1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team

1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football
Southland co-champion
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	8–3 (5–1 Southland)
Head coach	Pat Collins (3rd season)
Home stadium	Malone Stadium (Capacity: 30,427)

1983 Southland Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Northeast Louisiana +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 4 North Texas State +^	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Arkansas State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Texas–Arlington	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Louisiana Tech	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Lamar	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team represented Northeast Louisiana University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA college football season. The Indians offense scored 251 points while the defense allowed 119 points.

Regular season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	at Indiana State*	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 9–10
September 10	Southwestern Louisiana*	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 31–6
September 17	at Texas–Arlington	Maverick Stadium Arlington, TX	W 16–10
September 24	Arkansas State	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 45–7
October 8	at Lamar	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 17–0
October 15	Nicholls State*	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 47–27
October 22	at Southeastern Louisiana*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 16–13
October 29	McNeese State	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 37–6
November 5	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	W 17–0	22,200
November 12	North Texas	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	L 7–27
November 19	at Northwestern State*	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	L 9–13
*Non-conference game