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1984 Washington State Cougars football
1984 Washington State Cougars football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–4 (4–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Walden (7th season);
Home stadium	Martin Stadium
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 USC $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 2 Washington	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
California	1	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	L 27–34	93,727	^[8]
September 8	Utah*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 42–40	21,000
September 15	at No. 9 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–44	89,297
September 22	Ball State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 16–14	16,000
October 6	USC	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 27–29	33,000
October 13	at UCLA	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	L 24–27	40,122
October 20	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 49–42	33,000
October 27	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 50–41	24,874
November 3	Oregon State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 20–3	26,000	^[9]
November 10	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 33–7	20,250
November 17	No. 8 Washington	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	L 29–38	40,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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

Jim Walden (7th year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Source:^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Game summaries

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Washington St	21	9	7	13	50
Oregon	6	14	6	15	41

Date:
October 27
Location:
Autzen Stadium,
Eugene, OR
Game start: 1:00 pm
Game attendance: 24,874

Source:^[4]

Statistics

Rueben Mayes 39 att, 357 yards ^[4]^[14]

NFL Draft

Two Cougars were selected in the 1985 NFL draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Milford Hodge	DT	8	224	New England Patriots
Dan Lynch	G	12	334	Denver Broncos

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References

^ "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.