1984 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season

1984 Auburn Tigers football

Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 21–15 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
Record	9–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach	Pat Dye (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jack Crowe (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Wishbone
Defensive coordinator	Frank Orgel (4th season)
Home stadium	Jordan-Hare Stadium
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Florida	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 15 LSU	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 14 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
No. 19 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Alabama	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Florida was assessed a postseason ban following an NCAA investigation, and the SEC subsequently vacated any championship. The Sugar Bowl automatic bid for the conference champion was awarded to LSU. Under modern rules, LSU would be credited with the conference championship. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with an 8–4 record and won the Liberty Bowl over Arkansas. As of 2022, the 1984 team is the only Auburn team to be ranked first in the preseason AP Poll.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 27	vs. No. 10 Miami (FL)*	No. 1	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)	Katz Sports	L 18–20	51,131	^[2]
September 15	at No. 4 Texas*	No. 11	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ESPN	L 27–35	78,348	^[3]
September 22	Southern Miss*	No. 19	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 35–12	74,841	^[4]
September 29	Tennessee	No. 20	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	TBS	W 29–10	75,075	^[5]
October 6	at Ole Miss	No. 18	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	TBS	W 17–13	35,387	^[6]
October 13	at No. 9 Florida State*	No. 16	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 42–41	58,671	^[7]
October 20	Georgia Tech*	No. 13	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		W 48–34	75,216	^[8]
October 27	at Mississippi State	No. 12	Scott Field Starkville, MS		W 24–21	31,138	^[9]
November 3	at No. 13 Florida	No. 11	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 3–24	74,397	^[10]
November 10	Cincinnati*	No. 20	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 60–0	74,750	^[11]
November 17	No. 15 Georgia	No. 18	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 21–12	75,300	^[12]
December 1	vs. Alabama	No. 11	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	ABC	L 15–17	76,853	^[13]
December 27	vs. Arkansas*	No. 16	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	Katz Sports	W 21–15	50,180	^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1984 Auburn Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB	`30`	Tommie Agee	Jr
WR	`11`	Clayton Beauford	Sr
C	`53`	Yann Cowart	So
RB	`21`	Ed Graham	Sr
QB	`12`	Jeff Burger	Fr
RB	`22`	Brent Fullwood	So
RB	`34`	Bo Jackson	Jr
OL	`66`	Jeff Lott	Jr
QB	`17`	Mike Mann	Sr
TE	`82`	Jeff Parks	Jr
OL	`69`	Rob Shuler	Jr
OL	`64`	Randy Stokes	Jr
C	`55`	Ben Tamburello	So
OL	`78`	Steve Wallace	Jr
QB	`10`	Pat Washington	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FS	`31`	Vic Beasley	Sr
LB	`51`	Jim Bone	Sr
LB	`54`	Gregg Carr	Sr
DE	`96`	John Dailey	Sr
DE	`90`	Kevin Greene	Sr
NG	`94`	Harold Hallman	Jr
CB	`27`	David King	Sr
SS	`9`	Tommy Powell	So
DE	`95`	Gerald Robinson	Jr
CB	`32`	Jonathan Robinson	Jr
DL	`91`	Ben Thomas	Jr
CB	`45`	Jimmie Warren	Jr
DL	`98`	Gerald Williams	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`13`	Robert McGinty
P	`5`	Lewis Colbert	Jr

Head coach

Pat Dye

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	1 (30)	8	11	19	20	18	16	13	12	11	20	18	13	11	16	14
Coaches	1 (32)	6	10	20	19	18	16	13	13	11	—	19	11	11	19	14

Game summaries

Vs. Miami (FL)

#1 Auburn vs. #10 Miami (FL)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	12	3	3	18
• Hurricanes	7	7	0	6	20

Date: August 27
Location: Giants Stadium
Game attendance: 51,131
TV announcers (KATZ): Curt Gowdy and Len Dawson

Scoring summary

1	10:19	MIA	Shakespeare 17-yard pass from Kosar (Cox kick)	MIA 7–0

2		AUB	Beauford 31-yard pass from Washington (McGinty kick)	Tie 7–7

2	10:22	MIA	Shakespeare 8-yard pass from Kosar (Cox kick)	MIA 14–7

2		AUB	McGinty 42-yard field goal	MIA 14–10

2	0:56	AUB	Safety, Tuten tackled in end zone by Powell	MIA 14–12

3		AUB	McGinty 36-yard field goal	AUB 15–14

4	14:09	MIA	Cox 45-yard field goal	MIA 17–15

4	10:17	AUB	McGinty 45-yard field goal	AUB 18–17

4	6:08	MIA	Cox 25-yard field goal	MIA 20–18

^[15]

At Texas

#11 Auburn at #4 Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn	0	13	6	8	27
• Texas	14	0	7	14	35

Date: September 15
Location: Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
Game start: 6:47 pm CDT
Elapsed time: 3:11
Game attendance: 78,348
Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), high clouds, Wind NE 20–25 mph (32–40 km/h)
TV announcers (ESPN): Paul Maguire (analyst)

Source: Box score

Scoring summary

1	5:15	TEX	Dodge 10-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 7-0

1	0:50	TEX	Orr 1-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 14-0

2	11:05	AUB	Collins 2-yard run (McGinty kick)	TEX 14-7

2	3:33	AUB	McGinty 22-yard field goal	TEX 14-10

2	0:00	AUB	McGinty 40-yard field goal	TEX 14-13

3	9:19	TEX	Duhon 32-yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)	TEX 21-13

3	4:23	AUB	Bo Jackson 5-yard run (run failed)	TEX 21-19

4	9:19	TEX	Jerome Johnson 10-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 28-19

4	4:50	TEX	Jerome Johnson 14-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 35-19

4	2:33	AUB	Fullwood 1-yard run (Washington run)	TEX 35-27

^[16]

Southern Miss

At Florida State

#16 Auburn at #9 Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Auburn	10	12	7	13	42
Florida State	3	14	15	9	41

Date: October 13
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida
Game attendance: 58,671

At Florida

Cincinnati

Georgia

Vs. Alabama

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Vs. Arkansas (Liberty Bowl)

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References

^ "Auburn Tigers Football Record By Year". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
^ "Miami upsets No. 1 Auburn". The Home News. August 28, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "'Horns hook Auburn". The El Paso Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Southern Mississippi falls to Auburn 35–12". Enterprise-Journal. September 23, 1984. Retrieved March 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Auburn overcomes mistakes to bury Tennessee". The Selma Times-Journal. September 30, 1984. Retrieved October 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Auburn survives Ole Miss threat". The Tennessean. October 7, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wild and wooly: Florida wins, FSU falls". The Tampa Tribune-Times. October 14, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Auburn rolls past Ga. Tech". Tallahassee Democrat. October 21, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Auburn nips Mississippi State". Tallahassee Democrat. October 28, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gators take giant step, 24–3 over Auburn". St. Petersburg Times. November 4, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "60–0, Bearcats' defeat is worst since '31". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 11, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Auburn whips Georgia, keeps title hopes alive". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 18, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tide rises to the occasion". The Anniston Star. December 2, 1984. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tigers outlast Hogs". The Commercial Appeal. December 28, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Miami Beats No. 1 Auburn In Season's Opener, 20-18". The Washington Post. August 28, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ "DOUBLE LOSS FOR AUBURN; JACKSON IS OUT". The New York Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ "AUBURN OUT OF THE SUGAR BOWL". The New York Times. December 2, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
^ "Auburn Triumphs In Liberty Bowl". The New York Times. December 28, 1984. Retrieved November 2, 2019.

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