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1983 Fiesta Bowl
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The 1983 Fiesta Bowl was the twelfth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday, January 1.[2] Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season, it matched the eleventh-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils of the Pacific-10 Conference and the #12 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference. A slight underdog,[1] Arizona State rallied in the fourth quarter to win on its home field, 32–21.[3][4][5]
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12th edition | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 1, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Marcus Dupree (OU HB) Jim Jeffcoat (ASU DL) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Oklahoma by 2½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Bill Parkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 66,484 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Charlie Jones, Len Dawson | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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