1983–84 NCAA football bowl games

Number of bowl games per state.

Season

1983

Regular season

September 3–December 3

Number of bowls

Bowl games

December 10, 1983 –
January 2, 1984

National Championship

1984 Orange Bowl

Location of Championship

Miami Orange Bowl,
Miami, Florida

Champions

Miami Hurricanes

Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls	Record	Final AP poll
Independents	7	5–2 (0.714)	5
SEC	7	5–2 (0.714)	4
Big Ten	4	1–3 (0.250)	4
Big Eight	3	1–2 (0.333)	1
SWC	3	0–3 (0.000)	2
WAC	2	2–0 (1.000)	2
Pac-10	2	1–1 (0.500)	1
ACC	2	0–2 (0.000)	1
MAC	1	1–0 (1.000)	0
Big West	1	0–1 (0.000)	0

The 1983–84 NCAA football bowl games featured 16 games starting early in December and ending on January 2, 1984. The Tangerine Bowl was renamed the Florida Citrus Bowl.

Bowl games

NOTE: Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted

Date	Game	Site	Result
Dec 10	Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA	(16) Air Force Falcons 9, Ole Miss 3
Dec 17	California Bowl	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	Northern Illinois Huskies 20, Cal State Fullerton 13
Dec 17	Florida Citrus Bowl	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	(16) Maryland Terrapins 23, Tennessee Volunteers 30
Dec 22	Hall of Fame Classic	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	(18) West Virginia Mountaineers 20, Kentucky Wildcats 16
Dec 23	Holiday Bowl	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	(9) BYU Cougars 21, Missouri Tigers 17
Dec 24	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX	Alabama Crimson Tide 28, (6) SMU Mustangs 7
Dec 26	Aloha Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Penn State Nittany Lions 13, Washington Huskies 10
Dec 29	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	(13) Boston College 18, Notre Dame Fighting Irish 19
Dec 30	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL	(10) Iowa Hawkeyes 6, (11) Florida Gators 14
Dec 30	Peach Bowl	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA	North Carolina Tar Heels 3, Florida State Seminoles 28
Dec 31	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Astrodome Houston, TX	Oklahoma State Cowboys 24, (20) Baylor Bears 14
Jan 2	Sugar Bowl	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	(3) Auburn 9, (8) Michigan Wolverines 7
	Cotton Bowl	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	(7) Georgia Bulldogs 10, (2) Texas Longhorns 9
	Orange Bowl	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	(1) Nebraska Cornhuskers 30, (5) Miami Hurricanes 31
	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	(14) Ohio State Buckeyes 28, (15) Pittsburgh Panthers 23
	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	UCLA Bruins 45, (4) Illinois Fighting Illini 9

Final rankings

Main article: 1983 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

AP Poll

Miami (FL)
Nebraska
Auburn
Georgia
Texas
Florida
BYU
Michigan
Ohio State
Illinois
Clemson
SMU
Air Force
Iowa
Alabama
West Virginia
UCLA
Pittsburgh
Boston College
East Carolina

Coaches' Poll

Miami (FL)
Nebraska
Auburn
Georgia
Texas
Florida
BYU
Ohio State
Michigan
Illinois
SMU
Alabama
UCLA
Iowa
Air Force
West Virginia
Penn State
Oklahoma State
Pittsburgh
Boston College

Clemson was on probation by the NCAA during the 1983 season; they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches' Poll

References

v t e 1983–84 NCAA football bowl game season
Independence (Dec. 10) California (Dec. 17) Florida Citrus (Dec. 17) Hall of Fame Classic (Dec. 22) Holiday (Dec. 23) Sun (Dec. 24) Aloha (Dec. 26) Liberty (Dec. 29) Gator (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 30) Astro-Bluebonnet (Dec. 31) Sugar (Jan. 2) Cotton (Jan. 2) Orange (Jan. 2) Fiesta (Jan. 2) Rose (Jan. 2)

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