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1983 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record8–3 (5–0 MVC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorBill Young (1st season)
Home stadiumSkelly Stadium
Capacity: (40,385)
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 1 Southern Illinois ^ 4 – 1 – 0 13 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Indiana State ^ 3 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
New Mexico State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Illinois State 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Wichita State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Drake 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
West Texas State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 10 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. New Mexico State, Tulsa, and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1983 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach John Cooper, the Golden Hurricane compiled an 8–3 record (5-0 against conference opponents) and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Steve Gage with 876 passing yards, Michael Gunter with 1,198 rushing yards, and John Green with 365 yards.[2] Head coach John Cooper was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3San Diego State*
W 34–9
September 10at Arkansas*
L 14–17
September 17Northwestern State*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 26–19
September 24at No. 8 Oklahoma*
L 18–28
October 1at Oklahoma State*
L 0–9
October 8New Mexico State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 24–10
October 15Illinois State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 39–25
October 22at Texas Tech*
W 59–20
October 29Wichita State
W 30–19
November 5at Drake
W 22–13
November 12West Texas State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 31–16
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]


References

  1. ^ a b "1983 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "1983 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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