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1984 Tulane

3–⁠8, coached by Wally English.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1984, game by game: lost vs. Mississippi State 3–30; lost at Florida 21–63; lost vs. Kentucky 26–30; lost at Ole Miss 14–19; won at No. 19 Vanderbilt 27–23; won vs. Southern Miss 35–7; lost at No. 15 Florida State 6–27; lost at Virginia Tech 6–13; lost at Pittsburgh 10–21; won vs. Memphis 14–9; lost at No. 16 LSU 15–33+28−42Lost 3–30 vs. Mississippi State-27Mississippi Sta…Lost 21–63 at Florida-42FloridaLost 26–30 vs. Kentucky-4KentuckyLost 14–19 at Ole Miss-5Ole MissWon 27–23 at No. 19 Vanderbilt+4No. 19 VanderbiltWon 35–7 vs. Southern Miss+28Southern MissLost 6–27 at No. 15 Florida State-21No. 15 Florida StateLost 6–13 at Virginia Tech-7Virginia TechLost 10–21 at Pittsburgh-11PittsburghWon 14–9 vs. Memphis+5MemphisLost 15–33 at No. 16 LSU-18No. 16 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsMississippi StateL 3–⁠3053%
Sep 15atFloridaL 21–⁠6317%
Sep 22vsKentuckyL 26–⁠3039%
Sep 29atOle MissL 14–⁠1925%
Oct 6at19VanderbiltW 27–⁠2321%
Oct 13vsSouthern MissW 35–⁠744%
Oct 20at15Florida StateL 6–⁠2714%
Nov 3atVirginia TechL 6–⁠1322%
Nov 10atPittsburghL 10–⁠2133%
Nov 17vsMemphisW 14–⁠942%
Nov 24at16LSUL 15–⁠3322%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 33–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The tied 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
3–⁠8
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
177–⁠275
Coach
Wally English
Elo
1417 −23 this season
SP+ rating
-4.2 No. 73 of 106; offense No. 76, defense No. 67
SRS
−0.2 No. 65 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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