1983 Chico State Wildcats football team

The 1983 Chico State Wildcats football team represented California State University, Chico as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Dick Trimmer in his tenth and final season as head coach, Chico State compiled an overall record of 4–5–1 with a mark of 3–2–1 in conference play, placing third in the NCAC. The team outscored its opponents 227 to 201 for the season. The Wildcats played home games at University Stadium in Chico, California.

1983 Chico State Wildcats football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record4–5–1 (3–2–1 FWC)
Head coach
  • Dick Trimmer (10th season)
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
1983 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 UC Davis $^ 6 –0 –011 –1 –0
Sacramento State 4 –1 –15 –5 –1
Chico State 3 –2 –14 –5 –1
Cal State Hayward 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Humboldt State 3 –3 –04 –6 –0
San Francisco State 1 –5 –02 –8 –0
Sonoma State 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Trimmer finished his tenure at Chico State with an overall record of 48–52–2, for a .480 winning percentage.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10at Saint Mary's*
L 25–393,122
September 17Cal Poly*
L 9–213,942
September 24Claremont-Mudd*
  • University Stadium
  • Chico, CA
W 41–92,000–2,612[1]
October 8at Cal State Northridge
L 14–24644[2]
October 15at Sonoma State
W 50–29624–960[3][4]
October 22No. 3 UC Davis
  • University Stadium
  • Chico, CA
L 7–247,342
October 29at Sacramento State
T 15–151,200[5]
November 5Humboldt State
  • University Stadium
  • Chico, CA
L 20–26900
November 12at Cal State Hayward
W 20–7400–605[6]
November 19San Francisco State
  • University Stadium
  • Chico, CA
W 26–7400–421[7]

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References
  1. "Saturday's College Football". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 26, 1983. p. III-12. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. "Southland". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 9, 1983. p. III-17. Retrieved April 1, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. Rich Rupperecht (October 16, 1983). "The Cossacks are breaking all sorts of records". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. 1D. Retrieved November 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. "Final 1983 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  5. "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Chico State)" (PDF). Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  6. "Final 1983 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  7. "Final 1983 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  8. "Final 1983 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  9. "1983 - Cal St.-Chico". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
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