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1984 California

2–⁠9 (1–⁠8 Pac-10), coached by Joe Kapp.

Schedule and results

California in 1984, game by game: lost at Arizona 13–23; won vs. Pacific 28–12; lost vs. Oregon 14–21; lost vs. San José State 18–33; won at Arizona State 19–14; lost at Oregon State 6–9; lost vs. UCLA 14–17; lost at No. 20 USC 7–31; lost at No. 1 Washington 14–44; lost vs. Washington State 7–33; lost vs. Stanford 10–27+16−30Lost 13–23 at Arizona-10ArizonaWon 28–12 vs. Pacific+16PacificLost 14–21 vs. Oregon-7OregonLost 18–33 vs. San José State-15San José StateWon 19–14 at Arizona State+5Arizona StateLost 6–9 at Oregon State-3Oregon StateLost 14–17 vs. UCLA-3UCLALost 7–31 at No. 20 USC-24No. 20 USCLost 14–44 at No. 1 Washington-30No. 1 WashingtonLost 7–33 vs. Washington State-26Washington StateLost 10–27 vs. Stanford-17Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8atArizonaL 13–⁠2338%
Sep 15vsPacificW 28–⁠1273%
Sep 22vsOregonL 14–⁠2159%
Sep 29vsSan José StateL 18–⁠3360%
Oct 6atArizona StateW 19–⁠1425%
Oct 13atOregon StateL 6–⁠958%
Oct 20vsUCLAL 14–⁠1733%
Oct 27at20USCL 7–⁠3125%
Nov 3at1WashingtonL 14–⁠4413%
Nov 10vsWashington StateL 7–⁠3338%
Nov 17vsStanfordL 10–⁠2757%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 27–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 107th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠8 10th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
150–⁠264
Coach
Joe Kapp
Elo
1357 −139 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 82 of 106; offense No. 93, defense No. 69
SRS
−8.5 No. 81 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Denny Schuler

All-Pac-10

2 second 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 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.