1982 NCAA Division I-A football season

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The 1982 Division 1A football season saw Paul “Bear” Bryant retire as head coach at Alabama with 323 career victories in 38 seasons.

Penn State's won its first consensus National Championship, defeating Georgia and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker in the Sugar Bowl 27-23.

UCLA moved from the LA Coliseum to the Rose Bowl and fulfilled a promise made by coach Terry Donahue by closing out their season there as well, beating Michigan in the post-season Rose Bowl game, 24-14.

It is also the year of “The Play”, a near impossible finish to the annual rivalry game between Cal and Stanford.

The Aloha Bowl premiered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Contents

[edit] Conference Standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, Conf. = Conference Record

Conference Champion

[edit] Classic Games

  • #8 Penn St 27, #2 Nebraska 24
  • Cal 25, Stanford 20 (The Play)
  • UCLA 20 USC 19
  • Auburn 23, Alabama 22
  • Tulane 31, #7 LSU 28 (Tulane's first win at Tiger Stadium since 1948)

[edit] #1 and #2 Progress

WEEKS #1 #2 Event
PRE-1 Pittsburgh Washington Washington 55, UTEP 0 Sep 11
2 Washington Pittsburgh Nebraska 68, New Mexico St. 0 Sep 18
3 Washington Nebraska Penn State 27, Nebraska 24 Sep 25
4-5 Washington Pittsburgh Alabama 34, Arkansas St 7 Oct 2
6 Washington Alabama Tennessee 35, Alabama 28 Oct 16
7 Washington Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 14, Syracuse 0 Oct 23
8 Pittsburgh Washington Stanford 43, Washington 31 Oct 30
9 Pittsburgh SMU Notre Dame 31, Pitt 16 Nov 6
10-11 Georgia SMU Arkansas 17, SMU 17 Nov 20
12-14 Georgia Penn State End regular season Dec 4


[edit] Bowl Games

Main article: NCAA football bowl games, 1982-83

[edit] Final AP Poll

  1. Penn St.
  2. Southern Methodist (TX)
  3. Nebraska
  4. Georgia
  5. UCLA
  6. Arizona St.
  7. Washington
  8. Clemson (SC)
  9. Arkansas
  10. Pittsburgh (PA)
  11. Louisiana St.
  12. Ohio St.
  13. Florida St.
  14. Auburn (AL)
  15. Southern California
  16. Oklahoma
  17. Texas
  18. North Carolina
  19. West Virginia
  20. Maryland

[edit] Final Coaches Poll

  1. Penn St.
  2. Southern Methodist (TX)
  3. Nebraska
  4. Georgia
  5. UCLA
  6. Arizona St.
  7. Washington
  8. Arkansas
  9. Pittsburgh (PA)
  10. Florida St.
  11. Louisiana St.
  12. Ohio St.
  13. North Carolina
  14. Auburn (AL)
  15. Michigan
  16. Oklahoma
  17. Alabama
  18. Texas
  19. West Virginia
  20. Maryland


[edit] Heisman Trophy Voting

[edit] Other Major Awards

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