1984 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1984 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with an 8–4 record and won the Liberty Bowl over Arkansas. As of 2025, the 1984 team is the only Auburn team to be ranked first in the preseason AP Poll.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 27	vs. No. 10 Miami (FL)*	No. 1	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)	Katz Sports	L 18–20	51,131	^[2]
September 15	at No. 4 Texas*	No. 11	Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ESPN	L 27–35	78,348	^[3]
September 22	Southern Miss*	No. 19	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 35–12	74,841	^[4]
September 29	Tennessee	No. 20	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	TBS	W 29–10	75,075	^[5]
October 6	at Ole Miss	No. 18	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	TBS	W 17–13	35,387	^[6]
October 13	at No. 9 Florida State*	No. 16	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 42–41	58,671	^[7]
October 20	Georgia Tech*	No. 13	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)		W 48–34	75,216	^[8]
October 27	at Mississippi State	No. 12	Scott Field Starkville, MS		W 24–21	31,138	^[9]
November 3	at No. 13 Florida	No. 11	Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 3–24	74,397	^[10]
November 10	Cincinnati*	No. 20	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 60–0	74,750	^[11]
November 17	No. 15 Georgia	No. 18	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 21–12	75,300	^[12]
December 1	vs. Alabama	No. 11	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)	ABC	L 15–17	76,853	^[13]
December 27	vs. Arkansas*	No. 16	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	Katz Sports	W 21–15	50,180	^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	12	3	3	18
• Hurricanes	7	7	0	6	20


1	10:19	MIA	Shakespeare 17-yard pass from Kosar (Cox kick)	MIA 7–0

2		AUB	Beauford 31-yard pass from Washington (McGinty kick)	Tie 7–7

2	10:22	MIA	Shakespeare 8-yard pass from Kosar (Cox kick)	MIA 14–7

2		AUB	McGinty 42-yard field goal	MIA 14–10

2	0:56	AUB	Safety, Tuten tackled in end zone by Powell	MIA 14–12

3		AUB	McGinty 36-yard field goal	AUB 15–14

4	14:09	MIA	Cox 45-yard field goal	MIA 17–15

4	10:17	AUB	McGinty 45-yard field goal	AUB 18–17

4	6:08	MIA	Cox 25-yard field goal	MIA 20–18

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn	0	13	6	8	27
• Texas	14	0	7	14	35

Schedule

1984 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Florida	5	–	0	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 15 LSU	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 14 Auburn	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Georgia	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
No. 19 Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Vanderbilt	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Alabama	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Florida was assessed a postseason ban following an NCAA investigation, and the SEC subsequently vacated any championship. The Sugar Bowl automatic bid for the conference champion was awarded to LSU. Under modern rules, LSU would be credited with the conference championship. Rankings from AP Poll

Scoring summary

1	5:15	TEX	Dodge 10-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 7-0

1	0:50	TEX	Orr 1-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 14-0

2	11:05	AUB	Collins 2-yard run (McGinty kick)	TEX 14-7

2	3:33	AUB	McGinty 22-yard field goal	TEX 14-10

2	0:00	AUB	McGinty 40-yard field goal	TEX 14-13

3	9:19	TEX	Duhon 32-yard pass from Dodge (Ward kick)	TEX 21-13

3	4:23	AUB	Bo Jackson 5-yard run (run failed)	TEX 21-19

4	9:19	TEX	Jerome Johnson 10-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 28-19

4	4:50	TEX	Jerome Johnson 14-yard run (Ward kick)	TEX 35-19

4	2:33	AUB	Fullwood 1-yard run (Washington run)	TEX 35-27