1982–83 NCAA football bowl games

1982–83 NCAA football bowl games
1982–83 NCAA football bowl games
Season	1982
Number of bowls	16
All-star games	2
Bowl games	December 17, 1982 – ; January 1, 1983
Champions	Penn State Nittany Lions
Conference
Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls
SEC	7
Big Ten	5
Independent	5
Big 8	3
Pac-10	3
SWC	3
ACC	2
WAC	2
MAC^	1
PCAA	1
Note:	^The Mac was FCS this year.
	← 1981–82 ; Bowl game ; 1983–84→ ;

Last updated December 11, 2025

The 1982–83 NCAA football bowl games featured 16 games starting early in December and ending on January 1, 1983. The Aloha Bowl was introduced this year.^[1] The California Bowl this year was the only bowl game between a FCS team and a FBS team ever.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Game	Site	Matchup
Dec 11	Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA	Wisconsin 14, Kansas State 10
Dec 17	Holiday Bowl	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	Ohio State 47, BYU 17
Dec 18	Tangerine Bowl	Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL	Auburn 33, Boston College 26
	California Bowl	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA	Fresno State 29, Bowling Green 28
	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	North Carolina 26, Texas 10
Dec 25	Aloha Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Washington 26, Maryland 20
Dec 29	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	Alabama 21, Illinois 15
Dec 30	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL	Florida State 31, West Virginia 12
Dec 31	Hall of Fame Classic	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	Air Force 36, Vanderbilt 28
	Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl	Astrodome Houston, TX	Arkansas 28, Florida 24
	Peach Bowl	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA	Iowa 28, Tennessee 22
Jan 1	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	Arizona State 32, Oklahoma 21
	Cotton Bowl	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3
	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	UCLA 24, Michigan 14
	Orange Bowl	Orange Bowl Miami, FL	Nebraska 21, LSU 20
	Sugar Bowl	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	Penn State 27, Georgia 23

References

↑ Myhre, Rich (December 23, 1982). "Holiday football in Hawaii: It's a natural". The Daily Herald . Retrieved January 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Morilak, Mark (April 27, 1982). "Bowling Green, Northern lose appeals MAC will be Division I-AA in 1982 season". Daily Kent Stater. LV (116): 24.

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[1] Myhre, Rich (December 23, 1982). "Holiday football in Hawaii: It's a natural". The Daily Herald . Retrieved January 14, 2025– via Newspapers.com.

[:0-2] Morilak, Mark (April 27, 1982). "Bowling Green, Northern lose appeals MAC will be Division I-AA in 1982 season". Daily Kent Stater. LV (116): 24.

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