1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Gator Bowl, L 14-6 vs. Florida
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
1983 record	9–3 (7–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Hayden Fry (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Snyder (5th year)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Brashier (5th year)
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium

1983 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	at Iowa State*	No. 16	Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ABC	W 51–10	54,066
September 17	at Penn State*	No. 13	Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania		W 42–34	84,628
September 24	No. 3 Ohio State	No. 7	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa	CBS	W 20–14	66,175
October 1	at Illinois	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois		L 0–33	73,351
October 8	Northwestern	No. 15	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa		W 61–21	66,125
October 15	Purdue	No. 14	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa		W 31–14	66,105
October 22	at No. 10 Michigan	No. 12	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	ABC	L 13–16	104,559
October 29	Indiana	No. 17	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa		W 49–3	66,055
November 5	at Wisconsin	No. 15	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin (Rivalry)		W 34–14	78,105
November 12	at Michigan State	No. 12	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan		W 12–6	72,528
November 19	Minnesota	No. 11	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale)		W 61–10	66,160
December 30	vs. No. 11 Florida*	No. 10	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl)	ABC	L 6–14	81,293
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Rankings

Further information: 1983 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	16	16	13	7	4	15	14	12	17	15	12	11	10	10	10	14
Coaches'					3											14

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Game summaries

Iowa State

#16 Iowa at Iowa State
Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hawkeyes	17	14	6	14	51
Cyclones	0	3	0	7	10

Date: September 10
Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa
Game attendance: 54,066
Television network: ABC

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

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

This was the first of 15 straight wins for the Hawkeyes in the series.

Owen Gill 16 Rush, 136 Yds, 4 TD

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Penn State

#13 Iowa at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hawkeyes	14	0	21	7	42
Nittany Lions	7	14	7	6	34

Date: September 17
Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania
Game attendance: 84,628

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary

1	PSU	DiMidio 9-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick)	PSU 7–0

1	IOWA	Phillips 1-yard run (Nichol kick)	Tied 7–7

1	IOWA	Gill 4-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 14–7

2	PSU	Jackson 7-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick)	Tied 14–14

2	PSU	Strang 1-yard run (Gancitano kick)	PSU 21–14

3	IOWA	Phillips 26-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	Tied 21–21

3	PSU	Baugh 18-yard pass from Strang (Gancitano kick)	PSU 28–21

3	IOWA	Long 5-yard run (Nichol kick)	Tied 28–28

3	IOWA	Granger 23-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 35–28

4	IOWA	Harmon 77-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 42–28

4	PSU	Nichols 7-yard run (pass failed)	IOWA 42–34

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Ohio State

#3 Ohio State at #7 Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buckeyes	7	0	0	7	14
• Hawkeyes	3	0	10	7	20

Date: September 24
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 66,175
Television network: CBS

Sources: Box score and Game story, Box score

Scoring summary

1	8:12	IOWA	Tom Nichol 25-yard field goal	IOWA 3–0

1	1:43	OHST	Keith Byars 1-yard run (Spangler kick)	OHST 7–3

3	12:09	IOWA	Mike Hufford 16-yard pass from Chuck Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 10–7

3	3:34	IOWA	Tom Nichol 47-yard field goal	IOWA 13–7

4	4:25	IOWA	Dave Moritz 73-yard pass from Chuck Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 20–7

4	2:21	OHST	Broadnax 4-yard pass from Mike Tomczak (Spangler kick)	IOWA 20–14

The Hawkeyes earned their first win over the Buckeyes since 1962.

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Illinois

#4 Iowa at Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	0	0	0	0
• Fighting Illini	17	10	0	6	33

Date: October 1
Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Game attendance: 73,351

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary

1	ILL	C. White 30-yard field goal	ILL 3–0

1	ILL	Brookins 54-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick)	ILL 10–0

1	ILL	Benson 12-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick)	ILL 17–0

2	ILL	D. Williams 6-yard pass from Trudeau (C. White kick)	ILL 24–0

2	ILL	C. White 20-yard field goal	ILL 27–0

4	ILL	C. White 47-yard field goal	ILL 30–0

4	ILL	C. White 45-yard field goal	ILL 33–0

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

Northwestern at #15 Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	7	7	7	21
• Hawkeyes	17	17	14	13	61

Date: October 8
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 66,125

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary

1	IOWA	Long 1-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 7–0

1	IOWA	Olejniczak 18-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 14–0

1	IOWA	Nichol 45-yard field goal	IOWA 17–0

2	NW	Schwab 9-yard run (Duvic kick)	IOWA 17–7

2	IOWA	Phillips 3-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 24–7

2	IOWA	Phillips 8-yard run (Nichol kick)	Iowa 31–7

2	IOWA	Nichol 32-yard field goal	IOWA 34–7

3	IOWA	Moritz 19-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 41–7

3	NW	Edwards 5-yard run (Duvic kick)	IOWA 41–14

3	IOWA	Harmon 60-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 48–14

4	IOWA	Smith 86-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick)	IOWA 55–14

4	IOWA	Helverson 15-yard pass from Robertson (kick failed)	Iowa 61–14

4	NW	Harvey 6-yard pass from Burton (Duvic kick)	IOWA 61–21

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

Purdue at #14 Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	7	7	0	0	14
• Hawkeyes	7	17	7	0	31

Date: October 15
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 66,105

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary

1	Purdue	Campbell 1-yard run (Clark kick)	Purdue 7-0

1	IOWA	O. Gill 2-yard run (Nichol kick)	Tied 7-7

2	Purdue	Scott 12-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick)	Purdue 14-7

2	IOWA	Long 5-yard run (Nichol kick)	Tied 14-14

2	IOWA	Nichol 47-yard field goal	IOWA 17-14

2	IOWA	Smith 55-yard punt return (Nichol kick)	IOWA 24-14

3	IOWA	O. Gill 1-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 31-14

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Michigan

#12 Iowa at #10 Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	3	0	10	13
• Wolverines	3	3	7	3	16

Date: October 22
Location: Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game attendance: 104,559
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson & Frank Broyles

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary

1		MICH	Bergeron 37-yard field goal	Michigan 3-0

2		MICH	Bergeron 20-yard field goal	Michigan 6-0

2	0:53	IOWA	Nichol 56-yard field goal	Michigan 6-3

3		MICH	Rogers 4-yard run (Bergeron kick)	Michigan 13-3

4		IOWA	Olejniczak 3-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick)	Michigan 13-10

4		IOWA	Nichol 27-yard field goal	Tie 13-13

4	0:08	MICH	Bergeron 45-yard field goal	Michigan 16-13

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Indiana

Indiana at #17 Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	0	3	0	0	3
• Hawkeyes	21	7	7	14	49

Date: October 29
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 66,055

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary

1	IOWA	O. Gill 16-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 7-0

1	IOWA	Moritz 20-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 14-0

1	IOWA	Long 11-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 21-0

2	Indiana	Smith 41-yard field goal	IOWA 21-3

2	IOWA	E. Phillips 18-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 28-3

3	IOWA	O. Gill 2-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 35-3

4	IOWA	Moritz 11-yard pass from Grogan (Nichol kick)	IOWA 42-3

4	IOWA	Helverson 10-yard pass from Robertson (Nichol kick)	IOWA 49-3

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Wisconsin

#15 Iowa at Wisconsin
Rivalry Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hawkeyes	14	13	7	0	34
Badgers	0	0	0	14	14

Date: November 5
Location: Cyclone Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game attendance: 78,105

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary

1	IOWA	E. Phillips 2-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 7–0

1	IOWA	R. Harmon 12-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 14–0

2	IOWA	Moritz 12-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 21–0

2	IOWA	Hayes 20-yard pass from Long (pass failed)	IOWA 27–0

3	IOWA	M. Hufford 6-yard pass from Long (Nichol kick)	IOWA 34–0

4	WIS	Al Toon 44-yard pass from Wright (Rohde kick)	IOWA 34–7

4	WIS	Harrison 11-yard run (Rohde kick)	IOWA 34–14

Chuck Long – 4 TD passes
Eddie Phillips – 162 Rush yards, TD

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Michigan State

#12 Iowa at Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hawkeyes	0	3	9	0	12
Spartans	0	0	0	6	6

Date: November 12
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 72,528

Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Scoring summary

2	IOWA	Tom Nichol 39-yard field goal	IOWA 3-0

3	IOWA	Tom Nichol 40-yard field goal	IOWA 6-0

3	IOWA	R. Harmon 9-yard pass from Chuck Long (pass failed)	IOWA 12-0

4	MSU	Phil Parker 30-yard blocked punt return (kick failed)	IOWA 12-6

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Minnesota

Minnesota at #11 Iowa
Battle for Floyd of Rosedale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	7	0	3	10
• Hawkeyes	17	17	7	20	61

Date: November 19
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 66,160

Sources: Box score

Scoring summary

1	IOWA	E. Phillips 80-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 7-0

1	IOWA	Tom Nichol 25-yard field goal	IOWA 10-0

1	IOWA	Phillips 9-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 17-0

2	IOWA	Tom Nichol 22-yard field goal	IOWA 20-0

2	IOWA	O. Gill 41-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 27-0

2	IOWA	R. Harmon 25-yard pass from Robertson (Nichol kick)	IOWA 34-0

2	MINN	Starks 66-yard pass from Sadek (Gallery kick)	IOWA 34-7

3	IOWA	R. Harmon 22-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 41-7

4	IOWA	Phillips 1-yard run (kick failed)	IOWA 47-7

4	IOWA	N. Granger 65-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 54-7

4	MINN	Gallery 42-yard field goal	IOWA 54-10

4	IOWA	R. Harmon 11-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 61-10

The Hawkeyes rolled up 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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Gator Bowl

#10 Iowa vs. #11 Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	3	3	0	6
• Gators	7	7	0	0	14

Date: December 30
Location: Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida
Game attendance: 81,293
Game weather: 35°F
TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels & Frank Broyles

Scoring summary

1		UF	Neal Anderson 1-yard run (Raymond kick)	Florida 7-0

2	5:45	IOWA	Tom Nichol 32-yard field goal	Florida 7-3

2	1:08	UF	Drew fumble recovery in end zone (Raymond kick)	Florida 14-3

3		IOWA	Tom Nichol 31-yard field goal	Florida 14-6

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Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Iowa	Alma mater
Hayden Fry	Head coach	5th	Baylor (1951)
Bill Brashier	Defensive Coordinator	5th
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
Carl Jackson	Running Backs	5th
Kirk Ferentz	Offensive Line	3rd	Connecticut (1978)
Del Miller	Offensive assistant	6th	Central (IA) (1972)
Bernie Wyatt	Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator	10th	Iowa
Bill Dervich	Strength and Conditioning
Bob Stoops	Graduate Assistant	1st	Iowa (1983)

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Awards and honors

Team players in the 1984 NFL Draft

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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↑ "Big 10 roundup: Iowa 12, Michigan State 6". Chicago Tribune. November 13, 1983. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
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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	History Herky the Hawk "Iowa Fight Song" Marching band

People	Head coaches Honorees NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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