1983 Ohio State Buckeyes football team explained

Year:	1983
Team:	Ohio State Buckeyes
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Coachrank:	8
Aprank:	9
Record:	9–3
Conf Record:	6–3
Hc Year:	5th
Oc Year:	4th
Dc Year:	2nd
Captain:	-->
Stadium:	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 85,290)
Champion:	Fiesta Bowl champion
Bowl Result:	W 28–23 vs. Pittsburgh

The 1983 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9 - 3 record, including the 1984 Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona, where they won, 28 - 23, against the Pittsburgh Panthers.

Depth chart

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Game summaries

Oregon

At Oklahoma

See also: 1983 Oklahoma Sooners football team.

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At Iowa

See also: 1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.

Minnesota

At Illinois

Michigan State

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Wisconsin

Woody Hayes dotted the "i" in the pregame Script Ohio.

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At Indiana

Northwestern

At Michigan

Vs. Pittsburgh (Fiesta Bowl)

See main article: 1984 Fiesta Bowl.

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1984 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
	1	27	Guard	New York Giants
	2	56	Tight end	San Francisco 49ers
	3	61	Defensive back	Kansas City Chiefs
	6	165	Linebacker	Miami Dolphins
	10	271	Defensive back	Chicago Bears
	10	274	Center	Los Angeles Rams
	12	310	Wide receiver	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Notes and References

1. 1984 Ohio State Football Media Guide
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=dBzKUGQurMsC&dat=19830918&printsec=frontpage&hl=en "Ohio St. Is Superb In Beating Sooners." Gainesville Sun. 1983 Sept 18.
3. http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/osu/graphics/pdf/m-footbl/1983/1983-07-MichiganState.pdf Ohio State Official Athletic Site - Football - Archives
4. Gainesville Sun. 1983 Oct 30.
5. Web site: Ohio State Spring Football Media Guide . https://web.archive.org/web/20200828103057/http://admin.xosn.com/fls/17300//pdf/fb/m-footbl-bowls.pdf . 2020-08-28 . 2008 . dead.