1983 Florida Gators football team
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).
| 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) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mike Shanahan (4th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Joe Kines (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Florida Field (Capacity: 72,000)[1] |
| 1983 Southeastern Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | Miami (FL)* | W 28–3 | 73,907 | |||
| September 10 | at No. 9 USC* | No. 18 | T 19–19 | 53,948 | ||
| September 17 | Indiana State* | No. 15 |
| W 17–13 | 68,191 | |
| September 24 | at Mississippi State | No. 15 | W 35–12 | 31,875 | ||
| October 1 | at No. 16 LSU | No. 12 | W 31–17 | 78,616 | ||
| October 8 | Vanderbilt | No. 9 |
| W 29–10 | 73,764 | |
| October 22 | East Carolina* | No. 6 |
| W 24–17 | 73,943 | |
| October 29 | at No. 4 Auburn | No. 5 | CBS | L 21–28 | 75,700 | |
| November 5 | vs. No. 4 Georgia | No. 9 | CBS | L 9–10 | 82,166 | |
| November 12 | Kentucky | No. 14 |
| W 24–7 | 73,192 | |
| December 3 | Florida State* | No. 12 |
| CBS | W 53–14 | 74,113 |
| December 30 | vs. No. 10 Iowa* | No. 11 |
| ABC | W 14–6 | 81,293 |
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Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[2]
Roster
| 1983 Florida Gators football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Defense
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Special teams
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Rankings
Game summaries
Gator Bowl
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Team players in the 1984 NFL Draft
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Wilber Marshall | Linebacker | 1 | 11 | Chicago Bears |
| Tony Lilly | Safety | 3 | 78 | Denver Broncos |
| Randy Clark | Defensive back | 8 | 202 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| John Hunt | Guard | 9 | 232 | Dallas Cowboys |
References
- University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 1983 Football Guide" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- 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.
- "Gator Bowl to Florida, 14-6". The New York Times. December 31, 1983. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- "1984 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com.
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