The 1982–83 NCAA football bowl games featured 16 games starting early in December and ending on January 1, 1983. The Aloha Bowl was introduced this year. The California Bowl this year was the only bowl game between a FCS team and a FBS team ever. Schedule
DateGameSiteMatchup Dec 11 Independence Bowl Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA Wisconsin 14, Kansas State 10 Dec 17 Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA Ohio State 47, BYU 17Dec 18 Tangerine Bowl Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL Auburn 33, Boston College 26 California Bowl Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA Fresno State 29, Bowling Green 28 Sun Bowl Sun Bowl El Paso, TX North Carolina 26, Texas 10 Dec 25 Aloha Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI Washington 26, Maryland 20 Dec 29 Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN Alabama 21, Illinois 15 Dec 30 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL Florida State 31, West Virginia 12Dec 31 Hall of Fame Classic Legion Field Birmingham, AL Air Force 36, Vanderbilt 28 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Astrodome Houston, TX Arkansas 28, Florida 24 Peach Bowl Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA Iowa 28, Tennessee 22Jan 1 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Arizona State 32, Oklahoma 21 Cotton Bowl Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA UCLA 24, Michigan 14 Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Miami, FL Nebraska 21, LSU 20 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA Penn State 27, Georgia 23
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