1983 Miami Hurricanes football team

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The 1983 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 58th season of football, the independent Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at the Orange Bowl.

ConferenceIndependent
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record11–1
Quick facts Miami Hurricanes football, Consensus national championOrange Bowl champion ...
1983 Miami Hurricanes football
Consensus national champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 31–30 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Stevens (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorTom Olivadotti (3rd season)
Base defense5–2
MVPGlenn Dennison
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
Seasons
 1982
1984 
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1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)   1110
Virginia Tech   920
No. 19 Boston College   930
No. 16 West Virginia   930
No. 20 East Carolina   830
No. 18 Pittsburgh   831
Florida State   840
Penn State   841
Southern Miss   740
Memphis State   641
Notre Dame   750
Syracuse   650
South Carolina   560
Cincinnati  461
Southwestern Louisiana   460
Temple   470
Tulane   470
Louisville   380
Navy   380
Rutgers   380
Army   290
Rankings from AP Poll
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Unranked, Miami lost their opener at Florida by 25 points, but finished the regular season at 10–1, ranked fifth, and were invited to the Orange Bowl. Playing at home on January 2, the underdog Hurricanes upset top-ranked Nebraska 31–30, denying a two-point conversion attempt with less than a minute remaining.[1][2][3][4] They climbed to first in the major polls to win the school's first national championship.[5]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 3at No. 16 FloridaL 3–2873,907[6]
September 10at HoustonW 29–720,000[7]
September 17PurdueW 35–034,557[8]
September 249:00 pmNo. 13 Notre Dame
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
CBSW 20–052,480[9]
October 13:50 pmat DukeNo. 15ABCW 56–1728,750[10]
October 8LouisvilleNo. 12
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
W 42–1430,073[11]
October 15at Mississippi StateNo. 10W 31–729,456[12]
October 22at CincinnatiNo. 8W 17–714,163[13]
October 29No. 12 West VirginiadaggerNo. 7
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 20–363,881[14]
November 5East CarolinaNo. 5
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 12–739,225[15]
November 127:00 pmat Florida StateNo. 6WSVNW 17–1657,333[16]
January 2, 19848:00 pmNo. 1 NebraskaNo. 5
NBCW 31–3072,596[17]
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Game summaries

At Florida

Miami (FL) at Florida
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Team 1 234Total
Hurricanes 0 003 3
No. 16 Gators 13 0123 28
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At Houston

Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers at Miami (FL) Hurricanes
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
Purdue 0 0 000
Miami (FL) 7 21 7035
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at Orange BowlMiami, Florida

  • Date: September 17
  • Game attendance: 34,557
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Notre Dame

At Duke

Louisville

At Mississippi State

At Cincinnati

West Virginia

East Carolina

At Florida State

Jeff Davis game-winning 19-yard field goal as time expired [19]

Orange Bowl (vs Nebraska)

#1 Nebraska at #5 Miami (FL)
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Team 1 234Total
No.1 Cornhuskers 0 14313 30
No. 5 Hurricanes 17 0140 31
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Personnel

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1983 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 73 David Alekna Fr
RB 21 Jimmy Austin So
RB 16 Albert Bentley Sr
OL 79 Paul Bertucelli Fr
RB 5 Mel Bratton Fr
WR 40 Eddie Brown Jr
OL 53 Rob Canei Fr
OL 69 Juan Comendeiro
TE 86 Glenn Dennison Sr
OL 68 Andy Dickerson Jr
RB 44 Keith Griffin Sr
RB 21 Mike Griffin Fr
OL 52 David Heffernan Jr
OL Chris Hembrough
RB 30 Alonzo Highsmith Fr
WR David Kintigh Fr
QB 20 Bernie Kosar RFr
OL Mike Moore
RB 38 Speedy Neal Sr
OL 77 Paul O’Connor
RB 37 Darryl Oliver Fr
WR 8 Kenny Oliver So
OL 74 Gregg Rakoczy Fr
WR 6 Stanley Shakespeare Jr
OL 76 Ian Sinclair
WR 7 John Smatana
RB 46 Todd Stanish Fr
QB 14 Vinny Testaverde Fr
WR Lawrence Thompson Sr
QB Kyle Vanderwende So
OL 72 Alvin Ward
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 4 Rodney Bellinger Sr
LB 54 Jay Brophy Sr
DL 41 Danny Brown Sr
DT 98 Jerome Brown Fr
DB 2 Ken Calhoun
DL 64 Dallas Cameron Jr
LB 99 Julio Cortes
DB 15 Dave Ditthardt Jr
DT 95 Kevin Fagan So
LB 51 Jack Fernandez Sr
DL 62 Tony Fitzpatrick
LB 58 Bruce Fleming So
LB 17 Fred Foster
DB 27 Greg Jones Jr
DL Joe Kohlbrand
DB 31 Matt McCloskey Fr
DB 43 Doug McFadden Fr
DL 93 John McVeigh So
LB 92 Winston Moss Fr
DL Fred Robinson
LB 36 Ken Sisk Sr
DB 1 Reggie Sutton Fr
DB 83 John Ungham Fr
DB Keith Walker
DB 29 Eddie Williams Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 3 Jeff Davis
P Steve Minie Jr
P 12 Rick Tuten
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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Awards and honors

All-Americans

  • Jay Brophy, LB
  • Glenn Dennison, TE

Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

  • Glenn Dennison, TE

References

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