
• Iowa	3	0	10	7	20

Scoring summary

1	IOWA	Nichol 25 yard field goal	IOWA 3–0

1	OHST	Byars 1 yard run (Spangler kick)	OHST 7–3

3	IOWA	Hufford 16 yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 10–7

3	IOWA	Nichol 47 yard field goal	IOWA 13–7

4	IOWA	Moritz 73 yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 20–7

4	OHST	Broadnax 4 yard pass from Tomczak (Spangler kick)	IOWA 20–14

Iowa Hawkeyes football

Venues	Iowa Field (1890–1928) Kinnick Stadium (1929–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa State (Cy-Hawk Trophy) Minnesota (Floyd of Rosedale) Nebraska: The Heroes Game (Heroes Trophy) Wisconsin (Heartland Trophy)

Culture & lore	All-time series results History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Hawkeye Marching Band

People	Head coaches Honorees NFL draftees

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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