The 1983 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 58th season of football, the \ Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at the Orange Bowl.
Unranked, Miami lost their opener at Florida by 25 points, but finished the regular season ranked fifth, and were invited to the Orange Bowl. Playing at home on January 2, the underdog Hurricanes upset top-ranked Nebraska denying a two-point conversion attempt with less than a minute They climbed to first in the major polls to win the school's first
Schedule
Game summaries At Florida
At Houston
Purdue
Gainesville Sun. September 18, 1983.
Notre Dame
At Duke
Louisville
At Mississippi State
At Cincinnati
West Virginia
East Carolina
At Florida State
Jeff Davis game-winning 19-yard field goal as time expired
Orange Bowl (vs Nebraska)
Source: Box Score
Personnel
Awards and honors All-Americans Jay Brophy, LB Glenn Dennison, TE
Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award Glenn Dennison, TE
References