1983 Miami Hurricanes football team
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The 1983 Miami Hurricanes
were the national champions of the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season
. The national championship was the first of five won by the University of Miami
.
Miami Hurricanes football
The Miami Hurricanes football program competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision for the University of Miami. The program began in 1926 and has won five AP national championships...
were the national champions of the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season
1983 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami winning their first national championship over perennial power Nebraska in the Orange Bowl....
. The national championship was the first of five won by the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
.
Offense
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| QB | Bernie Kosar Bernie Kosar Bernard Joseph "Bernie" Kosar, Jr. is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. Kosar played for the Cleveland Browns from 1985 to 1993 and then finished his career with the Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins.-Early life and high school career:A Hungarian-American... |
| FB | Albert Bentley Albert Bentley Albert Timothy Bentley is a former professional American football player who played running back for eight seasons for the Indianapolis Colts and Pittsburgh Steelers. He also played in the USFL for the Michigan Panthers and the Oakland Invaders. He played high school football at Immokalee High... |
| HB | Keith Griffin |
| TE | Glenn Dennison Glenn Dennison Glenn A. Dennison is a former American football tight end in the National Football League for the New York Jets and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Miami and was drafted in the second round of the 1984 NFL Draft.He now works for FCC Environmental in Plant... |
| WR | Eddie Brown |
| WR | Stanley Shakespeare |
| OT | Paul Bertucelli |
| OG | Juan Comendeiro |
| C | Ian Sinclair Ian Sinclair (football player) Ian Sinclair is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played eleven seasons in the Canadian Football League for the BC Lions. He played college football at the University of Miami where he was part of the 1983 Miami Hurricanes football team national champions... |
| OG | Alvin Ward |
| OT | Dave Heffernan |
Defense
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| DE | Danny Brown |
| RDT | Kevin Fagan |
| MG | Tony Fitzpatrick |
| LDT | Fred Robinson Fred Robinson (American football) Fred Lee Robinson is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for three seasons for the San Diego Chargers and the Miami Dolphins.... |
| DE | Julio Cortes |
| LB | Jay Brophy Jay Brophy Jay Brophy is a former American football linebacker who played at the University of Miami, and four seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Miami Dolphins.-High School Years:... |
| LB | Ken Sisk |
| SC | Rodney Bellinger |
| QC | Reggie Sutton |
| ROV | Kenny Calhoun |
| FS | Troy White |
Special teams
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| K | Jeff Davis |
| P | Rick Tuten Rick Tuten Richard Lamar Tuten is a former American football punter in the National Football League who played the majority of his career with the Seattle Seahawks. He punted the ball 108 times in 1992, tied for fourth-most in a season in NFL history. In 1992, he punted for 4,760 yards with an average of... |
| KR | Reggie Sutton |
| PR | Eddie Brown |
Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Years at UM |
|---|---|---|
| Howard Schnellenberger Howard Schnellenberger Howard Schnellenberger is an American football coach at both the professional and college level. He is currently in his final season as head coach of Florida Atlantic University, having announced his retirement on August 11, 2011, effective at the end of the 2011 season... |
Head Coach | 5th |
| Tom Olivadotti | Defensive Coordinator | 4th |
| Gary Stevens | Offensive Coordinator | 4th |
| Hubbard Alexander | Tight Ends | 5th |
| Harold Allen | Defensive Line | 19th |
| Mike Archer | Defensive Backs | | 8th |
| Joe Brodsky | Running Backs | 5th |
| Marc Trestman Marc Trestman Marc Trestman is the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.-Early life:Trestman is Jewish. He graduated in 1974 from Saint Louis Park High School in Minnesota. He played quarterback for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team for three seasons... |
Quarterbacks | 3rd |
| Bill Trout | Defensive Ends | 8th |
| Chris Vagotis | Offensive Line | 4th |
| Mike Rodriguez | Volunteer Assistant | 5th |
Schedule
| Date | Rank# | Opponent | Result | Stadium · City | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 3, 1983 | NR | @ #7 Florida | L 3-28 | Florida Field - Gainesville, FL | ||
| September 10, 1983 | NR | @ Houston University of Houston The University of Houston is a state research university, and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1927, it is Texas's third-largest university with nearly 40,000 students. Its campus spans 667 acres in southeast Houston, and was known as University of... |
W 29-7 | Astrodome - Houston, TX | ||
| September 17, 1983 | NR | Purdue Purdue University Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and... |
W 35-0 | Orange Bowl Miami Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl, formerly Burdine Stadium, was an outdoor athletic stadium in Miami, Florida, west of downtown in Little Havana. Considered a landmark, it was the home stadium for the Miami Hurricanes college football team... - Miami, FL |
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| September 24, 1983 | NR | #13 Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an... |
W 20-0 | Orange Bowl - Miami, FL | ||
| October 1, 1983 | #15 | @ Duke Duke University Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B... |
W 56-17 | Wallace Wade Stadium Wallace Wade Stadium Wallace Wade Stadium is a stadium on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the Duke Blue Devils. It opened in 1929 with a game against Pitt, as the first facility in Duke's new west campus. The... - Durham, NC |
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| October 8, 1983 | #12 | Louisville Louisville Cardinals football The Louisville Cardinals football team represents the University of Louisville in college football as a member of the Big East Conference. Howard Schnellenberger started the program's rise to relevancy after winning the Miami Hurricanes' first national championship... |
W 42-14 | Orange Bowl - Miami, FL | ||
| October 15, 1983 | #10 | @ Mississippi State Mississippi State University The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area... |
W 31-7 | Scott Field Davis Wade Stadium Davis Wade Stadium is the home playing venue for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team. Located in Starkville, Mississippi, the stadium has a capacity of 55,082. It was built in 1914 as Scott Field and was named for Don Magruder Scott, an Olympic sprinter and one of the University's first... - Starkville, MS |
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| October 22, 1983 | #8 | @ Cincinnati University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio.... |
W 17-7 | Riverfront Stadium - Cincinnati, OH | ||
| October 29, 1983 | #7 | #12 West Virginia West Virginia University West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;... |
W 20-3 | Orange Bowl - Miami, FL | ||
| November 5, 1983 | #5 | East Carolina East Carolina University East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in... |
W 12-7 | Orange Bowl - Miami, FL | ||
| November 12, 1983 | #6 | @ Florida State Florida State Seminoles The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the NCAA's Division I . FSU joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1991, and competes in the Atlantic Division in any sports split into a... |
W 17-16 | Doak Campbell Stadium - Tallahassee, FL | ||
| January 2, 1984* | #5 | vs. #1 Nebraska 1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team The 1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln] in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska... |
W 31-30 | Orange Bowl - Miami, FL | ||
| *Orange Bowl game #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. | ||||||
Trivia
- The 1983 Miami Hurricanes were only the second national champion to gain more yards passing than rushing.http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/043002aab.html
- The latest team (of four total in NCAA history) to win the National Championship after losing its opening game