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1983 Auburn

11–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Southeastern Conference), coached by Pat Dye, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1983, game by game: won vs. Southern Miss 24–3; lost vs. No. 3 Texas 7–20; won at Tennessee 37–14; won vs. No. 17 Florida State 27–24; won at Kentucky 49–21; won at Georgia Tech 31–13; won vs. Mississippi State 28–13; won vs. No. 5 Florida 28–21; won vs. No. 7 Maryland 35–23; won at No. 4 Georgia 13–7; won vs. No. 19 Alabama 23–20; won vs. No. 8 Michigan 9–7+28−13Won 24–3 vs. Southern Miss+21Southern MissLost 7–20 vs. No. 3 Texas-13No. 3 TexasWon 37–14 at Tennessee+23TennesseeWon 27–24 vs. No. 17 Florida State+3No. 17 Florida StateWon 49–21 at Kentucky+28KentuckyWon 31–13 at Georgia Tech+18Georgia TechWon 28–13 vs. Mississippi State+15Mississippi Sta…Won 28–21 vs. No. 5 Florida+7No. 5 FloridaWon 35–23 vs. No. 7 Maryland+12No. 7 MarylandWon 13–7 at No. 4 Georgia+6No. 4 GeorgiaWon 23–20 vs. No. 19 Alabama+3No. 19 AlabamaWon 9–7 vs. No. 8 Michigan+2No. 8 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsSouthern MissW 24–⁠357%
Sep 17vs3TexasL 7–⁠2055%
Sep 24atTennesseeW 37–⁠1448%
Oct 1vs17Florida StateW 27–⁠2457%
Oct 8atKentuckyW 49–⁠2163%
Oct 15atGeorgia TechW 31–⁠1369%
Oct 22vsMississippi StateW 28–⁠1380%
Oct 29vs5FloridaW 28–⁠2155%
Nov 5vs7MarylandW 35–⁠2361%
Nov 12at4GeorgiaW 13–⁠736%
Dec 3vs19AlabamaW 23–⁠2063%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs8MichiganSugar BowlW 9–⁠758%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan 9–⁠7 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Southeastern Conference champions.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 5
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 5
  4. Wk 4: 11
  5. Wk 5: 10
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 4
  10. Wk 10: 3
  11. Wk 11: 3
  12. Wk 12: 3
  13. Wk 13: 3
  14. Wk 14: 3
  15. Wk 15: 3
  16. Final: 3

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.

National championsa title the school claims

Southeastern Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanBo Jackson, RB

Record
11–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 3
Points
311–⁠186
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1762 +174 this season
SP+ rating
30.1 No. 2 of 108; offense No. 5, defense No. 2
SRS
22.0 No. 2 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jack Crowe
Defensive coordinator
Frank Orgel
Offense
Wishbone
Defense
5–⁠2

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 2Doug Smith DEHouston Oilers
Rd 3Donnie Humphrey DTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 5Lionel James RBSan Diego Chargers

All-SEC

8 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

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

1983 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Auburn6–⁠011–⁠13
Georgia5–⁠110–⁠1–⁠14
Florida4–⁠29–⁠2–⁠16
Tennessee4–⁠29–⁠3
Alabama4–⁠28–⁠415
Ole Miss4–⁠26–⁠6
Kentucky2–⁠46–⁠5–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠53–⁠8
LSU0–⁠64–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

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