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1984 Auburn

9–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Pat Dye, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1984, game by game: lost vs. Miami 18–20; lost at No. 4 Texas 27–35; won vs. Southern Miss 35–12; won vs. Tennessee 29–10; won at Ole Miss 17–13; won at No. 9 Florida State 42–41; won vs. Georgia Tech 48–34; won at Mississippi State 24–21; lost at No. 13 Florida 3–24; won vs. Cincinnati 60–0; won vs. No. 15 Georgia 21–12; lost vs. Alabama 15–17; won vs. Arkansas 21–15+60−21Lost 18–20 vs. Miami-2MiamiLost 27–35 at No. 4 Texas-8No. 4 TexasWon 35–12 vs. Southern Miss+23Southern MissWon 29–10 vs. Tennessee+19TennesseeWon 17–13 at Ole Miss+4Ole MissWon 42–41 at No. 9 Florida State+1No. 9 Florida StateWon 48–34 vs. Georgia Tech+14Georgia TechWon 24–21 at Mississippi State+3Mississippi Sta…Lost 3–24 at No. 13 Florida-21No. 13 FloridaWon 60–0 vs. Cincinnati+60CincinnatiWon 21–12 vs. No. 15 Georgia+9No. 15 GeorgiaLost 15–17 vs. Alabama-2AlabamaWon 21–15 vs. Arkansas+6Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 27vsMiamiL 18–⁠2050%
Sep 15at4TexasL 27–⁠3539%
Sep 22vsSouthern MissW 35–⁠1270%
Sep 29vsTennesseeW 29–⁠1065%
Oct 6atOle MissW 17–⁠1364%
Oct 13at9Florida StateW 42–⁠4140%
Oct 20vsGeorgia TechW 48–⁠3481%
Oct 27atMississippi StateW 24–⁠2174%
Nov 3at13FloridaL 3–⁠2446%
Nov 10vsCincinnatiW 60–⁠092%
Nov 17vs15GeorgiaW 21–⁠1258%
Dec 1vsAlabamaL 15–⁠1770%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvsArkansasLiberty BowlW 21–⁠1560%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arkansas 21–⁠15 in the Liberty Bowl; No. 14 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 1
  2. Wk 2: 8
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 19
  5. Wk 5: 20
  6. Wk 6: 18
  7. Wk 7: 16
  8. Wk 8: 13
  9. Wk 9: 12
  10. Wk 10: 11
  11. Wk 11: 20
  12. Wk 12: 18
  13. Wk 13: 13
  14. Wk 14: 11
  15. Wk 15: 16
  16. Final: 14

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.

Consensus All-AmericanGregg Carr, LB

Record
9–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 1
Points
360–⁠254
Coach
Pat Dye
Elo
1715 +41 this season
SP+ rating
18.1 No. 9 of 106; offense No. 12, defense No. 26
SRS
14.5 No. 9 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jack Crowe
Defensive coordinator
Frank Orgel
Offense
Wishbone

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 2Ben Thomas DENew England Patriots
Rd 5Kevin Greene LBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 6Gregg Carr LBPittsburgh Steelers

All-SEC

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

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.