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American college football season
The 1984 Washington State Cougars football team was an
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 * 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
Roster
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 27Location: Eugene, OR
Game start: 1:00 pm Game attendance: 24,874
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
Two Cougars were selected in the
1985 NFL Draft
.
[15]
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.
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^ 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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