1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Hawkeyes, led by head coach Hayden Fry, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa finished the season 9–3 (7–2 Big Ten), capped by a loss to Florida in the Gator Bowl.

Coaching staff
Five of the staff would go on to become the winningest head coaches at five different programs: Snyder (Kansas State), Alvarez (Wisconsin), Stoops (Oklahoma), McCarney (Iowa State) and Ferentz (Iowa)

at Iowa State

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This was the first of 15 straight wins in the series for the Hawkeyes.


 * Owen Gill 16 Rush, 136 Yds, 4 TD

at Penn State

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No. 3 Ohio State

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The Hawkeyes earned their first win over the Buckeyes since 1962.

at Illinois

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The Hawkeyes – ranked #3 in the Coaches poll and #4 in the AP poll – could not break through on this day in Champaign. Illinois would go on to win the outright Big Ten title by finishing 9-0 in conference play.

Northwestern

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The Hawkeyes set a Big Ten record with 713 yards of total offense.
 * Chuck Long: 23-33, 420 yards, 4 TD (1 rushing)

Purdue

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at No. 10 Michigan

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Indiana

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 * Dave Moritz – 11 receptions, 192 receiving yards, 2 TD

at Wisconsin

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 * Chuck Long – 4 TD passes
 * Eddie Phillips – 162 Rush yards, TD

at Michigan State

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Minnesota

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The Hawkeyes rolled up a school-record 517 yards rushing against the Gophers. Three Iowa backs went over 100 yards, led by Eddie Phillips with 172 yards and 3 touchdowns. Ronnie Harmon had 75 yards and 2 touchdowns on only 4 carries, and also caught a touchdown pass.