The 1983 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Hawkeyes, led by head coach Hayden Fry, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa finished the season 9–3 (7–2 Big Ten), capped by a loss to Florida in the Gator Bowl.

Schedule

Roster

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)

Rankings

Game summaries

at Iowa State

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

at Penn State

No. 3 Ohio State

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

at Illinois

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

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

Purdue

at No. 10 Michigan

Indiana

at Wisconsin

at Michigan State

Minnesota

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)

Awards and honors

Team players in the 1984 NFL Draft