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1984 TCU

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Wacker.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1984, game by game: won at Utah State 62–18; won vs. Kansas State 42–10; lost at No. 11 SMU 17–26; won at Arkansas 32–31; won vs. Rice 45–24; won vs. North Texas 34–3; won vs. Baylor 38–28; won at Houston 21–14; won vs. Texas Tech 27–16; lost vs. No. 10 Texas 23–44; lost at Texas A&M 21–35; lost vs. West Virginia 14–31+44−21Won 62–18 at Utah State+44Utah StateWon 42–10 vs. Kansas State+32Kansas StateLost 17–26 at No. 11 SMU-9No. 11 SMUWon 32–31 at Arkansas+1ArkansasWon 45–24 vs. Rice+21RiceWon 34–3 vs. North Texas+31North TexasWon 38–28 vs. Baylor+10BaylorWon 21–14 at Houston+7HoustonWon 27–16 vs. Texas Tech+11Texas TechLost 23–44 vs. No. 10 Texas-21No. 10 TexasLost 21–35 at Texas A&M-14Texas A&MLost 14–31 vs. West Virginia-17West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15atUtah StateW 62–⁠1833%
Sep 22vsKansas StateW 42–⁠1065%
Sep 29at11SMUL 17–⁠2619%
Oct 6atArkansasW 32–⁠3127%
Oct 13vsRiceW 45–⁠2476%
Oct 20vsNorth TexasW 34–⁠371%
Oct 27vsBaylorW 38–⁠2858%
Nov 3atHoustonW 21–⁠1444%
Nov 10vsTexas TechW 27–⁠1667%
Nov 17vs10TexasL 23–⁠4438%
Nov 24atTexas A&ML 21–⁠3554%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsWest VirginiaAstro-Bluebonnet BowlL 14–⁠3137%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 31–⁠14 in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 20
  2. Wk 11: 15
  3. Wk 12: 12
  4. Wk 13: 17

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.

Heisman voteKenneth Davis, fifth

Consensus All-AmericanKenneth Davis, RB

Bobby Dodd Coach of the YearJim Wacker, coach

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
376–⁠280
Coach
Jim Wacker
Elo
1486 +100 this season
SP+ rating
5.4 No. 51 of 106; offense No. 13, defense No. 85
SRS
4.9 No. 40 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Tom Mueller

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 3Sean Thomas DBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 3James Maness WRChicago Bears

All-Southwest Conference

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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU6–⁠210–⁠28
Houston6–⁠27–⁠5
TCU5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor4–⁠45–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠56–⁠5
Texas Tech2–⁠64–⁠7
Rice0–⁠81–⁠10

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