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- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season abstract "The 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami winning their first national championship over perennial power and top ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.The 31-30 win over Nebraska is still talked about as one of the greatest games of all time, not only for its last minute finish, but for its role in changing the face of college football. Miami came into the game ranked #5, but losses by #2 Texas in the Cotton Bowl and #4 Illinois in the Rose Bowl launched them to #1 (despite protests from #3 Auburn)Nebraska scored a touchdown with 48 seconds remaining, putting them within one point of the Hurricanes. Despite knowing a tie would still give Nebraska the national title, Coach Tom Osborne courageously decided to go for two points and the win rather than one point and the tie. Miami was able to hold, snapping Nebraska's 22-game winning streak and launching Miami as a powerhouse program. This Miami team was the first to win a national title without a single player voted to the first team All-Americans and only the second to win a national title gaining more passing yards than rushing. The Auburn Tigers, featuring Bo Jackson also had a stellar season going 11-1 and beating Michigan in the Sugar Bowl 9-7. Despite entering the bowl games ranked third in both major polls, and with both teams ranked higher losing their bowl games, the Tigers ended ranked third in the final AP poll as Miami jumped from 5th to gain the National Championship. Auburn had played the toughest schedule in the nation, including eight bowl teams, seven of which were ranked in the top 20 (four in the top ten). Perhaps because of the difficult schedule, the Tigers did finish ranked first in a few polls including the New York Times computer rankings.The Holiday Bowl was also a classic, as BYU, led by future NFL star Steve Young, defeated Missouri with a last second halfback pass.The annual rivalry game between Oregon and Oregon State is still widely known and derided as "The Toilet Bowl", as the teams played to a 0-0 tie, the last scoreless tie in college football. The game featured 11 total turnovers, as 6 fumbles were lost (out of 11 total), 5 interceptions, and 4 missed field goals.This season saw no conference have two or more teams tie for the title—an event that did not happen again in either Division I-A or its successor, Division I FBS, until 2009. (Note, however, that even when a conference officially recognizes multiple champions, it will invariably have some kind of tiebreaker system to determine placement for bowl berths.)Due to the school's financial troubles the NCAA demoted North Texas to Division 1-AA for the 1983 season dropping the number of Division 1-A teams to 112 (North Texas would later move back up to Division 1-A in 1995).".
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- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season bowlEnd "1984-01-02".
- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season bowlStart "1983-12-10".
- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season champions 1983_Auburn_Tigers_football_team.
- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season champions 1983_Miami_Hurricanes_football_team.
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- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season heisman "Mike Rozier, Nebraska RB".
- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season numberOfBowls "16".
- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season numberOfTeams "112".
- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season preseasonAp 1983_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team.
- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season year "1983".
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- 1983_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season comment "The 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami winning their first national championship over perennial power and top ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.The 31-30 win over Nebraska is still talked about as one of the greatest games of all time, not only for its last minute finish, but for its role in changing the face of college football.".
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