1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1983 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1983
Playoff
Duration	November 27–December 17, 1983
Championship site	Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, SC
Champion	Southern Illinois Salukis
Division I-AA football season
«1982 1984»

1983 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#11 Nevada $^	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	5	–	0
#12 Idaho State ^	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Idaho	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Boise State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Weber State	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Montana	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Montana State	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Nevada-Reno earned automatic berth and Idaho State earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs. Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll (released before championship playoffs)

1983 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard +	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Penn +	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Brown	4	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth	4	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Cornell	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	5	–	1			1	–	7	–	2
Yale	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

1983 Mid-Continent football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Eastern Illinois $	3	–	0	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Southwest Missouri State	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Northern Iowa	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Western Illinois	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1983 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Furman $^	6	–	0	–	1			10	–	2	–	1
Western Carolina ^	5	–	0	–	1			11	–	3	–	1
Chattanooga	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Marshall	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Davidson	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

1983 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 North Texas State $^	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#13 Northeast Louisiana	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Arkansas State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
Texas–Arlington	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Louisiana Tech	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Lamar	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

1983 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#13 Boston University +^	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Connecticut +	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
#20 New Hampshire	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
UMass	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Maine	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

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 Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1983, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 17, 1983, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, SC. The Southern Illinois Salukis won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Western Carolina Catamounts by a final score of 43−7.

Big Sky Conference – Nevada
Ivy League – Harvard and Penn
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina State
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
Southern Conference – Furman
Southland Conference – Northeast Louisiana and North Texas State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State
Yankee Conference – Boston University and Connecticut

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