1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1983 File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg 83 August–November November 27–December 17 December 17, 1983 Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, South Carolina Southern Illinois The 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1983, and concluded with the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 17, 1983, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina. The Southern Illinois Salukis won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Western Carolina Catamounts by a score of 43−7.1983 NCAA Division I Football Championship http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2012/d1/2012FCSfbchamp.pdf NCAA.org December 29, 2013 14 Conference changes and new programs The eight members of the Mid-American Conference temporarily relegated to Division I-AA for the 1982 season returned to Division I-A in 1983. School 1982 Conference 1983 Conference Alabama State Independent (I-AA} SWAC Ball State MAC (I-AA) MAC (I-A) Bowling Green MAC (I-AA) MAC (I-A) Eastern Michigan MAC (I-AA) MAC (I-A) Kent State MAC (I-AA) MAC (I-A) Miami (OH) MAC (I-AA) MAC (I-A) North Texas State I-AA Independent Southland Northern Illinois MAC (I-AA) MAC (I-A) Ohio MAC (I-AA) MAC (I-A) Western Michigan MAC (I-AA) MAC (I-A) Conference standings Conference champions List of NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football seasons Conference championsBig Sky Conference – Nevada Ivy League – Harvard and Penn Mid-Continent Conference – Eastern Illinois Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Southern Conference – Furman Southland Conference – North Texas State and Northeast Louisiana Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State Yankee Conference – Boston University and Connecticut Postseason The top four teams were seeded, and received first-round byes.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31357815/eastern_minus_a_bye_to_face_boston_u/ Eastern, minus a bye, to face Boston U. in playoff opener Stan Sutton The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky D1 November 21, 1983 May 8, 2019 newspapers.com NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket First RoundNovember 26Campus sites QuarterfinalsDecember 3Campus sites SemifinalsDecember 10Campus sites National Championship GameDecember 17Neutral Site Indiana State 16** Eastern Illinois 13 Idaho State 20 Nevada 27 Western Carolina 24 Colgate 23 Eastern Kentucky 20 Boston University 24 (1) Southern Illinois 23 Indiana State 7 (4) North Texas State 17 Nevada 20* (2) Holy Cross 21 Western Carolina 28 (3) Furman 35 Boston University 16 (1) Southern Illinois 23 Nevada 7 Western Carolina 14 (3) Furman 7 (1) Southern Illinois 43 Western Carolina 7 * indicates overtime period References