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1983 Arizona

7–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠3–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Larry Smith.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1983, game by game: won vs. Oregon State 50–6; won vs. Utah 38–0; won at Washington State 45–6; won vs. Cal State Fullerton 27–10; tied at California 33–33; won vs. Colorado State 52–21; lost vs. Oregon 10–19; lost at Stanford 22–31; lost vs. No. 20 Washington 22–23; won vs. UCLA 27–24; won at Arizona State 17–15+44−9Won 50–6 vs. Oregon State+44Oregon StateWon 38–0 vs. Utah+38UtahWon 45–6 at Washington State+39Washington StateWon 27–10 vs. Cal State Fullerton+17Cal State Fulle…Tied 33–33 at California0CaliforniaWon 52–21 vs. Colorado State+31Colorado StateLost 10–19 vs. Oregon-9OregonLost 22–31 at Stanford-9StanfordLost 22–23 vs. No. 20 Washington-1No. 20 WashingtonWon 27–24 vs. UCLA+3UCLAWon 17–15 at Arizona State+2Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsOregon StateW 50–⁠681%
Sep 10vsUtahW 38–⁠063%
Sep 17atWashington StateW 45–⁠659%
Sep 24vsCal State FullertonW 27–⁠1082%
Oct 1atCaliforniaT 33–⁠3354%
Oct 8vsColorado StateW 52–⁠2187%
Oct 15vsOregonL 10–⁠1983%
Oct 22atStanfordL 22–⁠3166%
Nov 5vs20WashingtonL 22–⁠2344%
Nov 12vsUCLAW 27–⁠2440%
Nov 26atArizona StateW 17–⁠1532%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 17–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 3
  6. Wk 6: 10
  7. Wk 7: 9
  8. Wk 8: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1983.

Consensus All-AmericanRicky Hunley, LB

Record
7–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
343–⁠188
Coach
Larry Smith
Elo
1574 +36 this season
SP+ rating
11.4 No. 28 of 108; offense No. 18, defense No. 51
SRS
10.5 No. 29 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Axman
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 1Ricky Hunley LBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 4Randy Robbins DBDenver Broncos
Rd 6John Kaiser LBSeattle Seahawks

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 6 second team

First team

Second team

  • Tom TunnicliffeQBCoaches-2
  • Chris BrewerRBCoaches-2
  • Marsharne GravesOTCoaches-2
  • Mike FreemanOGCoaches-2
  • Ivan LesnikDLCoaches-2
  • Max ZendejasKCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠117
Washington5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington State5–⁠37–⁠4
USC4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
California3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.