The 1982–83 NCAA football bowl games featured 16 games starting early in December and ending on January 1, 1983. The Aloha Bowl was introduced this year.[citation needed ]
Date Game Site Matchup Dec 11 Independence Bowl Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA Wisconsin 14 , Kansas State 10 Dec 17 Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA Ohio State 47 , BYU 17 Dec 18 Tangerine Bowl Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL Auburn 33 , Boston College 26 California Bowl Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA Fresno State 29 , Bowling Green 28 Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX North Carolina 26 , Texas 10 Dec 25 Aloha Bowl Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI Washington 26 , Maryland 20 Dec 29 Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN Alabama 21 , Illinois 15 Dec 30 Gator Bowl Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL Florida State 31 , West Virginia 12 Dec 31 Hall of Fame Classic Legion Field Birmingham, AL Air Force 36 , Vanderbilt 28 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Astrodome Houston, TX Arkansas 28 , Florida 24 Peach Bowl Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA Iowa 28 , Tennessee 22 Jan 1 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ Arizona State 32 , Oklahoma 21 Cotton Bowl Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX SMU 7 , Pittsburgh 3 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA UCLA 24 , Michigan 14 Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Miami, FL Nebraska 21 , LSU 20 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA Penn State 27 , Georgia 23