1984 Long Beach State

4–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Mike Sheppard. Officially 5–⁠6. UNLV forfeited to Long Beach State.

Schedule and results

Long Beach State in 1984, game by game: lost at Oregon 17–28; lost at No. 7 UCLA 17–23; lost at Fresno State 17–20; lost at Arizona 24–31; lost vs. UNLV 23–41; won at Utah State 24–22; won at New Mexico State 43–13; lost at Cal State Fullerton 28–42; won vs. Pacific 24–22; lost at San José State 7–42; won at San Diego State 18–17+30−35Lost 17–28 at Oregon-11OregonLost 17–23 at No. 7 UCLA-6No. 7 UCLALost 17–20 at Fresno State-3Fresno StateLost 24–31 at Arizona-7ArizonaLost 23–41 vs. UNLV-18UNLVWon 24–22 at Utah State+2Utah StateWon 43–13 at New Mexico State+30New Mexico StateLost 28–42 at Cal State Fullerton-14Cal State Fulle…Won 24–22 vs. Pacific+2PacificLost 7–42 at San José State-35San José StateWon 18–17 at San Diego State+1San Diego State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat San Diego State 18–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 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
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
242–⁠301
Coach
Mike Sheppard
Elo
1432 −67 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.4 No. 80 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 3John Hendy DBSan Diego Chargers

1984 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UNLV7–⁠011–⁠2
Cal State Fullerton6–⁠111–⁠1
San José State5–⁠26–⁠5
Fresno State3–⁠46–⁠6
Long Beach State3–⁠44–⁠7
Pacific2–⁠54–⁠7
Utah State1–⁠51–⁠10
New Mexico State0–⁠62–⁠9

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