1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Schedule

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Rankings

Game summaries

at Iowa State

Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

This was the first of 15 straight wins in the series for the Hawkeyes.

• Owen Gill 16 Rush, 136 Yds, 4 TD

at Penn State

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

No. 3 Ohio State

• Sources: Box score and Game story, Box score

The Hawkeyes earned their first win over the Buckeyes since 1962.

at Illinois

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

The Hawkeyes – ranked #3 in the Coaches poll and #4 in the AP poll – could not break through on this day in Champaign. Illinois would go on to win the outright Big Ten title by finishing 9-0 in conference play.

Northwestern

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

The Hawkeyes set a Big Ten record with 713 yards of total offense.

• Chuck Long: 23-33, 420 yards, 4 TD (1 rushing)

Purdue

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

at No. 10 Michigan

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Indiana

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

• Dave Moritz – 11 receptions, 192 receiving yards, 2 TD

at Wisconsin

Rivalry Game

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

• Chuck Long – 4 TD passes

• Eddie Phillips – 162 Rush yards, TD

at Michigan State

• Sources: Box Score and Game Story

Minnesota

Battle for Floyd of Rosedale

• Sources: Box score

The Hawkeyes rolled up a school-record 517 yards rushing against the Gophers. Three Iowa backs went over 100 yards, led by Eddie Phillips with 172 yards and 3 touchdowns. Ronnie Harmon had 75 yards and 2 touchdowns on only 4 carries, and also caught a touchdown pass.

vs. No. 11 Florida (Gator Bowl)

Main article: 1983 Gator Bowl

Personnel

Roster

• Bill Snyder – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
• Bill Brashier – Defensive Coordinator
• Kirk Ferentz – Offensive line
• Carl Jackson – Running backs
• Del Miller – Offensive assistant
• Dan McCarney – Defensive line
• Barry Alvarez – Linebackers
• Don Patterson – Defensive Backs
• Bernie Wyatt – Defensive Ends/Recruiting Coordinator
• Bill Dervich – Strength and Conditioning
• Bob Stoops – Graduate assistant
• Bruce Kittle – Graduate assistant

Coaching staff

Five of the staff would go on to become the winningest head coaches at five different programs: Snyder (Kansas State), Alvarez (Wisconsin), Stoops (Oklahoma), McCarney (Iowa State) and Ferentz (Iowa)

Statistical achievements

The offense broke 35 school records, including:

• 5,647 yards of total offense and 470.6 per game
• 3,239 passing yards
• 713 yards of total offense in a game vs Northwestern (10/8/83).
• 517 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns in a game vs Minnesota (11/19/83)
• 575 passing yards against Northwestern (10/8/83).

The team's individual statistical leaders included:

• Quarterback Chuck Long completed 157 of 265 passes (59.2%) for 2,601 yards. He also set a single-game Iowa passing record (broken by Long the following year) with 420 passing yards against Northwestern on October 8, 1983.

• Running back Owen Gill led the team with 798 rushing yards.

• Wide receiver Dave Moritz led the team with 50 receptions for 912 yards. Dave Chappel set a single-game Iowa receiving record (since broken) with 11 receptions for 192 yards against Indiana on October 29, 1983.

• Kicker Tom Nichol led the team with 86 points scored on 14 field goals and 44 extra points.

• Defensive back Mike Stoops led the team with six interceptions for 154 yards.

• Linebacker Larry Station led the team with 138 total tackles.

Awards and honors

Six Iowa players received first-team honors on the 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team: quarterback Chuck Long (AP-1, UPI-1); (AP-1, UPI-1); offensive tackle John Alt (AP-1); defensive tackle Paul Hufford (AP-1, UPI-1); linebacker Larry Station (AP-1, UPI-1); defensive back Mike Stoops (AP-2, UPI-1); and wide receiver Dave Moritz (AP-1).

The team had three most valuable players: fullback Norm Granger; quarterback Chuck Long; and wide receiver Dave Moritz. The team also had three captains: fullback Norm Granger; offensive guard Jon Roehlk; and defensive end Dave Stroebel.

1984 NFL draft

Main article: 1984 NFL draft

References

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