1983 Miami Hurricanes football team


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 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 final polls to win the school's first

Schedule

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Support staff

Rankings

Game summaries

Florida

Houston

Purdue

Notre Dame

West Virginia

Florida State

vs. Nebraska (Orange Bowl)

All-Americans