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1984 Oregon

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Rich Brooks.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1984, game by game: won vs. Long Beach State 28–17; won vs. Colorado 27–20; won at California 21–14; won vs. Pacific 30–14; lost at Arizona 14–28; lost vs. USC 9–19; lost at No. 1 Washington 10–17; lost vs. Washington State 41–50; won at UCLA 20–18; lost vs. Arizona State 10–44; won at Oregon State 31–6+25−34Won 28–17 vs. Long Beach State+11Long Beach StateWon 27–20 vs. Colorado+7ColoradoWon 21–14 at California+7CaliforniaWon 30–14 vs. Pacific+16PacificLost 14–28 at Arizona-14ArizonaLost 9–19 vs. USC-10USCLost 10–17 at No. 1 Washington-7No. 1 WashingtonLost 41–50 vs. Washington State-9Washington StateWon 20–18 at UCLA+2UCLALost 10–44 vs. Arizona State-34Arizona StateWon 31–6 at Oregon State+25Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsLong Beach StateW 28–⁠1750%
Sep 15vsColoradoW 27–⁠2065%
Sep 22atCaliforniaW 21–⁠1441%
Sep 29vsPacificW 30–⁠1475%
Oct 6atArizonaL 14–⁠2837%
Oct 13vsUSCL 9–⁠1953%
Oct 20at1WashingtonL 10–⁠1719%
Oct 27vsWashington StateL 41–⁠5050%
Nov 3atUCLAW 20–⁠1818%
Nov 10vsArizona StateL 10–⁠4451%
Nov 17atOregon StateW 31–⁠658%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 31–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 82nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
241–⁠247
Coach
Rich Brooks
Elo
1458 +12 this season
SP+ rating
-0.5 No. 64 of 106; offense No. 55, defense No. 73
SRS
−1.1 No. 68 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Joe Schaffeld
Captains
Lew Barnes and Bob Hudetz
Most valuable player
Doug Herman

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Lew BarnesWRCoaches-1
  • Doug HermanTECoaches-1
  • Doug JudgeDBCoaches-1
  • Tony CherryRSCoaches-1

Second team

  • Greg SchwabOTCoaches-2
  • Luis ZendejasKCoaches-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.