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1984 Texas

7–⁠4–⁠1 (5–⁠3 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Akers.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1984, game by game: won vs. No. 11 Auburn 35–27; won vs. No. 4 Penn State 28–3; won at Rice 38–13; tied vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 15–15; won vs. Arkansas 24–18; won vs. No. 14 SMU 13–7; won at Texas Tech 13–10; lost vs. Houston 15–29; won at No. 12 TCU 44–23; lost at Baylor 10–24; lost vs. Texas A&M 12–37; lost vs. Iowa 17–55+25−38Won 35–27 vs. No. 11 Auburn+8No. 11 AuburnWon 28–3 vs. No. 4 Penn State+25No. 4 Penn StateWon 38–13 at Rice+25RiceTied 15–15 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma0No. 3 OklahomaWon 24–18 vs. Arkansas+6ArkansasWon 13–7 vs. No. 14 SMU+6No. 14 SMUWon 13–10 at Texas Tech+3Texas TechLost 15–29 vs. Houston-14HoustonWon 44–23 at No. 12 TCU+21No. 12 TCULost 10–24 at Baylor-14BaylorLost 12–37 vs. Texas A&M-25Texas A&MLost 17–55 vs. Iowa-38Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vs11AuburnW 35–⁠2761%
Sep 29vs4Penn StateW 28–⁠355%
Oct 6atRiceW 38–⁠1388%
Oct 13vs3OklahomaT 15–⁠1560%
Oct 20vsArkansasW 24–⁠1876%
Oct 27vs14SMUW 13–⁠772%
Nov 3atTexas TechW 13–⁠1077%
Nov 10vsHoustonL 15–⁠2987%
Nov 17at12TCUW 44–⁠2362%
Nov 24atBaylorL 10–⁠2473%
Dec 1vsTexas A&ML 12–⁠3781%
Dec 26Bowls & playoffvsIowaFreedom BowlL 17–⁠5548%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa 55–⁠17 in the Freedom Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6
  2. Wk 2: 5
  3. Wk 3: 4
  4. Wk 4: 3
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 1
  8. Wk 8: 3
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Wk 10: 2
  11. Wk 11: 3
  12. Wk 12: 10
  13. Wk 13: 6
  14. Wk 14: 13
  15. Wk 15: 19

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.

Lombardi AwardTony Degrate, DT

2 consensus All-AmericansTony Degrate, DT; Jerry Gray, S

Record
7–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 1
Points
264–⁠261
Coach
Fred Akers
Elo
1588 −96 this season
SP+ rating
9.0 No. 37 of 106; offense No. 37, defense No. 39
SRS
4.8 No. 41 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ron Toman
Defensive coordinator
David McWilliams

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 1Jerry Gray DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Tony Degrate DTCincinnati Bengals

All-Southwest Conference

3 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.