1983 Penn State football

Penn State went 8–4–1 in 1983 under Joe Paterno, outscoring its opponents 320 to 312, and beat Washington 13–10 in its bowl game.

1983 Penn State football, every game

Date	Game	Result	Score
Aug 29, 1983	No. 4 Penn State vsNo. 1 Nebraska · neutral	L	6–44
Sep 10, 1983	No. 20 Penn State vsCincinnati	L	3–14
Sep 17, 1983	Penn State vsNo. 13 Iowa	L	34–42
Sep 24, 1983	Penn State @Temple	W	23–18
Oct 1, 1983	Penn State @Rutgers	W	36–25
Oct 8, 1983	Penn State vsNo. 3 Alabama	W	34–28
Oct 15, 1983	Penn State @Syracuse	W	17–6
Oct 22, 1983	Penn State vsNo. 4 West Virginia	W	41–23
Oct 29, 1983	Penn State @No. 19 Boston College	L	17–27
Nov 5, 1983	Penn State vsBrown	W	38–21
Nov 12, 1983	Penn State vsNotre Dame	W	34–30
Nov 19, 1983	Penn State @No. 17 Pittsburgh	T	24–24
Dec 26, 1983	Penn State vsWashington · neutral · bowl	W	13–10

A number before a team is its AP rank going into the game.