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1984 Arizona

7–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Larry Smith.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1984, game by game: lost vs. Fresno State 22–27; won vs. California 23–13; won vs. Oregon State 27–8; lost at LSU 26–27; won vs. Long Beach State 31–24; won vs. Oregon 28–14; lost at USC 14–17; lost at No. 1 Washington 12–28; won vs. Utah State 45–10; won vs. Stanford 28–14; won vs. Arizona State 16–10+35−16Lost 22–27 vs. Fresno State-5Fresno StateWon 23–13 vs. California+10CaliforniaWon 27–8 vs. Oregon State+19Oregon StateLost 26–27 at LSU-1LSUWon 31–24 vs. Long Beach State+7Long Beach StateWon 28–14 vs. Oregon+14OregonLost 14–17 at USC-3USCLost 12–28 at No. 1 Washington-16No. 1 WashingtonWon 45–10 vs. Utah State+35Utah StateWon 28–14 vs. Stanford+14StanfordWon 16–10 vs. Arizona State+6Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsFresno StateL 22–⁠2766%
Sep 8vsCaliforniaW 23–⁠1362%
Sep 15vsOregon StateW 27–⁠874%
Sep 22atLSUL 26–⁠2748%
Sep 29vsLong Beach StateW 31–⁠2470%
Oct 6vsOregonW 28–⁠1463%
Oct 20atUSCL 14–⁠1744%
Oct 27at1WashingtonL 12–⁠2828%
Nov 3vsUtah StateW 45–⁠1079%
Nov 10vsStanfordW 28–⁠1478%
Nov 24vsArizona StateW 16–⁠1059%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona State 16–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

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
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
272–⁠192
Coach
Larry Smith
Elo
1594 +44 this season
SP+ rating
11.0 No. 31 of 106; offense No. 39, defense No. 28
SRS
6.9 No. 35 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Axman
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 2Vance Johnson WRDenver Broncos

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • David WoodDLCoaches-1
  • Lamonte HunleyLBCoaches-1
  • Allan DurdenDBCoaches-1

Second team

  • David AdamsRBCoaches-2
  • Charlie DickeyOGCoaches-2
  • Joe DrakeDLCoaches-2
  • Steve BoadwayLBCoaches-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.