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1984 Clemson

7–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Danny Ford.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1984, game by game: won vs. App State 40–7; won at Virginia 55–0; lost at No. 20 Georgia 23–26; lost at No. 18 Georgia Tech 21–28; won vs. North Carolina 20–12; won vs. Duke 54–21; won at NC State 35–34; won vs. Wake Forest 37–14; won vs. Virginia Tech 17–10; lost at Maryland 23–41; lost vs. No. 9 South Carolina 21–22+55−18Won 40–7 vs. App State+33App StateWon 55–0 at Virginia+55VirginiaLost 23–26 at No. 20 Georgia-3No. 20 GeorgiaLost 21–28 at No. 18 Georgia Tech-7No. 18 Georgia TechWon 20–12 vs. North Carolina+8North CarolinaWon 54–21 vs. Duke+33DukeWon 35–34 at NC State+1NC StateWon 37–14 vs. Wake Forest+23Wake ForestWon 17–10 vs. Virginia Tech+7Virginia TechLost 23–41 at Maryland-18MarylandLost 21–22 vs. No. 9 South Carolina-1No. 9 South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsApp StateW 40–⁠790%
Sep 8atVirginiaW 55–⁠071%
Sep 22at20GeorgiaL 23–⁠2644%
Sep 29at18Georgia TechL 21–⁠2866%
Oct 6vsNorth CarolinaW 20–⁠1271%
Oct 20vsDukeW 54–⁠2186%
Oct 27atNC StateW 35–⁠3473%
Nov 3vsWake ForestW 37–⁠1482%
Nov 10vsVirginia TechW 17–⁠1069%
Nov 17atMarylandL 23–⁠4151%
Nov 24vs9South CarolinaL 21–⁠2264%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to South Carolina 22–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 2
  4. Wk 4: 2
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 12: 20

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 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 2
Points
346–⁠215
Coach
Danny Ford
Elo
1656 −7 this season
SP+ rating
12.7 No. 22 of 106; offense No. 11, defense No. 59
SRS
13.9 No. 12 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Nelson Stokley
Captains
Mike Eppley and William Perry

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 1William Perry DTChicago Bears
Rd 3Tyrone Davis DBNew York Giants
Rd 3Dale Hatcher PLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5K.D. Dunn TESt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 6Reggie Pleasant DBAtlanta Falcons

All-ACC

6 first team

First 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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland6–⁠09–⁠312
Clemson5–⁠27–⁠4
Georgia Tech3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Virginia3–⁠2–⁠28–⁠2–⁠220
North Carolina3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Wake Forest3–⁠46–⁠5
NC State1–⁠63–⁠8
Duke1–⁠62–⁠9

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