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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.
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[2]
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[4] They climbed to first in the
major polls to win the school's first
national championship .
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Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 3 at No. 16
Florida L 3–2873,907
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September 10 at
Houston W 29–720,000
September 17
Purdue W 35–037,150
September 24 9:00 pm No. 13
Notre Dame Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (
rivalry )
CBS W 20–052,480
October 1 3:50 pm at
Duke No. 15
ABC W 56–1728,750
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October 8
Louisville No. 12 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL W 42–1430,073
October 15 at
Mississippi State No. 10 W 31–729,456
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October 22 at
Cincinnati No. 8 W 17–714,163
October 29 No. 12
West Virginia No. 7 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL W 20–363,881
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November 5
East Carolina No. 5 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL W 12–739,225
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November 12 7:00 pm at
Florida State No. 6
WSVN W 17–1657,333
, 1984 8:00 pm vs. No. 1
Nebraska No. 5
NBC W 31–3072,596
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
At Houston
Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers at Miami (FL) Hurricanes
Period
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 17Game 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
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Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
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
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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
Scoring summary Q1 9:18 MIA Dennison 2-yard pass from Kosar (Davis kick) MIA 7–0
Q1 4:51 MIA Davis 45-yard field goal MIA 10–0
Q1 1:08 MIA Dennison 22-yard pass from Kosar (Davis kick) MIA 17–0
Q2 8:54 Neb Steinkuhler 19-yard fumble return (Livingston kick) MIA 17–7
Q2 2:17 Neb Gill 1-yard run (Livingston kick) MIA 17–14
Q3 13:09 Neb Livingston 34-yard field goal Tied 17–17
Q3 9:37 MIA Highsmith 1-yard run (Davis kick) MIA 24–17
Q3 4:44 MIA Bentley 7-yard run (Davis kick) MIA 31–17
Q4 6:55 Neb Smith 1-yard run (Livingston kick) MIA 31–24
Q4 0:48 Neb Smith 24-yard run (Gill pass to Smith failed) MIA 31–30
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Personnel
1983 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
3
Jeff Davis
P
Steve Minie
Jr
P
12
Rick Tuten
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Awards and honors
All-Americans
Jay Brophy, LB
Glenn Dennison, TE
Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award
References
^
"Miami topples No. 1 Nebraska" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. January 3, 1984. p. 13.
^ Smizik, Bob (January 3, 1983).
"Miami claims No. 1 after beating Nebraska" . Pittsburgh Press . p. D1.
^
"Hurricanes say there's no doubt" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire services. January 3, 1984. p. 1D.
^ Underwood, John (January 9, 1984).
"No team was ever higher" . Sports Illustrated . p. 14.
^ Finder, Chuck (January 1, 1987).
"Miami's '83 champions: Where are they now?" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . p. 37.
^
"For Gators, a Peace-full victory" . St. Petersburg Times . September 4, 1983. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Devils swept away by Miami" . The Rocky Mount Telegram . October 2, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Hurricanes breeze 31–7" . The Palm Beach Post . October 16, 1983. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Hurricanes blow past West Virginia" . The Grand Island Independent . October 30, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Hurricanes survive East Carolina, 12–7" . The Orlando Sentinel . November 6, 1983. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Gainesville Sun. September 18, 1983.
^
"100 Greatest Plays in Miami History: #9-Game Winning Field Goal vs FSU 1983" . August 14, 2019.
^
Wilbon, Michael (January 3, 1984).
"Nebraska Falls, 31-30, On Day of Upsets" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
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"MIAMI IS CHOSEN AS NO. 1 AFTER UPSET OF NEBRASKA" .
The New York Times . January 4, 1984. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
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