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1984 Alabama

5–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Perkins.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1984, game by game: lost vs. No. 18 Boston College 31–38; lost at Georgia Tech 6–16; won vs. Louisiana 37–14; lost vs. Vanderbilt 21–30; lost vs. No. 20 Georgia 14–24; won vs. No. 11 Penn State 6–0; lost at Tennessee 27–28; won at Mississippi State 24–20; lost vs. No. 12 LSU 14–16; won at Cincinnati 29–7; won vs. No. 11 Auburn 17–15+23−10Lost 31–38 vs. No. 18 Boston College-7No. 18 Boston CollegeLost 6–16 at Georgia Tech-10Georgia TechWon 37–14 vs. Louisiana+23LouisianaLost 21–30 vs. Vanderbilt-9VanderbiltLost 14–24 vs. No. 20 Georgia-10No. 20 GeorgiaWon 6–0 vs. No. 11 Penn State+6No. 11 Penn StateLost 27–28 at Tennessee-1TennesseeWon 24–20 at Mississippi State+4Mississippi Sta…Lost 14–16 vs. No. 12 LSU-2No. 12 LSUWon 29–7 at Cincinnati+22CincinnatiWon 17–15 vs. No. 11 Auburn+2No. 11 Auburn
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vs18Boston CollegeL 31–⁠3859%
Sep 15atGeorgia TechL 6–⁠1662%
Sep 22vsLouisianaW 37–⁠1471%
Sep 29vsVanderbiltL 21–⁠3068%
Oct 6vs20GeorgiaL 14–⁠2442%
Oct 13vs11Penn StateW 6–⁠043%
Oct 20atTennesseeL 27–⁠2840%
Nov 3atMississippi StateW 24–⁠2054%
Nov 10vs12LSUL 14–⁠1654%
Nov 17atCincinnatiW 29–⁠773%
Dec 1vs11AuburnW 17–⁠1530%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Auburn 17–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1984.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 tied for 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
226–⁠208
Coach
Ray Perkins
Elo
1583 −39 this season
SP+ rating
9.2 No. 36 of 106; offense No. 47, defense No. 21
SRS
8.0 No. 33 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Henshaw
Defensive coordinator
Ken Donahue
Captains
Paul Ott Carruth and Emanuel King

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 1Emanuel King LBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 3Ricky Moore RBSan Francisco 49ers

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Wes NeighborsCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Florida5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠13
LSU4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠115
Auburn4–⁠29–⁠414
Georgia4–⁠27–⁠4–⁠1
Kentucky3–⁠39–⁠319
Tennessee3–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Alabama2–⁠45–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠45–⁠6
Ole Miss1–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.