- 1983 Orange Bowl
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Name=1983 Orange Bowl
Date=January 1 ,1983
Year=1982
Visitor School=University of Nebraska
Visitor Name Short=Nebraska
Visitor Nickname=Cornhuskers
Visitor Record=11-1
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Visitor Coaches=3
Visitor Coach=Tom Osborne
Visitor1=7
Visitor2=0
Visitor3=7
Visitor4=7
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Visitor Total=21
Home School=Louisiana State University
Home Name Short=LSU
Home Nickname=Tigers
Home Record=8-2-1
Home
Home Coaches=13
Home Coach=Jerry Stovall
Home1=7
Home2=7
Home3=3
Home4=3
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Home Total=20
Type=Bowl Game
Stadium=Miami Orange Bowl
City=Miami, Florida The 1983 edition of the Orange Bowl featured the
Nebraska Cornhuskers , and theLSU Tigers .Nebraska scored first on a 5 yard touchdown run by
Mark Schellen to take a 7-0 lead.Dalton Hilliard scored on a 1 yard touchdown run for LSU to tie the game at 7. In the second quarter, Hilliard scored on a second 1 yard touchdown run to give LSU a 14-7 lead.In the third quarter, LSU's Bentanzos scored on a 28 yard field goal giving the Tigers a 17-7 lead.
Turner Gill fired an 11 yard touchdown pass toMike Rozier cutting the lead to 17-14. In the fourth quarter, Gill scored from 1 yard out as Nebraska took a 21-17 lead. LSU's Bentanzos kicked a 49 yard field goal to cap the scoring, as Nebraska hang on to win 21-20.External links
*http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=185&SPID=41&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=151
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