1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

This article is about the Division I-AA (now FCS) championship game. For the Division I-A (now FBS) champions, see 1983 Miami Hurricanes football team.

1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Western Carolina Catamounts Southern Illinois Salukis
(11–2–1) (12–1)
Southern Missouri Valley
7 43
Head coach: 
Bob Waters		 Head coach: 
Rey Dempsey
NCAASeed
9–
NCAASeed
11
1234 Total
Western Carolina 0007 7
Southern Illinois 0102310 43
DateDecember 17, 1983
Season1983
StadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
LocationCharleston, South Carolina
Attendance15,950[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC Sports[2]
AnnouncersKeith Jackson and Frank Broyles
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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The 1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Southern Illinois Salukis and the Western Carolina Catamounts. The game was played on December 17, 1983, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina. The culminating game of the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Southern Illinois, 43–7.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CTbox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Coaches expect I-AA title game to be close". Journal Gazette. Mattoon, Illinois. UPI. December 17, 1983. p. B-3. Retrieved May 8, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Stracener, William (December 17, 1983). "Southern Illinois capitalized on eight Western Carolina turnovers". UPI. Retrieved May 7, 2018 – via upi.com/Archive.