1984 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

American college football season

1984 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

MVC champion

Conference| Missouri Valley Conference
Record| 6–5 (5–0 MVC)
Head coach|

* John Cooper (8th season)

Offensive coordinator| Steve Logan (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Bill Young (2nd season)
Home stadium| Skelly Stadium

Seasons

← 1983

1985 →

1984 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

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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
* Indiana State's game against Louisville and West Texas State and Wichita State's games against New Mexico State counted in the conference standings. 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 NCAA Division I-A 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.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 1| Southern Illinois|

* Skelly Stadium
* Tulsa, OK

| W 23–10| 17,127| [3]
September 15| at No. 8 BYU*|

* Cougar Stadium
* Provo, UT

| L 15–38| 64,327| [4]
September 22| at Arkansas*|

* Razorback Stadium
* Fayetteville, AR

| L 9–18| 43,680| [5]
September 29| No. 10 Oklahoma State*|

* Skelly Stadium
* Tulsa, OK (rivalry)

| L 7–31| 40,235| [6]
October 6| at West Texas State|

* Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
* Canyon, TX

| W 35–7| 2,300| [7]
October 13| East Carolina*|

* Skelly Stadium
* Tulsa, OK

| W 31–20| 16,674| [8]
October 20| Wichita State|

* Skelly Stadium
* Tulsa, OK

| W 55–20| 12,621| [9]
October 27| at Texas Tech*|

* Jones Stadium
* Lubbock, TX

| L 17–20| 34,624| [10]
November 3| at Illinois State|

* Hancock Stadium
* Normal, IL

| W 28–7| 9,491| [11]
November 10| at Indiana State*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Terre Haute, IN

| W 24–17| 12,392| [12]
November 17| Southwestern Louisiana*|

* Skelly Stadium
* Tulsa, OK

| L 17–18| 13,104| [13]

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## After the season

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### 1985 NFL draft

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The following Golden Hurricane players were selected in the 1985 NFL draft following the season.[15][16]

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | NFL club

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10 | 276 | Albert Myres | Defensive back | Los Angeles Raiders
12 | 309 | Dean Hamel | Defensive tackle | Washington Redskins
12 | 310 | Byron Jones | Defensive tackle | Minnesota Vikings

## References

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1. ^ a b "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.
3. ^ "Tulsa kicks aside Southern Illinois". The Clarion-Ledger. September 2, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "BYU crushes Tulsa 38–15, hikes win streak to 14". The Idaho Statesman. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Substitute kicker boots Razorbacks over Tulsa". Sapulpa Daily Herald. September 23, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Oklahoma State defeats Tulsa". The Sunday Oregonian. September 30, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Tulsa defeats WTSU". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 7, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Stephenson's 3 TD passes carry TU to 31–20 victory". The Daily Oklahoman. October 14, 1984. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Hurricane whips past WSU 55–20". The Wichita Eagle. October 21, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Texas Tech nips Tulsa with field goal, 20–17". The Des Moines Register. October 28, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "TU rides Kelley, Gordon past Illinois State, 28–7". Tulsa World. November 4, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Tulsa spoilers do job on ISU". Evansville Courier and Press. November 11, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Cajuns nip Tulsa in final seconds". The Daily Oklahoman. November 18, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 186. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
15. ^ "1985 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
16. ^ "Tulsa Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

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Tulsa Golden Hurricane football

Venues|

* South Main Park (1912–1914)
* Association Park (1915–1917)
* McNulty Park (1919–1929)
* Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Houston
* Oklahoma State

Culture & lore|

* Captain Cane
* "Hurricane Spirit"
* The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

Seasons|

* 1895
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Missouri Valley Conference football champions

Pre-split|

* Iowa & Nebraska (1907)
* Kansas (1908)
* Missouri (1909)
* Nebraska (1910)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1911)
* Iowa State & Nebraska (1912)
* Missouri & Nebraska (1913)
* Nebraska (1914)
* Nebraska (1915)
* Nebraska (1916)
* Nebraska (1917)
* Missouri (1919)
* Oklahoma (1920)
* Nebraska (1921)
* Drake & Nebraska (1922)
* Kansas & Nebraska (1923)
* Missouri (1924)
* Missouri (1925)
* Oklahoma A&M (1926)
* Missouri (1927)

Post-split|

* Drake (1928)
* Drake (1929)
* Drake & Oklahoma A&M (1930)
* Drake (1931)
* Oklahoma A&M (1932)
* Oklahoma A&M (1933)
* Washington University (1934)
* Tulsa & Washington University (1935)
* Creighton & Tulsa (1936)
* Tulsa (1937)
* Tulsa (1938)
* Washington University (1939)
* Tulsa (1940)
* Tulsa (1941)
* Tulsa (1942)
* Tulsa (1943)
* Oklahoma A&M (1944)
* Oklahoma A&M (1945)
* Tulsa (1946)
* Tulsa (1947)
* Oklahoma A&M (1948)
* Detroit (1949)
* Tulsa (1950)
* Tulsa (1951)
* Houston (1952)
* Detroit & Oklahoma A&M (1953)
* Wichita (1954)
* Detroit & Wichita (1955)
* Houston (1956)
* Houston (1957)
* North Texas State (1958)
* Houston & North Texas State (1959)
* Wichita (1960)
* Wichita (1961)
* Tulsa (1962)
* Cincinnati & Wichita (1963)
* Cincinnati (1964)
* Tulsa (1965)
* North Texas State & Tulsa (1966)
* North Texas State (1967)
* Memphis State (1968)
* Memphis State (1969)
* Louisville (1970)
* Memphis State (1971)
* Drake, Louisville, & West Texas State (1972)
* North Texas State & Tulsa (1973)
* Tulsa (1974)
* Tulsa (1975)
* New Mexico State & Tulsa (1976)
* West Texas State (1977)
* New Mexico State (1978)
* West Texas State (1979)
* Tulsa (1980)
* Drake & Tulsa (1981)
* Tulsa (1982)
* Tulsa (1983)
* Tulsa (1984)
* Tulsa (1985)

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