1984 West Texas

3–⁠8 (1–⁠3 Missouri Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

West Texas in 1984, game by game: lost at Northern Illinois 33–40; lost at Texas–Arlington 19–27; lost at New Mexico 0–27; lost vs. McNeese 7–24; lost at Iowa State 0–14; lost vs. Tulsa 7–35; won vs. Abilene Christian 14–10; won at Southern Illinois 24–17; won at New Mexico State 21–13; lost at Wichita State 14–17; lost vs. Drake 22–25+8−28Lost 33–40 at Northern Illinois-7Northern Illino…Lost 19–27 at Texas–Arlington-8Texas–ArlingtonLost 0–27 at New Mexico-27New MexicoLost 7–24 vs. McNeese-17McNeeseLost 0–14 at Iowa State-14Iowa StateLost 7–35 vs. Tulsa-28TulsaWon 14–10 vs. Abilene Christian+4Abilene Christi…Won 24–17 at Southern Illinois+7Southern Illino…Won 21–13 at New Mexico State+8New Mexico StateLost 14–17 at Wichita State-3Wichita StateLost 22–25 vs. Drake-3Drake
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Drake 25–⁠22; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠3 6th in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
161–⁠249
Coach
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Elo
1261 −31 this season
SP+ rating
-29.0 No. 106 of 106; offense No. 106, defense No. 97
SRS
−24.4 No. 107 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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1984 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tulsa5–⁠06–⁠5
Indiana State3–⁠19–⁠3
Illinois State3–⁠25–⁠6
Wichita State2–⁠22–⁠9
Drake2–⁠34–⁠7
West Texas1–⁠33–⁠8
Southern Illinois0–⁠53–⁠8

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