1983 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team
American college football season
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The 1983 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (Mid-Con) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Bruce Craddock, the Leathernecks compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 0–3 in conference play, and finished fourth in the Mid-Con.
| 1983 Western Illinois Leathernecks football | |
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| Conference | Association of Mid-Continent Universities |
| Record | 3–8 (0–3 Mid-Con) |
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| Home stadium | Hanson Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Eastern Illinois $^ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 3 | Southern Illinois* | L 6–38 | 8,893 | [1] | |
| September 10 | Southwest Missouri State |
| L 9–21 | 5,739 | [2] |
| September 17 | Drake* |
| W 31–14 | 6,039 | [3] |
| September 24 | at Youngstown State* | L 14–42 | [4] | ||
| October 1 | Northern Iowa |
| L 26–32 | 5,601 | [5] |
| October 8 | at Central Missouri State* | W 26–19 | [6] | ||
| October 15 | Wisconsin–Whitewater* |
| W 28–14 | [7] | |
| October 22 | at No. T–9 Eastern Illinois | L 0–20 | [8] | ||
| October 29 | at Illinois State* | L 7–45 | 9,096 | [9] | |
| November 5 | Northern Michigan* |
| L 14–47 | [10] | |
| November 12 | at Winona State* | L 30–35 | [11] | ||
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