1983 Fiesta Bowl
The 1983 Fiesta Bowl was the twelfth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday, January 1. Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season, it matched the eleventh-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils of the Pacific-10 Conference and the #12 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference. A slight underdog, Arizona State rallied in the fourth quarter to win on its home field, 32–21.
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| 12th edition | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sun Devil Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tempe, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Marcus Dupree (OU HB) Jim Jeffcoat (ASU DL) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 2½ points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill Parkinson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 66,484 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Charlie Jones, Len Dawson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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