American college football season
The 1983 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their 58th season of football, the independent 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 at 10–1, ranked fifth, and were invited to the Orange Bowl . Playing at home on January 2, the underdog Hurricanes upset top-ranked Nebraska 31–30, denying a two-point conversion attempt with less than a minute remaining.[1] [2] [3] [4] They climbed to first in the final polls to win the school's first national championship .[5]
Season summary
at Florida
at Houston
Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers at Miami (FL) Hurricanes
1
2
3 4 Total
Purdue
0
0
0 0 0
Miami (FL)
7
21
7 0 35
at Orange Bowl • Miami, Florida
Date : September 17Game attendance : 34,557
Game information
Purdue
Everett 16/22, 186 Yds, 2 INT
Hawthorne 12 Rush, 37 Yds
Griffin 5 Rec, 64 Yds
Miami (FL)
Kosar 12/20, 182 Yds, 3 TD, 2 INT
Bentley 15 Rush, 78 Yds
Shakespeare 4 Rec, 68 Yds, 2 TD
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Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
PUR
MIA
1
Miami (FL)
Kosar 1-yard touchdown run, Davis kick good
0
7
2
Miami (FL)
Shakespeare 35-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good
0
14
2
Miami (FL)
Vanderwende 1-yard touchdown run, Davis kick good
0
21
2
Miami (FL)
Shakespeare 12-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good
0
21
3
Miami (FL)
Griffin 17-yard touchdown reception from Kosar, Davis kick good
0
28
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
0
28
Notre Dame
at Duke
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West Virginia
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at Florida State
Jeff Davis game-winning 19-yard field goal as time expired [7]
Orange Bowl (vs Nebraska)
#1 Nebraska at #5 Miami (FL)
1
2 3 4 Total
Cornhuskers
0
14 3 13
30
• Hurricanes
17
0 14 0
31
Scoring summary Q1 9:18 MIA Dennison 2-yard pass from Kosar (Davis kick) MIA 7–0
Q1 4:51 MIA Davis 45-yard field goal MIA 10–0
Q1 1:08 MIA Dennison 22-yard pass from Kosar (Davis kick) MIA 17–0
Q2 8:54 Neb Steinkuhler 19-yard fumble return (Livingston kick) MIA 17–7
Q2 2:17 Neb Gill 1-yard run (Livingston kick) MIA 17–14
Q3 13:09 Neb Livingston 34-yard field goal Tied 17–17
Q3 9:37 MIA Highsmith 1-yard run (Davis kick) MIA 24–17
Q3 4:44 MIA Bentley 7-yard run (Davis kick) MIA 31–17
Q4 6:55 Neb Smith 1-yard run (Livingston kick) MIA 31–24
Q4 0:48 Neb Smith 24-yard run (Gill pass to Smith failed) MIA 31–30
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