1983 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

1983 Cincinnati Bearcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–6–1
Head coach
CaptainGene Beck, Bill Booze, Don Goodman, George Jamison, Linwood Marshall
Home stadiumRiverfront Stadium, Nippert Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →

The 1983 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season.[1] The Bearcats were led by first-year head coach Watson Brown. Due to an NCAA mandate that average attendance (home and away) exceed 20,000 fans, Cincinnati was to be relegated to NCAA Division I-AA. The program sued NCAA, managing to limit the tenure of I-AA play to just the 1983 season. They participated as independent and played their home games at Riverfront Stadium with on-campus Nippert Stadium being used as a supplement for the second of five straight seasons.[2]

  1. ^ "Plenty of new twists to college football '84". The Beaver County Times. August 28, 1983. p. 19. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  2. ^ Tuckerman, Spencer. "Tuckerman: On a Storybook in South Bend". University of Cincinnati. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

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