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1984 Texas Tech

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Southwest Conference), coached by Jerry Moore.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1984, game by game: won vs. Texas–Arlington 44–7; lost at New Mexico 24–29; lost vs. Baylor 9–18; won at Texas A&M 30–12; lost at Arkansas 0–24; won at Rice 30–10; won vs. Tulsa 20–17; lost vs. No. 2 Texas 10–13; lost at No. 15 TCU 16–27; lost vs. No. 16 SMU 0–31; lost vs. Houston 17–24+37−31Won 44–7 vs. Texas–Arlington+37Texas–ArlingtonLost 24–29 at New Mexico-5New MexicoLost 9–18 vs. Baylor-9BaylorWon 30–12 at Texas A&M+18Texas A&MLost 0–24 at Arkansas-24ArkansasWon 30–10 at Rice+20RiceWon 20–17 vs. Tulsa+3TulsaLost 10–13 vs. No. 2 Texas-3No. 2 TexasLost 16–27 at No. 15 TCU-11No. 15 TCULost 0–31 vs. No. 16 SMU-31No. 16 SMULost 17–24 vs. Houston-7Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsTexas–ArlingtonW 44–⁠770%
Sep 22atNew MexicoL 24–⁠2929%
Sep 29vsBaylorL 9–⁠1849%
Oct 6atTexas A&MW 30–⁠1226%
Oct 13atArkansasL 0–⁠2429%
Oct 20atRiceW 30–⁠1062%
Oct 27vsTulsaW 20–⁠1744%
Nov 3vs2TexasL 10–⁠1323%
Nov 10at15TCUL 16–⁠2733%
Nov 17vs16SMUL 0–⁠3132%
Nov 24vsHoustonL 17–⁠2444%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Houston 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 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.

Led the nationKeith Henderson: kickoff return average (28.9)

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 8th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
200–⁠212
Coach
Jerry Moore
Elo
1424 −3 this season
SP+ rating
-4.2 No. 73 of 106; offense No. 89, defense No. 48
SRS
−4.0 No. 74 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Wilson
Defensive coordinator
Spike Dykes
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 5Dwayne Jiles LBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7Joe Walter OTCincinnati Bengals

All-Southwest Conference

1 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.