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1984 Wichita State

2–⁠9 (2–⁠2 Missouri Valley Conference). Officially 3–⁠8. UNLV forfeited to Wichita State.

Schedule and results

Wichita State in 1984, game by game: lost vs. Texas State 31–38; lost at Kansas 7–31; lost at LSU 7–47; lost at UNLV 21–38; lost at Louisiana 3–31; lost vs. Texas–Arlington 15–17; lost at Tulsa 20–55; won at Drake 23–6; lost vs. New Mexico State 24–31; won vs. West Texas 17–14; lost vs. Illinois State 0–17+17−40Lost 31–38 vs. Texas State-7Texas StateLost 7–31 at Kansas-24KansasLost 7–47 at LSU-40LSULost 21–38 at UNLV-17UNLVLost 3–31 at Louisiana-28LouisianaLost 15–17 vs. Texas–Arlington-2Texas–ArlingtonLost 20–55 at Tulsa-35TulsaWon 23–6 at Drake+17DrakeLost 24–31 vs. New Mexico State-7New Mexico StateWon 17–14 vs. West Texas+3West TexasLost 0–17 vs. Illinois State-17Illinois State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsTexas StateL 31–⁠3881%
Sep 8atKansasL 7–⁠3131%
Sep 15atLSUL 7–⁠4725%
Sep 22atUNLVL 21–⁠38won by forfeit19%
Oct 6atLouisianaL 3–⁠3128%
Oct 13vsTexas–ArlingtonL 15–⁠1758%
Oct 20atTulsaL 20–⁠5515%
Oct 27atDrakeW 23–⁠659%
Nov 3vsNew Mexico StateL 24–⁠3166%
Nov 10vsWest TexasW 17–⁠1458%
Nov 17vsIllinois StateL 0–⁠1759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois State 17–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 65 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠2 4th in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
168–⁠325
Coach
—
Elo
1269 −153 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−23.9 No. 106 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

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.