1984 NCAA Rifle Championships

1984 NCAA Rifle Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Collegiate rifle shooting
Location	Murray, KY
Host(s)	Murray State University
Participants	7
Final positions
Champions	West Virginia (2nd title)
1st runners-up	East Tennessee State
2nd runners-up	Tennessee Tech
Tournament statistics
Smallbore	, WVU
Air rifle	Pat Spurgin, MUR
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the fifth annual tournament to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.^[1]

West Virginia, with a team score of 6,206, won their second consecutive, and second overall, team title, finishing 64 points ahead of East Tennessee State. The Mountaineers were coached by Olympian Edward Etzel.

The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, (West Virginia) and, for the air rifle, Pat Spurgin (Murray State).

Qualification[]

Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship.

Results[]

• Scoring: The championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle.

Team title[]

Rank	Team	Points
	West Virginia	6,206
	East Tennessee State	6,142
	Tennessee Tech	6,121
4	Eastern Kentucky	6,107
5	Murray State	6,076
6	Army	6,058
7	Eastern Washington	5,867

Individual events[]

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