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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1983
Page
15
Iowa players weigh post season goals as Joe Levelis cites focus on four remaining contests. Five bowls may attend the Iowa Indiana game. Tom Dempsey, Morten Anderson, and NA NFL records appear in note. The piece mentions boxing memories and a Marines casualty.
Marion earns a sixth straight playoff berth finishing 9-0 with a 39 7 win over Monticello. Cedar Rapids LaSalle Mount Vernon Stormont and Midland of Wyoming also qualify. First round pairings set for Wednesday with LaSalle vs Mount Vernon and Marion facing Waverly-Shell Rock. Finals dates scheduled November 11 and 12.
No. 8 Michigan faces No. 9 Illinois in a key Big Ten showdown at Memorial Stadium with a Rose Bowl bid on the line. Michigan relies on Steve Smith and a rushing attack while Illinois counters with a stingy defense led by Don Thorp and Mark Butkus as both teams sit 5-0 in conference play.
Cedar Rapids Prairie ends a 14 game losing streak with a 7-6 upset of Linn-Mar at John Wall Field in the season finale. The Hawks finish 1-8 overall, 1-4 ECIC, while Linn-Mar ends at 4-5. Crowd erupts as Prairie fans mob the field after the win.
Indiana at Iowa 1:05 p.m. kickoff at Kinnick Stadium Iowa City with delayed TV and extensive radio coverage. 1983 records Iowa 5-2 Indiana 3-4. Hawkeyes favored 23 points after loss to Michigan. Also listed are Big Ten matchups and other state college games with broadcast details and station lists.
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