| 1983 Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12th edition | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Marcus Dupree (OU HB) Jim Jeffcoat (ASU DL) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 2½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill Parkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 66,484 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Charlie Jones, Len Dawson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Fiesta Bowl was the twelfth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday, January 1.[2] Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season, it matched the eleventh-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils of the Pacific-10 Conference and the #12 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference. A slight underdog,[1] Arizona State rallied in the fourth quarter to win on its home field, 32–21.[3][4][5]
- ^ a b "The latest line". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1983. p. 13.
- ^ "Fiesta Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services reports. January 1, 1983. p. 3B.
- ^ "ASU gives Sooners a devil of a time, 32–21". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 2, 1983. p. 4D.
- ^ "ASU enjoys Fiesta feast". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. January 2, 1983. p. F1.
- ^ "Devils down OU, 32–21". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. January 2, 1983. p. 7B.