American college football season
The 1984 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their seventh season under head coach Jim Walden , the Cougars compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 in Pac-10, fifth), and were outscored 319 to 317.[1] [2]
The team's statistical leaders included Mark Rypien with 1,927 passing yards, Rueben Mayes with 1,637 rushing yards, and John Marshall with 534 receiving yards.[3] In late October, Mayes rushed for 357 yards at Oregon to set an NCAA record.[4]
With a change in the academic calendar,[5] classes now started at WSU a month earlier, in late August. All home games were played on campus at Martin Stadium , with none at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane .[6] [7]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 1 at Tennessee * L 27–3493,727 [8] September 8 Utah * W 42–4021,000 September 15 at No. 9 Ohio State * L 0–4489,297 September 22 Ball State * Martin Stadium Pullman, WA W 16–1416,000 October 6 USC Martin Stadium Pullman, WA L 27–2933,000 October 13 at UCLA L 24–2740,122 October 20 at Stanford W 49–4233,000 October 27 at Oregon W 50–4124,874 November 3 Oregon State Martin Stadium Pullman, WA W 20–326,000 [9] November 10 at California W 33–720,250 November 17 No. 8 Washington L 29–3840,000 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
1984 Washington State Cougars football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 10 Ed Blount So SE 82 Sam Burris Sr RB 22 Richard Calvin So SE 24 Rick Chase So OT 77 Mike Dreyer Sr SE 88 Michael James So C 61 Curt Ladines Jr TE 92 Vince Leighton Sr G 58 Dan Lynch Sr SE 18 John Marshall Sr RB 36 Rueben Mayes Jr TE 89 Jamie Olesen Sr FB 30 Kerry Porter Jr QB 17 Mark Rypien Jr G 69 Kirk Samuelson Sr OT 74 Jamie White Sr
Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 96 Lee Blakeney Sr CB 16 Cedric Brown Jr CB 44 Erwin Chappel So DT 67 Rob Cleveland So SS 26 Jeff Dullum Sr LB 94 Brad Harrington Jr DT 79 Milford Hodge Sr DT 73 Erik Howard Jr LB 51 James Krakoski So LB 49 Jeff Loomis So LB 98 Rico Tipton Sr FS 2 Jerald Waters Sr NG 57 Brent White Sr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 1 Glenn Harper Jr K 4 John Traut Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Source: [10] [11] [12] [13] Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Washington St 21 9 7 13 50 Oregon 6 14 6 15 41
Scoring summary 1 9:24 WSU Rypien 1-yard run (Trout kick) WSU 7-0 1 6:39 WSU Chase 77-yard run (Trout kick) WSU 14-0 1 4:29 ORE McCall 16-yard run (pass failed) WSU 14-6 1 0:17 WSU Mayes 2-yard run (Trout kick) WSU 21-6 2 9:34 ORE Barnes 36-yard pass from Holman (pass failed) WSU 21-12 2 8:20 WSU Mayes 69-yard run (kick failed) WSU 27-12 2 5:47 ORE Barnes 9-yard pass from Miller (Miller to McCall pass) WSU 27-20 2 0:15 WSU Trout 26-yard field goal WSU 30-20 3 9:37 ORE MacLeod 30-yard field goal WSU 30-23 3 4:02 ORE MacLeod 44-yard field goal WSU 30-26 3 1:51 WSU Calvin 8-yard run (Trout kick) WSU 37-26 4 13:49 WSU Mayes 12-yard run (Trout kick) WSU 44-26 4 10:42 ORE Cherry 3-yard run (Miller to McCall pass) WSU 44-34 4 8:05 WSU Trout 41-yard field goal WSU 47-34 4 5:24 ORE Cherry 1-yard run (MacLeod kick) WSU 47-41 4 0:56 WSU Trout 39-yard field goal WSU 50-41
Statistics
NFL Draft [ edit ] Two Cougars were selected in the 1985 NFL Draft .
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References [ edit ] ^ "1984 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016 . ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF) . WSUCougars.com . Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016 . ^ "1984 Washington State Cougars Stats" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016 . ^ a b c Conrad, John (October 28, 1984). "Records fall along with Ducks, 50-41" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1E. ^ Ledford, David (January 18, 1983). "WSU adopts early startup" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. 12. ^ "No Cougars in Spokane this season" . Spokane Chronicle . (Washington). March 27, 1984. p. C1. ^ Blanchette, John (March 28, 1984). "Cougars won't have a ball at Albi this season" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. 23. ^ "Tennessee spoils Cougars' opener 34–27" . Tri-City Herald . September 2, 1984. Retrieved October 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Bull, Andy (November 4, 1984). "OSU slows Cougs, stops itself" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1C. ^ "Lineups: probable starters" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). October 6, 1984. p. 5C. ^ "Starting lineups" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). October 27, 1984. p. 4B. ^ "Lineups: probable starters" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). November 3, 1984. p. 5C. ^ Boling, Dave (November 17, 1984). "This one's for all the apples, and maybe a bowl bid" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1C. ^ 2009 Washington State football media guide. ^ "Lynch takes hopeful attitude to Denver" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). May 2, 1985. p. C4.
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