1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team

1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football
Southland Conference Co-Champions
Conference	Southland Conference
1983 record	8–3 (5–1 Southland)
Head coach	Pat Collins
Home stadium	Malone Stadium (Capacity: 30,427)

1983 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 North Texas State $^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#13 Northeast Louisiana	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
McNeese State	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arkansas State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Texas–Arlington	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Louisiana Tech	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Lamar	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

The 1983 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team represented Northeast Louisiana University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA college football season. The Indians offense scored 251 points while the defense allowed 119 points.^[1]

Regular season

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	at Indiana State*	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	L 9–10
September 10	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	W 31–6
September 17	at Texas–Arlington	Maverick Stadium • Arlington, TX	W 16–10
September 24	Arkansas State	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	W 45–7
October 8	at Lamar	Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 17–0
October 15	Nicholls State*	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	W 47–27
October 22	at Southeastern Louisiana*	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA	W 16–13
October 29	McNeese State	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	W 37–6
November 5	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 17–0	22,200
November 12	North Texas	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	L 7–27
November 19	at Northwestern State*	Harry Turpin Stadium • Natchitoches, LA	L 9–13
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football

Venues	Brown Stadium (1933–1977) JPS Field at Malone Stadium (1978–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Louisiana–Lafayette: Battle on the Bayou Louisiana Tech Northwestern State

Culture & lore	Chief Brave Spirit Ace the Warhawk "Cheer for Northeast" Sound of Today

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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