| 1984 Stanford Cardinal football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (3–5 Pac-10) |
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| Offensive scheme | West Coast |
| Defensive coordinator | Dink Mannini (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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| No.10USC $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.2Washington | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.9UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1984 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Jack Elway, the Cardinal compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 in Pac-10, tied for seventh), and played home games on campus at Stanford StadiuminStanford, California.
Elway was hired the previous December from nearby San Jose State, where he went 35–20–1 (.634) in five seasons.[1][2] His Spartans had defeated Stanford the previous three years, the first two while his son John Elway was the Cardinal quarterback.[3][4][5] Now on the other side, Coach Elway won the South Bay matchup again this season, as Stanford rallied to win by a point to snap the streak.[6]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 8 | 11:30 a.m. | at No. 16Oklahoma* |
| USA | L 7–19 | 75,008 |
| September 15 | 12:30 p.m. | Illinois* |
| Metro Sports | W 34–19 | 43,795 |
| September 22 | 1:00 p.m. | San Jose State* |
| W 28–27 | 70,426 | |
| September 29 | 12:30 p.m. | Arizona State |
| Metro Sports | L 10–28 | 39,500 |
| October 6 | 3:15 p.m. | at No. 17UCLA |
| Metro Sports | W 23–21 | 53,806 |
| October 13 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 2Washington |
| CBS | L 15–37 | 44,500 |
| October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | Washington State |
| L 42–49 | 33,000 | |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | atOregon State |
| W 28–21 | 18,000 | |
| November 3 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 18USC |
| CBS | L 11–20 | 74,432 |
| November 10 | 4:30 p.m. | atArizona |
| L 14–28 | 44,836 | |
| November 17 | 1:00 p.m. | atCalifornia |
| W 27–10 | 75,622 | |
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Stanford snapped a three-game losing streak to the Spartans, rallying to win by a point.[6]
The 23–21 upset on October 6 at the Rose Bowl was head coach Jack Elway's first Pac-10 victory. Making his first-ever collegiate start, backup quarterback Fred Buckley led the Cardinal over the #17 UCLA Bruins,[7][8] and the redshirt junior was named Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week.[9]
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