| 1983 Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 49th Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Favorite | Nebraska by 10½ points[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dixon Holman (SWC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 54,407 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Don Criqui and John Brodie | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Orange Bowl was the 49th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, January 1. Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season, it matched the thirteenth-ranked LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #3 Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Eight Conference. Favored Nebraska won by a point, 21–20.[2][3]
The game suffered its lowest attendance (54,407) in 36 years,[3] due to civil disturbances in the nearby Overtown neighborhood,[2] as well as the game having no impact on the national championship, since second-ranked Penn State was playing #1 Georgia at the same time in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. In addition, Nebraska had played at Hawaii in December (and in the previous Orange Bowl), while LSU had lost two of its last three games of the regular season.[3]