1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

The 1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Dooley.

1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football
ConferenceIndependent
1983 record9–2
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Miami (FL)      11 1 0
Virginia Tech      9 2 0
No. 19 Boston College      9 3 0
No. 16 West Virginia      9 3 0
No. 20 East Carolina      8 3 0
No. 18 Pittsburgh      8 3 1
Penn State      8 4 1
Southern Miss      7 4 0
Memphis State      6 4 1
Florida State      8 4 0
Notre Dame      7 5 0
Syracuse      6 5 0
South Carolina      5 6 0
Cincinnati    4 6 1
Southwestern Louisiana      4 6 0
Temple      4 7 0
Tulane      4 7 0
Louisville      3 8 0
Navy      3 8 0
Rutgers      3 8 0
Army      2 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 10Wake ForestL 6–1326,300
September 17at Memphis StateW 17–10
September 24VMI
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 28–032,300[1]
October 1Louisville
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 31–028,300
October 8Duke
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 27–1440,700
October 15at No. 4 West VirginiaCBSL 0–1357,181
October 22Richmond
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 38–034,400
October 29William & Mary
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 59–21
November 5at TulaneW 26–1021,391[2]
November 12Vanderbilt
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–10
November 19at VirginiaW 48–044,572
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 11 Perry Agee Jr
QB 8 Mark Cox Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 21 Bryan Burleigh Sr
DE 36 Rusty Cook Jr
DE 78 Bruce Smith Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 15 David Cox Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "Virginia Tech outclasses VMI Keydets, 28–0". Kingsport Times-News. September 25, 1983. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Cox engineers Hokies over Tulane, 26–10". Daily Press. November 6, 1983. Retrieved October 20, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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