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1983 Maryland

8–⁠4 (5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Bobby Ross.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1983, game by game: won at Vanderbilt 21–14; lost vs. No. 20 West Virginia 21–31; won vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh 13–7; won vs. Virginia 23–3; won vs. Syracuse 34–13; won at Wake Forest 36–33; won vs. Duke 38–3; won vs. No. 3 North Carolina 28–26; lost at No. 3 Auburn 23–35; lost at No. 17 Clemson 27–52; won at NC State 29–6; lost vs. Tennessee 23–30+35−25Won 21–14 at Vanderbilt+7VanderbiltLost 21–31 vs. No. 20 West Virginia-10No. 20 West VirginiaWon 13–7 vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh+6No. 16 PittsburghWon 23–3 vs. Virginia+20VirginiaWon 34–13 vs. Syracuse+21SyracuseWon 36–33 at Wake Forest+3Wake ForestWon 38–3 vs. Duke+35DukeWon 28–26 vs. No. 3 North Carolina+2No. 3 North CarolinaLost 23–35 at No. 3 Auburn-12No. 3 AuburnLost 27–52 at No. 17 Clemson-25No. 17 ClemsonWon 29–6 at NC State+23NC StateLost 23–30 vs. Tennessee-7Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atVanderbiltW 21–⁠1453%
Sep 17vs20West VirginiaL 21–⁠3156%
Sep 24vs16PittsburghW 13–⁠746%
Oct 1vsVirginiaW 23–⁠374%
Oct 8vsSyracuseW 34–⁠1378%
Oct 15atWake ForestW 36–⁠3373%
Oct 22vsDukeW 38–⁠384%
Oct 29vs3North CarolinaW 28–⁠2651%
Nov 5at3AuburnL 23–⁠3539%
Nov 12at17ClemsonL 27–⁠5234%
Nov 19atNC StateW 29–⁠668%
Dec 17Bowls & playoffvsTennesseeCitrus BowlL 23–⁠3054%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 30–⁠23 in the Citrus Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 17
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 5: 19
  5. Wk 6: 16
  6. Wk 7: 16
  7. Wk 8: 15
  8. Wk 9: 13
  9. Wk 10: 7
  10. Wk 11: 11
  11. Wk 12: 20
  12. Wk 13: 17
  13. Wk 14: 16
  14. Wk 15: 16

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.

Atlantic Coast Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
316–⁠253
Coach
Bobby Ross
Elo
1629 +24 this season
SP+ rating
13.3 No. 23 of 108; offense No. 15, defense No. 40
SRS
11.4 No. 26 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ralph Friedgen
Defensive coordinator
Gib Romaine

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 1Pete Koch DTCincinnati Bengals
Rd 1Ron Solt OGIndianapolis Colts
Rd 2Boomer Esiason QBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 4Dave D’Addio RBDetroit Lions
Rd 7Willie Joyner RBHouston Oilers

All-ACC

5 first team

First 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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson7–⁠09–⁠1–⁠111
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠4
North Carolina4–⁠38–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠33–⁠8
Virginia3–⁠46–⁠5
Duke3–⁠43–⁠8
Wake Forest1–⁠64–⁠7
NC State1–⁠63–⁠8

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