1983 Stanford Cardinal football team
American college football season
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The 1983 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. Led by alumnus Paul Wiggin, in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Cardinal won only one game,[1] the program's worst record since going winless in 1960.[2] He was fired on November 11, but was allowed to finish out the season.[2][3][4]
- Paul Wiggin (4th season)
| 1983 Stanford Cardinal football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 1–10 (1–7 Pac-10) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jim Fassel (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | West Coast |
| Defensive coordinator | A. J. Christoff (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 UCLA $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanford struggled on offense behind true freshman quarterback John Paye. Previous QB John Elway, a four-year starter, was the first selection of the 1983 NFL draft and started as a rookie for the Denver Broncos.
After the season in December, Jack Elway was hired from nearby San Jose State, where he went 35–20–1 (.634) in five seasons.[5][6] His Spartans had defeated Stanford the previous three years, the first two while his son John was the Cardinal quarterback.[7][8][9]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | No. 2 Oklahoma* | L 14–27 | 62,778 | [10] | |
| September 17 | at Illinois* | L 7–17 | 72,852 | [11] | |
| September 24 | San Jose State* |
| L 10–23 | 68,201 | [12] |
| October 1 | at No. 20 Arizona State | L 11–29 | 53,795 | [13] | |
| October 8 | UCLA |
| L 21–39 | 55,804 | [14] |
| October 15 | at No. 17 Washington | L 15–32 | 59,270 | [15] | |
| October 22 | No. 19 Arizona |
| W 31–22 | 40,208 | [16] |
| October 29 | at Oregon State | L 18–31 | 22,000 | [17] | |
| November 5 | at USC | L 7–30 | 50,867 | [18] | |
| November 12 | Oregon |
| L 7–16 | 31,420 | [19] |
| November 19 | California |
| L 18–27 | 84,804 | [20] |
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Personnel
| 1983 Stanford Cardinal football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||
Offense
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Defense
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