1983 Big Ten Conference football season

The 1983 Big Ten Conference football season was the 88th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1983 Big Ten Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I-A
SportFootball
Number of teams10
Top draft pickCarl Banks
ChampionIllinois
Runners-upOhio State
Season MVPDon Thorp
Top scorerKeith Byars
1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Big Ten champion was Illinois. The Illini compiled a 10-2 record (9-0 against Big Ten opponents). They were led quarterback Jack Trudeau with 2,446 passing yards, running back Thomas Rooks with 842 rushing yards, and wide receiver David Williams with 870 receiving yards. The 1983 Illini are the only Big Ten team to go 9-0 in regular season conference play, until Wisconsin went 9-0 in 2017.[1]

Season overview

Results and team statistics
Conf. Rank Team Head coach AP final AP high Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1IllinoisMike White#10#410–29–028.917.8
2MichiganBo Schembechler#8#69–38–129.613.3
3IowaHayden Fry#14#49–37–231.715.8
4Ohio StateEarle Bruce#9#39–36–334.217.2
5WisconsinDave McClainNRNR7–45–432.622.0
6PurdueLeon BurtnettNRNR3–7–13–5–122.833.3
7Michigan StateGeorge PerlesNRNR4–6–12–6–114.721.2
8 (tie)IndianaSam WycheNRNR3–82–718.332.7
8 (tie)NorthwesternDennis GreenNRNR2–92–79.236.2
10MinnesotaJoe SalemNRNR1–100–916.547.1

Key
AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1983 season[2]
AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1983 season[2]
PPG = Average of points scored per game[2]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

Pre-season

Regular season

Bowl games

Four Big Ten teams played in bowl games as follows:

Statistical leaders

The Big Ten's individual statistical leaders include the following:[2]

All-conference players
For the complete All-Big Ten selections, see 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

All-Americans
For the complete All-America selections, see 1983 College Football All-America Team.


1984 NFL Draft

The 1984 NFL Draft was held May 1-2, 1984. The following Big Ten players were selected in the first round of the draft:[3]

Name Position Team Round Overall pick
Carl BanksLinebackerMichigan State13
John AltOffensive tackleIowa121
William RobertsGuardOhio State127

References
  1. http://www.espn.com/college-football/standings
  2. "1983 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. "1984 NFL Draft: Full Draft". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.