1983 North Dakota State Bison football team

The 1983 North Dakota State football team represented

The 1983 team was inducted with the Class of 2023 into the Bison Athletic Hall of Champions on September 29, 2023.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Northern Michigan*		Memorial Field Marquette, MI	W 17–14	5,602	[3]
September 17	at Mankato State		Blakeslee Stadium Mankato, MN	W 10–9	4,000	[4]
September 24	Augustana (SD)	No. 3	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 20–6	12,700	[5]
October 1	at Nebraska–Omaha	No. 3	Al F. Caniglia Field Omaha, NE	L 10–18	8,400	[6]
October 8	South Dakota	No. 10	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 17–3	13,200	[7]
October 15	at South Dakota State	No. 9	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD (rivalry)	W 24–12	9,308	[8]
October 22	Northern Colorado	No. 10	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 34–21	10,600	[9]
October 29	at North Dakota	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)	W 23–6	14,800	[10]
November 5	at Morningside	No. 5	Elwood Olsen Stadium Sioux City, IA	W 49–7	1,356	[11]
November 12	St. Cloud State	No. 5	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 31–20	3,300	[12]
November 26	No. 4 Towson State*	No. 5	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (NCAA Division II Quarterfinal)	W 24–17	5,600	[13]
December 3	at No. 1 UC Davis*	No. 5	Toomey Field Davis, CA (NCAA Division II Semifinal)	W 26–17	9,100	[14][15]
December 10	vs. No. 7 Central State (OH)*	No. 6	McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium McAllen, TX (NCAA Division II Championship Game—Palm Bowl)	W 41–21	5,275	[16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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