1983 Sugar Bowl
| 1983 Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 49th Sugar Bowl National championship game | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted the Sugar Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Louisiana Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Todd Blackledge (Penn State QB) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Penn State by 4 points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Vance Carlson (Big Eight) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 78,127 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Keith Jackson and Frank Broyles | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 1983 Sugar Bowl was the 49th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, January 1. Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season, it was a de facto national championship game that matched the undefeated and top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #2 Penn State Nittany Lions, an independent. Penn State won 27–23 to finish atop the final polls as national champions.