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1983 Minnesota

1–⁠10 (0–⁠9 Big Ten), coached by Joe Salem.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1983, game by game: won at Rice 21–17; lost vs. No. 1 Nebraska 13–84; lost vs. Purdue 20–32; lost at No. 8 Ohio State 18–69; lost at Indiana 31–38; lost vs. Wisconsin 17–56; lost at Northwestern 8–19; lost at Michigan State 10–34; lost vs. No. 6 Illinois 23–50; lost vs. No. 9 Michigan 10–58; lost at No. 11 Iowa 10–61+7−71Won 21–17 at Rice+4RiceLost 13–84 vs. No. 1 Nebraska-71No. 1 NebraskaLost 20–32 vs. Purdue-12PurdueLost 18–69 at No. 8 Ohio State-51No. 8 Ohio StateLost 31–38 at Indiana-7IndianaLost 17–56 vs. Wisconsin-39WisconsinLost 8–19 at Northwestern-11NorthwesternLost 10–34 at Michigan State-24Michigan StateLost 23–50 vs. No. 6 Illinois-27No. 6 IllinoisLost 10–58 vs. No. 9 Michigan-48No. 9 MichiganLost 10–61 at No. 11 Iowa-51No. 11 Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atRiceW 21–⁠1752%
Sep 17vs1NebraskaL 13–⁠8417%
Sep 24vsPurdueL 20–⁠3259%
Oct 1at8Ohio StateL 18–⁠6913%
Oct 8atIndianaL 31–⁠3835%
Oct 15vsWisconsinL 17–⁠5634%
Oct 22atNorthwesternL 8–⁠1944%
Oct 29atMichigan StateL 10–⁠3428%
Nov 5vs6IllinoisL 23–⁠5013%
Nov 12vs9MichiganL 10–⁠5813%
Nov 19at11IowaL 10–⁠617%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa 61–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

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
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠9 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
181–⁠518
Coach
Joe Salem
Elo
1271 −134 this season
SP+ rating
-22.2 No. 104 of 108; offense No. 47, defense No. 108
SRS
−19.2 No. 106 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Chuck Dickerson
Captain
Randy Rasmussen
Most valuable player
Randy Rasmussen

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 7Jay Carroll TETampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

  • Peter NajarianLBAP-2; UPI-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 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.