# 1983 Miami Hurricanes football team

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 at 10–1, ranked fifth, and were invited to the Orange Bowl. Playing at home on January 2, the underdog Hurricanes upset top-ranked Nebraska 31–30, denying a two-point conversion attempt with less than a minute remaining. They climbed to first in the major polls to win the school's first national championship.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | | at No. 16 Florida | | Florida FieldGainesville, FL (rivalry) | | L 3–28 | 73,907 |
| September 10 | | at Houston | | Houston AstrodomeHouston, TX | | W 29–7 | 20,000 |
| September 17 | | Purdue | | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | | W 35–0 | 34,557 |
| September 24 | 9:00 pm | No. 13 Notre Dame | | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL (rivalry) | CBS | W 20–0 | 52,480 |
| October 1 | 3:50 pm | at Duke | No. 15 | Wallace Wade StadiumDurham, NC | ABC | W 56–17 | 28,750 |
| October 8 | | Louisville | No. 12 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL (rivalry) | | W 42–14 | 30,073 |
| October 15 | | at Mississippi State | No. 10 | Scott FieldStarkville, MS | | W 31–7 | 29,456 |
| October 22 | | at Cincinnati | No. 8 | Riverfront StadiumCincinnati, OH | | W 17–7 | 14,163 |
| October 29 | | No. 12 West Virginia | No. 7 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | | W 20–3 | 63,881 |
| November 5 | | East Carolina | No. 5 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL | | W 12–7 | 39,225 |
| November 12 | 7:00 pm | at Florida State | No. 6 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL (rivalry) | WSVN | W 17–16 | 57,333 |
| January 2, 1984 | 8:00 pm | No. 1 Nebraska | No. 5 | Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL (Orange Bowl) (rivalry) | NBC | W 31–30 | 72,596 |
| HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hurricanes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| • No. 16 Gators | 13 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 28 |

### Purdue

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami (FL) | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
at Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida
* Date: September 17
* Game attendance: 34,557
Game information :
Purdue
Everett 16/22, 186 Yds, 2 INT
Hawthorne 12 Rush, 37 Yds
Griffin 5 Rec, 64 Yds
Miami (FL)
Kosar 12/20, 182 Yds, 3 TD, 2 INT
Bentley 15 Rush, 78 Yds
Shakespeare 4 Rec, 68 Yds, 2 TD :
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | PUR | MIA |
| 1 | | | | | Miami (FL) | Kosar 1-yard touchdown run, Davis kick good | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | | | | | Miami (FL) | Shakespeare 35-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | | | | | Miami (FL) | Vanderwende 1-yard touchdown run, Davis kick good | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | | | | | Miami (FL) | Shakespeare 12-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | | | | | Miami (FL) | Griffin 17-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good | 0 | 28 |
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### At Florida State

Jeff Davis game-winning 19-yard field goal as time expired

### Orange Bowl (vs Nebraska)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No.1 Cornhuskers | 0 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| • No. 5 Hurricanes | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 31 |

## Awards and honors
### All-Americans

* Jay Brophy, LB
* Glenn Dennison, TE

### Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

* Glenn Dennison, TE