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1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Gator Bowl, L 14–6 vs. Florida
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
Record9–3 (7–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Snyder (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Brashier (5th season)
MVPNorm Granger
Chuck Long
Dave Moritz
CaptainNorm Granger
Jon Roehlk
Dave Strobel
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 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

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 10at Iowa State*No. 16
ABCW 51–1054,066
September 17at Penn State*No. 13
W 42–3484,628
September 242:30 p.m.No. 3 Ohio StateNo. 7
CBSW 20–1466,175
October 1at IllinoisNo. 4
L 0–3373,351
October 8NorthwesterndaggerNo. 15
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 61–2166,125
October 15PurdueNo. 14
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 31–1466,105
October 2211:00 a.m.at No. 10 MichiganNo. 12
ABCL 13–16104,559[1]
October 29IndianaNo. 17
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
W 49–366,055
November 5at WisconsinNo. 15
W 34–1478,105
November 12at Michigan StateNo. 12
W 12–672,528
November 19MinnesotaNo. 11
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 61–1066,160
December 307:00 p.m.vs. No. 11 Florida*No. 10
ABCL 6–1481,293[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

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1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 78 John Alt Sr
TE 80 Mike Bennett So
WR 27 Bill Broghamer Sr
OT 61 Dave Croston Fr
RB 33 Owen Gill Jr
FB 26 Norm Granger (C) Sr
QB 13 Tom Grogan Sr
OT 79 Mike Haight So
G 68 Tim Hanna Sr
WR 40 Bill Happel So
RB 31 Ronnie Harmon So
TE 34 Jonathan Hayes So
WR 87 Scott Helverson So
C 53 Joel Hilgenberg Sr
TE 86 Mike Hufford Sr
G 65 Tom Humphrey So
RB 42 Treye Jackson
OT 55 Joe Levelis Sr
QB 16 Chuck Long So
FB 46 John Marchese
WR 5 Dave Moritz Sr
TE 88 Lon Olejniczak Sr
RB 22 Eddie Phillips Sr
G 66 Jon Roehlk (C) Sr
QB Mark Vlasic Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 29 Nate Creer So
DB 44 Craig Hartman Jr
DE 91 Mike Hooks So
DL 64 Paul Hufford Jr
DB 14 Keith Hunter Jr
DT 77 George Little Jr
DE 98 George Millett So
DB 21 Devon Mitchell So
DB 45 Jay Norvell So
DL 50 Hap Peterson So
LB 38 Kevin Spitzig Jr
LB 36 Larry Station So
DB 41 Mike Stoops Jr
DB 46 Jim Yost  Jr
DE 97 Dave Strobel (C) Jr
DE 92 Tony Wancket  So
DL 51 Bill Weires So
DL 57 Jon Vrieze Fr
LB 39 Mike Yacullo Sr
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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Coaching staff

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Name Position Seasons at Iowa Alma mater
Hayden Fry Head coach 5th Baylor (1951)
Bill Brashier Defensive Coordinator 5th North Texas State (1952)
Bill Snyder Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks 5th William Jewell (1963)
Dan McCarney Defensive Line 7th Iowa (1975)
Barry Alvarez Linebackers 5th Nebraska (1969)
Don Patterson Tight Ends 5th Army (1973)
Carl Jackson Running Backs 5th Prairie View A&M (1963)
Kirk Ferentz Offensive Line 3rd Connecticut (1978)
Del Miller Offensive assistant 6th Central (IA) (1972)
Bernie Wyatt Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator 10th Iowa (1962)
Bill Dervrich Strength and Conditioning 4th West Chester State (1975)
Bob Stoops Graduate Assistant 1st Iowa (1983)

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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

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Further information: 1983 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP161613741514121715121110101014
Coaches20171263141312171491110101014

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Game summaries

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at Iowa State

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#16 Iowa at Iowa State
Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy
1 234Total
• No. 16 Hawkeyes 17 14614 51
Cyclones 0 307 10
Scoring summary
1IOWAGranger 24-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)Iowa 7–0
1IOWANichol 42-yard field goalIowa 10–0
1IOWAGill 31-yard run (Nichol kick)Iowa 17–0
2IOWAGill 2-yard run (Nichol kick)Iowa 24–0
2ISUBachrodt 36-yard field goalIowa 24–3
2IOWAGill 1-yard run (Nichol kick)Iowa 31–3
3IOWALong 2-yard run (kick failed)Iowa 37–3
4IOWAGill 3-yard run (Nichol kick)Iowa 44–3
4IOWAJackson 6-yard run (Nichol kick)Iowa 51–3
40:58ISUPosey 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.

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at Penn State

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#13 Iowa at Penn State
1 234Total
• No. 13 Hawkeyes 14 0217 42
Nittany Lions 7 1476 34
Scoring summary
1PSUDiMidio 9-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick)PSU 7–0
1IOWAPhillips 1-yard run (Nichol kick)Tied 7–7
1IOWAGill 4-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 14–7
2PSUJackson 7-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick)Tied 14–14
2PSUStrang 1-yard run (Gancitano kick)PSU 21–14
3IOWAPhillips 26-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)Tied 21–21
3PSUBaugh 18-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick)PSU 28–21
3IOWALong 5-yard run (Nichol kick)Tied 28–28
3IOWAGranger 23-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 35–28
4IOWAHarmon 77-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 42–28
4PSUNichols 7-yard run (pass failed)IOWA 42–34
See also: 1983 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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No. 3 Ohio State

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#3 Ohio State at #7 Iowa
1 234Total
No. 3 Buckeyes 7 007 14
• No. 7 Hawkeyes 3 0107 20
Scoring summary
18:12IOWATom Nichol 25-yard field goalIOWA 3–0
11:43OHSTKeith Byars 1-yard run (Spangler kick)OHST 7–3
312:09IOWAMike Hufford 16-yard pass from Chuck Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 10–7
33:34IOWATom Nichol 47-yard field goalIOWA 13–7
44:25IOWADave Moritz 73-yard pass from Chuck Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 20–7
42:21OHSTBroadnax 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.

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at Illinois

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#4 Iowa at Illinois
1 234Total
No. 4 Hawkeyes 0 000 0
• Fighting Illini 17 1006 33
Scoring summary
1ILLC. White 30-yard field goalILL 3–0
1ILLBrookins 54-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick)ILL 10–0
1ILLBenson 12-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick)ILL 17–0
2ILLD. Williams 6-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick)ILL 24–0
2ILLC. White 20-yard field goalILL 27–0
4ILLC. White 47-yard field goalILL 30–0
4ILLC. White 45-yard field goalILL 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.

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Northwestern

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Northwestern at #15 Iowa
1 234Total
Wildcats 0 777 21
• No. 15 Hawkeyes 17 171413 61
Scoring summary
1IOWALong 1-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 7–0
1IOWAOlejniczak 18-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 14–0
1IOWANichol 45-yard field goalIOWA 17–0
2NWSchwab 9-yard run (Duvic kick)IOWA 17–7
2IOWAPhillips 3-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 24–7
2IOWAPhillips 8-yard run (Nichol kick)Iowa 31–7
2IOWANichol 32-yard field goalIOWA 34–7
3IOWAMoritz 19-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 41–7
3NWEdwards 5-yard run (Duvic kick)IOWA 41–14
3IOWAHarmon 60-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 48–14
4IOWASmith 86-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick)IOWA 55–14
4IOWAHelverson 15-yard pass from Robertson (kick failed)Iowa 61–14
4NWHarvey 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)

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Purdue

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Purdue at #14 Iowa
1 234Total
Boilermakers 7 700 14
• No. 14 Hawkeyes 7 1770 31
Scoring summary
1PurdueCampbell 1-yard run (Clark kick)Purdue 7-0
1IOWAO. Gill 2-yard run (Nichol kick)Tied 7-7
2PurdueScott 12-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick)Purdue 14-7
2IOWALong 5-yard run (Nichol kick)Tied 14-14
2IOWANichol 47-yard field goalIOWA 17-14
2IOWASmith 55-yard punt return (Nichol kick)IOWA 24-14
3IOWAO. Gill 1-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 31-14
See also: 1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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at No. 10 Michigan

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#12 Iowa at #10 Michigan
1 234Total
No. 12 Hawkeyes 0 3010 13
• No. 10 Wolverines 3 373 16
  • Date: October 22
  • Location: Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Game attendance: 104,559
  • TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson & Frank Broyles
Scoring summary
1MICHBergeron 37-yard field goalMichigan 3-0
2MICHBergeron 20-yard field goalMichigan 6-0
20:53IOWANichol 56-yard field goalMichigan 6-3
3MICHRogers 4-yard run (Bergeron kick)Michigan 13-3
4IOWAOlejniczak 3-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick)Michigan 13-10
4IOWANichol 27-yard field goalTie 13-13
40:08MICHBergeron 45-yard field goalMichigan 16-13
See also: 1983 Michigan Wolverines football team

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Indiana

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Indiana at #17 Iowa
1 234Total
Hoosiers 0 300 3
• No. 17 Hawkeyes 21 7714 49
Scoring summary
1IOWAO. Gill 16-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 7-0
1IOWAMoritz 20-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 14-0
1IOWALong 11-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 21-0
2IndianaSmith 41-yard field goalIOWA 21-3
2IOWAE. Phillips 18-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 28-3
3IOWAO. Gill 2-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 35-3
4IOWAMoritz 11-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick)IOWA 42-3
4IOWAHelverson 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

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at Wisconsin

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#15 Iowa at Wisconsin
Rivalry Game
1 234Total
• No. 15 Hawkeyes 14 1370 34
Badgers 0 0014 14
Scoring summary
1IOWAE. Phillips 2-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 7–0
1IOWAR. Harmon 12-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 14–0
2IOWAMoritz 12-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 21–0
2IOWAHayes 20-yard pass from Long (pass failed)IOWA 27–0
3IOWAM. Hufford 6-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)IOWA 34–0
4WISAl Toon 44-yard pass from Wright (Rohde kick)IOWA 34–7
4WISHarrison 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

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at Michigan State

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#12 Iowa at Michigan State
1 234Total
• No. 12 Hawkeyes 0 390 12
Spartans 0 006 6
Scoring summary
2IOWATom Nichol 39-yard field goalIOWA 3-0
3IOWATom Nichol 40-yard field goalIOWA 6-0
3IOWAR. Harmon 9-yard pass from Chuck Long (pass failed)IOWA 12-0
4MSUPhil Parker 30-yard blocked punt return (kick failed)IOWA 12-6
See also: 1983 Michigan State Spartans football team

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Minnesota

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Minnesota at #11 Iowa
Battle for Floyd of Rosedale
1 234Total
Golden Gophers 0 703 10
• No. 11 Hawkeyes 17 17720 61
Scoring summary
1IOWAE. Phillips 80-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 7-0
1IOWATom Nichol 25-yard field goalIOWA 10-0
1IOWAPhillips 9-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 17-0
2IOWATom Nichol 22-yard field goalIOWA 20-0
2IOWAO. Gill 41-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 27-0
2IOWAR. Harmon 25-yard pass from Robertson (Nichol kick)IOWA 34-0
2MINNStarks 66-yard pass from Sadek (Gallery kick)IOWA 34-7
3IOWAR. Harmon 22-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 41-7
4IOWAPhillips 1-yard run (kick failed)IOWA 47-7
4IOWAN. Granger 65-yard run (Nichol kick)IOWA 54-7
4MINNGallery 42-yard field goalIOWA 54-10
4IOWAR. 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.

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vs. No. 11 Florida (Gator Bowl)

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#10 Iowa vs. #11 Florida
1 234Total
No. 10 Hawkeyes 0 330 6
• No. 11 Gators 7 700 14
Scoring summary
10:40UFNeal Anderson 1-yard run (Raymond kick)Florida 7-0
25:45IOWATom Nichol 32-yard field goalFlorida 7-3
21:08UFDrew fumble recovery in end zone (Raymond kick)Florida 14-3
311:00IOWATom Nichol 31-yard field goalFlorida 14-6
Main article: 1983 Gator Bowl
See also: 1983 Florida Gators football team

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Awards and honors

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See also: 1983 College Football All-America Team and 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Team players in the 1984 NFL Draft

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Main article: 1984 NFL draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
John Alt Tackle 1 21 Kansas City Chiefs
Joel Hilgenberg Center 4 97 New Orleans Saints
Norm Granger Running Back 5 137 Dallas Cowboys
Joe Levelis Guard 6 166 Dallas Cowboys
Dave Moritz Wide Receiver 10 275 San Francisco 49ers

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References

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  2. ^ "Gators put bite on Hawkeyes, 14–6". The Des Moines Register. December 31, 1983. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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