1983Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–2
Head coach	Bill Dooley (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	John Gutekunst (3rd season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium
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The1983 Virginia Tech Hokies football team was anAmerican football team that representedVirginia Tech as anindependent during the1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coachBill Dooley, the Hokies compiled an overall record of 9–2.^[1] Tech was never ranked during the year by the Associated Press and didn't get an invitation to one of the15 post-season bowls played after the 1983 season. The Hokies lost its only game to a ranked team, 13-0, to No. 4 West Virginia in Morgantown with a national TV audience watching. The team also lost its season opener at home against Wake Forest by a 13-6 score. Tech won its final game of the season over UVA 48-0 in Charlottesville.

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Wake Forest	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		L 6–13	26,300	[2][3][4]
September 17	atMemphis State	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		W 17–10	39,528	[5][6][7]
September 24	VMI	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)		W 28–0	32,300	[8][9]
October 1	Louisville	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 31–0	28,300	[10][11]
October 8	Duke	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 27–14	40,700	[12][13]
October 15	at No. 4West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	CBS	L 0–13	57,181	[14][15]
October 22	Richmond	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 38–0	34,400	[16][17]
October 29	William & Mary	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 59–21	28,300	[18][19]
November 5	atTulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 26–10	21,391	[20][21]
November 12	Vanderbilt	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 21–10	27,300	[22][23]
November 19	atVirginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 48–0	44,572	[24][25]
Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

Using the Simple Rating System (SRS) of College Football Reference that takes into account strength of schedule and modified point differential, Tech was the 20th ranked team in the country.^[26]

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