1983 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1983 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores were led by head coach George MacIntyre in his fifth season and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

1983 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach	George MacIntyre (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Lynn Amedee (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Brush (2nd season)
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium
Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Auburn $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Georgia	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
No. 6 Florida	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Tennessee	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 15 Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	1
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
LSU	0	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	No. 17 Maryland*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 14–21	40,856	[1]
September 17	Iowa State*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	W 29–26	41,165	[2]
September 24	No. 6 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 24–44	41,418	[3]
October 1	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 30–17	30,756	[4]
October 8	at No. 9 Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 10–29	73,764	[5]
October 15	No. 8 Georgia	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 13–20	41,223	[6]
October 22	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	L 14–21	35,847	[7]
October 29	Memphis State*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 7–24	40,485	[8]
November 5	Kentucky	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 8–17	41,156	[9]
November 12	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 10–21	27,300	[10]
November 26	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 24–34	93,426	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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