| Sport: | football |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Team: | Miami Hurricanes |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Coachrank: | 1 |
| Aprank: | 1 |
| Record: | 11–1 |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Champion: | Consensus national champion Orange Bowl champion |
| Bowl Result: | W 31–30 vs. Nebraska |
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 ranked fifth, and were invited to the Orange Bowl. Playing at home on January 2, the underdog Hurricanes upset top-ranked Nebraska denying a two-point conversion attempt with less than a minute They climbed to first in the major polls to win the school's first
See also: 1983 Florida Gators football team and Florida–Miami football rivalry.
See also: 1983 Houston Cougars football team.
See also: 1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team.
See also: 1983 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.
See also: 1983 Duke Blue Devils football team.
See also: 1983 Louisville Cardinals football team.
See also: 1983 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team.
See also: 1983 Cincinnati Bearcats football team.
See also: 1983 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
See also: 1983 East Carolina Pirates football team.
See also: 1983 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry.
Jeff Davis game-winning 19-yard field goal as time expired [2]
See main article: 1984 Orange Bowl.
See also: 1983 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Miami–Nebraska football rivalry.