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1984 Arizona State

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Darryl Rogers.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1984, game by game: lost vs. Oklahoma State 3–45; won vs. San José State 48–0; lost vs. No. 17 USC 3–6; won at Stanford 28–10; lost vs. California 14–19; won vs. Oregon State 45–10; lost vs. UCLA 13–21; lost vs. No. 14 Florida State 44–52; won at Oregon 44–10; won vs. Colorado State 45–14; lost at Arizona 10–16+48−42Lost 3–45 vs. Oklahoma State-42Oklahoma StateWon 48–0 vs. San José State+48San José StateLost 3–6 vs. No. 17 USC-3No. 17 USCWon 28–10 at Stanford+18StanfordLost 14–19 vs. California-5CaliforniaWon 45–10 vs. Oregon State+35Oregon StateLost 13–21 vs. UCLA-8UCLALost 44–52 vs. No. 14 Florida State-8No. 14 Florida StateWon 44–10 at Oregon+34OregonWon 45–14 vs. Colorado State+31Colorado StateLost 10–16 at Arizona-6Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsOklahoma StateL 3–⁠4556%
Sep 15vsSan José StateW 48–⁠064%
Sep 22vs17USCL 3–⁠659%
Sep 29atStanfordW 28–⁠1057%
Oct 6vsCaliforniaL 14–⁠1975%
Oct 20vsOregon StateW 45–⁠1079%
Oct 27vsUCLAL 13–⁠2147%
Nov 3vs14Florida StateL 44–⁠5233%
Nov 10atOregonW 44–⁠1049%
Nov 17vsColorado StateW 45–⁠1479%
Nov 24atArizonaL 10–⁠1641%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona 16–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 12

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.

Led the nationDoug Allen: receiving touchdowns (14 TD)

Consensus All-AmericanDavid Fulcher, DB

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
297–⁠203
Coach
Darryl Rogers
Elo
1552 −24 this season
SP+ rating
11.8 No. 26 of 106; offense No. 25, defense No. 37
SRS
9.4 No. 26 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Al Luginbill

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 4Doug Allen WRNew York Jets
Rd 5Brian Noble LBGreen Bay Packers

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Doug AllenWRCoaches-2
  • Tom MagazzeniOTCoaches-2
  • Jim MeyerPCoaches-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 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠19–⁠310
Washington6–⁠111–⁠12
UCLA5–⁠29–⁠39
Arizona5–⁠27–⁠4
Washington State4–⁠36–⁠5
Arizona State3–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon State1–⁠72–⁠9
California1–⁠82–⁠9

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