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{{Infobox College football bowl games
| season                = 1982
| image                 = <!-- Place a good 1982-83 image here if you know of one -->
| image_caption         = 
| regular_season        = <!-- Date of first regular season game to date of last regular season game -->
| number_of_bowls       = 16
| all_star_games        = 2 <!-- ??? Not sure if correct; At least one, because the Senior Bowl goes back to 1950 -->
| bowl_start            = December 17, 1982
| bowl_end              = <br>January 1, 1983
| championship_bowl     = <!-- None in 1982 -->
| championship_location = <!-- None in 1982 -->
| champions             = [[1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State Nittany Lions]]
| conference1           = [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
| conference1_teams     = 7
| conference1_wins      = 2
| conference1_losses    = 5
| conference1_ap_poll   = 3
| conference2           = [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| conference2_teams     = 5
| conference2_wins      = 3
| conference2_losses    = 2
| conference2_ap_poll   = 1
| conference3           = [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|Independent]]
| conference3_teams     = 5
| conference3_wins      = 2
| conference3_losses    = 3
| conference3_ap_poll   = 4
| conference4           = [[Big 12 Conference|Big 8]]
| conference4_teams     = 3
| conference4_wins      = 1
| conference4_losses    = 2
| conference4_ap_poll   = 2
| conference5           = [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]]
| conference5_teams     = 3
| conference5_wins      = 3
| conference5_losses    = 0
| conference5_ap_poll   = 4
| conference6           = [[Southwest Conference|SWC]]
| conference6_teams     = 3
| conference6_wins      = 2
| conference6_losses    = 1
| conference6_ap_poll   = 3
| conference7           = [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| conference7_teams     = 2
| conference7_wins      = 1
| conference7_losses    = 1
| conference7_ap_poll   = 3
| conference8           = [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
| conference8_teams     = 2
| conference8_wins      = 1
| conference8_losses    = 1
| conference8_ap_poll   = 0
| conference9           = [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
| conference9_teams     = 1
| conference9_wins      = 0
| conference9_losses    = 1
| conference9_ap_poll   = 0
| conference10          = [[Big West Conference#Creation of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association|PCAA]]
| conference10_teams    = 1
| conference10_wins     = 1
| conference10_losses   = 0
| conference10_ap_poll  = 0
}}
The '''1982–83 NCAA football bowl games''' featured 16 games starting early in December and ending on January 1, 1983. The [[Aloha Bowl]] was introduced this year.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

==Schedule==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Game
!Site
!Matchup
|-
| Dec 11
| [[1982 Independence Bowl|Independence Bowl]]
| [[Independence Stadium (United States)|Independence Stadium]] <br/> [[Shreveport, LA]]
| '''[[1982 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]] 14''', [[1982 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]] 10
|-
| Dec 17
| [[1982 Holiday Bowl|Holiday Bowl]]
| [[Jack Murphy Stadium]] <br/> [[San Diego, CA]]
| '''[[1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]] 47''', [[1982 BYU Cougars football team|BYU]] 17
|-
| rowspan=3|Dec 18
| [[1982 Tangerine Bowl|Tangerine Bowl]]
| [[Orlando Stadium]] <br/> [[Orlando, FL]]
| '''[[1982 Auburn Tigers football team|Auburn]] 33''', [[1982 Boston College Eagles football team|Boston College]] 26
|-
| [[1982 California Bowl|California Bowl]]
| [[Valley Children's Stadium|Bulldog Stadium]] <br/> [[Fresno, CA]]
| '''[[1982 Fresno State Bulldogs football team|Fresno State]] 29''', [[1982 Bowling Green Falcons football team|Bowling Green]] 28
|-
| [[1982 Sun Bowl|Sun Bowl]]
| [[Sun Bowl Stadium]] <br/> [[El Paso, TX]]
| '''[[1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] 26''', [[1982 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]] 10
|-
| Dec 25
| [[1982 Aloha Bowl|Aloha Bowl]]
| [[Aloha Stadium]] <br/> [[Honolulu, HI]]
| '''[[1982 Washington Huskies football team|Washington]] 26''', [[1982 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland]] 20
|-
| Dec 29
| [[1982 Liberty Bowl|Liberty Bowl]]
| [[Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium]] <br/> [[Memphis, TN]]
| '''[[1982 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] 21''', [[1982 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]] 15
|-
| Dec 30
| [[1982 Gator Bowl|Gator Bowl]]
| [[Gator Bowl Stadium]] <br/> [[Jacksonville, FL]]
| '''[[1982 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]] 31''', [[1982 West Virginia Mountaineers football team|West Virginia]] 12
|-
| rowspan=3|Dec 31
| [[1982 Hall of Fame Classic|Hall of Fame Classic]]
| [[Legion Field]] <br/> [[Birmingham, AL]]
| '''[[1982 Air Force Falcons football team|Air Force]] 36''', [[1982 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]] 28
|-
| [[1982 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl|Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl]]
| [[Astrodome]] <br/> [[Houston, TX]]
| '''[[1982 Arkansas Razorbacks football team|Arkansas]] 28''', [[1982 Florida Gators football team|Florida]] 24
|-
| [[1982 Peach Bowl|Peach Bowl]]
| [[Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium]] <br/> [[Atlanta, GA]]
| '''[[1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]] 28''', [[1982 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] 22
|-
| rowspan=5|Jan 1
| [[1983 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]]
| [[Sun Devil Stadium]] <br/> [[Tempe, AZ]]
| '''[[1982 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]] 32''', [[1982 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma]] 21
|-
| [[1983 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl]]
| [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] <br/> [[Dallas, TX]]
| '''[[1982 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]] 7''', [[1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]] 3
|-
| [[1983 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]]
| [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] <br/> [[Pasadena, CA]]
| '''[[1982 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]] 24''', [[1982 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]] 14
|-
| [[1983 Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]]
| [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] <br/> [[Miami, FL]]
| '''[[1982 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]] 21''', [[1982 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] 20
|-
| [[1983 Sugar Bowl|Sugar Bowl]]
| [[Louisiana Superdome]] <br/> [[New Orleans, LA]]
| '''[[1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|Penn State]] 27''', [[1982 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]] 23
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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