The 1983 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern College (now known as Georgia Southern University) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Womack Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia.^[1] The team was coached by Erk Russell, in his second year as head coach for the Eagles.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	7:00 p.m.	UCF	Womack Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 29–33	5,815
September 17	7:00 p.m.	vs. Presbyterian	Memorial Stadium Savannah, GA	W 34–21	7,913
September 24	7:00 p.m.	No. 7 Troy State	Womack Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 27–28	7,378	[2]
October 1	7:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	Womack Stadium Statesboro, GA	W 25–11	6,278
October 15	2:00 p.m.	at East Tennessee State	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 7–24	7,248	[3]
October 22	7:00 p.m.	vs. Newberry	Butler Stadium Augusta, GA	L 24–27	4,500
October 29	1:30 p.m.	at Catawba	Salisbury, NC	W 10–3	3,917
November 5	3:00 p.m.	at Wofford	Snyder Field Spartanburg, SC	W 27–16	5,894
November 12	1:30 p.m.	Mars Hill	Womack Stadium Statesboro, GA	W 35–0	9,385
November 19	7:00 p.m.	at Valdosta State	Bazemore–Hyder Stadium Valdosta, GA	L 29–34	8,000
November 26	7:00 p.m.	at Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium Savannah, GA	W 15–0	1,000
Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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