1984 Santa Clara Broncos football team

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1984 Santa Clara Broncos football
ConferenceWestern Football Conference
1984 record7–4 (1–2 WFC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBuck Shaw Stadium
(Capacity: 6,800)
Seasons
← 1983
1985 →
1984 Western Football Conference standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Portland State $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Cal Poly 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Santa Clara 1 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Cal State Northridge 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Division II Football Committee poll

The 1984 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1984 NCAA Division II football season.

Santa Clara competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The Broncos were led by head coach Pat Malley in his last year at the helm. Coach O'Malley finished his 26 year career at Santa Clara with an overall record of 142–100–3, a winning percentage of .586. The 1984 team played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. They finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 1–2 WFC). The Broncos outscored their opponents 173–144 for the season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8at Chico State[note 1]*
W 21–14
September 15Humboldt State*
W 38–0
September 22UC Davis*
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
W 24–21
September 29Sacramento State[note 2]*
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
W 21–144,238[1]
October 6Cal Poly[note 3]
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
L 10–14
October 13Cal State Hayward[note 4]*
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
L 15–30
October 20at California Lutheran*
L 7–133,007[2]
October 27San Francisco State*
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
W 12–6
November 3Cal State Northridge
  • Buck Shaw Stadium
  • Santa Clara, California
W 31–0
November 10at Portland State
L 6–27
November 17at Saint Mary's (CA)*
W 28–6
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL[]

No Santa Clara Broncos players were selected in the 1985 NFL Draft.[4][5][6]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The official name of Chico State has been California State University, Chico since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Chico State.
  2. ^ The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.
  3. ^ The official name of Cal Poly has been California Polytechnic State University since 1947. However, it is more commonly known as either Cal Poly San Luis Obispo or just Cal Poly.
  4. ^ California State University, East Bay was known as California State University, Hayward from 1972 to 2004.

References[]

  1. ^ "Hornet Sports.com: Football (Santa Clara)" (PDF). Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "Oxy (7-0) Rallies to Defeat Whittier; Okoye Leads Asuza (sic) Pacific, 34-7". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 21, 1984. p. III-9. Retrieved April 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "1984 - Santa Clara (CA)". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "1985 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  5. ^ "Santa Clara Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "Draft History: Santa Clara". Retrieved March 30, 2017.
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