1983 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1983 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 1983 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Sam Wyche in his first and only season as head coach, the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–7 in conference play, tying for eighth place in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

1983 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–8 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Sam Wyche (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ron Corradini (3rd season)
MVP	Duane Gunn, Steve Bradley, Len Kenebrew
Captain	Joe Fitzgerald, Scot McNabb, Mark Smythe
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Illinois $	9	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	8	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Iowa	7	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State	6	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Indiana	2	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	9	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Duke*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 15–10	41,120	[1]
September 17	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	L 13–24	56,825	[2]
September 24	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 8–10	40,347
October 1	at No. 14 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	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	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–45	78,199
October 29	at No. 17 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	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	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 21–49	73,612
November 19	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 30–31	52,038
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Purdue

See also: Old Oaken Bucket

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	21	3	7	31
Indiana	0	14	0	16	30

Game information

First quarter No scoring 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. Top passers PUR – Scott Campbell – 9/16, 102 yards, TD IU – Steve Bradley – 16/30, 295 yards, 2 TD, INT 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

Purdue Boilermakers (2–7–1) at Indiana Hoosiers (3–7)

at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

• Date: November 19, 1983
• Game attendance: 52,038
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External videos
Game highlights (local news)

Personnel

1983 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Kevin Allen OL Mike Anderson TE Stephen Benson QB Steve Bradley RB Orlando Brown RB Jim Caldwell QB Cam Cameron TE Chris Cook WR Stacy Dawsey OL Mark Filburn OL George Gianakpoulos RB Alex Green WR Duane Gunn RB Todd Hansley RB Bobby Howard RB Chuck Howard WR Len Kenebrew TE Scot McNabb RB Johnnie Salters OL Tim Sakanich OL Bob Sikora WR Terry Smith RB Larry Streeter OL Tom Van Dyck RB Jack Walsh	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Leonard Bell DB Nate Borders LB Mark Claahsen LB Lou Cristofoli DL Tim Eckert LB Dennis Edwards LB Joe Fitzgerald DL Vince Fisher DB Tom Henrickson LB Dave Kinniry DL Steve May DB Jeff McBain DL Rob Schmit DB Chris Sigler DL Mark Smythe LB Van Waiters DL Dave Zyzda	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Chuck Razmic K Doug Smith	Head coach Sam Wyche Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

1984 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL team
Mark Smythe	Defensive tackle	10	269	Arizona Cardinals

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References

1. "Late I.U. drive downs Duke". The Indianapolis Star. September 11, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "UK hands IU first loss". Sunday Herald-Times. September 18, 1983. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Joe Lapointe (October 2, 1983). "Michigan pummels Hoosiers, 43-18". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 11H – via Newspapers.com.
4. "1983 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
5. "1983 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
6. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
7. "1983 Homecoming". Indiana Arbutus (yearboook). Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
8. Gainesville Sun. 1983 Nov 20. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.
9. "1984 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.