1984 LSU Tigers football team

The 1984 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by Bill Arnsparger in his first season and finished with an overall record of 831.

1984 LSU Tigers football
Sugar Bowl, L 10–28 vs. Nebraska
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 15
Record8–3–1 (4–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEd Zaunbrecher (1st season)
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
1984 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Florida 5 0 19 1 1
No. 15 LSU 4 1 18 3 1
No. 14 Auburn 4 2 09 4 0
Georgia 4 2 07 4 1
No. 19 Kentucky 3 3 09 3 0
Tennessee 3 3 07 4 1
Vanderbilt 2 4 05 6 0
Alabama 2 4 05 6 0
Ole Miss 1 5 04 6 1
Mississippi State 1 5 04 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

During the season, Florida was placed on a postseason ban for violations, and despite finishing first, the SEC punished the program with an immediate postseason ban in addition to the two-year ban imposed for the 1985 and 1986 seasons by the NCAA. The SEC also awarded LSU, as the highest placed eligible team, the automatic bid to the Sugar Bowl reserved for the conference champion. Under modern rules, a team ineligible for postseason is also ineligible for postseason awards.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 82:30 p.m.at FloridaTBST 21–2170,197
September 157:00 p.m.Wichita State*TigerVisionW 47–778,026[1]
September 227:00 p.m.Arizona*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
TigerVisionW 27–2678,052
September 293:30 p.m.at No. 15 USC*TigerVisionW 23–360,128
October 136:30 p.m.VanderbiltdaggerNo. 12
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
ESPNW 34–2778,003
October 202:50 p.m.at 16 KentuckyNo. 10ABCW 36–1057,252
October 272:50 p.m.Notre Dame*No. 7
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
ABCL 22–3078,033
November 37:00 p.m.at Ole MissNo. 15
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
TigerVisionW 32–2977,649
November 101:30 p.m.at AlabamaNo. 12W 16–1474,301
November 171:30 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 9TigerVisionL 14–1630,556
November 247:00 p.m.Tulane*No. 16
TigerVisionW 33–1577,983[2]
January 1, 19857:50 p.m.vs. 5 Nebraska*No. 11ABCL 10–2875,608
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

1984 LSU Tigers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 5 Jeff Wickersham Jr
RB 28 Herman Fontenot Sr
RB 21 Dalton Hilliard Jr
RB 23 Sammy Martin Fr
RB 33 Garry James Jr
TE 49 Brian Kinchen Fr
C 56 Nacho Albergamo Fr
OT 63 Curt Gore Jr
G 66 Keith Melancon So
OT 75 John Hazard So
G 76 Eric Andolsek Fr
WR 80 Rogie Magee Fr
WR 82 Wendell Davis Fr
TE 83 Mitch Andrews Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 77 Roland Barbay So
ILB 94 Michael Brooks So
CB 12 Norman Jefferson So
S 4 Jeff Dale Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 3 Matt DeFrank Fr
K 8 Ron Lewis Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Ed Zaunbrecher
  • Mike Archer
  • Pete Jenkins
  • Pete Mangurian
  • Jerry Sullivan

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP1512107 (1)1512916141115
Coaches18131096 (1)17151218151216

Game summaries

At Florida

Wichita State

Arizona

At USC

At Kentucky

Notre Dame

Vs. Nebraska (Sugar Bowl)

#4 Nebraska vs #12 LSU
1 234Total
No. 4 Cornhuskers 0 7714 28
No. 12 Tigers 3 700 10

References

  1. "Tigers toy with Shockers, 47–7". The Shreveport Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tigers win game, bout with Wave". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 25, 1984. Retrieved October 20, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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