1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1983 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Duration August – November 1983
Playoff
Duration November 27–December 17, 1983
Championship date December 17, 1983
Championship site Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Champion Southern Illinois Salukis
Division I-AA football season

The 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1983, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 17, 1983, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, SC. The Southern Illinois Salukis won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Western Carolina Catamounts by a final score of 43−7.[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School1982 Conference1983 Conference
North Texas StateI-A IndependentSouthland (I-AA)

Conference standings

1983 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#11 Nevada $^ 6 –1 –0  9 –5 –0
#12 Idaho State ^ 5 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Idaho 4 –3 –0  8 –3 –0
Boise State 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Weber State 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Montana 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Northern Arizona 2 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Montana State 1 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Nevada-Reno earned automatic berth and
    Idaho State earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll
(released before championship playoffs)
1983 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard + 5 –1 –1  6 –2 –2
Penn + 5 –1 –1  6 –3 –1
Brown 4 –2 –1  4 –5 –1
Dartmouth 4 –2 –1  4 –5 –1
Cornell 3 –3 –1  3 –6 –1
Princeton 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –5 –1  1 –7 –2
Yale 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1983 Mid-Continent football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#6 Eastern Illinois $ 3 –0 –0  9 –3 –0
Southwest Missouri State 2 –1 –0  6 –5 –0
Northern Iowa 1 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
Western Illinois 0 –3 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1983 MEAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#18 South Carolina State $ 4 –0 –0  7 –3 –0
Delaware State 3 –1 –0  7 –3 –1
Bethune–Cookman 1 –3 –0  4 –4 –1
North Carolina A&T 1 –3 –0  3 –7 –1
Howard 1 –3 –0  1 –9 –0
Florida A&M 0 –0 –0  7 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Florida A&M games did not count as conference games in 1983
Rankings from Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1983 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tulsa $ 5 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
#1 I-AA Southern Illinois ^ 5 –1 –0  13 –1 –0
#5 I-AA Indiana State ^ 3 –2 –0  9 –4 –0
New Mexico State 3 –2 –0  5 –6 –0
Illinois State 2 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
Wichita State 3 –3 –0  3 –8 –0
Drake 1 –6 –0  1 –10 –0
West Texas State 0 –5 –1  0 –10 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • The MVC was a hybrid of Division I-A and I-AA programs in 1983. Tulsa and Wichita State were Div I-A and the rest were Div I-AA
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Note: The Missouri Valley Conference included both Div. I and Div. I-AA teams in 1983
1983 Ohio Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#8 Eastern Kentucky $^ 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
#16 Middle Tennessee 5 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Akron 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Murray State 4 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Austin Peay 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Youngstown State 2 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Tennessee Tech 2 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
Morehead State 1 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
1983 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#2 Furman $^ 6 –0 –1  10 –2 –1
#9 Western Carolina ^ 5 –0 –1  11 –3 –1
Chattanooga 5 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Appalachian State 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Marshall 3 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
VMI 1 –5 –0  2 –9 –0
The Citadel 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
East Tennessee State 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Davidson 0 –5 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
1983 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#4 North Texas State + 5 –1 –0  8 –4 –0
#13 Northeast Louisiana + 5 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
McNeese State 3 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Arkansas State 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –1
Texas–Arlington 2 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Louisiana Tech 2 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Lamar 1 –5 –0  2 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll
1983 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#10 Grambling State $ 6 –0 –1  8 –1 –2
#15 Jackson State 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Southern 5 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
#19 Mississippi Valley State 4 –2 –1  7 –2 –1
Alcorn State 4 –3 –0  7 –3 –1
Texas Southern 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Alabama State 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
Prairie View A&M 0 –6 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll
1983 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#13t Boston University +^ 4 –1 –0  9 –4 –0
Connecticut + 4 –1 –0  5 –6 –0
#20 New Hampshire 3 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Rhode Island 2 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
UMass 2 –3 –0  3 –8 –0
Maine 0 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
1983 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#3 Holy Cross ^ 0 –0 –0  9 –1 –1
#17 Tennessee State 0 –0 –0  8 –2 –1
#7 Colgate ^ 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Lehigh 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Lafayette 0 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
Northeastern 0 –0 –0  6 –4 –1
Southeastern Louisiana 0 –0 –0  6 –5 –0
William & Mary 0 –0 –0  6 –5 –0
Nicholls State 0 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
Bucknell 0 –0 –0  4 –5 –1
Delaware 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
Northwestern State 0 –0 –0  4 –7 –0
James Madison 0 –0 –0  3 –8 –0
Richmond 0 –0 –0  3 –8 –0
Western Kentucky 0 –0 –0  2 –8 –1
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Div I-AA Football Committee poll

Conference champions

Conference champions

Big Sky Conference – Nevada
Ivy League – Harvard and Penn
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
Southern Conference – Furman
Southland Conference – North Texas State and Northeast Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State
Yankee Conference – Boston University and Connecticut

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round
November 26
Campus Sites		 Quarterfinals
December 3
Campus Sites		 Semifinals
December 10
Campus Sites		 National Championship Game
December 17
                           
    Carbondale, IL        
Terre Haute, IN
  Southern Illinois   23
  Indiana State   16** Carbondale, IL
    Indiana State   7  
  Eastern Illinois   13     Southern Illinois   23
  Reno, NV
Pocatello, ID     Nevada   7  
  North Texas State   17
  Idaho State   20 Charleston, SC – Hagood Stadium
    Nevada   20*  
  Nevada   27     Southern Illinois   43
  Worcester, MA
Cullowhee, NC     Western Carolina   7
  Holy Cross   21
  Western Carolina   24 Greenville, SC
    Western Carolina   28  
  Colgate   23     Western Carolina   14
  Greenville, SC
Richmond, KY     Furman   7  
  Furman   35
  Eastern Kentucky   20
    Boston U.   16  
  Boston U.   24  

References

  1. ↑ "1983 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
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