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1984 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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1984 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 5 0 0 6 5 0
No. 5 Indiana State ^ 4 1 0 9 3 0
Illinois State 3 2 0 5 6 0
West Texas State 2 3 0 3 8 0
Wichita State 2 3 0 2 9 0
Drake 2 3 0 4 7 0
Southern Illinois 0 5 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Tulsa and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1984 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1984 college football season. In their seventh and final year under head coach John Cooper, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 6–5 record (5-0 against conference opponents) and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship.[1]

The team's statistical leaders included Richie Stephenson with 1,134 passing yards, Gordon Brown with 995 rushing yards, and Ronnie Kelley with 675 yards.[2] Head coach John Cooper was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

References

  1. ^ "1984 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "1984 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.