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1983 Miami Hurricanes football
1983 Miami Hurricanes football
Orange Bowl, W 31–30 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	11–1
Head coach	Howard Schnellenberger (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Stevens (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Tom Olivadotti (3rd season)
Base defense	5–2
Home stadium	Orange Bowl \|champion=Consensus national champion; Orange Bowl champion
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Miami (FL)		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Boston College		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 16 West Virginia		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 East Carolina		–		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Pittsburgh		–		–		8	–	3	–	1
Florida State		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		–		8	–	4	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		6	–	4	–	1
Notre Dame		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Cincinnati			–			4	–	6	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–		4	–	6	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Army		–		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3		at No. 16 Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)		L 3–28	73,907	^[6]
September 10		at Houston		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 29–7	20,000
September 17		Purdue		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 35–0	37,150
September 24	9:00 pm	No. 13 Notre Dame		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 20–0	52,480
October 1	3:50 pm	at Duke	No. 15	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	ABC	W 56–17	28,750	^[7]
October 8		Louisville	No. 12	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		W 42–14	30,073
October 15		at Mississippi State	No. 10	Scott Field Starkville, MS		W 31–7	29,456	^[8]
October 22		at Cincinnati	No. 8	Riverfront Stadium Cincinnati, OH		W 17–7	14,163
October 29		No. 12 West Virginia	No. 7	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 20–3	63,881	^[9]
November 5		East Carolina	No. 5	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 12–7	39,225	^[10]
November 12	7:00 pm	at Florida State	No. 6	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	WSVN	W 17–16	57,333
January 2, 1984	8:00 pm	No. 1 Nebraska	No. 5	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) (rivalry)	NBC	W 31–30	72,596
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Florida

Miami (FL) at Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	0	0	0	3	3
• No. 16 Gators	13	0	12	3	28

Date: September 3
Location: Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida
Game attendance: 73,907

At Houston

Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers at Miami (FL) Hurricanes

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	0	0	0	0
Miami (FL)	7	21	7	0	35

at Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida

Date: September 17
Game attendance: 34,557

Game information

Purdue

Everett
16/22, 186 Yds, 2 INT
Hawthorne
12 Rush, 37 Yds
Griffin
5 Rec, 64 Yds

Miami (FL)

Kosar
12/20, 182 Yds, 3 TD, 2 INT
Bentley
15 Rush, 78 Yds
Shakespeare
4 Rec, 68 Yds, 2 TD

^[11]

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	PUR	MIA
1					Miami (FL)	Kosar 1-yard touchdown run, Davis kick good	0	7
2					Miami (FL)	Shakespeare 35-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good	0	14
2					Miami (FL)	Vanderwende 1-yard touchdown run, Davis kick good	0	21
2					Miami (FL)	Shakespeare 12-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good	0	21
3					Miami (FL)	Griffin 17-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good	0	28
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							0	28

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 ^[12]

Orange Bowl (vs Nebraska)

#1 Nebraska at #5 Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No.1 Cornhuskers	0	14	3	13	30
• No. 5 Hurricanes	17	0	14	0	31

Date: January 2
Location: Miami Bowl Stadium, Miami, Florida
Game start: 8:05 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 72,596
Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C), partly cloudy, Wind N 10 mph (16 km/h)
Referee: Jimmy Harper (SEC)
TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and John Brodie

Source: Box Score Archived 2019-08-22 at the Wayback Machine

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Personnel

1983 Miami Hurricanes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB		Jimmy Austin	So
RB	`16`	Albert Bentley	Sr
OL	`79`	Paul Bertucelli	Fr
WR	`40`	Eddie Brown	Jr
OL	`69`	Juan Comendeiro
TE	`86`	Glenn Dennison	Sr
RB	`44`	Keith Griffin	Sr
OL	`52`	David Heffernan
OL		Chris Hembrough
RB	`30`	Alonzo Highsmith	Fr
WR		David Kintigh	Fr
QB	`20`	Bernie Kosar	RFr
OL		Mike Moore
RB		Speedy Neal	Sr
OL	`77`	Paul O’Connor
RB		Darryl Oliver	Fr
RB		Mel Bratton	Fr
WR		Kenny Oliver	Fr
WR	`6`	Stanley Shakespeare
OL	`76`	Ian Sinclair
WR	`7`	John Smatana
RB		Todd Stanish	Fr
QB	`14`	Vinny Testaverde	Fr
WR		Lawrence Thompson	Sr
QB		Kyle Vanderwende	So
OL	`72`	Alvin Ward

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`4`	Rodney Bellinger	Sr
LB	`53`	Jay Brophy	Sr
DL	`41`	Danny Brown
DT	`98`	Jerome Brown	Fr
DB	`2`	Ken Calhoun
DL		Dallas Cameron
DB	`43`	Doug McFadden	Fr
LB	`92`	Winston Moss	Fr
LB	`99`	Julio Cortes
DB		Dave Ditthardt
DT	`95`	Kevin Fagan	So
LB	`51`	Jack Fernandez
DL	`62`	Tony Fitzpatrick
LB		Bruce Fleming
DL		Joe Kohlbrand
DL	`93`	John McVeigh	So
DL		Fred Robinson
LB	`36`	Ken Sisk
DB		Reggie Sutton	Fr
DB		Keith Walker
DB	`29`	Eddie Williams