1983 Football Team
| Overall Record: 9-3 | Conference Record: 8-1 |
| Conference Finish: 2nd place | |
| National Ranking: AP - No. 8, UPI - No. 9 | |
| Coach: Glenn E. "Bo" Schembechler | |
| Captain: Stefan Humphries, John Lott | |
| All-Americans: Stefan Humphries, Tom Dixon | |
| All-Conference: Stefan Humphries, Tom Dixon, Bob Bergeron, Kevin Brooks, Al Sincich, Evan Cooper | |
| Most Valuable Player: Steve Smith | |
| Meyer Morton Award: Steve Smith | |
| John Maulbetsch Award: Bob Perryman | |
| Frederick Matthaei Award: Al Sincich | |
| Arthur Robinson Scholarship Award: Stefan Humphries | |
| Dick Katcher Award: Carlton Rose | |
| Robert P. Ufer Award: Jeff Cohen | |
| Trainer: Russ Miller | |
| Assistant coaches: Alex Agase, Tirrel Burton, Lloyd Carr, Bob Chmiel, Jerry Hanlon, Jerry Meter, Gary Moeller, Paul Schudel, Bob Thornbladh, Elliot Uzelac, Milan Vooletich | |
| Manager: Paul Gehkas, Douglans Ham, Kenneth Pefkins, Robert Reid | |
| Opponent | Rank | Date | Site | Result | Attend. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preseason | 10 | |||||
| Washington St. | 6/- | 09/10 | H | W | 20-17 | 103,226 |
| Washington | 8/16 | 09/17 | A | L | 24-25 | 60,638 |
| Wisconsin | 17/- | 09/24 | A | W | 38-21 | 77,708 |
| Indiana | 14/- | 10/01 | H | W | 43-18 | 104,126 |
| Michigan State | 14/- | 10/08 | A | W | 42-0 | 78,033 |
| Northwestern | 13/- | 10/15 | H | W | 35-0 | 103,914 |
| Iowa (HC) | 10/12 | 10/22 | H | W | 16-13 | 104,559 |
| Illinois | 8/9 | 10/29 | A | L | 6-16 | 76,127 |
| Purdue | 13/- | 11/05 | H | W | 42-10 | 104,946 |
| Minnesota | 9/- | 11/12 | A | W | 58-10 | 40,945 |
| Ohio State | 8/10 | 11/19 | H | W | 24-21 | 106,115 |
| Auburn | 8/3 | 01/02 | 1 | L | 7-9 | 77,893 |
| Totals | 355-160 | 1,038,260 | ||||
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| 1 - Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| split end | Vince Bean (12) | |
| left tackle | Clay Miller (12) | |
| left guard | Jerry Diorio (12) | |
| center | Tom Dixon (12) | |
| right guard | Stefan Humphries (12) | |
| right tackle | Doug James (12) | |
| tight end | Sim Nelson (12) | |
| flanker |
Triando Markray (7) Gilvanni Johnson (4) Ken Higgins | |
| quarterback |
Steve Smith (11) David Hall | |
| fullback |
Eddie Garrett (6) Greg Armstrong (4) Dan Rice (2) | |
| tailback |
Rick Rogers (11) Kerry Smith (1) |
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| defensive tackle |
Vince DeFelice (11) Mike Hammerstein | |
| middle guard | Al Sincich (12) | |
| defensive tackle | Kevin Brooks (12) | |
| outside linebacker |
Tom Hassel (6) Carlton Rose (6) | |
| outside linebacker |
Rodney Lyles (11) Jim Scarcelli | |
| inside linebacker |
Tim Anderson (6) Mike Boren (4) Mike Reinhold (2) | |
| inside linebacker | Mike Mallory (12) | |
| ws cornerback | John Lott (12) | |
| ss cornerback | Bradley Cochran (12) | |
| strong safety |
Evan Cooper (8) Rich Hewlett (4) | |
| free safety |
Tony Gant (8) Evan Cooper (4) |
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- Back Row
- Bill Giarmo, Alex Agase, Jerry Hanlon, Bob Thornbladh, Elliott Uzelac, Gary Moeller, Lloyd Carr, Jerry Meter, Milan Vooletich, Tirrel Burton, Bob Chmiel, Jim Herrmann, Dave Magazu
- 9th Row
- Doug Ham (Mgr.), Mike Gittleson, Lou Kovacs, Joe English, Joe Mosketti, James Rott, Garrett Smith, Phil Logas, John Whitledge, Andy Samosiuk, Dave Garlow, Russ Miller, Fritz Seyferth, Jon Falk
- 8th Row
- Tim Schulte, Mike O'Connor, Billy Harris, Carlitos Bostic, Gene Cecchini, Steve Thibert, Jack Walker, John Balourdos, Pete Wentworth, Todd Schulte, Brandon Johns, Monte Robbins, John Zingales
- 7th Row
- Billy Dawson, Doug Mallory, Gerald White, Garland Rivers, Dave Folkertsma, Andrew Borowski, Glenn Mogle, John Elliott, Andree McIntyre, Dwayne Freeman, Phil Webb, Chris Zurbrugg, Ken Higgins, Russell Rein
- 6th Row
- Gene Lawson, Camp Fellin, Marc Shevrin, Dieter Heren, John Mihic, Jerry Quaerna, Rick Frazer, Marty Shimko, Triando Markray, Dan Decker, Keith Cowan, Pat Moons, Ed Hood, Al Bishop
- 5th Row
- Steve Johnson, Tony Gant, Greg Randall, Ben Logue, Gilvanni Johnson, Paul Schmerge, Mark Hammerstein, Mike Reinhold, Jim Harbaugh, Bob Perryman, Andy Moeller, Mike Krauss, Ivan Hicks
- 4th Row
- Mike Melnyk, Todd Schlopy, John Paciorek, Dave Simon, John Ghindia, Phil Lewandowski, Jim Scarcelli, Brad Cochran, Tom Knoebel, Mike Sessa, Eddie Garrett, Dan Rice, John Ferens, Bob Bergeron, Tom Wilcher
- 3rd Row
- Joe Gray, Mike Mallory, Clay Miller, Eric Kattus, Art Balourdos, Al Sincich, Kevin Brooks, Mike Hammerstein, Sim Nelson, Jeff Akers, Rick Rogers, Bob Popowski, Bob Tabachino, Brian Mercer
- 2nd Row
- Fritz Burgess, Tim Anderson, Mike Wilson, Nate Rogers, Dave Meredith, Vince DeFelice, Greg Armstrong, Milt Carthens, Rodney Lyles, Larry Sweeney, Dan Yarano, Gerald Ingram, Don Bracken, Kerry Smith
- Front Row
- Jeff Cohen, Jerry Diorio, Dave Hall, Carlton Rose, Steve Smith, Tom Dixon, Stefan Humphries, Mike Boren, Doug James, Evan Cooper, Tom Hassel, John Lott, Vince Bean, Rich Hewlett, Coach "Bo" Schembechler