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1984 Washington State

6–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Jim Walden.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1984, game by game: lost at Tennessee 27–34; won vs. Utah 42–40; lost at No. 9 Ohio State 0–44; won vs. Ball State 16–14; lost vs. USC 27–29; lost at UCLA 24–27; won at Stanford 49–42; won at Oregon 50–41; won vs. Oregon State 20–3; won at California 33–7; lost vs. No. 8 Washington 29–38+26−44Lost 27–34 at Tennessee-7TennesseeWon 42–40 vs. Utah+2UtahLost 0–44 at No. 9 Ohio State-44No. 9 Ohio StateWon 16–14 vs. Ball State+2Ball StateLost 27–29 vs. USC-2USCLost 24–27 at UCLA-3UCLAWon 49–42 at Stanford+7StanfordWon 50–41 at Oregon+9OregonWon 20–3 vs. Oregon State+17Oregon StateWon 33–7 at California+26CaliforniaLost 29–38 vs. No. 8 Washington-9No. 8 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atTennesseeL 27–⁠3435%
Sep 8vsUtahW 42–⁠4060%
Sep 15at9Ohio StateL 0–⁠4429%
Sep 22vsBall StateW 16–⁠1479%
Oct 6vsUSCL 27–⁠2958%
Oct 13atUCLAL 24–⁠2729%
Oct 20atStanfordW 49–⁠4254%
Oct 27atOregonW 50–⁠4150%
Nov 3vsOregon StateW 20–⁠383%
Nov 10atCaliforniaW 33–⁠762%
Nov 17vs8WashingtonL 29–⁠3844%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 38–⁠29; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 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.

2 consensus All-AmericansDan Lynch, OG; Rueben Mayes, RB

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
317–⁠319
Coach
Jim Walden
Elo
1560 +13 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 43 of 106; offense No. 7, defense No. 85
SRS
2.7 No. 50 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-Pac-10

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Kirk SamuelsonOGCoaches-2
  • Dan SaleaumusDLCoaches-2
  • Lee BlakeneyLBCoaches-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.