1983 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
American college football season
The 1983 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| 9:00 p.m. | vs. No. 1 Nebraska | No. 4 | | KATZ | L 6–44 | 71,123 | |
September 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Cincinnati | No. 20 | | | L 3–14 | 83,683 | |
September 17 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 13 Iowa | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| | L 34–42 | 84,628 | |
September 24 | 1:30 p.m. | at Temple | | | | W 23–18 | 35,760 | |
October 1 | 1:30 p.m. | at Rutgers | | | | W 36–25 | 32,804 | |
October 8 | 3:45 p.m. | No. 3 Alabama | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (rivalry)
| CBS | W 34–28 | 85,614 | [2] |
October 15 | 1:30 p.m. | at Syracuse | | | | W 17–6 | 50,010 | |
October 22 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 4 West Virginia | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (rivalry)
| | W 41–23 | 86,309 | [3] |
October 29 | 3:50 p.m. | at No. 19 Boston College | | | ABC | L 17–27 | 56,188 | |
November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| | W 38–21 | 84,670 | [4] |
November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Notre Dame | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (rivalry)
| ESPN (tape delay) | W 34–30 | 85,899 | |
November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Pittsburgh | | | | T 24–24 | 60,283 | |
| 8:00 p.m. | vs. Washington | | | ESPN | W 13–10 | 37,212 | |
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Roster
1983 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Post season
NFL Draft
Eight Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1984 NFL draft.
References
- ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ^ "Penn State holds off furious Alabama rally, 34–28". The Pittsburgh Press. October 9, 1983. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebounding Penn State rips fourth-rated West Virginia". The Courier-Post. October 23, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Freligh, Sarajane (November 6, 1983). "Despite a Second-Quarter Sputter, Penn State Trounces Brown, 38-21". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 1-G, 13-G – via Newspapers.com.
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