1984 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1984 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 in Pac-10, fifth), and were outscored 319 to 317.

1984 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record6–4 (4–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
1984 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 USC $ 7 1 09 3 0
No. 2 Washington 6 1 011 1 0
No. 9 UCLA 5 2 09 3 0
Arizona 5 2 07 4 0
Washington State 4 3 06 5 0
Arizona State 3 4 05 6 0
Oregon 3 5 06 5 0
Stanford 3 5 05 6 0
Oregon State 1 7 02 9 0
California 1 8 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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. In late October, Mayes rushed for 357 yards at Oregon to set an NCAA record.

With a change in the academic calendar, 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.

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