1984 Hawai’i

7–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Dick Tomey.

Schedule and results

Hawai’i in 1984, game by game: lost vs. Cal State Fullerton 13–21; lost at Colorado State 3–10; lost vs. No. 6 BYU 13–18; won vs. UNLV 16–12; won vs. Fresno State 27–15; won at UTEP 24–20; won vs. Utah 20–17; won vs. San Diego State 16–10; won vs. Wyoming 31–28; won vs. New Mexico 48–13; lost vs. Iowa 6–17+35−11Lost 13–21 vs. Cal State Fullerton-8Cal State Fulle…Lost 3–10 at Colorado State-7Colorado StateLost 13–18 vs. No. 6 BYU-5No. 6 BYUWon 16–12 vs. UNLV+4UNLVWon 27–15 vs. Fresno State+12Fresno StateWon 24–20 at UTEP+4UTEPWon 20–17 vs. Utah+3UtahWon 16–10 vs. San Diego State+6San Diego StateWon 31–28 vs. Wyoming+3WyomingWon 48–13 vs. New Mexico+35New MexicoLost 6–17 vs. Iowa-11Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa 17–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 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 2nd in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
217–⁠181
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1523 +34 this season
SP+ rating
7.3 No. 44 of 106; offense No. 68, defense No. 15
SRS
0.3 No. 62 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 5Raphel Cherry DBWashington Redskins
Rd 6Rich Miano DBNew York Jets
Rd 7Mike Akiu WRHouston Oilers

1984 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU8–⁠013–⁠01
Hawai’i5–⁠27–⁠4
Air Force4–⁠38–⁠4
Utah4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
San Diego State4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠7–⁠1
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠6
Colorado State3–⁠53–⁠8
New Mexico1–⁠74–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠72–⁠9

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