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1983 Syracuse

6–⁠5, coached by Dick MacPherson.

Schedule and results

Syracuse in 1983, game by game: lost at Temple 6–17; won vs. Kent State 22–10; won vs. Northwestern 35–0; won vs. Rutgers 17–13; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 7–63; lost at No. 16 Maryland 13–34; lost vs. Penn State 6–17; lost at Pittsburgh 10–13; won at Navy 14–7; won vs. No. 13 Boston College 21–10; won vs. No. 14 West Virginia 27–16+35−56Lost 6–17 at Temple-11TempleWon 22–10 vs. Kent State+12Kent StateWon 35–0 vs. Northwestern+35NorthwesternWon 17–13 vs. Rutgers+4RutgersLost 7–63 at No. 1 Nebraska-56No. 1 NebraskaLost 13–34 at No. 16 Maryland-21No. 16 MarylandLost 6–17 vs. Penn State-11Penn StateLost 10–13 at Pittsburgh-3PittsburghWon 14–7 at Navy+7NavyWon 21–10 vs. No. 13 Boston College+11No. 13 Boston CollegeWon 27–16 vs. No. 14 West Virginia+11No. 14 West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atTempleL 6–⁠1737%
Sep 10vsKent StateW 22–⁠1074%
Sep 17vsNorthwesternW 35–⁠070%
Sep 24vsRutgersW 17–⁠1357%
Oct 1at1NebraskaL 7–⁠6312%
Oct 8at16MarylandL 13–⁠3422%
Oct 15vsPenn StateL 6–⁠1731%
Oct 29atPittsburghL 10–⁠1315%
Nov 5atNavyW 14–⁠742%
Nov 12vs13Boston CollegeW 21–⁠1029%
Nov 19vs14West VirginiaW 27–⁠1633%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat West Virginia 27–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 56th-best 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
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in the Major eastern college football independents (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
178–⁠200
Coach
Dick MacPherson
Elo
1539 +87 this season
SP+ rating
1.5 No. 58 of 108; offense No. 87, defense No. 22
SRS
2.0 No. 45 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Captains
Blaise Winter and Brent Ziegler

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 2Blaise Winter DTIndianapolis Colts