1983Auburn Tigers football
National champion (Billingsley,CFRA,The New York Times,ARGH) Co-national champion (Rothman,Sagarin) SEC champion Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl,W 9–7 vsMichigan
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
Record	11–1 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach	Pat Dye (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jack Crowe (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Frank Orgel (3rd season)
Base defense	5–2
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

The1983 Auburn Tigers football team representedAuburn University in the1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached byPat Dye, the team finished the season with an 11–1 record and won their firstSoutheastern Conference (SEC) title since 1957. The team was namednational champion by NCAA-designated major selectors ofBillingsley,College Football Researchers Association,The New York Times, andARGH,^[1] while named co-national champion by bothRothman andSagarin.^[2]

The squad featured several star players who went on to long professional careers includingBo Jackson,Randy Campbell,Tommie Agee,Lionel James,Donnie Humphrey,Steve Wallace andAl Del Greco. Prior to the season, Dye became the first coach in the SEC to require players to take blood and urine tests for drugs.^[3] Also prior to the season, fullback Greg Pratt collapsed after making his required time in running tests and died a short time later.

The team capped an 11–1 season, with a 9–7 victory handing 2-loss #8 Michigan its third loss in theSugar Bowl. Despite having lost to Texas by 13 points at home the Tigers ended ranked third in the final AP and the UPI Coaches' poll ahead of the 1-loss Longhorns asMiami jumped from 5th from the AP and 4th from the UPI Coaches' poll to claim the AP/UPI Coaches' National Championship award.^[4] Auburn had played the toughest schedule in the nation, including nine bowl teams, eight of which were ranked in the top 20 (five in the top ten), and two teams Auburn faced would compete against each other in the1983 Florida Citrus Bowl (Tennessee won the game againstMaryland 30–23).

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10		Southern Miss*	No. 4	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 24–3	73,500	[5]
September 17	11:30 am	No. 3Texas*	No. 5	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	CBS	L 7–20	73,500	[6]
September 24		atTennessee	No. 11	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)		W 37–14	95,185	[7]
October 1		Florida State*	No. 10	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 27–24	75,625	[8]
October 8		atKentucky	No. 7	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY		W 49–21	57,989	[9]
October 15		atGeorgia Tech*	No. 5	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		W 31–13	55,112	[10]
October 22		Mississippi State	No. 5	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 28–13	71,500	[11]
October 29		No. 5Florida	No. 4	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	CBS	W 28–21	75,700	[12]
November 5		No. 7Maryland*	No. 3	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 35–23	75,600	[13]
November 12	2:50 pm	at No. 4Georgia	No. 3	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ABC	W 13–7	82,122	[14]
December 3	2:50 pm	vs. No. 19Alabama	No. 3	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	ABC	W 23–20	77,310	[15]
January 2, 1984	7:00 pm	vs. No. 8Michigan*	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 9–7	77,893	[16][17]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inCentral time

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SophomoreBo Jackson ran for 256 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Tigers won the SEC title outright. His long touchdown runs – 69 yards and 71 yards, respectively – bookended the day's scoring.^[20]

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