1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1983 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1983
Playoff
Duration	November 27–December 17, 1983
Championship site	Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Champion	Southern Illinois Salukis
Division I-AA football season
«1982 1984»

The 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1983, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 17, 1983, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, SC. The Southern Illinois Salukis won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Western Carolina Catamounts by a final score of 43−7.^[1]

Conference changes and new programs

School	1982 Conference	1983 Conference
North Texas State	I-A Independent	Southland (I-AA)

Conference standings

1983 Big Sky football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T #11 Nevada $ 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 5 – 0 #12 Idaho State 5 – 2 – 0     8 – 4 – 0 Idaho 4 – 3 – 0     8 – 3 – 0 Boise State 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Weber State 3 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Montana 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 Northern Arizona 2 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 Montana State 1 – 6 – 0     1 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion Nevada earned automatic berth in NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. Idaho State earned at-large berth in NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before championship playoffs)	Template:1983 Ivy League football standings	1983 Mid-Continent football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Eastern Illinois $ 3 – 0 – 0     9 – 3 – 0 Southwest Missouri State 2 – 1 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Northern Iowa 1 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Western Illinois 0 – 3 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion
Template:1983 MEAC football standings	Template:1983 Ohio Valley football standings	1983 Southern Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T Furman $^ 6 – 0 – 1     10 – 2 – 1 Western Carolina ^ 5 – 0 – 1     11 – 3 – 1 Chattanooga 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 4 – 0 Appalachian State 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 5 – 0 Marshall 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 7 – 0 VMI 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 9 – 0 The Citadel 1 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 East Tennessee State 1 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 Davidson 0 – 5 – 0     2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Template:1983 Southland Conference football standings	Template:1983 SWAC football standings	1983 Yankee Conference football standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T     W   L   T #13 Boston University +^ 4 – 1 – 0     9 – 4 – 0 Connecticut + 4 – 1 – 0     5 – 6 – 0 #20 New Hampshire 3 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0 Rhode Island 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0 UMass 2 – 3 – 0     3 – 8 – 0 Maine 0 – 5 – 0     4 – 6 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
Template:1983 Division I-AA independent football standings

Conference champions

Conference champions
Big Sky Conference – Nevada Ivy League – Harvard and Penn Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Southern Conference – Furman Southland Conference – Northeast Louisiana and North Texas State Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State Yankee Conference – Boston University and Connecticut

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round November 26 Campus Sites

Quarterfinals December 3 Campus Sites

Semifinals December 10 Campus Sites

National Championship Game December 17

Carbondale, IL

Terre Haute, IN

Southern Illinois

23

Indiana State

16**

Carbondale, IL

Indiana State

7

Eastern Illinois

13

Southern Illinois

23

Reno, NV

Pocatello, ID

Nevada

7

North Texas State

17

Idaho State

20

Charleston, SC – Hagood Stadium

Nevada

20*

Nevada

27

Southern Illinois

43

Worcester, MA

Cullowhee, NC

Western Carolina

7

Holy Cross

21

Western Carolina

24

Greenville, SC

Western Carolina

28

Colgate

23

Western Carolina

14

Greenville, SC

Richmond, KY

Furman

7

Furman

35

Eastern Kentucky

20

Boston U.

16

Boston U.

24

References

1. "1983 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2013.