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1984 Oregon State

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Joe Avezzano.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1984, game by game: lost at No. 6 Ohio State 14–22; lost vs. Arizona 8–27; won vs. Wyoming 41–14; lost at Idaho 22–41; lost vs. No. 3 Washington 7–19; won vs. California 9–6; lost at Arizona State 10–45; lost vs. Stanford 21–28; lost at Washington State 3–20; lost at UCLA 17–26; lost vs. Oregon 6–31+27−35Lost 14–22 at No. 6 Ohio State-8No. 6 Ohio StateLost 8–27 vs. Arizona-19ArizonaWon 41–14 vs. Wyoming+27WyomingLost 22–41 at Idaho-19IdahoLost 7–19 vs. No. 3 Washington-12No. 3 WashingtonWon 9–6 vs. California+3CaliforniaLost 10–45 at Arizona State-35Arizona StateLost 21–28 vs. Stanford-7StanfordLost 3–20 at Washington State-17Washington StateLost 17–26 at UCLA-9UCLALost 6–31 vs. Oregon-25Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8at6Ohio StateL 14–⁠2213%
Sep 15vsArizonaL 8–⁠2726%
Sep 22vsWyomingW 41–⁠1431%
Sep 29atIdahoL 22–⁠4154%
Oct 6vs3WashingtonL 7–⁠1921%
Oct 13vsCaliforniaW 9–⁠642%
Oct 20atArizona StateL 10–⁠4521%
Oct 27vsStanfordL 21–⁠2851%
Nov 3atWashington StateL 3–⁠2017%
Nov 10atUCLAL 17–⁠2611%
Nov 17vsOregonL 6–⁠3142%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 31–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 103rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
158–⁠279
Coach
Joe Avezzano
Elo
1292 −71 this season
SP+ rating
-7.0 No. 79 of 106; offense No. 90, defense No. 57
SRS
−6.5 No. 78 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Booker Brooks
Defensive coordinator
Tim Hundley

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Reggie BynumWRCoaches-1

Second team

  • Angelo DiluloDLCoaches-2
  • John GonzalezDLCoaches-2
  • Ken TaylorDBCoaches-2

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.