1983 Florida Gators football team
| 1983 Florida Gators football | |
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Gator Bowl, W 14–6 vs. Iowa | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| 1983 record | 9–2–1 (4–2 SEC) |
| Head coach | Charley Pell (5th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Mike Shanahan (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Joe Kines (3rd season) |
| Home stadium |
Florida Field (Capacity: 72,000)[1] |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Auburn $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Georgia | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Florida | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Alabama | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.. The season was Charley Pell's fifth as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Pell's Gators posted a 9–2–1 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 4–2, placing third among ten SEC teams.[2] Behind a stout defense and a rushing attack led by future pros Neal Anderson, John L. Williams, and Lorenzo Hampton the 1983 Gators were the first squad in program history to be ranked among the top ten teams in the final Associated Press (AP) poll. It was also the second time that the Gators were ranked in every weekly AP Poll throughout the season, (1975 being the first).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 3 | Miami (FL)* | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 28–3 | 73,907 | |||||
| September 10 | No. 9 USC* | No. 18 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles | T 19–19 | 53,948 | ||||
| September 17 | Indiana State* | No. 15 | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 17–13 | 68,191 | ||||
| September 24 | Mississippi State | No. 15 | Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi | W 35–12 | 31,875 | ||||
| October 1 | No. 16 LSU | No. 12 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 31–17 | 78,616 | ||||
| October 8 | Vanderbilt | No. 9 | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 29–10 | 73,764 | ||||
| October 22 | East Carolina* |
No. 6 | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 24–17 | 73,943 | ||||
| October 29 | No. 4 Auburn | No. 5 | Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama | CBS | L 21–28 | 75,700 | |||
| November 5 | No. 4 Georgia | No. 9 | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida | CBS | L 9–10 | 82,166 | |||
| November 12 | Kentucky | No. 14 | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | W 24–7 | 73,192 | ||||
| December 3 | Florida State* | No. 12 | Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida | CBS | W 53–14 | 74,113 | |||
| December 30 | No. 10 Iowa* | No. 11 | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl) | ABC | W 14–6 | 81,293 | |||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[2]
References
- ↑ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 1983 Football Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- 1 2 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine., University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.