The 1983–84 NCAA football bowl games featured 16 games starting early in December and ending on January 2, 1984. The Tangerine Bowl was renamed the Florida Citrus Bowl.
Bowl games NOTE: Rankings used are the final regular season AP Rankings whenever noted DateGameSiteResultRef. Dec 10 Independence Bowl Independence StadiumShreveport, LA (16) Air Force Falcons 9, Ole Miss 3 Dec 17 California Bowl Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA Northern Illinois Huskies 20, Cal State Fullerton 13 Florida Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL (16) Maryland Terrapins 23, Tennessee Volunteers 30 Dec 22 Hall of Fame Classic Legion FieldBirmingham, AL (18) West Virginia Mountaineers 20, Kentucky Wildcats 16 Dec 23 Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy StadiumSan Diego, CA (9) BYU Cougars 21, Missouri Tigers 17 Dec 24 Sun Bowl Sun BowlEl Paso, TX Alabama Crimson Tide 28, (6) SMU Mustangs 7 Dec 26 Aloha Bowl Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI Penn State Nittany Lions 13, Washington Huskies 10 Dec 29 Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN (13) Boston College 18, Notre Dame Fighting Irish 19Dec 30 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl StadiumJacksonville, FL (10) Iowa Hawkeyes 6, (11) Florida Gators 14 Peach Bowl Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumAtlanta, GA North Carolina Tar Heels 3, Florida State Seminoles 28 Dec 31 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl AstrodomeHouston, TX Oklahoma State Cowboys 24, (20) Baylor Bears 14Jan 2 Sugar Bowl Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (3) Auburn 9, (8) Michigan Wolverines 7 Cotton Bowl Cotton BowlDallas, TX (7) Georgia Bulldogs 10, (2) Texas Longhorns 9 Orange Bowl Orange BowlMiami, FL(1) Nebraska Cornhuskers 30, (5) Miami Hurricanes 31 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ (14) Ohio State Buckeyes 28, (15) Pittsburgh Panthers 23 Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, CA UCLA Bruins 45, (4) Illinois Fighting Illini 9
Final rankings
AP Poll Miami (FL) Nebraska Auburn Georgia Texas Florida BYU Michigan Ohio State Illinois Clemson SMU Air Force Iowa Alabama West Virginia UCLA Pittsburgh Boston College East Carolina
Coaches' Poll Miami (FL) Nebraska Auburn Georgia Texas Florida BYU Ohio State Michigan Illinois SMU Alabama UCLA Iowa Air Force West Virginia Penn State Oklahoma State Pittsburgh Boston College
Clemson was on probation by the NCAA during the 1983 season; they were therefore ineligible to receive votes in the Coaches' Poll
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