Schedule
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Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | Duke* | | W 15–10 | 41,120 | [1] |
September 17 | at Kentucky* | | L 13–24 | 56,825 | [2] |
September 24 | Northwestern | - Memorial Stadium
- Bloomington, IN
| L 8–10 | 40,347 | |
October 1 | at No. 14 Michigan | | L 18–43 | 104,126 | [3] |
October 8 | Minnesota | - Memorial Stadium
- Bloomington, IN
| W 38–31 | 41,111 | |
October 15 | Michigan State | - Memorial Stadium
- Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
| W 24–12 | 46,088 | |
October 22 | at Wisconsin | | L 14–45 | 78,199 | |
October 29 | at No. 17 Iowa | | L 3–49 | 66,055 | |
November 5 | No. 14 Ohio State | - Memorial Stadium
- Bloomington, IN
| L 17–56 | 51,176 | |
November 12 | at No. 5 Illinois | | L 21–49 | 73,612 | |
November 19 | Purdue | | L 30–31 | 52,038 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries
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Game information
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First quarter
Second quarter
- PUR – Mel Gray 1-yard run (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 7–0.
- IU – Orlando Brown 8-yard run (Doug Smith kick). Tie 7–7.
- PUR – Jeff Price 13-yard pass from Scott Campbell (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 14–7.
- PUR – Scott Campbell 1-yard run (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 21–7.
- IU – Len Kenebrew 22-yard pass from Steve Bradley (Doug Smith kick). Purdue 21–14.
Third quarter
- PUR – Tim Clark 34-yard field goal. Purdue 24–14.
Fourth quarter
- IU – Doug Smith 43-yard field goal. Purdue 24–17.
- PUR – Mel Gray 2-yard run (Tim Clark kick). Purdue 31–17.
- IU – Bobby Howard 7-yard run (Doug Smith kick). Purdue 31–24.
- IU – Duane Gunn 45-yard pass from Steve Bradley (pass failed). Purdue 31–30.
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- PUR – Mel Gray – 36 rushes, 176 yards, 2 TD
- IU – Orlando Brown – 16 rushes, 53 yards, TD
- Top receivers
- PUR – Cliff Benson – 2 receptions, 40 yards
- IU – Duane Gunn – 5 receptions, 140 yards, TD
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Personnel
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1983 Indiana Hoosiers 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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Name |
Class
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LB
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Leonard Bell
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DB
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Nate Borders
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LB
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Mark Claahsen
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LB
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Lou Cristofoli
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DL
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Tim Eckert
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LB
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Dennis Edwards
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LB
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Joe Fitzgerald
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DL
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Vince Fisher
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DB
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Tom Henrickson
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LB
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Dave Kinniry
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DL
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Steve May
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DB
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Jeff McBain
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DL
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Rob Schmit
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DB
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Chris Sigler
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DL
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Mark Smythe
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LB
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Van Waiters
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DL
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Dave Zyzda
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Special teams
Pos. |
# |
Name |
Class
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P
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Chuck Razmic
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K
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Doug Smith
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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1984 NFL draftees
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References
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- ^ "Late I.U. drive downs Duke". The Indianapolis Star. September 11, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UK hands IU first loss". Sunday Herald-Times. September 18, 1983. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Lapointe (October 2, 1983). "Michigan pummels Hoosiers, 43-18". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 11H – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1983 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ "1983 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
- ^ "1983 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ Gainesville Sun. 1983 Nov 20. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
- ^ "1984 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.