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1983 Iowa

9–⁠3 (7–⁠2 Big Ten), coached by Hayden Fry, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1983, game by game: won at Iowa State 51–10; won at Penn State 42–34; won vs. No. 3 Ohio State 20–14; lost at Illinois 0–33; won vs. Northwestern 61–21; won vs. Purdue 31–14; lost at No. 10 Michigan 13–16; won vs. Indiana 49–3; won at Wisconsin 34–14; won at Michigan State 12–6; won vs. Minnesota 61–10; lost vs. No. 11 Florida 6–14+51−33Won 51–10 at Iowa State+41Iowa StateWon 42–34 at Penn State+8Penn StateWon 20–14 vs. No. 3 Ohio State+6No. 3 Ohio StateLost 0–33 at Illinois-33IllinoisWon 61–21 vs. Northwestern+40NorthwesternWon 31–14 vs. Purdue+17PurdueLost 13–16 at No. 10 Michigan-3No. 10 MichiganWon 49–3 vs. Indiana+46IndianaWon 34–14 at Wisconsin+20WisconsinWon 12–6 at Michigan State+6Michigan StateWon 61–10 vs. Minnesota+51MinnesotaLost 6–14 vs. No. 11 Florida-8No. 11 Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atIowa StateW 51–⁠1054%
Sep 17atPenn StateW 42–⁠3435%
Sep 24vs3Ohio StateW 20–⁠1449%
Oct 1atIllinoisL 0–⁠3351%
Oct 8vsNorthwesternW 61–⁠2186%
Oct 15vsPurdueW 31–⁠1479%
Oct 22at10MichiganL 13–⁠1633%
Oct 29vsIndianaW 49–⁠378%
Nov 5atWisconsinW 34–⁠1452%
Nov 12atMichigan StateW 12–⁠670%
Nov 19vsMinnesotaW 61–⁠1093%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvs11FloridaGator BowlL 6–⁠1443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida 14–⁠6 in the Gator Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 16
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 4: 7
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 15
  7. Wk 7: 14
  8. Wk 8: 12
  9. Wk 9: 17
  10. Wk 10: 15
  11. Wk 11: 12
  12. Wk 12: 11
  13. Wk 13: 10
  14. Wk 14: 10
  15. Wk 15: 10
  16. Final: 14

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.

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠2 3rd in Big Ten
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 4
Points
380–⁠189
Coach
Hayden Fry
Elo
1646 +101 this season
SP+ rating
16.6 No. 16 of 108; offense No. 11, defense No. 29
SRS
14.7 No. 11 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Snyder
Defensive coordinator
Bill Brashier
Captains
Norm Granger, Jon Roehlk and Dave Strobel
Most valuable player
Norm Granger and Chuck Long

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 1John Alt OTKansas City Chiefs
Rd 4Joel Hilgenberg CNew Orleans Saints
Rd 5Norm Granger RBDallas Cowboys
Rd 6Joe Levelis OGDallas Cowboys

All-Big Ten

6 first team, 3 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 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Illinois9–⁠010–⁠210
Michigan8–⁠19–⁠38
Iowa7–⁠29–⁠314
Ohio State6–⁠39–⁠39
Wisconsin5–⁠47–⁠4
Purdue3–⁠5–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Michigan State2–⁠6–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Indiana2–⁠73–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠72–⁠9
Minnesota0–⁠91–⁠10

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