1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team

The 1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team was an American football team that represented Northeast Louisiana University (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) in the Southland Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third year under head coach Pat Collins, the team compiled a 8–3 record and as Southland Conference co-champions. The Indians offense scored 251 points while the defense allowed 119 points.

1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football
SLC co-champion
Conference	Southland Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
Record	8–3 (5–1 SLC)
Head coach	Pat Collins (3rd season)
Home stadium	Malone Stadium
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Southland Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 Northeast Louisiana +	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 4 North Texas State +^	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Arkansas State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
UT Arlington	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Louisiana Tech	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Lamar	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Indiana State*		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	L 9–10	8,131	[1]
September 10	Southwestern Louisiana*		Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 31–6	20,451	[2]
September 17	at UT Arlington		Maverick Stadium Arlington, TX	W 16–10	7,338	[3]
September 24	Arkansas State	No. 14	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 45–7		[4]
October 8	at Lamar	No. 9	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 17–0		[5]
October 15	Nicholls State*	No. 8	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 47–27		[6]
October 22	at Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 6	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 16–13		[7]
October 29	McNeese State	No. 4	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	W 37–6		[8]
November 5	at Louisiana Tech	No. 3	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	W 17–0	22,200	[9]
November 12	No. 10 North Texas State	No. 2	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA	L 7–27	17,452	[10]
November 19	at Northwestern State*	No. T–7	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	L 9–13		[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game