1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football
1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Independent
1983 record	9–2
Head coach	Bill Dooley (6th season);
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

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.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Wake Forest	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		L 6–13	26,300
September 17	at Memphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 17–10
September 24	VMI	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)		W 28–0
October 1	Louisville	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 31–0	28,300
October 8	Duke	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 27–14	40,700
October 15	at No. 4 West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	CBS	L 0–13	57,181
October 22	Richmond	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 38–0	34,400
October 29	William & Mary	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 59–21
November 5	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 26–10	21,391	^[1]
November 12	Vanderbilt	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 21–10
November 19	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 48–0	44,572
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`11`	Perry Agee	Jr
QB	`8`	Mark Cox	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`21`	Bryan Burleigh	Sr
DE	`36`	Rusty Cook	Jr
DE	`78`	Bruce Smith	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`15`	David Cox	Jr

Head coach

Bill Dooley

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References[]

^ "Cox engineers Hokies over Tulane, 26–10". Daily Press. November 6, 1983. Retrieved October 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "Cox engineers Hokies over Tulane, 26–10". Daily Press. November 6, 1983. Retrieved October 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t Virginia Tech Hokies football
Venues	Miles Field (1894–1925) Miles Stadium (1926–1964) Lane Stadium (1965–present) Victory Stadium (alternate, 1942–1971)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College Georgia Tech Miami Virginia (Commonwealth Cup) West Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy) VMI
Culture & lore	HokieBird "Tech Triumph" "Enter Sandman" The Marching Virginians Battle at Bristol
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1983 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		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
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