1983 Season
| 1983 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |||
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| Aloha Bowl, defeated Washington | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #17 | ||
| 1983 record | 8–4–1 | ||
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | ||
| Offensive coordinator | Dick Anderson | ||
| Defensive coordinator | Jerry Sandusky | ||
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 83,770) |
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Seasons
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| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| August 29, 1983 | vs. #1 Nebraska | #4 | Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic) | KATZ | L 6–44 | 71,123 | ||
| September 10, 1983 | Cincinnati | #20 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | L 3–14 | 83,683 | |||
| September 17, 1983 | #13 Iowa | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | L 34–42 | 84,628 | ||||
| September 24, 1983 | at Temple | Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA | W 23–18 | 35,760 | ||||
| October 1, 1983 | at Rutgers | Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ | W 36–25 | 32,804 | ||||
| October 8, 1983 | #3 Alabama | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | CBS | W 34–28 | 85,614 | |||
| October 15, 1983 | at Syracuse | Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY | W 17–6 | 50,010 | ||||
| October 22, 1983 | #4 West Virginia | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 41–23 | 86,309 | ||||
| October 29, 1983 | at #19 Boston College | Sullivan Stadium • Foxborough, MA | ABC Regional | L 17–27 | 56,188 | |||
| November 5, 1983 | Brown | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 38–21 | 84,670 | ||||
| November 12, 1983 | Notre Dame | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | ESPN (tape delay) | W 34–30 | 85,899 | |||
| November 19, 1983 | at #17 Pittsburgh | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | T 24–24 | 60,283 | ||||
| December 26, 1983 | vs. Washington | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl) | ESPN | W 13–10 | 37,212 | |||
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